If Giorgio was pretty much right telling Daft Punk that, to him in the early ’70s, “the Moog was the sound of the future”, hyperpop could be probably defined as today’s sound of the future. Eclectic, boundary-less, and endlessly energetic, hyperpop is perhaps one of the most exciting musical movements…
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AKAI MPC One Is The Small, Standalone MPC We’ve Wanted Since 2006
At NAMM, AKAI stole the (beatmaker) show with its new, compact and standalone MPC One. This younger sibling of the MPC X and MPC Live inherits the software and hardware architecture of the most recent AKAI MPC units, with a much smaller footprint. It took 14 years (in 2006 AKAI…
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Akai Announce Splice Support For Force, MPC Live & MPC X
Akai has some great news for quality sample pack users: they just announced the immediate availability of Splice integration in their standalone machines (the recently released Force, and the ‘modern beatmaker classics’ MPC Live and MPC X); a pivotal series of updates that offer users immediate wi-fi access to their…
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3 Sample Packs For Lush ’80s Vibes – Com Truise, Neon80’s and Future Disco
Our favorite sample and loop pushers at Splice Sounds (see our Splice Sounds review) have recently released three inspiring ’80s-inspired sample packs. Basically, all you need to get ready for your next synthwave, future disco and vaporware tracks! The first one is Nvision by Com Truise. New Jersey-based producer Seth Haley…
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Splice Adds The First Ever Saxophone Sample Pack
Industry-leading subscription sample platform Splice Sounds (check out our Splice Sounds review) releases a groundbreaking collaboration with rising indie saxophonist Mike Casey – Splice’s first ever exclusive saxophone artist royalty free sample pack. The pack includes a wide range of riffs, loops, one shots, held notes, and seldom-recorded extended saxophone techniques/auxiliary…
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Overhauled App + New Sample Packs for Splice
Great news from Splice Sounds. The popular subscription-based sample, loops and preset platform (see our Splice Sounds review) overhauled its desktop app and introduced some cool new sample packs. A bigger and better desktop app The desktop app is the central hub for using Splice, allowing you to back up…