Which soft sampler

[DjDelay]

So, I'm trying to get my whole setup ready for christmas time. I'm going software, hardware takes up too much room + money.

I want to start sampling drum loops (and chop them up), horn stabs etc for hiphop music. So which soft sampler should i get?

I was thinking one from native instruments, either kompact, kontact or battery. I know battery is designed for drums, so it is any good for "beefing or fattening" up drum sounds?

And what about the other two, do they have good effects? I want to be able to pitch, stretch, and place a sample across across an octave of a keyboard (pitch it, but keep the length the same).

Cheers

 

[Manji]

Ayo Delay:

tell you the truth maaaaannn I've never used any of the software youu mentioned. But if you want to chop up drum loops Fruity Loops has a really good loop chutter called fruity slicer. It's really simple to use, and effective. Hope this helped.

Manji-

Chi town nucca

 

[WingsOfAnAngel]

DjDelay, i'd go for pHATmatik PRO (http://www.bitshiftaudio.com/products/phatmatikpro/) or Native Instruments Intakt (look at my thread).
Marry Christmas and Happy New Year!

 

[Haze47]

just get reason, simple as..once you know how, the sky is the limit....i even heard a rumour that DRE did al ot of his sequencing for 2001 on reason. The NN-XT sampler has all of the above features you mentioned...

 

[dacalion]

All the softs mentioned here are good softs. I personally like the (overall features) of the MOTU MachFive for sampling. Reason and FL are great too but I use them for other applications. Native Instruments are very good also. With all the new software coming out it's starting to get hard to choose which is best.

--dac