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"It's a stupendously powerful tool": 10 of the best sampler plugins in 2025

PLUGIN WEEK 2025: The quest to emulate acoustic instruments reached a tipping point in 1979 with the release of the legendary (and legendarily expensive) Fairlight CMI, the world's first commercially ...
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The Logic Pros: How to create custom sampler instruments using any audio file with EXS24

In this week’s episode of The Logic Pros, we are taking a look at one of Logic’s most prized possessions. A mainstay since, well, almost forever, the EXS24 sampler may seem basic and over-looked ...
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This huge free sample library is packed with over 1200 sample packs recorded by a "global collective of sound nerds"

Our guide to one of the web's biggest free high-quality sample libraries and the free sampler plugin you can use to play them When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
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Logic Pro X 10.5: Create custom instruments with the brilliant new Auto Sampler

Apple has completely overhauled Logic Pro X’s sampling technology with the new Sampler and Quick Sampler. While those two might be running the audio recycling operation here, the powerful new Logic ...
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"It's a stupendously powerful tool": 10 of the best sampler plugins in 2025

From full-featured behemoths and retro emulations to MPC-style beatmakers and must-have freebies, we round up 10 software samplers that make sampling fun, fast and intuitive When you purchase through ...