
427 Live Instrument Reference
24.7 Sampler
The Sampler Instrument.
Sampler is a sleek yet formidable multisampling instrument that takes full advantage of Live‘s ag-
ile audio engine. It has been designed from the start to handle multi-gigabyte instrument libraries
with ease, and it imports most common library formats. But with Sampler, playback is only the
beginning; its extensive internal modulation system, which addresses nearly every aspect of its
sound, makes it the natural extension of Live‘s sound-shaping techniques.
The full version of Sampler is not included with the standard version of Live, but is a special fea-
ture available for purchase separately. Sampler users who want to share their presets with all
Live users can convert their work to Simpler (page 452) presets. To do this, [right-click](PC) /
[CTRL-click](Mac) on Sampler‘s title bar and choose the Sampler -> Simpler command.
24.7.1 Getting Started with Sampler
Getting started with Sampler is as easy as choosing a preset from the browser. Like all of Live‘s
devices, Sampler’s presets are located in folders listed beneath its name. Presets imported from
third-party sample libraries are listed here, too, in the Imports folder.
Once you have loaded a Sampler preset into a track, remember to arm the track for recording
(which also enables you to hear any MIDI notes you might want to play), and then start playing!
24.7.2 Multisampling
Before going on, let’s introduce the concept of multisampling. This technique is used to accurate-
ly capture the complexity of instruments that produce dynamic timbral changes. Rather than rely
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