Sound Samplers
Sound Samplers / Editors for the Atari TOS Family
Overview
The first Sound Samplers for the TOS range of computers started to appear in 1986. This is a non-exhaustive list of those Samplers* and Sample Editors**, to serve as a catalogue.
- *The term Sampler will be used hereafter, commonly evolved from the once termed Sound Digitiser, in this context meaning a tool used for digitising sound, typically shorter in length. Not to be confused with Multitrack Hard Disk (HD) / Direct to Disk (D2D) recording, later to evolve to Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs), however some listed here, although not full blown DAWs, are the beginnings of what we now associate with the term, offering D2D.
- **Lastly, to distinguish, Sample Editors are those that only edit samples, and therefore do not sample (i.e do not create digital sounds via an ADC)
Inclusions
- Samplers
- Sample Editors
- MIDI Sample Editors
- Sound Generators
- D2D software where no multitrack recording is offered, intrinsic to Samplers, although not exclusive by modern standards
Exclusions
- D2D multitrack recorders (early DAWs)
- Universal Patch Editors / Librarians
- Samplers and Sample Editors included in Digital Trackers, as these are deemed a feature of the Tracker
List
| Name | Software Company / Developer | Year | Type* | Max. Sample Format | Max. Sample Rate |
| IS Sound Digitiser | Innovated Software | 1986 / 1987 | Sampler | 8 bits | 48 kHz |
| ST Sound Digitizer | Hippopotamus Software / Navarone Industries | 1987 | Sampler | 8 bits | 64 kHz |
| Pro Sound Designer | Eldersoft / Power Computing | 1987 | Sampler | 8 bits | 30 kHz |
| PSE-900 Editor | Geerdes | 1987 | MIDI Sample Editor | N/A | N/A |
| SampleMaker | Virtual Sounds | 1987 | MIDI Sample Editor | N/A | N/A |
| ST Sonic Editor | Sonus Corporation | 1987 | MIDI Sample Editor | N/A | N/A |
| Softsynth | Digidesign | 1988 | Sound Generator | 16 bits | 44.1 kHz |
| Lynex | Lynett Systems | 1988 | Sampler | 16 bits | 50 kHz |
| Edit-DSS | Savant Audio | 1989 | MIDI Sample Editor | N/A | N/A |
| ST Pro Sampler Studio | Datel Electronics | 1989 | Sampler | 8 bits | 28.9 kHz |
| Sample Maker Pro | ACN | 1989 | Sampler | 8 bits | 40 kHz |
| Turbosynth | Digidesign | 1989 | MIDI Sample Editor | N/A | N/A |
| Sound Merlin | Tommy Software | 1989 | Sampler | 8 bits | 50 kHz |
| SonicDreams | Daniel Skaborn / Peter Sansom | 1990+ | MIDI Sample Editor | N/A | N/A |
| Sample Master Plus | AVR (2 Bit Systems) | 1991 | Sampler | 8 bits | 25 kHz |
| DaataSound | Pandaal | 1991 | Sampler | 8 bits | 25 kHz |
| ADAS-ST | Plasmec | 1991 | D2D Recorder | 16 bits | 48 kHz |
| Sound Lab | DMJ Software | 1992 | Sampler | 8 bits | 30 kHz |
| ADS-Edit | Chris Biedermann | 1993 | MIDI Sample Editor | N/A | N/A |
| D2D Edit | D2D Systems | 1993 | D2D Recorder | 16 bits | 50 kHz |
| The Superb Sample Editor | Daniel Hastings | 1994 | D2D Recorder | 16 bits | 50 kHz |
| WaveMaster | Soundpool | 1996 | Sampler | 16 bits | 48 kHz |
| Sound Chip Synth | Electronic Cow | 1996 | Sound Generator | 16 bits | 48 kHz |
| Wibbly Wave | Electronic Cow | 1996 | Sound Generator | 8 bits | Unknown |
| Snippit Synth | Electronic Cow | 1997 | Sound Generator | 16 bits | 50 kHz |
| Scribble Synth | Electronic Cow | 1998 | Sound Generator | 16 bits | 50 kHz |
| Squash it! | Electronic Cow | 1999 | Sample Editor | 16 bits | 48 kHz |
| New Wave | David Snow | 2000 | Sound Generator | 16 bits | 50 kHz |
| Replay Series | |||||
| ST Replay | Microdeal / MichTron in the U.S. | 1986 / 1987 | Sampler | 8 bits | 31 kHz |
| Replay 4 | Microdeal / MichTron in the U.S. | 1989 | Sampler | 8 bits | 50 kHz |
| Replay Professional | Microdeal | 1990 | Sampler | 8 bits | 48 kHz |
| Replay 8 | Microdeal | 1990 | Sampler | 8 bits | 48 kHz |
| Stereo Replay | Microdeal | 1991 | Sampler | 8 bits | 48 kHz |
| Replay 16 | Microdeal | 1992 | Sampler | 16 bits | 48 kHz |
| Clarity 16 | Microdeal | 1994 | Sampler | 16 bits | 48 kHz |
| Sound Sampler Series | |||||
| Sound Sampler | Computer Technology Zaporowski | 1986 | Sampler | 10 bits | 70 kHz |
| Sound Sampler + | Computer Technology Zaporowski | 1988 | Sampler | 10 bits | 66 kHz |
| AS Sound Sampler Series | |||||
| AS Sound Sampler I and II | G-Data | 1987 / 1988 | Sampler | 8 bits | 36.4 kHz |
| AS Sound Sampler III | G-Data | 1990 | Sampler | 16 bits | 45 kHz |
| Soundworks Series | |||||
| Soundworks | Steinberg | 1987 | MIDI Sample Editor | N/A | N/A |
| Soundfiler Series | |||||
| Soundfiler | Drumware | 1987 to 1988 | MIDI Sample Editor | N/A | N/A |
| Genwave Series | |||||
| Genwave 12 | Drumware / IMS / Hybrid Arts | 1987 | MIDI Sample Editor | N/A | N/A |
| Genwave 16 | IMS / Hybrid Arts | 1989 | MIDI Sample Editor | N/A | N/A |
| ADAP Series | |||||
| ADAP / ADAP II Soundrack | Hybrid Arts | 1987 & 1989 | Sampler | 16 bits | 48 kHz |
| Sondigit Series | |||||
| Sondigit | Didier Mequignon | 1987 to 2001 | Sampler | 16 bits | 44.1 kHz |
| Digisound Series | |||||
| Digisound / Digisound Professional | Siren Software / Alpha Systems | 1988 & 1989 | Sampler | 8 bits | 40 kHz |
| Sound System Series | |||||
| Sound System S612 | Soft Arts | 1988 | MIDI Sample Editor | N/A | N/A |
| Sound System X7000 | Soft Arts | 1989 | MIDI Sample Editor | N/A | N/A |
| Sound Designer Series | |||||
| Sound Designer / Sound Designer II | Digidesign | 1989 & 1990 | Sampler | 16 bits | 48 kHz |
| Avalon Series | |||||
| Avalon / Avalon 2 | Steinberg | 1989 & 1991 | MIDI Sample Editor | N/A | N/A |
| Master Series | |||||
| Master Sound | Horizon / Pandaal / Microdeal | 1989 | Sampler | 8 bits | 20 kHz |
| Master Sound 2 | Microdeal | 1990 | Sampler | 8 bits | 30.7 kHz |
| Stereo Master | Microdeal | 1991 | Sampler | 8 bits | 27.9 kHz |
| Pro Series | |||||
| Pro Series 12 | AVR (2 Bit Systems) | 1990 | Sampler | 12 bits | 48 kHz |
| Pro Series 16 | AVR (2 Bit Systems) | 1991 | Sampler | 16 bits | 44.1 kHz |
| Sample Wizard Series | |||||
| Sample Wizard STE / Sample Wizard TT | Galactic | 1990 | Sampler | 8 bits | 50 kHz |
| Maestro Series | |||||
| STOS Maestro / STOS Maestro Plus | Mandarin | 1992 | Sampler | 8 bits | 32 kHz |
| Toto Sampler Series | |||||
| Toto Sampler | Torsten Thiel | 1992 to 1996 | Sampler | 8 bits | 50 kHz |
| S-7ES Series | |||||
| S-7ES | Ingo Debus | 1992 to 1997 | MIDI Sample Editor | N/A | N/A |
| Musicom Series | |||||
| Musicom / Musicom 2 | Compo | 1993 | D2D Recorders | 16 bits | 49.2 kHz |
| Win Series | |||||
| WinRec | Andreas Binner | 1994 | D2D Recorder | 16 bits | 49 kHz |
| WinRec Pro / WinRec Pro 2 | MAXON Computer | 1994 / 1995 | D2D Recorder | 16 bits | 49 kHz |
| WinCut / WinCut Pro / WinCut Pro 2 | Andreas Binner / MAXON Computer | 1993 to 1995 | Sample Editor | 16 bits | 49 kHz |
| AudioCreate Series | |||||
| AudioCreate | Simon Dehaese | 1995 & 1997 | Sampler | 16 bits | 49.17 kHz |
| Zero-X Series | |||||
| Zero-X / Zero-X 2 | Copson Data | 1995 & 1998 | Sample Editor | 16 bits | 48 kHz |
- *Type listed here is the product's main feature, but not necessarily it's sole feature. See details of product for further details.
--Atari74user 21:24, 21 May 2016 (CEST)
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