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May 15, 2025May 16, 2025

AKAI MPC3 beta

I’ve previously reviewed my MPC Live – first as an updated AKAI Sampler just not white like the old ones but still with a big wheel. Then as a tool…

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Nov 13, 2022November 14, 2022

[MPC] AIR Fabric XL and OPx-4 🧻🧻🧻💩

When I first reviewed the MPC Live I saw it as a drum machine with melodic features tucked under the surface. AKAI have steadily brought melody to the fore culminating…

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Jul 31, 2022March 24, 2025

[MPC] AIR’s Revenge? 🧻🧻🧻

(Update 2025) You may have read my previous assay into the travails of Advanced Instrument Research, once the shining jewel of ProTools and now the Pinocchio of AKAI’s travelling puppet…

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Aug 13, 2021May 16, 2025

AKAI MPC Live 🧻🧻🧻🧻🧻

When used by people who don’t play bongos Now available – Part 2 – in which the MPC is used as an audio workstation on stage.Part 3 describes the new…

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