0 a decorative piece of cloth with letters, words, pictures, etc. sewed on it, made especially in the past and often hung on the wall like a picture --
1 a device that allows you to record parts of other people's songs and then use these parts to create new pieces of music --
2 a product that contains some examples or features of something, so that customers can get an idea of what it is like: --
3 a collection that contains some examples of something, so that you can get an idea of what it is like: --
Most samplers have polyphonic capabilities - they are able to play more than one note at the same time.
The electric guitar (either real or sampled and usually heavily distorted) is used alongside samplers, synthesizers and drum machines.
The orchestration was further cut down and electronic samplers added.
Direct-to-disk and sampler technology tend to evolve rapidly.
Early samplers were very expensive, and typically had low sample rates and bit depth, resulting in grainy and aliased sound.
Piston samplers, employing a thin-walled tube, are most commonly used for the collection of less disturbed samples.
A variety of soil samplers exist to meet the needs of different engineering projects.
In the 1990s things changed with the technology of digital samplers.
