History Of Samplers

Electronic Music · May 9, 2025 · 43m · transcript

Oli Freke talks us through the history of samplers, from the introduction of the Mellotron in 1963, through to current day sampling software, while highlighting the golden era of sampling from the late 80s to early 90s.

Chapters

00:00 - Introduction

01:08 - The Mellotron

02:28 - Pre-Digital Samplers

03:18 - Pierre Schaeffer And The Phonogène

04:03 - Peter Zinovieff And EMS

05:44 - The University Of Illinois' PLATO

06:08 - Harry Mendell's Melodian

07:21 - Wendel Sampling Computer

08:29 - The Fairlight and Fairlight II

15:20 - The Fundamentals Of Sampling

19:43 - The Synclavier

23:47 - Digital…