Cell Sampler

Cell Sampler is a creative tool for generating random sequences.

Drop samples into the grid, then set off chain reactions of cells with your keyboard.

Drop in your Samples

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The Cell Sampler will analyze and automap them, putting each sample in its own cell.

Activate Cells

Click or drag on cells to make them dead or alive. Shift+Drag to box-select

Start a Chain Reaction

Play any note to start a sequence of generations. On each generation, living cells may play their sample. Cells only playing their sample if it is not already playing

CELL RULES

Rule 1

Death by over-population if number of neighbors is greater than 3

Rule 2

Death by under-population if number of neighbors is less than 2

Rule 3

Rebirth by reproduction if number of neighbors is exactly equal to 3

OPTIONS

Mapping

Click Learn, then play a note. It will save whichever cells are dead and alive. Now you can get back to that by playing the mapped note.With Add enabled, the whole grid won’t be overwritten by mappings. Only the mapping’s alive cells will be added.Click Un-Learn, then play a yellow note to get rid of its mapping.

Key Snap

Turn off the dots to restrict played pitches to a scale

Add or Remove Cells

Grid size ranges from 1-16, both x and y axes

Move Living Cells with CC’s

CC11 to move them side-to-sideCC1 to move them up-and-down

System Requirements

• Kontakt Player Version 7.3 or above (will also work in Full Kontakt Version 7.3 or above)
• Windows 10/11
• Intel Macs (i5 or higher): macOS 10.15, 11 or 12 (latest update)
• Apple Silicon Macs (via Rosetta 2 & natively on ARM in Standalone or in hosts that support it): macOS 11 or 12 (latest update).
• Presets include samples taken from other Osterhouse Sounds libraries, synthesized sounds, and recordings of household objects. These samples are available as WAV files

Note: This product is compatible with the FREE Native Instruments Kontakt Player 7.3 or later.