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“A truly go-anywhere production box that’s determined to keep you away from a laptop”: Akai MPC Live III review
With massively upgraded power, expressive pads and new sequencing tools, Akai’s latest MPC is a DAW-in-a-box powerhouse
One year on, I’ve finally clicked with Ableton Move – all because I’ve stopped trying to make music with it
We revisit Ableton's mini standalone sketchpad following 12 months of refinements and firmware updates
“It’s policing black music”: Lizzo speaks out on the ‘racist’ origins of sampling law
“The first time people started sampling was... who? It was rappers in the '80s and '90s. They were sampling records because they didn't have access to big studios"
“Made for expansive sound design and immediate play”: Elektron Tonverk is real, and it's out now
With automatic multi-sampling capabilities, deep sequencing and flexible track routing, Tonverk could become your new studio centrepiece
You can now access the full version of Ableton’s Drift synth in Note and Move
Design analogue-style synth sounds on the go with the latest updates for Ableton’s iOS app and hardware sketchpad
Sonicware’s retro Lofi-12 XT sampler’s v1.5 update makes it more creative and versatile than ever
Crunchy ‘90s-style sampling meets glitchy looper effects in Sonicware’s newly-enhanced hardware instrument
WoO.1 is a pocket-sized sampler designed for endless on-the-go looping
New brand Wunderkammer is set to launch the pint-sized looper and sampler via Kickstarter imminently
“Kudos to Akai’s software team”: Roger Linn uploads video that praises the MPC as “the ultimate looper”
He works up a track in just two minutes
