The Akai MPC range of stand-alone MIDI sequencers and samplers has been instrumental in shaping hip-hop music, and its robust instruments have also made significant inroads into various electronic music genres, especially within live performance...
The Rise of a Hip-Hop Legend: The E-mu SP-1200 Story In August 1987, E-mu Systems released a machine that would help define the sound of hip-hop's golden age - the SP-1200 sampling drum machine. Created by Dave Rossum, this unassuming piece of equipment...
Boss's Dr Sample SP-303 emerged as an intriguing evolution of the pioneering SP-202 phrase sampler. Three years after its predecessor made waves in the budget sampling market, the SP-303 arrived with both gains and losses in its feature set, but still...
The Roland SP-808 is a digital sampling workstation released by Roland in 1998. It features a built-in sampler, sequencer, and effects processor, allowing users to create and manipulate samples with ease. It has a large range of sample manipulation...
The Roland SP-404A is a reissue of the SP-404SX - technical specifications are the same, only the istrument's enclosure color scheme is different - black. The manufacturer also put different sample pack on the SD card that was included with the sampler.
