Hi Stu

> i'm personally not a fan of leaving running, looping, one-shotting and
> stopping to the sampler, i think gating it continuously allows more
> control.

If you want to do wavetable like stuff, you need a loop in the
release-phase of an ADSR.envelope. If you do drummachine like stuff, you
want the sample have sound even after key release (gate-off), e.g. a
cymbal sound,

>> trigger(+momentary-switch) for restart
> would a start trigger not do the same anyway if the module were to be
> controlled by gates (see above) then a retrigger input would indeed
> make sense.

It would make sense also with start AND stop triggers. Imagine some
dance performance, where the dancer starts a loop by touching a pad,
another dancer retriggers it by a second pad and a third pad (at the
other side of the stage) is used for stopping the loop. Three triggers
for different approach.

> i think there is a danger here of loading the thing up with so many
> features that it becomes a small minority's perfect module, but
> unnecessarily expensive for most others - especially those who would
> potentially buy four or more, interesting though many of these ideas
> are. i suppose it's a matter of taste, but maybe bakis, you could
> include a slimmer version in the poll

That is why I suggested in a second mail a separation of the sample and
the control module.

Florian