Synth-Guide

Chapter III: Sample-based Synthesis

Technology

Sample-based synthesizers imitate the sounds of real instruments by playing back recorded audio files at different frequencies.

Subtractive 

Some sample-based synthesizers process recorded waveforms using the same principles exhibited in subtractive analog synthesis.  These synthesizers replace the oscillator or attack transients with recorded waveforms.
 

Hover on a section of the KingKorg synthesizer below to find out what it does:


Multisample

Other samplers use layers of different audio recordings of the same instrument to more realistically recreate the sound of other instruments.

Hover on a section of the Kontact Sample Player playing the UNA CORDA sample library to find out what it does:

Sound Samples

Click on the Soundcloud links below to hear examples of different sample-based synthesis sounds:
 

Commercial Timeline

 

Scroll through the timeline below to view the commercial history of sample-based synthesizers:

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