Samplers / Sampling

IK Multimedia's newly updated one-stop sample shop is bigger and better than ever.

This eight–channel sampler can assign up to eight samples to Zones in each channel. 24 CV inputs allow for voltage control over Zones as well as other parameters, with each input freely assignable to multiple destinations across all channels.

Does the Strike MultiPad's killer combination of features, practicality and price make it the best percussion pad on the market?

We explore what's new in the latest version of Native Instruments' flagship sampler.

With mic preamps, multitrack recording and mixing built in, EHX’s 95000 is much more than your average looper.

Fun-size sampling mayhem is the order of the day with the latest Pocket Operators.

Elektron have treated three of their flagship instruments to a major redesign. We see what’s new...

We check out this high-fidelity two-channel stereo audio recorder and playback module that can record high-quality (stereo) WAV files whilst simultaneously playing two different (stereo) files.

Could the MPCX make you rethink your whole approach to studio and live music production?

Elektron’s new sampling drum machine is much more than just a cut-price Octatrack.

Bastl Instruments’ Microgranny 2 monophonic granular sampler gets rebuilt into Eurorack form...

Pioneer’s DJ-inspired performance sampler is the start of something new.

The return of the stand-alone MPC exceeds expectations.

I’ve been dabbling in creating my own sample-based instruments in Kontakt over the last few years — one day, I...

Qu-Bit’s Wave is presumably named after the Wave (wav) format samples it plays — up to four of them at once. A 4GB MicroSD card is included, ready-populated with drum hits, vocals, synths and sound effects, easily enough to get you going...

The MPC has always been about its fast, hands-on interface — can a touchscreen make it even better?

Boss’s latest desktop looper might be small, but it’s no lightweight in terms of features.

The MicroGranny 2 is a miniature granular sampler, and you won’t have to sell any of your elderly relations to get one.

Will Alesis’s affordable sample–triggering percussion pad prove hard to beat?

The Electribe Sampler may well be Korg’s best Electribe yet...

Loaded with more of everything, iMPC Pro offers 64 tracks, a built-in piano roll editor, superior effects implementation and a choice of friendly sample-fixing tools.