158 Results for "sampling"

Barons Of Boom Bap: How to sound like A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest combined conscious lyricism with Jazz-influenced beats to create some of Hip-Hop's classic albums. We find out how!

Review: Sonicware Liven Lofi-12 – Lofi Hip-Hop Hardware Sampling

Think you don’t need a hardware sampler? Sonicware’s Liven Lofi-12 sampling groovebox says otherwise and it makes some pretty convincing arguments.

A Legend of the Production Game: How to sound like Timbaland

His raw and immersive production style continues to influence modern music culture today. We find out how to sound like Timbaland.

Review: Arturia Pigments 4 Polychrome Synth

Arturia update their impressive polychrome soft synth, Pigments, to version 4. How have Arturia improved on this highly regarded instrument?

Sonicware LIVEN LoFi-12 – Sampling Groovebox

The Sonicware LIVEN Lofi-12 features a retro sampling engine for that authentic low bit and sample rate sampling in a feature packed box

Warehouse meets your house: How to sound like The Prodigy

The Prodigy rose from the rave scene in the late 1980s and became a hugely successful crossover act, we look at what went into their sound.

Novation Circuit Rhythm 2.0: Firmware update to reinvent beat making

Novation introduces a new firmware for the Circuit Rhythm and adds editable effects, beat matching, Fixed Length Recording and numerous improvements.

Review: Ableton Note is a sketchbook for Live as an iOS App

Ableton Note takes Ableton Live on the road! Mobile music production with the iOS App makes beats and sound on the go a breeze - our first look!

Roland SPD-SX PRO: Ultimate sampling pad that raises the bar

Roland releases a new level of sampling pad in the SPD-SX PRO. With a bunch of road-tested professional enhancements for the most demanding gigs.

Samples of the week: Beat Machine, Vienna MIR Pro 3D, Empire Breaks

Samples of the week is here with new releases by IK Multimedia, Vienna MIR Pro 3D, Native Instruments, Rast Sound (VoxPlay), and freebies!

AKAI MPC Key 61 Review: The MPC is a proper synth now!

It’s official: AKAI has unleashed the MPC Key 61! Find out everything you need to know about the first MPC with a keyboard in our review.

SmplTrek Portable Production Sampler: Killer SP-404 alternative?

Sonicware has just revealed the SmplTrek Sampler on Kickstarter and its handheld, groovy nature could give the Roland SP-404 MKII a run for its money.

Lambda II: real-time granular effects Max for Live device

Lambda II is capable of granulating input audio in freeze or real-time mode with playable 8-voice polyphony and a bunch of effects.

Casio CT-S1000V: Not sure we were ready for this!

Casio has been teasing their new keyboard with an "Are You Ready?" campaign and now the CT-S1000V is here, it's weird, fun and innovatively vocal about it.

IK Multimedia Syntronik 2: Synthesizer sampling and modelling gets deeper and rarer

IK Multimedia pumps the Syntronik Collection up to 33 synths with over 5,500 presets combining 4 layers of synths per patch of iconic and ultra-rare vintage synthesizers.

AKAI Force firmware 3.1 adds an abundance of new instruments and features

AKAI dishes out a feature update for its Force groovebox, adding 3 new instruments, 7 new insert effects, USB audio, and other good stuff.

Roland SP-404 MKII: an update to the veteran sampler arrives

Word on the street is that Roland is dishing out an extensive update for the SP-404, a 16-year old sampler that still rocks - in its own way.

Superbooth 2021: Sucofunk Beatmaker’s Sketchbook

Open source and DIY the Beatmaker's Sketchbook is a portable music-making device with sampling and sequencing coming in October.

Gotharman’s Urano: Modular Synthesizer in a box

Urano contains a large range of digital modules for building into 8 parts of sound and modulation using samples, wavetables and virtual analog through digital and analogue filters. 

Novation Circuit Rhythm: The Review

Can Novation's sample-based groovebox open up a new world of beats for you? We took the sleek, fun Circuit Rhythm out for a spin.

Reason 12 gets Mimic Creative Sampler instrument with four modes

Mimic looks like a solid upgrade over Reason's old sampler - but does it break the mold? We take a first look at the latest addition to Reason 12.

Leak: AKAI Pro MPC Key 61 sampling workstation found in 2.10 update

A new render of the 61-key sampling keyboard AKAI is building as a key-driven variant of its MPCs, has been discovered. Here's what we know so far.

F.’em: 11 Operator FM hybrid quad-timbral Synthesizer

11 Operators configured through a freely assignable matrix with FM, VA and sample-based sounds, multimode filters and a complex effects engine. Did we miss anything?

New details emerge on the Novation Circuit Rhythm

Novation has been a bit cagey about their new Circuit Rhythm due out in the summer but more details have appeared on a Dutch webstore - let's dig in.