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Wavetable redirects to Wavetable synthesis. This was a long-standing redirect which stood from December 2005 to October 2014. If Sample-based synthesis challenges this for WP:primary topic, then Wavetable should become a disambiguation |
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Sample-based instruments have been used since the Computer Music Melodian, the CMI Fairlight and the NED Synclavier. These instruments were way ahead of their time and were correspondingly expensive. The first recording using a sampling synthesizer was Stevie Wonder's "Secret Life of Plants" (1976) which used the Melodian to create complex melodies and rhythms from sampled sounds from nature. The first tune Wonder recorded was "The First Garden" where he used a sampled bird chirp as the lead sound in the song. More affordable sample-based synthesizers available for the masses with the introduction of the [[Roland D-50]] and the [[Korg M1]], which surfaced in the late eighties. The M1 also introduced the "workstation" concept.
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==Sampling synthesizers==
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