Korg Samplers

The process of sampling allows you to record a source and manipulate the audio. This could be something you have recorded yourself, for example, an instrument or something non-musical, like banging a peice of metal fence with a stick, alternatively you could use audio you have recorded from television or an album. Once in the sampler, you are able to play the sound with controls similar to a synthesizer, sounds can be slowed down or sped up, faded in or out, reversed, or have effects applied to them, like filters and reverbs. Some music like hip-hop and dance music can use chunks of audio from an album to create a new piece of music by rearranging it or playing the sounds in a different rhythm.