Sound Samplers

The first Sound Samplers for the TOS range of computers started to appear in 1987, possibly 1986. This is a non-exhaustive list of those Samplers and Sample Editors*.

*The term Sampler will be used hereafter, commonly evolved from the once termed Sound Digitiser, meaning both a software and hardware tool used for digitising smaller lengthed sounds for use in music. Not to be confused with Direct to Disk (D2D) recording, later to evolve to [DAW (Digital Audio Workstation)], however some listed here, although not full blown DAWs, are the beginnings of what we now associate with the term.

List

IS Sound Digitiser - Innovated Software

ST Sound Digitizer - Hippopotamus Software / Navarone Industries - This cartridge can only play back samples by connecting it directly to an external speaker.

Pro Sound Designer - Eldersoft / Power Computing

Digisound / Digisound Professional - Siren Software / Alpha Systems

ST Pro Sampler Studio - Datel Electronics

Sound Designer / Sound Designer II (Sound Tools) - Digidesign

Avalon / Avalon 2 - Steinberg

DaataSound - Pandaal

Sample Wizard STe - Galactic

STOS Maestro / STOS Maestro Plus - Mandarin

Master Sound - Software Horizon / Pandaal / Microdeal

Master Sound 2 - Microdeal

Stereo Master - Microdeal

ST Replay aka "Replay 3" - Microdeal / MichTron in the U.S.