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The best sampler 2026
What is your favorite sampler? Why? Are there category leaders?
(This is to replace a necro thread with a fresh round)
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It was always Wavebox because it can load auv3 fx.
But since a while koala can do that too.
Do you maybe mean Dawnbeat by the same developer as Wavebox?
Has to be Koala overall for me but I really enjoy Outgrowth as well.
I suspect if I really understood Loopy Pro inside out like some do, that would probably take the crown with all it offers in flexibility.
Koala would probably be the most popular, I’m guessing. It’s very easy-to-use, flexible, AUv3, well designed and supported.
Samplr still hasn’t been topped, for me. So inspiring to use, even if it does require some extra steps to integrate it in a ‘modern’ set-up.
Although they probably don’t fit in this conversation (they wouldn’t be many people’s nomination for ‘best’ at anything 😆), I’ve always really enjoyed using Korg’s Abu Dhabi and Vancouver gadgets. Despite their sometimes-infuriating limitations, I usually get great results from them.
I'll toss my hat in the ring and say Koala Sampler. In my personal opinion.
Koala is the best for a standalone MPC style sampler. But I use the sampler modules in Drambo for most of my sample work. Sampler, Flexi Sampler, and Wave Scanner.
Same. Love Flexi Sampler!
No I mean wavebox.
I also like Async Sampler a lot.
Hmm, fair enough. I think of Wavebox as an audio editor, not a sampler.
Favorite: Beatmaker3. Koala: eh/meh, never grabbed me, always feels limited
I second this emotion. Koala is fast and has fun stuff inside but I’m more likely to make things that I will keep, working in BM3
Most of these are my faves too!
Koala is just insane value and its ease of use is unbeatable. I'm often tempted to pick up more...idk...'focused' or 'conventional' samplers like 4Pockets' Chameleon or VirSyn's AudioLayer, or an audio recorder like 4Pockets' Neon or Multitack Recorder, but I can coax Koala into doing almost everything that I'd used them for. I saw on Reddit, there's yet another free update too! Should be announced here shortly.
I too keep going back to Samplr, my very first iOS music app! Some hoops to jump through for sure, but I haven't come across anything like it for 'tactile' sample manipulation. My workaround is to use it in AUM and record loops that I then export to other DAWs.
As for the Gadget "samplers", I took a punt on all of them except for Stockholm early in my iOS journey when I wanted to stick solely to Gadget and NanoStudio2 to keep things "minimal". That didn't really work out lol.
Anyway, Bilbao is still pretty much my go-to drum sampler. Vancouver is great for gritty, industrial or ambient textures, and Sydney loop sampler is really cool for cut-ups, layering, and pseudo-Frippertronics. I find Abu Dhabi a bit fiddly to work with, but I've done some cool Jungle beats with it.
Gotta give props to the Drambo samplers too.
The sampler in Beatmaker 3 really is excellent. For those that have never used it: it has a lot in common with Ableton’s Simpler, it’s deep, but easy to use, covers a lot of ground for editing and (if I’m remembering correctly) has layers, and possibly splits.
I ran into too many problems with the app as a whole (stability, sequencer timing), but that sampler is a thing of beauty. If they released it standalone I’d snap it up.
👍🏻 yup, the more I use Drambo, the more I appreciate Flexi Sampler.
Stockholm is a great instrument, with some nice built in samples. But needing to source Rex files will have meant plenty of people passed it over.
I was always a 'Reasonista', so making/getting Rex files shouldn't be an issue, but the extra admin required to copy + convert samples to and from the Mac/PC puts me off doing it. Stockholm hasn't had as much use as DrRex/OctoRex did for that reason.
When did you last use it? There were a couple significant updates that really improved stability.
Ah, ok. It was a few years ago, now, tbf.
The new Resamplr is good. It's missing a few features at the moment, but they're on the roadmap. I really like the layout and the workflow.