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| Jel on the Akai MPC 2000XL Video |
| Thursday, January 29, 2009 |
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Jel (anticon) of Subtle and Themselves practices with some drums and a sample. Shot from three different angles. All live on the Akai MPC 2000XL. No sequencing or backing tracks. What you see is what you hear!
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| Is Sampling Dying? |
| Wednesday, January 28, 2009 |
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Left for dead: Akai MPC 2000 XL Sampler - Photo (77cuts).
How greenbacks and red tape are tearing the heart out of hip-hop.
By Matthew Newton
Simple beats and Auto-Tuned vocals form the foundation of 808s & Heartbreak, Kanye West’s latest release. As the title implies, it’s a breakup album. But perhaps the split is deeper than even West realizes. His new sound is a bold departure... [MORE] |
| Akai APC40 Video |
| Wednesday, January 21, 2009 |
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The Akai APC40 is the world’s finest Ableton Live control surface. Ableton and Akai Professional worked in a joint partnership to make the APC40 the perfect Ableton Live control surface. Whether you are an electronic-music performance artist and Live is your canvass, a DJ using Live to mix tracks, or a traditional musician using Live on stage or... [MORE] |
| History of the 'Amen break' Video |
| Tuesday, January 20, 2009 |
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The 'Amen break' is a sampled drum loop, extraordinarily prevalent in modern electronic music. It can be used to provide a rhythmic background for another instrument to solo over.
This fascinating, brilliant 20-minute video narrates the history of the "Amen Break," a six-second drum sample from the b-side of a chart-topping single from 1969. This sample was used extensively... [MORE] |
| Copyright Criminals: This Is a Sampling Sport Trailer Video |
| Sunday, January 18, 2009 |
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Copyright Criminals: This Is a Sampling Sport examines the creative and commercial value of musical sampling, including the related debates over artistic expression, copyright law, and (of course) money.
This documentary traces the rise of hip-hop from the urban streets of New York to its current status as a multibillion-dollar industry. For... [MORE] |
| Akai MPC Buyer's Guide |
| Friday, January 16, 2009 |
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Drum machines became almost required for music production in the 1980s. With synth-based music like DEVO and Kraftwerk, the drum machine enjoyed success, but left some people wondering what had happened to human feel in music. Enter the MPC with its unique MPC Swing technology that helped transform what used to be a mechanical-sounding sequence of beats into a great-feeling groove.
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| Akai Pro Introduces the Akai APC40 |
| Thursday, January 15, 2009 |
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Akai Professional, the name
synonymous with music production, announces the APC40 Control Surface
developed specifically for Ableton Live software. The APC40 will be on
display at the 2009 NAMM Show in Anaheim, Calif., January 15 – 18, 2009
at the Akai Professional booth, number 6400.Akai Professional
worked in partnership with software developer Ableton to make the APC40
the optimal... [MORE] |
| New Akai MPC 5000 OS 2.0 Coming Soon |
| Thursday, January 15, 2009 |
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Meet the new OS. Not the same as the old OS.
The MPC5000 is the most talked-about MPC in the music industry
today. It’s the latest evolution of the unquestioned standard in
sample-based music production. The MPC5000 builds on the MPC
foundation, combining powerful sequencing, sampling and processing with
the feel of the exclusive MPC pads and Q-Link assignable controls. It
adds... [MORE] |
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