Roland S550: A Comprehensive and Versatile 12-bit Sampler The Roland S-550, released in 1987, is a rackmount digital sampler that serves as an expanded version of the Roland S50. It can function both as an expander to the S50 and as a standalone sampler....
The Akai S3000XL sampler shares its physical appearance with the S2800 rather than the S3000. The front panel features a power switch, headphone socket, and display contrast control that doubles as a backlight switch. Eight mode buttons control basic...
The E-mu Systems ESI-32 is a professional sampler with a 32-voice polyphony and 16-bit sample architecture. It was released in 1994 as a rack-mounted module and offered a variety of features, such as filtering and effects. The ESI-32 was the first...
The AKAI S2800 is a professional-grade sampler and sequencer released by Akai in the mid-1990s. It was designed to be a powerful and versatile music production tool, allowing users to sample and sequence audio and MIDI data. The S2800 featured...
The Ensoniq Mirage DMS-1 is a digital sampling keyboard released by Ensoniq in 1984. It was one of the first affordable digital sampling keyboards available to musicians. It featured a built-in 8-bit sampler, a 61-note velocity-sensitive keyboard, and a...
The AKAI S700 is a professional 12-bit sampler and digital signal processor (DSP) released in 1987 by the Japanese company Akai. It was one of the first samplers to use 12-bit sampling, allowing for higher-quality sound reproduction than its 8-bit...
Usually, I prepare my own description for any of instruments in this catalogue, but not this time. Enjoy how Roland Corp. themselves described the MKS-100 40 years ago. The Roland Digital Sampler is a completely new type MIDI Sound Module which can record...
The Roland S-220 is a digital sampling module released in 1987. It was one of the first accessible digital samplers on the market and was used by electronic musicians in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The S-220 was capable of sampling at 12-bit resolution and had a maximum sample rate of 30kHz.
The Sequential Prophet 3000 was a groundbreaking 16-bit, 8-voice sampling system designed exclusively as a rackmounted unit. Released in 1987, it was remarkably innovative for its time, offering stereo sampling capabilities nearly two years ahead of...
The Ensoniq Mirage DMS-8 v2 is a vintage digital synthesizer and sampler released by Ensoniq in 1985. It was the first instrument to feature both sampling and synthesis capabilities in a single unit. The DMS-8 v2 was capable of storing up to 8MB of...
