There is no shortage of people who know exactly what an MPC is, love the idea of owning one, and then stall completely when they look at the range. Right now Akai sells a compact battery-powered sampler, a grid-based performance...

There is a particular dream that almost every electronic producer has had at some point: closing the laptop for good. No more staring at a screen, no more clicking through menus with a mouse, no more crashes mid-idea. Just you,...

Electronic music and hip-hop can look intimidating from the outside. You see producers tapping pads, chopping old records, building drums from scratch, launching loops, finger-drumming, playing keys, and somehow turning all of that into a finished song. For a beginner,...