Good free sampler to use with Abelton?

postmarkbeats

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I've been using Drum Rack on Ableton 8 when I chop up samples and use my MPD as a controller. Can anyone recommend a better sampler that I could use? Preferably something free, but I would willing to drop a little money. The main thing I want to do is have more control over what's on each pad, I'd like to be able to warp each individual sample.
I'm new at this, so forgive me if this is a novice question. Thanks!
 
Actually, if you're using DrumRack, you should take a look at the Impulse instrument in Ableton. You can assign only 8 samples, but you can warp and tune them all individually. It's a forgotten but powerful instrument. You can group more of them in a rack, and assign the keys appropriately to each instrument by setting the ranges. It's a bit more work, but it's part of Ableton and quite powerful.
 
You can take the sample and drop it into the arrangement view, warp it, add effects etc, then drag it back into the Drum Rack. You can also use Sampler and assign each sound to a key and play them back. Sampler is a powerful sound design tool.
 
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