Sampler (musical instrument)
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A sampler is an electronic musical instrument that records and plays back samples. Samples may comprise elements such as rhythm, melody, speech, sound effects or longer portions of music.
Lichttonorgel (1936), an earlier sampling organ utilizing analog optical disc
An Akai MPC2000 sampling sequencer (1997)
Mellotron (Introduced 1963)
EMS MUSYS-3 (1970) (based on Nunzio 2014)
Mellotron
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The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963. It is played by pressing its keys, each of which causes a length of magnetic tape to contact a caps
Sampler (musical instrument)
…effects or longer portions of music. The mid-20th century saw the introduction of keyboard instruments that played sounds recorded on tape, such as the Mellotron. As technology improved, cheaper standalone samplers with more memory emerged, such as the E-mu Emulator, Akai S950 and Akai MPC. Samples may be loaded…
The Mellotron M400 has a removable tape frame that can be replaced with another containing different sounds
A Mellotron M400 tape frame as removed from the instrument
The simplified control panel of the M400