Back in March, Akai Professional released an iPad app that aims to emulate its classic MPC drum machine. Akai is perhaps best known for the MPC— a series of physical drum machine/midi ...

I’m tired of uninspired flash drive designs. So it’s shaped like a donut huh? Meh. It’s filled with beer eh? Not interested. These mini MPC 2000XL and SP1200 ...

The MPC is the sampling drum machine of choice in the hip hop community - everyone from Dr Dre to Prefuse 73 are rocking beats with the MPC, live and in the studio. It's also a pretty handy sequencer, ...

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Akai celebrated 35 years since the release of its seminal sampler, the MPC-60, with a brand new model that promises to be its “most powerful” production machine to date. The MPC X Special Edition is ...

Some classic instruments seem to spring out of nowhere - unprecedented bursts of creative genius that shake the industry and leave competitors scrambling to keep up. Others, though, only appear after ...