The Akai/Linn MPC60 II is a fascinating piece of music technology history that emerged as a refined successor to its predecessor, arriving with an interesting backstory. While the original MPC60's launch in October 1987 was somewhat overshadowed by the...
The AKAI MPC60 is a classic sampler and drum machine released by Akai Professional in 1987-1988 and updated with the mkII version in 1991. The difference is the leather wrist rest gone with the mkII but headphones out appeared. The OS 3.10 introduced...
The Korg Pa1000 is a professional arranger keyboard and workstation. It features a wide range of sounds, styles, and effects, as well as a powerful sequencer, a large LCD display, and a built-in audio recorder. It is designed to be used in a variety of...
Kronos X 88 has the same 9-engine synthesizer architecture the original Kronos is based on. The structure includes realistic piano, richly expressive electric piano, tonewheel organ, digital synthesis, and powerful analog/physical modeling. The 88-note...