The Ensoniq Mirage DMS-8 is a digital synthesizer and sampler released by Ensoniq in 1985. It was the first sampler to feature a built-in hard disk drive, allowing users to store and recall samples quickly and easily. The Mirage was also the first...
VP-9000 is a powerful rackmount audio processor employing proprietary VariPhrase technology which allows an elastic audio processing, realtime sync of samples with different keys and tempo, while formant processing eliminates tedious multi-sampling. It...
The Akai Professional MPC Key 37 represents the culmination of years of development in the groovebox and beatmaking space—a compact powerhouse that strikes an impressive balance between functionality, portability, and price. As a smaller sibling to the...
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 Ensoniq ASR-10 Rack is a digital sampling workstation released by Ensoniq in 1993. It is an expanded version of the ASR-10 keyboard, featuring an additional 32MB of RAM and a SCSI port for connecting external storage devices. The ASR-10 Rack is...