Tuesday, June 24, 2008

the world's first sampling keyboard. The Mellotron.

Back in the day before digital sampling technology the Mellotron was your only choice if you want it to artificially stimulate other instruments or sounds. The technology was quite simple. It used magnetic tapes that would be triggered when a key is pushed.These keyboards were used by a number of famous groups including Led Zeppelin.

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