The Sequential Circuits Prophet 3000 is a digital sampling synthesizer released in 1991. It was the first commercially available sampler to feature 32-bit processing and a built-in hard disk drive. The Prophet 3000 was capable of sampling up to 32kHz and...
In 1985 at the music fair in Milan Prophet 2000 was introduced - the first sampler made by SCI. Compared to its predecessors (E-mu Emulator and Ensoniq Mirage), the synthesizer got the sample rate almost twice bigger (12 bits versus 8) and offered quite...
The Ensoniq ESQ-M is a digital synthesizer and sequencer released by Ensoniq in 1986. It was the first Ensoniq product to feature a built-in sequencer, as well as a built-in disk drive for storing sequences and patches. It featured an 8-voice polyphony,...
The Ensoniq VFX is a synthesizer and digital sampling workstation released by Ensoniq in 1985. It was the first synthesizer to feature a built-in hard disk drive for storing samples and sequences. It was also the first synthesizer to feature a built-in...
The E-mu Systems E5000 Ultra is a professional-grade digital sampler and sound module. It was released in 1996 and was one of the first samplers to feature a 32-bit processor and 32-bit audio resolution. It was capable of sampling up to 32-bit/48kHz and...