A 采样 is a portion of 声音 locked in 数字 内存（记忆） which can be played back transposed and undergo 几个 other 变形 which are 可能 in a dedicated 设备 such as a 采样器 or on a computer's hard 光盘/磁盘 Most of these 功能（函数） can be triggered either by the sampler's 控制 by a 乐器数字接口 乐器 or through other 数字 接口（界面） 计算机 软件 or 硬件 乐器数字接口 数据 boxes 源 - Rodolfo Caesar 1992 The 作曲 of 电子声学 音乐 PhD Thesis University of East Anglia

A 采样器 is an 电子 乐器 that allows for the 捕捉 of 数字 录音 of any 声音 which can be played back by way of any 乐器数字接口 触发 Most samplers allow for modest 编辑 opportunities e g 包络 滤波器 调制 as well as 创作 a 数字 循环 allowing short 声音 to be 延（续）