Auditioning sounds/samples

[Feverdreamer]

Is it possible for Reaper to do this?

Say if I'm loading some drum samples into a plugin, or onto a track, but I'm not sure exactly which sound I want. Is there a way I can go through the sounds and audition them simply by clicking on them? To save me loading up a sample, listening to it, than reloading another one if I don't like it.

I used to be able to do this in a Fruity Loops demo I had years ago. It would save a lot of time if there was a way to do this in Reaper.

[FrankT]

Tried using the media browser ?
That's what I use for auditioning loops and suchlike

[beatbybit]

Originally Posted by Feverdreamer

Is it possible for Reaper to do this?

Say if I'm loading some drum samples .. onto a track, ..

what about these?:



if you already built a "pattern" using oneshot samples on the timeline, then you can "switch samples" this way:

[Feverdreamer]

Originally Posted by FrankT

Tried using the media browser ?
That's what I use for auditioning loops and suchlike

I had never tried it. Now I have, and it is exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks!

[misscc803]

What's crazy is just today I realized how useful the Media Explorer was. Didn't even notice it until today. Great tool.


Nicole

[Luxi]

Another way is to use Shortcircuit (Version 2).

It's a free sampler, that easily let you drag samples into the piano roll.
(you can also use Attack, Sustain, Decay, Release / looping / more)
After this, the sample names are written down at the piano key, so it's easy to find them @ midi editor.

Beside this, you need to make short cuts of the sample locations:

* Put this short cuts in the Shortcircuit / samples map, and the samples will be add to the library

* After this, refresh the library, by right click into the library area and click -refresh-

* Every time you start Shortcircuit now, the library is there and you can listen to all your samples -like instant- one by one.

If your samples are from different locations at your hard-disk, or have separate maps within these location's, they will be shown in the library.


Shortly, it's a great free program to check samples and play samples. They all play at the quality, the samples are. So it's not like, the quality is worse.. (because it's free, you might think that)