Editing MIDI (section)

====Samplers====
A [[sampler (musical instrument)|sampler]] can record and digitize audio, store it in [[random-access memory]] (RAM), and play it back. With a sampler, users typically can edit a [[Sampling (signal processing)|sample]] and save it to a hard disk, apply effects to it, and shape it with the same tools that [[subtractive synthesizer]]s use. They also may be available in either keyboard or rack-mounted form.<ref name="Huber 1991" />{{rp|74–8|date=November 2012}} Instruments that generate sounds through sample playback, but have no recording capabilities, are known as "[[Rompler|ROMplers]]".

Samplers did not become established as viable MIDI instruments as quickly as synthesizers did due to the expense of memory and processing power at the time.<ref name="Manning3" />{{rp|295|date=November 2012}} The first low-cost MIDI sampler was the [[Ensoniq Mirage]], introduced in 1984.<ref name="Manning3" />{{rp|304|date=November 2012}} MIDI samplers are typically limited by displays that are too small to use to edit sampled waveforms, although some can be connected to a computer monitor.<ref name="Manning3" />{{rp|305|date=November 2012}}