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tangerine
1010music's nanobox tangerine is a cutesy sampler that can fit in your back pocket

By Matt Mullen Published

The latest brightly coloured little box from the folks at 1010music promises to put the fun back in sampling

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Akai APC64
Akai Pro APC64 review

By Martin Delaney Published

Not so much a tweak as a full upgrade, the Akai APC64 acquires new abilities – and a new audience?

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Donner Medo
Donner throws a curve ball with Medo, a handheld synth, sampler and music-making device

By Ben Rogerson Published

“Multi-function musical instrument” lands on Kickstarter at a tempting early-bird price

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strokes
Sequencing, sampling and synthesis workstation Strokes updated with performance mode and new effects

By Matt Mullen Published

The Cong Burn plugin, which started life as a sequencer, has since been developed into a fully-fledged software groovebox

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SnapBeat
SnapBeat could be the simplest, cutest lo-fi sampler you can buy

By Ben Rogerson Published

Capture audio with a single key press then play and record it

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Akai Pro MPC One+
Akai Pro MPC One+ review

By Martin Delaney Published

Akai’s MPC One+ upgrade brings Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a little more storage and a hot red finish. We give our verdict

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Michael Jackson Dangerous
Did Michael Jackson really use a sampler demo riff for the intro to Beat It?

By Andy Jones Published

The Synclavier demo's seven notes certainly have a similarity to the iconic intro to Beat It but what do you think?

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Error TINRS Brinta
"Makes the white dot spawn little golden play heads": Brinta could be the granular sampler we all need, just to calm down a bit

By Andy Jones Published

Error Instruments and This Is Not Rocket Science team up to produce this fascinating-sounding (and looking) Eurorack sampler

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RZA E-MU SP-1200
RZA’s first E-MU SP-1200 sampler is up for auction: your chance to own a piece of Wu-Tang Forever

By Ben Rogerson Published

“There’s DNA in this,” says the hip-hop legend, as his well-worn hardware goes under the hammer

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Stock, Aitken and Waterman
Secret SAWs: the story of the impossible sampler that made the Stock Aitken Waterman smashes, and the backroom boys that pushed it to its limits

By Daniel Griffiths Published

Keyboards came and went throughout SAW’s hundreds of hits, but one box kept delivering the tricks. Think you know sampling? Think again

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