{"id":90086,"date":"2022-01-12T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=90086"},"modified":"2022-01-12T15:04:30","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T15:04:30","slug":"free-sample-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/free-sample-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Drop Designer is a free sample player instrument patch for Kontakt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Image Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-cL8VFRI5a4\">Skybox Audio<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 style=\"user-select: auto;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; user-select: auto;\">Drop Designer from Skybox Audio is packed with fun multi-fx presets and quick sound shaping features to make samples your own.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Simply drag and drop your samples into Drop Designer to turn your samples into something new. With automatic mapping and syncing, your samples are always in the right key and host tempo. 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