The Roland S-10 is a 8-voice 12-bit digital sampler released by Roland in 1987. It was the first sampler to feature a built-in sequencer, allowing users to create entire compositions from within the unit. The S-10 also featured a 2-line 16x2 characters backlit LCD display for editing sounds and sequences. It was used by a variety of artists, including The Prodigy, Aphex Twin, and Moby.
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.
E-mu last decade of samplers: E4 and all its bells&whistles