The Waves CR8 Creative Sampler streamlines the process of transforming sounds into playable instruments with an intuitive and efficient workflow. Designed to spark creativity quickly, it lets you craft unique instruments from any sample in seconds. With eight sample layers, you can stack, mix, or split sounds across your keyboard, offering broad sonic possibilities. Its five distinct stretching algorithms enable independent control over pitch and time, adapting seamlessly to voice, beats, melodic, harmonic, or classic material.

CR8 also provides essential tools for shaping your sounds, including filters, ADSR envelopes, and versatile modulation options. Four LFO/Sequencer modulators and four ADSR envelopes can be assigned to nearly any control, allowing dynamic and expressive sound manipulation. The sampler supports keyboard aftertouch, velocity, mod-wheel, and pitch-wheel assignments, making your samples highly responsive and musical. Additional controls such as loop, reverse, and freeze functions offer immediate and creative sample playback options.

Enhancing workflow further, CR8 features the Waves COSMOS AI-powered Sample Finder, which automatically sorts and tags your loops and one-shots for quick browsing and auditioning within your session context. It intelligently selects the best time stretching algorithm for each sample, ensuring perfect tuning and sync with your project. The sampler also includes over 800 presets and more than 2,500 free loops and one-shots, providing an extensive library to jumpstart your creativity and accelerate your music production.