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Akai MPC Live II review

By Si Truss

  • £1040

There are so many instruments to help you ditch the DAW, but can they boast ditching the studio as well? This latest MPC gets portable

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Pioneer DJ DJS-1000 review

By Si Truss

  • £1,169
  • $1,199

The Toraiz SP-16 sample engine comes to the DJ booth with Pioneer’s sampler/CDJ hybrid

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Elektron Octatrack MkII review

By Si Truss

  • £1,149
  • €1,389
  • $1,349

Swedish brand updates its flagship hardware sampler

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The overall design is typically Akai and in the flesh it looks good with its textured red/black chassis and glossy control panel

Akai MPX16 review

By Dan 'JD73' Goldman

  • £130
  • €210
  • $299

The MPX8's sampler sibling

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Sporting a white, red and grey colour scheme the Volca Sample gives a cheeky nod to the classic MPC

Korg Volca Sample review

By Si Truss

  • £119
  • €166
  • $224

iOS-reliant sample sequencer

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The Beat Thang features 13 velocity sensitive pads in a piano octave layout.

Beat Kangz Beat Thang review

By Dan 'JD73' Goldman

  • £799

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Incredible real-time sample manipulation, seamless time-stretching and a versatile step sequencer all feature.

Elektron Octatrack DPS-1 review

By Future Music

  • €1240
  • $1490

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Spark's eight pads are arranged horizontally along the front of the unit.

Arturia Spark review

By Future Music

  • £420
  • $599

We put Arturia's new hybrid hardware/software beat-making tool to the test

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The update provoked a justifiable stir when the public beta was released in January.

NI Maschine 1.6 review

By Future Music

  • £499
  • $669

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Like the microKorg, the microSampler comes with its own mic.

Korg microSampler review

By Future Music

  • £436
  • $400

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