> From: s007ing [mailto:harmony@...] > > Thanks all for your replies- you confirmed what I had thought, that I > need every note sampled seperately to avoid the sampler "time- > stretching" the sound to achieve pitch change. And since I am going > to use mostly acoustic instruments, the direction I hear from you all > is that using various software to "force" pitch change from a single > note sample is not an attractive option. Even worse - if you want convincing acoustic instrument sounds, you probably need several samples per note, for different velocity levels, and maybe some articulation differences tied to other MIDI controllers, etc. Check out some of the BIG BIG BIG gigasampler instruments, that's why they sound so good... -smeet