First of all it needs to be fully remotable. Second it needs to incorporate its own sample sets either hardwired into it like the 1000 samples in Knock or batch importable like in Mimic (you can import 96 samples per slot as a sliced file). These two features are linked together in the way i like to start making Drumsets which i explain below.
Currently i am using indeed Knock but i yearn for a more modern or variable sample set. When i start and am not sure where to go with samples i just drop a Beatmap on Knock hit run and listen to the produced beat. I then use my remote controller (Launchpad) to select any number of channels of Knock and hit randomize on the Sample Selection (either in type liek BD,CP, CH etc. or copletely random per slot). That function is inbuilt on my remote codec and only possible because there is a parameter on Knock which selects the sample per slot. That way i get a completely new drumset each time i hit ranomize. When i like some samples i exclude them from the next randomization process and progress untill i have a drumset of my liking. And the happens very fast and you traverse many styles by doing this.
I know thats a rather unconventional way to go at things but i find this a more fluid, fun and inspiring workflow to start things off compared to using the browser (clicking, dragging, dropping, waiting for loading.) or loading static premade sets of which there are mostly limited numbers available.
Sadly Knock is the only RE that i know of that can do this. But maybe i am not aware of something. I first thought i could do this with Mimic which would be perfect as it also has some major sample mangling capabilities but you cant trigger sliced samples in the different slots at the same time- There is no multi slices option - only multi and multi pitch and there also aren't Gate/Cvs for the different slots. A Combi with alot of NN19s is also not perfect because with the current limit of 32 rotaries you would only get 4 parameters per slot (i assume an 8slot Drummachine).
So maybe someone has an idea of a Rack Extension that i have overlooked or a way to stick things together in Combinator or a dev likes the idea for a new Rack Extension. Lemme know.
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