The Waldorf Iridium Keyboard is a premium-grade all-digital flagship synthesizer based on the architecture of Waldorf's hybrid Quantum. While the Quantum features eight analogue/digital hybrid voices, the Iridium boasts 16 all-digital voices, maintaining...
New Species of Production Workstation The Akai MPC Key 61 represents a bold evolutionary step in music production technology, seamlessly merging the beloved MPC workflow with a fully-featured keyboard workstation. This isn't simply an MPC with keys bolted...
The Akai Professional MPC Key 37 represents the culmination of years of development in the groovebox and beatmaking space—a compact powerhouse that strikes an impressive balance between functionality, portability, and price. As a smaller sibling to the...
A Portable Powerhouse with a Speaker Twist Several years after the introduction of the original MPC Live, Akai Professional has returned with a refined sequel that builds upon their successful standalone workstation formula. The MPC Live II emerged as a...
The Akai MPC 4000 emerged in an interesting time for music production. By 2002, Akai's MPC line had already established itself as a studio cornerstone for nearly 15 years. The journey began in 1988, a year that saw Roger Linn and Akai join forces to...