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As Akai unveils its new MPC Live II, Uli Behringer’s company teases its own MPC-inspired instrument, complete with Akai’s legendary 16 Levels function. It was just a few days ago that Behringer took to social media to showcase its newest synth clone, the MonoPoly, and it appears the brand is already locking its sights on […]
Earlier this year, we caught a glimpse of Akai making its way into DAW-less territory with the release of MPC One at NAMM with CV/Gate connectivity. Now, hot off the heels of the MPC 2.8 software update – and after a video leak surfaced online – the iconic brand has made the MPC Live II […]
Legendary synth maker, Moog, wants you to explore evolving sequences. Its new semi-modular analogue synthesiser is inspired by the ideas in music technology that surfaced in the 1930s and 1940s. The Moog Subharmonicon “spirals through 6-tone subharmonic chords and organic polyrhythms”, the brand says, conceiving experimental, complex sequences and sounds. The Subharmonicon proudly boasts two […]
Members of the modular synth community headed to the YouTube lobby of Make Noise’s latest video premiere today, as the brand hinted something exciting was on the horizon. Right on cue at 5pm, we managed to catch a glimpse at the Make Noise 0-CTRL, neatly hooked up to its older sibling, the 0-Coast. The new […]
Akai Pro has announced its latest firmware update for its MPC software, which brings devices up to version 2.8 and vastly expands on their external device control capabilities – courtesy of MIDI Multi. MPC One, MPC X and MPC Live owners will benefit from the new free update. The introduction of MIDI Multi effectively lets […]
“What happens when you take a perfectly good drum machine and run it through a gauntlet of Eurorack filters, effects, wavefolders and compressors?” asks wavparty. “Uh… this sample pack”. Busted Fake Oh 8 is a prime example of how far you can mutate simple and familiar sounds into something else. It’s not quite clear what […]
Price £130 Contact Toontrack / Time+Space Toontrack’s Superior Drummer has become an industry go-to in the 15 years and three iterations since the sample library’s release in 2005. Its exceptional content improves with each new version but its makers aren’t content with simply tweaking what has become one of their most successful products – Superior […]
Price £30 Contact Loopmasters UK production duo Henry White and Nathan Feddo, who go by the collective moniker Exmoor Emperor, have joined forces with Loopmasters for this pack of warped and atmospheric, electronic soul and pop samples. Its 141 loops stretch from 75 to 145bpm and cover inventive drum and percussion grooves that boast compelling […]
Price £150 Contact Cinesamples When it comes to brass sample libraries, the market seems to have been operating via a kind of big-is-beautiful rationale for years now, reflective perhaps of the trends that have permeated cinematic scores over the past 10 years or so. Thunderous and overblown low-pitched drones, commonly known as ‘braaams’, have embedded […]
In a bid to kickstart a new golden age of hip-hop sampling, the United States Library of Congress has launched a free online tool that allows access to its massive archive of royalty-free music and voice recordings. Dubbed Citizen DJ, the tool gives you access to audio recordings from the library’s collection, dating back over […]