With the CR8 Creative Sampler, Waves has created an affordable sampler. The CR8 also comes with the free Cosmos sample finder, which is also available separately and uses artificial intelligence to provide more structure and order in the sample archive.
The CR8 can layer up to eight samples, which can be distributed via the keyboard. This is ideal for creative textures and soundscapes. The samples can be altered in tempo and pitch using five stretching algorithms. The original note and pitch are recognised when samples are loaded. Various LFOs and mini-sequencers and ADSR envelopes can be assigned to any parameter.