Sampler, Digital
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A Digital Sampler is a special computer-based instrument that records, or "samples," sounds. You can record any sound into the sampler's memory - from the bark of a dog to the note of a piano - and play the sound back at any pitch. A keyboard, or other controller, connects to a sampler so that you can play tunes using the sampled sounds.
| Family |
| Keyboards |
| Pitch range |
| The entire audible spectrum. |
| Material |
| Metal framework, plastic casing and keyboards, and electrical components of various metals. |
| Size |
| Usually 19 in (48 cm) long. |
| Origins |
| The digital sampler first appeared in the 1980s. |
| Classification |
| Electrophone: an instrument that produces its sound by the oscillation of an electric current, and can only be heard through a loudspeaker. |
| And also... |
| Some musicians protested against the introduction of samplers, arguing that they could put musicians out of work. |
