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Akai is teasing the SampleKey, the keyboard sibling of the MPC Sample, with open firmware for experimentation.

A 25-key counterpart to the MPC Sample, Sample Key's mod-friendly firmware lets users reimagine what the instrument does ...

The open-source MPC Sample Key won’t be focused on chopping up drum breaks.

Akai is bringing some notable features to the MPC series, which are among the most significant samplers in the music world. The updates could help the devices better compete with products from other ...

Kick – which is only in the development phase – is the latest hardware product to embrace an open-source approach. Is this ...

Roland has just revealed the SPD-SX PRO Version 2.0, the latest update to its flagship sampling pad with numerous new features and added “power and flexibility”. The SPD-SX PRO Version 2.0 features ...

MPC-Samples.com are pleased to announce the release Creative Force – Inspired By RZA which they describe as a tribute to the influential drum sound created by RZA on classic albums such as Bobby ...

Akai’s original MPC revolutionized music forever by combining all of the tools a producer needs—a sampler, mixer, multi-track recorder and editor—in one device. The new ultra-portable iPad version of ...

New Braunfels, TX, November 02, 2005 --(PR.com)-- Syntaur Productions has released the third disk in their MPC MegaDisk collection, “ElektroNoizes.” Packed with sounds designed to augment a basic ...

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 ...