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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

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?

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

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

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

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

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?

"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

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

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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