Sample start/point modulation

aquapher

30+ year old samplers can modulate sample start point.

I can't find any discussion about this. Is there a reason this basic feature has not been implemented? (not a software engineer)

I'm not vocal on any forums, but I've had a deluge from the first run, and this is the only thing that's missing for me.

any reasoning, would satisfy me so I can go on with my life.

aquapher

I mean.. I kinda figure there's an architectural issue there - Figure we'd have seen granular by now if not.
Can anyone explain to a baby what's up?

seangoodvibes

It's because "samples are streamed from the sdcard and only the first few milliseconds are cached, so there will be no possible way to do that in the near future with modulators"

I would assume that other sample based devices store the entire sample in memory which makes it possible to jump back and forth between sample points because they do not need to deal with the inevitable lag of trying to "jump and then stream, jump and then stream" - your SD card wouldn't be able to keep up with the demands placed upon it.

Maybe you'd need to devise some mechanism of looking ahead to know what the upcoming sample streaming requirements are so that maybe you could cache things ahead of time, but that would be extremely complex to implement.