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Akai introduced AKsys some months ago, providing a USB-driven, computer-based control interface for recent S-series samplers. Now at v1.7, it is becoming indispensible for anyone fed up with managing their samplers via an LCD...
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Akai introduced AKsys some months ago, providing a USB-driven, computer-based control interface for recent S-series samplers. Now at v1.7, it is becoming indispensible for anyone fed up with managing their samplers via an LCD...
Akai are celebrating 35 years of their MPC platform with the release of a new version of their flagship instrument that boasts a retro look along with increased processing power and storage.
The MPC has always been about its fast, hands-on interface — can a touchscreen make it even better?
Akai Professional have some new controller keyboards to show at the upcoming NAMM trade show in Anaheim, CA, next...
The return of the stand-alone MPC exceeds expectations.
Akai’s Advance 49 is a tightly integrated controller/software package designed to bridge the gap between musician and computer.
The legendary MPC brand is reborn in a form that aims to marry its famous hands-on ethos with the unlimited possibilities of the software world. Does the combination work?
Akai’s slimline follow-up to their Renaissance hybrid MPC aims to claim some territory from a certain competing machine...
The tiny MPK25 goes beyond knobs and buttons alone, offering MPC-style drum pads for added versatility.
Looking for a compact controller keyboard costing not much more than a bag of chips? Look no further...
Akai’s latest audio interface boasts a formidable feature set and an emphasis on robust hardware and simple operation.
Akai will be best known to SOS readers for their samplers and ever-popular MPC range — so what can they bring to the controller keyboard party?
Akai samplers, in their familiar off‑white rackmount cases, have become fixtures in studios all over the world. Their latest models may use the same colour scheme, but they offer an entirely new user interface and a host of powerful new features.
Come on down, Akai's new low-cost sampler! Astonishing value for money at a mere £999, the basic S2000 is expandable to a top-of-the-range spec by means of add-on cards. Paul White spins the (data) wheel of fortune to see whether Akai have played their cards right this time...
Many people consider software samplers to have consigned the hardware equivalent to history. Not Akai, who have responded by releasing their best-value hardware samplers ever, offering unprecedented levels of computer integration, and packing them with user-friendly features.
BT revitalised the sound of boy band N'Sync, composed some of the most radical soundtracks to appear in mainstream films, and has a good claim to have invented trance. And he still finds time to talk to SOS...