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 EPS-16+ Rack is a professional rack-mountable version of the Ensoniq EPS-16+ sampler/sequencer. It is a powerful and versatile digital sampling workstation that is capable of producing high-quality audio samples and sequences. The EPS-16+...
Digitakt is an 8-voice drum machine with a powerful sequencer. The sample-based drum machine offers 64MB sample memory and you also get 1GB of built-in storage. Each track has a multimode filter and an assignable LFO available. The instrument provides...
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...
Studio 440 is a further development of the idea first implemented in Prophet 2000. The wide possibilities allow Studio 440 to remain a relevant instrument today, with only a few limitations: a small amount of built-in memory (512 KB) and low resolution...
Sampler, Digital (D), Voices: 32, Production start: 1993, Production ended: Yes.
Sampler, Digital (D), Production start: 1995, Production ended: Yes.
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...
