Akai just released a portable and relatively budget-friendly MPC sampler

Akai just officially revealed the MPC Sample, a portable sampler and groovebox. It costs $400 and looks pretty cute.
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Akai MPC sample review

The MPC range gains a fun, affordable sketchpad with a fair few tricks up its sleeve ...

Akai Professional’s MPC Sample Is A New Way To Make Beats Almost Anywhere

Akai Professional's new MPC Sample is a standalone sampler with an MPC workflow in a portable, battery-powered device aimed ...
Engadget

What we're buying: A potent audio sampler that fits in your pocket

This week, Managing Editor Terrence O'Brien is obsessed with a new sampler that he can take anywhere. It's got its quirks, but that's apparently part of the appeal. See, the KO is a pretty full ...
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The Logic Pros: How to create custom sampler instruments using any audio file with EXS24

In this week’s episode of The Logic Pros, we are taking a look at one of Logic’s most prized possessions. A mainstay since, well, almost forever, the EXS24 sampler may seem basic and over-looked ...