# 16+ slot sampling program / VST besides full version of Ableton? (student budget)

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**Category:** Music Production\
**Created:** [September 14, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/16-slot-sampling-program-vst-besides-full-version-of-ableton-student-budget/60561 "2013-09-14T22:28:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![ConnectControl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/connectcontrol/32/14237_2.png) [@ConnectControl](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/ConnectControl)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/16-slot-sampling-program-vst-besides-full-version-of-ableton-student-budget/60561/1 "2013-09-14T22:28:12Z")

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**16+ slot sampling program / VST besides full version of Ableton? (student budget)**

Hey guys so this may be a stupid question but I was wondering whether there’s a reliable third party program or VST or app or something out there for instantly triggering one shot samples without any restrictions as to how many can be triggered at once? For instance I know you can trigger samples in Traktor remix decks, but then you’re limited to four samples at a time and you can’t combine samples in the same column, which makes it impractical for finger drumming.

I know you can do this sort of thing with Ableton drum racks, which would be ideal. However, short of coughing up $379 for the full version of Ableton (rocking the launchpad edition right now) does anybody have any more economically feasible suggestions? I’m a full time university student with a tiny budget for hobby software.

Cheers

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**Author:** ![botstein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/botstein/32/14075_2.png) [@botstein](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/botstein)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/16-slot-sampling-program-vst-besides-full-version-of-ableton-student-budget/60561/2 "2013-09-14T22:46:15Z")

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You could grab Maschine Mikro, which will come it at about $350.

Don’t forget about Ableton’s discount for students or used stuff.

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**Author:** ![Tarekith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/tarekith/32/15048_2.png) [@Tarekith](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Tarekith)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 2:44am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/16-slot-sampling-program-vst-besides-full-version-of-ableton-student-budget/60561/3 "2013-09-15T02:44:07Z")

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Maschine was what I was going to suggest as well. Otherwise if you have an iPad or iPhone, there’s a ton of apps like Beatmaker and Nanostudio that would do that too.