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* *The term Sampler will be used hereafter, commonly evolved from the once termed Sound Digitiser, meaning both a software and hardware tool used for digitising smaller lengthed sounds for use in music.  Not to be confused with Hard Disk (HD) / Direct to Disk (D2D) recording, later to evolve to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_audio_workstation Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs)], however some listed here, although not full blown DAWs, are the beginnings of what we now associate with the term, offering D2D.  This list incorporates D2D software where only a maximum of 2 tracks (i.e. stereo) are offered, intrinsic to Samplers.   
* *The term Sampler will be used hereafter, commonly evolved from the once termed Sound Digitiser, meaning both a software and hardware tool used for digitising smaller lengthed sounds for use in music.  Not to be confused with Hard Disk (HD) / Direct to Disk (D2D) recording, later to evolve to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_audio_workstation Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs)], however some listed here, although not full blown DAWs, are the beginnings of what we now associate with the term, offering D2D.  This list incorporates D2D software where only a maximum of 2 tracks (i.e. stereo) are offered, intrinsic to Samplers.   
* **Lastly, to distinguish, Sample Editors are those that only edit samples, and therefore do not sample (i.e do not create digital sounds via [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog-to-digital_converter ADC]).  
* **Lastly, to distinguish, Sample Editors are those that only edit samples, and therefore do not sample (i.e do not create digital sounds via [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog-to-digital_converter ADC]).  
Samplers and Sample Editors included in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_tracker Digital Trackers] are not included in the list, as these are deemed as a feature of the Tracker.





Revision as of 17:38, 3 March 2016

The first Sound Samplers for the TOS range of computers started to appear in 1987, possibly 1986. This is a non-exhaustive list of those Samplers* and Sample Editors**, to serve as a catalogue.

  • *The term Sampler will be used hereafter, commonly evolved from the once termed Sound Digitiser, meaning both a software and hardware tool used for digitising smaller lengthed sounds for use in music. Not to be confused with Hard Disk (HD) / Direct to Disk (D2D) recording, later to evolve to Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs), however some listed here, although not full blown DAWs, are the beginnings of what we now associate with the term, offering D2D. This list incorporates D2D software where only a maximum of 2 tracks (i.e. stereo) are offered, intrinsic to Samplers.
  • **Lastly, to distinguish, Sample Editors are those that only edit samples, and therefore do not sample (i.e do not create digital sounds via ADC).

Samplers and Sample Editors included in Digital Trackers are not included in the list, as these are deemed as a feature of the Tracker.


Sampler / Sample Editor Software Company Year
IS Sound Digitiser Innovated Software 1986/7
ST Sound Digitizer Hippopotamus Software / Navarone Industries 1987
Pro Sound Designer Eldersoft / Power Computing 1987
ADAP / ADAP II Soundrack Hybrid Arts 1987 & 1989
Digisound / Digisound Professional Siren Software / Alpha Systems 1988 & 1989
ST Pro Sampler Studio Datel Electronics 1989
Sound Designer / Sound Designer II (Sound Tools) Digidesign 1989 & 1990
Avalon / Avalon 2 Steinberg 1989 & 1991
Sample Wizard STe Galactic 1990
DaataSound Pandaal 1991
STOS Maestro / STOS Maestro Plus Mandarin 1992
ADS-Edit Chris Biedermann 1993
Zero-X / Zero-X 2 Copson Data 1995 & 1998
Squash it! Electronic Cow 1999
Master Series
Master Sound Horizon / Pandaal / Microdeal 1989
Master Sound 2 Microdeal 1990
Stereo Master Microdeal 1991
Replay Series
ST Replay aka "Replay 3" Microdeal / MichTron in the U.S. 1988
Replay 4 Microdeal / MichTron in the U.S. 1989
Replay Professional Microdeal 1990
Replay 8 Microdeal 1990
Stereo Replay Microdeal 1991
Replay 16 Microdeal 1992
Clarity 16 Microdeal 1994
Pro Series
Pro Series 12 AVR (2 Bit Systems) 1990
Pro Series 16 AVR (2 Bit Systems) 1991

--Atari74user 22:27, 3 March 2016 (CET)


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