From bruce@ashbysolutions.com Thu Oct 27 11:42:02 2005
Subject:RE: A Yamaha Clonewheel???

Hi Norm,

>>No. Triton and Motif are at *least* 2nd cousins already. Both are ROM-based sample-playback systems with added effects and filtering,.
>
>Bruce, Just so I get my terminology correct; Is this what you refer to as a "ROMpler"?? Thanks,
>Norm

I don't know if "ROMpler" is a legit term or not, but it's commonly used. (Most people don't capitalize the "ROM" part like I do.) It essentially a sample-playback keyboard/module with the sounds burned permanently into ROM memory; either directly, or after data processing to make them smaller or more useful. In other words, it uses samples, but not YOUR home-grown samples -- just the ones in the instrument's memory. Technically speaking, most digital pianos are ROMplers, but a digital piano isn't usually referred to as a ROMpler. The XB-2 was a ROMpler, while I believe that the XK-3 is not.

Sometimes the lines get blurred. The Electro is both a ROMpler (for pianos) and a modeling synth (for organ, and probably the effects). My Alesis QSR has the ability to store external samples in permanent form on a Flash card, so while it's basically a ROMpler, it's kind of a sampler, too. Most of the newer ROM-based machines (Motif, Fantom, Triton) can support sampling to some degree.

Regards,

-BW

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