Sampler (musical instrument) Sampler (musical instrument) A sampler is an electronic or digital musical instrument similar in some respects to a synthesizer, but instead of generating new sounds with voltage-controlled oscillators, it uses sound recordings (or "samples") of real instrument sounds (e.g., a piano, violin or trumpet), excerpts from recorded songs (e.g., a five-second bass guitar riff from a funk song) or other sounds (e.g., sirens and ocean waves). The samples are loaded or recorded by the user or by a manufacturer. These sounds are then played back by means of the sampler program itself, a MIDI keyboard, sequencer or another triggering device
Raybert Productions features from BBS Productions among some of the most influential and enduring classics of the early 1970s New Hollywood era which anticipated the rise of American independent film through the 1980s and '90s. Jack Nicholson starred in three others—"Five Easy Pieces" (1970), "A Safe Place" (1971), and "The King of Marvin Gardens" (1972)—as well as co-wrote "Drive, He Said" (1971), which was his directorial debut. A multi-disc boxed set entitled "America Lost and Found: The BBS Story" was released by The Criterion Collection on Blu-ray and DVD in 2010. The set included the films "Head", "Easy Rider", "Five Easy Pieces",