![]() ![]() Volca Sample is a 10-part digital sampling groovebox that can play back PCM sounds as either one-shots or loops or its own sampled sounds (up to 130 seconds worth). Like Tracker, Maschine+ may be more than you need for sampling, but if you are computer averse then these really are great sampling workstations. It also doubles as an audio interface and comes with a bundle of fantastic NI software. We also rate NI's Maschine X, a workstation capable of producing great tunes via sampling and on-board synths, or in conjunction with your computer. It's also incredibly cheap for a do-it-all sampler, packing in more punch per dollar than any other machine in our line-up. It will appeal to you both if you are a fan of the logical approach taken by software trackers and also if you perform live. Once you've got over the learning curve - seriously, read the manual - you'll have the keys to an incredibly exciting sampling/sequencing powerhouse.įor the bigger, tune-in-one workstation options, we really rate the Polyend Tracker in terms of the sheer fun you can have with multitrack sampling. Regular firmware updates, like its Overbridge software companion, have added genuinely useful features for DAW integration too. ![]() Loading up a bank of samples, tweaking them within the unit, and then making use of the Digitakt's incredibly deep sequencing tricks made us smile like kids in a sweet shop. In the former category, while each of the best samplers in our guide below has its merits - both in terms of ease-of-use and capabilities - we're drawn towards the Elektron Digitakt which is easily the most fun. Our handy price widgets also display the latest and best prices from our trusted retailers. We've listed our choice samplers in price order to make it easier for you to find the right one for your budget. There is a hardware sampling device for every task and every pocket, and here we round up the best ones available right now. These workstation samplers are at the very high end though there are also samplers at every budget level and for every use: from fun pocket-sized and low cost options, through samplers designed to sit in the DJ booth, to beat making samplers right up to those full-on hardware DAWs. You can, as we shall see below, use a sampling workstation to create entire pieces of music, without a computer! We have, then, gone full circle technology wise: from simple rack samplers that sat next to computers, through computers handling all of your software sampling, right back to standalone power houses of sampling tech that do everything out of the box without a computer in sight! ![]() Hardware samplers have also become massively powerful and far more creative for the recording and performing musician than those rack units from the 1990s. The update will be available for the MPC X, MPC One and MPC Live from the 14th May.This is because, like those hardware synths, people love the tactile approach to using a hardware box to create music. ![]() They’ve also added that most favourite of features “ Retrospective Record” where you can hit Shift-Record and everything you were previously fiddling with when not recording is instantly remembered.Īkai has created a detailed video on all the new features which you’ll find below. There’s also a Chord mode where you can fire individual chords with just one pad. Other updates include the ability to send MIDI from one track to another effectively controlling multiple devices from a single track. The MPC can also route the devices between each other so you can use a controller keyboard to reach a different sound module via the MPC. It’s also great for simply syncing up other drum machines and sequencers to a single place. The idea is that you can use the sequencing and controlling power of the MPC engine to run everything else so you’re no longer having to drop between workflows to access other parts of your studio. Add a USB hub and you can expand that up to 32 devices. They all have USB inputs on the back and with the new update they can understand any class-compliant keyboard, synth or device that gets plugged into it. I mean what are they holding back for version 3? This update is for the MPC X, MPC One and MPC Live. It’s the sort of thing that deserves an entire whole number increment. ![]()
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