A brief history

Originally developed by experimental musicians working with electroacoustic music, those musicians did not had modern equipment so they had to physically manipulate tape loops or vinyl records on phonograph. The first commercial available sample instrument was invented in 1963 called "Melotron" and by the late 1960s the use of tape loop sampling influenced the development of minimalistic music.
Later on, the sampler was used to create hip hop music and spread even further with the rise of electronic music in the 70's. Today samplers are used as an industry standard for music, radio jingles, movie sound effects and more.