Sampling Flashcards
what is a sampler
allows music to be made out of any sound recorded by the user
what was the chamberlain and when was it made
1949 - had tape loops underneath each key, which playback the sound of real instruments
what was the mellotron and when made
1963 similar to the chamberlain, with a mechanism under each key for tape playback and a tape bin.
sounds inlude 3 violins, choirs and flue
what was the first digital sampler
EMS musys 1969. System ran on two mini computers
what was the NED synclavier and when was it made
1977 - early digital synth and sampler, presets were called timbres
what was the fairlight CMI and when made
1975, used a sampling rate of 8 bits per second per sample at a rate of 24kHz and two 8-bit motorolo 6800 processors.
also came with keyboard, alphanumeric keyboard and display unit where sound waves could be edited and drawn
could edited, loop and mix sounds
what was the eMU systems emulator 1 and when was it made
1982, cam in 2,4 and 8 note polyphonic versions
when was the emulator 2 made
1982 - 8 track sequencer and analogue filtering
when was the Emu SP 12 made
1985 - sampler and drum machine
when was the emu sp1200 made
1987 - sampler and drum machine, 12 bit sampling engine gave desirable warmth to instruments and gritty punch to drums.
when were the akai digital samplers made
S612 - 1985 - 12 bit digital sampler
S900 - 1986
S1000 - 1988 - 16 bit
when were the MPCs invented
MPC60 - 1988 - 16 voice polyphonic 12 bit sampler famous for its swing setting
MPC3000 - 1994 improved upon the mpc60 by adding 44.1kHz stereo sampling and increased memory
