A staple of every recording studio today, the Akai MPC began as a simple sampling groove box in the early 90s. The form factor of a few force sensitive pads assignable to different samples should ...

This thing has DIY Akai MPC/Monome, psuedo-analog synth, or portable effects box written all over it.

Not for the first time this year, Elektron fans are getting all hot under the collar after photos of a new hardware ...

samples and effects with their drum patterns. We’ve opted not to include larger music production workstations in this roundup, such as the Akai MPC Live II, Native Instruments Maschine, Polyend ...

If you’re lucky enough to own an original 12-bit sampler like the E-Mu SP1200 or the Akai MPC 60, don’t be afraid to work with your ears instead of the meters and record hot. If you’re more ...

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 ...

Every day, songwriters are using AI voices to better target pitch records to artists, producers are trying out AI beats and samples ... Also, Akai MPC AI and LALA AI are both great for stem ...

Hip-hop has existed for over 50 years, and since its inception, the genre has mastered the art of sampling to create some of the most iconic records in music history. Effectively using a sample ...

Instead of each of the keys being a track, or a step in a pattern, they can offer 16 levels of velocity for a single sample (like the classic MPC sampler you might recognize in hip-hop studios ...

She moved off-camera during the Zoom meeting and returned with an Akai MPC, a sound mixer, and a sampler. “Now look, I’m only pulling this out because I just wanna let you know that’s how ...

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