From full-featured behemoths and retro emulations to MPC-style beatmakers and must-have freebies, we round up 10 software ...

Akai’s standalone MPC Live becomes a full-blown keyboard workstation. Let's see how well it scales up. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu ... Akai released its MPC Live hardware sampler/synth ...

Akai’s imposing MPC X has been at the top of its MPC range since its release in 2017. Now, as Akai marks 35 years since the release of its original MPC 60 sampler, the MPC X Special Edition is ...

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 ...

Rhett “Daily Bread” Whatley put on a masterful performance in Vail on Friday, using an MPC sampler to compose music live on the spot in front of a large crowd at the Ford Amphitheater in Vail. The ...

The MPC X Special Edition is the latest sampling station from Akai with over 100 effects and a new storage capacity of 48GB, far exceeding the previous model’s 16GB. The sampler retains its “timeless ...

Resembling an MPC, complete with 16 pads — myTRACKS is "A full-featured sound lab for all ages," allowing users to create samples, melodies and beats. Read this next of the best synth remakes. A ...

The concept: Each artist or combo makes a track with their MPC Sampler and brings it to The MPC Battle for a beat show down of the Wellington sound in The Matterhorn gardens. The MPC Battle 01 ...