Drum machine-style samplers tend to command the highest prices. You can lay your hands on an iconic Akai MPC60 for around £2,500, but if you want a rare E-mu SP-1200 then don’t expect to get much ...

We also recommend the Akai Force, a versatile and powerful hardware DAW that does everything a sampler should do and then some. Outfitted with a gorgeous touch screen display, Force arrives loaded ...

The impact of Akai's MPC series on hip-hop cannot be overstated. The first model -- the MPC60 -- hit the market in the late 80s, perfectly timed with hip-hop's culture of borrowing and reinventing ...

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 original MPC revolutionized music forever by combining all of the tools a producer needs—a sampler, mixer, multi-track recorder and editor—in one. Skip to content Search .

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 ...

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JANUARY 2018: TransAudio Group, U.S. distributor of a carefully-curated collection of high-end pro audio recording equipment, is pleased to announce the addition of MUTEC to its ...

The equipment, which includes an Atari computer and an Akai sampler, was used at Stockport's Strawberry Studios in the late 1980s. Musician Julia Adamson, who donated it, ...