The Ensoniq Mirage DMS-1 is a digital sampling keyboard released by Ensoniq in 1984. It was one of the first affordable digital sampling keyboards available to musicians. It featured a built-in 8-bit sampler, a 61-note velocity-sensitive keyboard, and a...
The Ensoniq Mirage DMS-8 v2 is a vintage digital synthesizer and sampler released by Ensoniq in 1985. It was the first instrument to feature both sampling and synthesis capabilities in a single unit. The DMS-8 v2 was capable of storing up to 8MB of...
The Roland S-770 is a digital sampler released by Roland Corporation in 1989. It is a 12-bit sampler, based on similar architecture as their previous S-50 sampler but greatly improved it. It features 16-voice polyphony, expandable memory up to 32MB, and...
