Here’s a floppy drive which is being used as an audio sampler. At first glance we thought this was another offering which drives the stepper motor at a specific frequency to generate that ...

Synthesis is undoubtedly a fascinating and diverse world of timbre design, however, like any instrument or piece of music technology, it has its limitations. Sometimes the timbre or tonal ...

Teenage Engineering’s awesome, pocket-size OP-Z synth can now record and use samples. Thanks to a massive software update, it can now sample live audio in through its mic, or via its USB-C port. And ...

This week, Managing Editor Terrence O'Brien is obsessed with a new sampler that he can take anywhere. It's got its quirks, but that's apparently part of the appeal. See, the KO is a pretty full ...

A trimmed down version of Logic Pro X’s new Sampler — the long awaited software sampler to finally replace Logic Pro X’s previous generation EXS 24 — Quick Sampler brings the most important elements ...

This week we'll look at what's been going on recently with LinuxSampler, a very cool software audio sampler. I have to say at the outset that this article was tough to write, I was just having far too ...

Ever heard of the Mellotron? It was a British made audio sampler that used the most cutting edge technology available back in 1963… Magnetic tapes. You could record different sounds, music, beats or ...

Native Instruments has posted a demo version of its sampler for professional musicians, Kontakt. Kontakt was developed by Native Instruments “to be the most powerful sampler ever created.” The ...