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One of our main tools for performing sounds is a sampler. In this discussion, we will explore how to record materials, edit them to produce personalized sounds, and perform with them. In the early 20th century, music and sound were recorded, and in the early 1940s, French composer Pierre Schaeffer began recording and editing object sounds to create music, a style known as Musique Concrète. In popular music, the digital sampling technique was employed by R&B musicians like Stevie Wonder in the 1970s, and in the 1980s, portable sampling machines, such as the Akai MPC series, gained popularity. What we…