The word ”sampler” is from the Latin exemplar, meaning ”pattern,” and that`s exactly what the early samplers were. Stitched on long, narrow pieces of cloth, samplers were records of random stitches in ...

Expert buying advice for hardware samplers, from pocket models up to full-blown workstations – including samplers from Elektron, Akai, Korg and Teenage Engineering When you purchase through links on ...

The price points on entry-level samplers and sequencers have, arguably, never been more affordable. With the country's COVID numbers soaring, there's a solid (veering towards imminent) chance a lot of ...

There are rare records of women’s voices in the 17th and 18th centuries, especially ordinary middle and lower class women. An exhibition at the University of Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum is ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The vast majority of producers making use of samples today do so in software. Replaying, ...

Twenty-eight years ago, a sampler cross-stitched by a young Lancaster County Amish woman in 1914 had a cameo in the Harrison Ford film "Witness." Last month, the piece was reunited with two others ...

Needlework collectors and researchers Dan and Marty Campanelli of Quakertown, Franklin Township, will discuss the histories of four embroidered samplers owned by the Hunterdon Historical Society at ...

The earliest known American sampler was made by Loara Standish of the Plymouth Colony about 1645. By the 1700s, samplers depicting alphabets and numerals were worked by young women to learn the basic ...