Digital Samplers

The Digital Samplers in Reason do what their name says. They provide actual audio samples of different instruments and sounds. So when you press a key, it triggers the audio sample it is set to play. With a Synthesizer, you can synthesize or "produce" the sound of a grand piano, but with the Samplers you can actually play the samples of a grand piano which make you sound like you are actually sitting down at one. There are two Digital Samplers within Reason 2.5 and they are the NN-XT Advanced Sampler and the NN19 Digital Sampler.

The NN-XT Advanced Sampler looks like this:

The NN19 Digital Sampler looks like this:

These samplers work very similarly, although the NN-XT allows you to manipulate the instrument more. Usually you will just load up the sample by clicking on the little button with the folder on it which looks very similar to the loading buttons on the Synthesizers and the rest of the instruments offered in Reason 2.5. Then after clicking on the folder button, you will click the "1" folder, which looks like this: . Then you will select the "Reason Factory Sound Back" and then either the "NN-XT Advanced Sampler Patches" or the "NN19 Digital Sampler Patches" folder according to the sampler you are using.

Next we are going to talk about the Dr. Rex Loop Player.