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The first Sound Samplers for the [[TOS Family|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 first Sound Samplers for the [[TOS Family|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 sound, typically to be used 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 | * *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 sound, typically to be used 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 no multiple track recording is 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. | 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 09:10, 6 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 sound, typically to be used 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 no multiple track recording is 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 | Max. Sample Format | Max. Sample Rate |
| IS Sound Digitiser | Innovated Software | 1986/7 | 8 Bits | 48 kHz |
| ST Sound Digitizer | Hippopotamus Software / Navarone Industries | 1987 | 8 Bits | 64 kHz |
| Pro Sound Designer | Eldersoft / Power Computing | 1987 | 8 Bits | 30 kHz |
| ADAP / ADAP II Soundrack | Hybrid Arts | 1987 & 1989 | 16 Bits | 48 kHz |
| Digisound / Digisound Professional | Siren Software / Alpha Systems | 1988 & 1989 | 8 Bits | 40 kHz |
| ST Pro Sampler Studio | Datel Electronics | 1989 | 8 Bits | 28.9 kHz |
| Sample Maker Pro | ACN | 1989 | 8 Bits | 40 kHz |
| Sound Designer / Sound Designer II (Sound Tools) | Digidesign | 1989 & 1990 | 16 Bits | 48 kHz |
| Avalon / Avalon 2 | Steinberg | 1989 & 1991 | 16 Bits | 44.1 kHz |
| Sample Wizard STe | Galactic | 1990 | 8 Bits | 42 kHz |
| DaataSound | Pandaal | 1991 | 8 Bits | 25 kHz |
| STOS Maestro / STOS Maestro Plus | Mandarin | 1992 | 8 Bits | 32 kHz |
| Musicom / Musicom 2 | Compo | 1993 | 16 Bits | 49.2 kHz |
| ADS-Edit | Chris Biedermann | 1993 | 16 Bits | 44.1 kHz |
| Zero-X / Zero-X 2 | Copson Data | 1995 & 1998 | 16 Bits | 48 kHz |
| Squash it! | Electronic Cow | 1999 | 16 Bits | 48 kHz |
| Master Series | ||||
| Master Sound | Horizon / Pandaal / Microdeal | 1989 | 8 Bits | 20 kHz |
| Master Sound 2 | Microdeal | 1990 | 8 Bits | 30.7 kHz |
| Stereo Master | Microdeal | 1991 | 8 Bits | 27.9 kHz |
| Replay Series | ||||
| ST Replay aka "Replay 3" | Microdeal / MichTron in the U.S. | 1988 | 8 Bits | 31 kHz |
| Replay 4 | Microdeal / MichTron in the U.S. | 1989 | 8 Bits | 50 kHz |
| Replay Professional | Microdeal | 1990 | 8 Bits | 48 kHz |
| Replay 8 | Microdeal | 1990 | 8 Bits | 48 kHz |
| Stereo Replay | Microdeal | 1991 | 8 Bits | 48 kHz |
| Replay 16 | Microdeal | 1992 | 16 Bits | 48 kHz |
| Clarity 16 | Microdeal | 1994 | 16 Bits | 48 kHz |
| Pro Series | ||||
| Pro Series 12 | AVR (2 Bit Systems) | 1990 | 12 Bits | 48 kHz |
| Pro Series 16 | AVR (2 Bit Systems) | 1991 | 16 Bits | 44.1 kHz |
--Atari74user 00:38, 5 March 2016 (CET)
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