Quality vs Quantity ? – Samplers, Sampling & Sample Libraries Forum

Good question! Not sure.

I personally try to stick with 2-3 providers that I like (I have Samples from Mars, Wave Alchemy and Goldbaby). Maybe that’s already too much? But every sample provider has their own organizing / naming system which makes having too many sample libraries really difficult to manage without a lot of manual care.

To find and “rate” good samples, you could use something like XO, Atlas, Triaz, Sononym.

Something I’m currently trying out: I wrote a small script that takes the favorites in Triaz and exports them into a “curated” sample library. I can also add other sample libraries there, but Triaz factory library is already great and well curated (imho). Also speculating on future Triaz update to bring AI categorization. The script is very primitive right now, but the idea is: Favorite / curate samples in a real drum VST then export via script, where I can bake in (automate) some preferences on how to organize / name things.