The MPC is the sampling drum machine of choice in the hip hop community - everyone from Dr Dre to Prefuse 73 are rocking beats with the MPC, live and in the studio. It's also a pretty handy sequencer, ...

Each week Tom Whitwell of Music Thing highlights the best of the new music gear that's coming out, as well as noteworthy vintage equipment: This week, Akai announced the MPC-2500. If you've listened ...

Akai Professional has revealed that it'll be launching the limited edition MPC2500SE groovebox in January 2010. As its name suggests, this is a 'Special Edition' version of the MPC2500 that comes with ...