Akai is perhaps best known for the MPC— a series of physical drum machine/midi sequencer/samplers that come with samples you’ve likely heard on many of your favorite hip-hop, dance, and pop songs.

Created 30 years ago, the AKAI Music Production Center is still vital to today’s popular music. ... or MPC — a small, unassuming drum machine barely bigger than an Etch-a-Sketch.

It's been a few years since Akai's iconic MPC line has seen a significant new entry. But at NAMM 2020 the company is not only introducing a new model, but specifically going for the entry level ...

Akai’s new MPC (Music Production Center) is an entry-level model called the MPC One. The standalone music-making workstation has a more compact form factor and pares down features to offer an ...

Drum Machines “Do you dare to ditch those ‘normal’ beats in favour of hands-on tweaking and extreme sounds? Of course, you do”: ... Akai MPC X review Putting Akai’s latest flagship standalone MPC ...

Akai is perhaps best known for the MPC— a series of physical drum machine/midi sequencer/samplers that come with samples you’ve likely heard on many of your favorite hip-hop, dance, and pop songs.

Before the MPC60, there were drum machines, samplers and sequencers. Roger Linn combined them in one device, adding intuitive performance controls and creating an entirely new kind of interface ...

Sometimes, vapourware turns out to be real. There have been rumors, complete with stupid photoshop images, that a portable, pocket-sized sampler/drum machine called the MPC-500 was about to be ...

Read up on all the units, which are due to arrive in summer, on Akai’s website. Meanwhile, Roland have just launched AIRA , a new set of machines that recreate the company’s TR-808, TR-909 and ...

These two drives are spittin’ images of the AKAI MPC2000XL sampler and the EMU SP1200 drum machine—devices that made hip hop music what it is today. Both drives come in 4GB capacities and can ...

This means that if you currently use an MPC Live II or a Key 61, or any other number of standalone music-making machines by ...