In 1985 at the music fair in Milan Prophet 2000 was introduced - the first sampler made by SCI. Compared to its predecessors (E-mu Emulator and Ensoniq Mirage), the synthesizer got the sample rate almost twice bigger (12 bits versus 8) and offered quite...
The Ensoniq ASR-10 is a digital sampling keyboard workstation released by Ensoniq in 1991. It was the first of its kind to offer a built-in hard drive and a 16-bit sampling engine. The ASR-10 also featured an onboard sequencer, effects, and a variety of...
The Ensoniq EPS (Ensoniq Performance Sampler) is a 16-bit sampler and synthesizer workstation released by Ensoniq in 1991. It was one of the first samplers to feature a built-in hard disk drive for storing samples and sequences. It also had a built-in...
The Ensoniq ASR-88 is a professional digital sampler and sequencer released by Ensoniq in 1993. It was the first sampler to feature a built-in hard drive, allowing for much larger sample libraries than previous models. The ASR-88 also featured an onboard...
The Casio FZ-1 is a synthesizer/sampler released by Casio in 1988. It was one of the first samplers to feature a built-in sequencer and was capable of producing a wide range of sounds. It was popular among hip hop and dance music producers.
