Sample sound from my CVP digital piano

[rodrigo.b]

Hey guys. Happy New Year!!  I now have another instrument besides my CVP, it is a Korg Pa keyboard and it sounds really amazing. You know I love my CVP and there are some sounds like the S.Art Flamenco Guitar that the Pa5x doesn't have. The Pa5x can read Sf2 files. I previously used the extreme sampler converter to sample keyboards or virtual instruments and generate the SF2 files to import them on my Pa600 but the software is very old now, Do you happen to know any alternative to do that but that is faster and more efficient? Thank you in advance!

[Teknoss]

Awave Studio.

[RoyB]

I am aware of 4 auto-sampler programs for a Windows PC.

Extreme Sample Converter (ESC), which you have already used, is primarily a low cost sound file converter which contains a basic auto-sampler. I am led to understand that the sampling engine itself is decent, and that it is capable, for a basic auto-sampler, of producing decent quality samples. However, as you are aware, it is an old program that has not been updated for many years, but you won't get another auto-sampler for such a  low cost.

Translator, from Chicken Systems, is also primarily an extensive sound file and instrument file converter that contains a basic auto-sampler. Translator is still updated from time to time, mainly in the instrument file converter part. For an auto-sampler, it is a probably a bit pricey because you only get basic functionality and you are paying mainly for the instrument file converter part of the program.

There are 2 dedicated autosamplers.

Samplit, from Soundlib, has a nice, modern-looking interface, has some nice features, and includes support for 64-bit VST plugins, but I'm not sure if it is still in development because it has not been updated since 2016. Price is $139. I have used Samplit and I found it quite simple to use and I managed to produce decent samples (I got better results than I did using ESC). However, it is buggy and can crash unexpectedly, especially after converting the recording samples to SF2 files.  The auto-sampling also stalls if it comes to a key that produces no sound. It you can put with the crashes, it is a significant improvement on ESC and it might be worth a punt.

Finally, there is SampleRobot from Skylife. This gets regular updates, and undoubtedly is the most developed and professional of the auto-samplers, but it comes at a price - around double the price of Samplit for the full version with VST plugin support.  Rather costly if you just want to do a one-off or occasional sample, but it is the most accomplished and professional of the auto-samplers and definitely the one to consider if you are into serious sampling. However, there is also a low-cost Korg-specific version (without VST support) at £68 GBP for Korg users which may be of interest to you (however it only mentions PA4X specifically, and not the PA5X). Might be worth a look.

In addition to these, I am aware of a couple of other options. I understand there are auto-sampling tools that can be used with Reaper, but I know no more than that. Also, Akai's MPC DAW software also includes auto-sampling functionality.

Hope this is helpful

Roy

[rodrigo.b]

Thank you so much for the answers, guys!    I will take a look at those options. Have a blessed week!

[rodrigo.b]

Hey guys. I want to sample the megavoice Flamenco Guitar from my CVP with all the articulations and noises, for the Pa5x but I can't find any information on the strumming noises anywhere, which one is down and which one is up. Please help me again!

[rodrigo.b]

The strumming noises are important for me because I want to program the sound in the same way that the factory Pa5x guitars are programmed, to be able to use the sound in the styles.