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Sampler (musical instrument)

A sampler is an electronic musical instrument that records and plays back samples (portions of sound recordings). Samples may comprise elements such as rhythm, melody, speech, sound effects or longer portions of music.

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Software samplers

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Sampler (musical instrument)

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Avg. degree1.99
Density0.01227
Components1

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sampling samplers digital sampler sample samples memory akai fairlight pitch e-mu sound keyboard effects music first instrument may different instruments

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rhythminstance ofSamples may comprise elements0.80text
melodyinstance ofSamples may comprise elements0.80text
speechinstance ofSamples may comprise elements0.80text
sound effects or longer portions of music.The mid-20th century saw the introduction of keyboard instruments that played sounds recorded on tapeinstance ofSamples may comprise elements0.80text
such as the Mellotroninstance ofSamples may comprise elements0.80text
a sequencerinstance ofand also includes features0.80text
a typewriter clacking or a dog barkinginstance ofsounds0.80text
drum hitsinstance ofsounds0.80text
the 16 pads on the Akai MPC seriesinstance ofparticularly on interfaces0.80text
Syquestinstance ofZip drives and removable cartridge drives0.80text
Iomega Jaz drives are the most popular SCSI devices used with samplersinstance ofZip drives and removable cartridge drives0.80text

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