Each week Tom Whitwell of Music Thing highlights the best of the new music gear that's coming out, as well as noteworthy vintage equipment: This week, Akai announced the MPC-2500. If you've listened ...

Carrying around a classic Akai MPC sampler to bang out some beats just got a whole lot easier. The Akai MPC Fly music production controller features a case, and corresponding MPC Fly iPad App, that ...

Akai celebrated 35 years since the release of its seminal sampler, the MPC-60, with a brand new model that promises to be its “most powerful” production machine to date. The MPC X Special Edition is ...

The new-look sampler is part of Supreme's SS21 collection, which will be rolled out from February 18. It's a fully working piece of kit, with 16 velocity-sensitive RGB pads, 7" multi-touch display, ...