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Pete Dunk

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Sample Wiz
« on: September 06, 2011, 07:06:41 PM »

Musical purists who dislike electronic instruments and technology should look away now. Just back quietly out of the room and you won't be hurt.

I've finally found a justification for buying an iPad. For a paltry several hundreds of pounds to buy the hardware I can then buy a great app for just a few pounds.

Earbrass is going to love this! Sample Wiz.
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Re: Sample Wiz
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2011, 09:02:03 PM »

No good for boogie-woogie though.

You think it would struggle with a 'walking bass line' ?  :o Combine it with decent sequencing software, occasionally play the odd live note on a proper instrument and who knows where you will end up.  >:E
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Re: Sample Wiz
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2011, 09:23:00 PM »

Earbrass is going to love this!
:D It does look pretty cool, but having spent about a decade using MIDI and sample-based technology to produce soundtracks for theatre, dance and film, I've spent the last few years trying to get back to real instruments, and playing with other people again - hence the bass guitar and melodeon playing.

On the other hand, if you could simultaneously run Logic on the same machine, you'd have a super-compact studio you could hold in one hand.... I suppose a lot depends on the size and quality of the sample library, and whether they're going to fleece you by selling it peicemeal at a hefty price for each piece.

A proper weighted 88 or 76 note keyboard would be a must for serious playing, though, as far as I'm concerned - presumably you could connect one via USB.

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Re: Sample Wiz
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2011, 11:35:30 PM »

A proper weighted 88 or 76 note keyboard would be a must for serious playing, though, as far as I'm concerned - presumably you could connect one via USB.

I've no idea if that's possible with an iPad but it is of course the norm with all midi hardware and a properly weighted keyboard is a must for classically trained pianists. Unless of course you happen to be Rick Wakeman ...  >:E
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Re: Sample Wiz
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2011, 05:43:44 PM »

*drools*

Want. One. Now.

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Re: Sample Wiz
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2011, 07:52:54 PM »

*drools*

Want. One. Now.

I went in the Apple shop in the Bluewater shopping centre this afternoon Ollie, and managed to walk out without buying an iPad. Still, I can always nick the wife's!  ;D
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Re: Sample Wiz
« Reply #6 on: September 07, 2011, 08:21:22 PM »

Saw a friend yesterday, who has an iPad... managed to resist the temptation of spending £7 of his money on this app... just.  :P
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Re: Sample Wiz
« Reply #7 on: September 07, 2011, 08:27:11 PM »

Mollify ( ;) ) yourself by remembering it's just another musical gadget and it will be superseded by other gadgets many times during the next few years but you'll still be playing your Erika for decades to come.
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