NorwegianGnome
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A newb from Norway here, first post. I did a search and found no thread related to this so I think I'm in the clear when I ask:
Does anyone have any good sources for the most important technological advances regarding sampling? I'm very much interested in anything relating to the 80s and 90s, as the period I'm focusing on is 1990 - 1995 (This is the requirement of the exam itself).
As far as I can tell the advent of (Digital) sampling was first through horribly expensive and demanding hardware such as the Fairlight CMI-series. Then there came smaller and cheaper samplers, but I'm also interested in various DAWs and other software that offered similar capabilities at the start of the 90s. Just general sources regarding innovations that were important would be greatly appreciated! What was the first decent 16-bit sampler, for instance? What separates the different samplers from each other and makes some better than others, and thus more widely used?
Does anyone have any good sources for the most important technological advances regarding sampling? I'm very much interested in anything relating to the 80s and 90s, as the period I'm focusing on is 1990 - 1995 (This is the requirement of the exam itself).
As far as I can tell the advent of (Digital) sampling was first through horribly expensive and demanding hardware such as the Fairlight CMI-series. Then there came smaller and cheaper samplers, but I'm also interested in various DAWs and other software that offered similar capabilities at the start of the 90s. Just general sources regarding innovations that were important would be greatly appreciated! What was the first decent 16-bit sampler, for instance? What separates the different samplers from each other and makes some better than others, and thus more widely used?