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A sampler is an electronic musical instrument that records and plays back samples (portions of sound recordings). Samples may comprise elements such as rhythm, melody, speech, sound effects or longer portions of music. The mid-20th century saw the introduction of keyboard instruments that played sounds recorded on tape, such as the Mellotron.
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The piston (Breton: pistoñ, English phonetic "pist-on") is a type of oboe invented by Breton musician, teacher, and luthier Youenn Le Bihan in 1983. [1] The pistoñ is a contemporary development of the hautbois , classical and/or baroque oboe , influenced by the bombard or talabard, the traditional double reed instrument of Brittany.
Sampler (signal), a digital signal processing device that converts a continuous signal to a discrete signal; Sampler (needlework), a handstitched piece of embroidery used to demonstrate skill in needlework; Sampler (surname) A quilt where each block is constructed using a different pattern; Sampler, or hydrocarbon well logging, or mud logger
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The SP-555 has a microphone input that accepts 1/4 inch phone type, XLR type, and Hi-Z. The SP-555 also incorporates a loop capture setting, which allows looping samples that one can add to until recording is stopped. A total of 37 built-in effects can be assigned to 16 pressure-sensitive pads.
Like most of Piston's symphonies, the work is in three movements: . Andantino quasi adagio—allegro (44); Adagio (68); Allegro con fuoco (22); As with the much later Symphony No. 8, twelve-tone technique is incorporated into a broader palette of compositional elements.
These samplers will return undisturbed samples in soft soils, but are difficult to advance in sands and stiff clays, and can be damaged (compromising the sample) if gravel is encountered. The Livingstone corer, developed by D. A. Livingstone, is a commonly used piston sampler. A modification of the Livingstone corer with a serrated coring head ...