Samplers / Sampling

Akai go large with the super heavyweight MPC XL.

Is Elektron’s polyphonic sampling workstation their most musical device yet?

The Live III is the most powerful and flexible MPC yet...

1010music’s portable groovebox is the company’s most ambitious product yet.

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...