Models
5 models
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Ensoniq EPS
Performance sampling keyboard workstation
Sampler · United States
The Ensoniq EPS (Ensoniq Performance Sampler), released in 1988, is a polyphonic sampling keyboard with up to twelve to twenty voices depending on sample rate, a 61-note velocity- and aftertouch-sensitive keyboard, an onboard sequencer, and disk storage, designed as an affordable performance-oriented sampling workstation.
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Ensoniq ASR-10
Thirty-one-voice 16-bit sampling workstation
Sampler · United States
The Ensoniq ASR-10 (Advanced Sampling Recorder), produced from 1992 to 1998, is a 31-voice 16-bit sampling workstation that integrated sampling, resynthesis, onboard effects, and a sequencer into a single instrument. It shipped with a 61-note keyboard (88 weighted keys on the ASR-88) and became a favorite of hip-hop and electronic producers.
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E-mu SP-1200
Sampling drum machine
Sampler · United States
The E-mu SP-1200, released in 1987, is a sampling drum machine that combined 12-bit sampling with an analog filter and a sequencer. Its gritty, crunchy sound and short sampling time shaped hip-hop production and remain prized by beatmakers.
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Akai MPC2000
MIDI production center sampler
Sampler · Japan
The Akai MPC2000, released in 1997, is a sampler-sequencer in the MPC family that became a workhorse of late-1990s hip-hop and electronic production, offering 16-bit sampling, pad-based programming, and expandable memory and storage.
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Akai MPC60
MIDI production center sampler
Sampler · Japan
The Akai MPC60, released in 1988, was the first MPC: a sampling drum machine and MIDI sequencer designed by Roger Linn. Its sound, its swing/'feel' timing, and its 16-pad workflow established the template for hip-hop production.