Sampling (music)
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In sound and music, sampling is the reuse of a portion of a sound recording in another recording. Samples may comprise elements such as rhythm, melody, speech, or sound effects. A sample might compris
DJ Premier selecting records to sample
The Phonogene, a 1940s instrument which plays back sounds from tape loops
The Fairlight CMI, a sampler and synthesizer released in 1979. The designers coined the term sampling to describe one of its features.
The Akai MPC, an influential sampler produced from 1988
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.
Sampling (music)
…layered, equalized, sped up or slowed down, repitched, looped, or otherwise manipulated. They are usually integrated using electronic music instruments (samplers) or software such as digital audio workstations. A process similar to sampling originated in the 1940s with musique concrète, experimental music created…
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)