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 Workstations), 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.