The Kurzweil Forte is a professional-grade digital piano and synthesizer released by Kurzweil Music Systems in 2015. It features a full-size 88-key weighted keyboard, a powerful sound engine, and a variety of controls and sound manipulation options. The...
The Roland MV-8000 is a digital production studio and sampler released in 2003. It is a powerful all-in-one production studio, combining a sampler, sequencer, effects, and a mixer in one unit. It is capable of recording and sequencing audio and MIDI...
The Roland MV-8800 (launched in 2007) is a digital production studio and sampler. It represents a significant evolution from its predecessor, the MV-8000, which has been a cornerstone for top hip-hop and R&B producers since 2003. It is a powerful...
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...
The Boss Dr Sample SP202 is a portable 4-voice stereo sampler designed primarily for DJ use and live performance. Core Features16-bit stereo sampling with 4-voice polyphonyBuilt-in effects including filters and ring modulatorBuilt-in microphone plus...
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 release of the sampler BOSS SP-505 happened in 2002. It is an entry level workstation with the possibility of sampling. Its purpose is to work with one-shot samples and loops. The device has an 8-voice polyphony and 4 MB internal memory, which can...
The Roland SP-404 is a robust sampling groovebox that bridges the worlds of live performance and studio production. Drawing inspiration from DJ mixers rather than traditional studio equipment, this portable sampler-sequencer combines intuitive hands-on...
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.
