Hi
I have 16 separate wav files (of short backing track phrases) that i need to trigger at various points during a song. Currently, I’m doing that using a single rackspace with 16 separate instances of the Audio File Player plugin, each of which is mapped to a different note associated with my keyboard’s pads (Keylab).
Is that the best way or is there a more efficient approach?
Thanks.
Why not using a Sampler?
For one shot phrases or sound FX I‘m still using https://www.tx16wx.com/
I wasn’t aware of that sampler plugin, looks ideal… and free! Thank you tripleB.
I think Battery 4 might be another (paid) option, as would be Kontakt.
Key thing for me is simple, intuitive, and quick to setup. Not so worried about advanced features.
TAL-Drum is a very nice and easy to use sampler for lots of one off samples.
I’m also using Serato Sample which has some tempo syncing features
From what I’ve now read, Tal-Drum seems to be a big favourite for this use case. Lots of options, thanks!
I was keen to understand if I’d been missing something obvious with Audio File Player, but that doesn’t look like the case.
I guess another option would be to build a template Rackspace with 16 instances of AFP all mapped to the pads, and then just copy / paste as necessary. Just changing the samples loaded each time.
Another free sampler option is the Decent Sampler, which GigPerformer can export compatible sample sets, with it’s Auto Sampler feature (as well as Kontakt compatible samples).
Right, but that won’t really work for the OP as an XML file has to be created defining all the samples etc. Better to use something like Tal-Drum
I’ve been happy with this:
https://decomposer.de/sitala/
Simple, and only $20! Probably the best fit for my needs. Great, thanks all 
(Actually, I use the free version.But nice to support the developer.) 
Sitala is very simple and practical for trigging oneshot sounds, but it lacks the note on/note off function for stopping them at a given moment.
Of course, Siatala is basically designed for drums, not start/stop.
It’s a pity because I haven’t found a simple sampler like Sitala to do this.
I used to use ShortCircuit but it only existed in 32bit and I now avoid bridging plugins so I’m left with Kontakt which finally does the trick, even if it means using sophisticated software to trigger 3 or four samples here and there.