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Roland’s Aira Compact P-6 puts ‘creative sampling’ in your pocket
A take-anywhere device that enables you to sample and sequence the world around you and anything else
“A unique world of evocative and dramatic voices”: Arturia Augmented Yangtze review
We embark on a sonic journey though the world of traditional Chinese instruments – set against a modern backdrop
Watch Roger Linn, creator of the original MPC, test out Akai's MPC Live II
"Akai has done a very good job of honouring the workflow of my original design and bringing it into the present"
“The Nanobox range gets a sampler and a powerful one at that”: 1010music Nanobox Tangerine review
This latest Nanobox could be pushing for the title of world’s smallest sampler. We ask if it needs to be that small…
SampleRadar: 935 free analogue polysynths samples
Capture the timeless and beloved sound of the Prophet, Juno, Jupiter, and more with these free samples
Elektron Digitakt II unveiled with stereo sampling, an expanded sequencer, more tracks and new effects
The next edition of Elektron's widely beloved sampler and drum machine might look similar, but it beefs up the OG's specs considerably
Is this Digitakt II? Leak suggests successor to Elektron's popular sampler is on the way
If the leak is genuine, Elektron's first hardware release in two years would bring stereo sampling, an expanded sequencer, more memory, more effects and more LFOs to the 'takt
Roland updates its SP-404 sampler "in celebration of 404 Day" (and to v4.04, before you ask)
The update brings enhanced looping, multitrack output, Koala Sampler integration and a 15-waveform sound generator to the popular sampler
