Samplers / Sampling

The OP‑XY is a portable sequencing powerhouse.

Torso’s ambitious ‘sculpting sampler’ may be a work in progress, but it promises to be something very special indeed.

The Roland P‑6 is a pocket‑sized sampling powerhouse.

Polyend’s hardware tracker continues to evolve and improve.

NI’s long‑established software sampler gains a raft of new features and other improvements.

The original Digitakt was pretty good, so how about an updated version with more of... everything!

Korg’s MPS‑10 is a compact percussion instrument with hidden depths.

The hardware sampler market is healthier and more diverse than ever. What better time to take a quick tour?

Polyend’s Play gets a major + upgrade.

Teenage Engineering’s portable workstation offers retro styling and an equally old‑school approach to sampling.

Polyend’s hardware tracker has got smaller — and at the same time bigger...

Sonicware’s SmplTrek packs an ambitious sampler, sequencer and recorder into a single portable box.

HALion is back, and it’s bigger, better and FMier than ever!

Is Roland’s SPD‑SX Pro the best percussion pad you can buy?

Polyend’s Play takes a unique, and very hands‑on, approach to sequencing samples.

1010music’s diminutive Nanobox range has got it where it counts.

I recently had need of another looper pedal, but as it wasn’t something I’d need very often I wanted to...

Koala Sampler makes sampling simple again.

The MPC Key isn’t just an MPC with a keyboard, it’s a completely new species of workstation.

Roland’s popular sampler gets a major update.

The MPC Studio provides an affordable middle ground between Akai’s software and hardware MPCs.