Samplers / Sampling

Fairlight CMI Owner, enthusiast and some-time restorer, Rob Puricelli (aka Failed Muso), spoke about the 40 year history...

1010music's Blackbox packs an awful lot of sampling action into a very compact case.

IK Multimedia's newly updated one-stop sample shop is bigger and better than ever.

This eight–channel sampler can assign up to eight samples to Zones in each channel. 24 CV inputs allow for voltage control over Zones as well as other parameters, with each input freely assignable to multiple destinations across all channels.

Does the Strike MultiPad's killer combination of features, practicality and price make it the best percussion pad on the market?

We explore what's new in the latest version of Native Instruments' flagship sampler.

With mic preamps, multitrack recording and mixing built in, EHX’s 95000 is much more than your average looper.

Fun-size sampling mayhem is the order of the day with the latest Pocket Operators.

Elektron have treated three of their flagship instruments to a major redesign. We see what’s new...

Recording a library of acoustic guitar samples highlighted the importance of repeatability, blind testing, small lasers and double‑sided sticky tape.

We check out this high-fidelity two-channel stereo audio recorder and playback module that can record high-quality (stereo) WAV files whilst simultaneously playing two different (stereo) files.

Could the MPCX make you rethink your whole approach to studio and live music production?

Elektron’s new sampling drum machine is much more than just a cut-price Octatrack.