A synth that works similar to a sampler, but lacks the ability to record samples; it can only play them back. Sample playback synths were created in the mid-1980s primarily as a means to inexpensively imitate real instruments, although the genre has evolved far past being merely an imitator. With the sample-recording hardware and software omitted, a sample playback synth can be built for less than the cost of a comparable sampler. Many drum machines are sample-playback synths.
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