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 ...

It's been a few years since Akai's iconic MPC line has seen a significant new entry. But at NAMM 2020 the company is not only introducing a new model, but specifically going for the entry level... or ...

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’s original MPC revolutionized music forever by combining all of the tools a producer needs—a sampler, mixer, multi-track recorder and editor—in one device. The new ultra-portable iPad version of ...

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 ...

I’m tired of uninspired flash drive designs. So it’s shaped like a donut huh? Meh. It’s filled with beer eh? Not interested. These mini MPC 2000XL and SP1200 ...