Doepfer

Hi Stu

 > i'm personally not a fan of leaving running, looping, one-shotting and
 > stopping to the sampler, i think gating it continuously allows more
 > control.
If you want to do wavetable like stuff, you need a loop in the 
release-phase of an ADSR.envelope. If you do drummachine like stuff, you 
want the sample have sound even after key release (gate-off), e.g. a 
cymbal sound,


 >> trigger(+momentary-switch) for restart
 > would a start trigger not do the same anyway?  if the module were to be
 > controlled by gates (see above) then a retrigger input would indeed
 > make sense.
It would make sense also with start AND stop triggers. Imagine some 
dance performance, where the dancer starts a loop by touching a pad, 
another dancer retriggers it by a second pad and a third pad (at the 
other side of the stage) is used for stopping the loop. Three triggers 
for different approach.



 > i think there is a danger here of loading the thing up with so many
 > features that it becomes a small minority's perfect module, but
 > unnecessarily expensive for most others - especially those who would
 > potentially buy four or more, interesting though many of these ideas
 > are. i suppose it's a matter of taste, but maybe bakis, you could
 > include a slimmer version in the poll?
That is why I suggested in a second mail a separation of the sample and 
the control module.

Florian