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This free browser-based sampler turns YouTube into an MPC

Producer Halfpast's retro-themed YPC chops up any YouTube video across the computer keyboard for instant finger-drumming fun

MusicRadar · Jul 17

“The most powerful standalone MPCs we have ever built at these prices": Akai’s MPC One and MPC Key 37 get second-gen upgrades

The affordable MPC One and its keyboard counterpart get upgraded CPUs and more storage, but no MPCe pads

MusicRadar · Jun 18

“In the next 12 months there are going to be two, possibly three more Moog synths – we’re going to have some instant classics added to our roster”: EXCLUSIVE! Moog President Joe Richardson tells us what's coming next from the iconic synth brand

With the Muse and Messenger signalling that Moog is still in rude health following its acquisition by InMusic, we catch up with its president to learn more about life behind the scenes at the world’s biggest synth brand

MusicRadar · Apr 29

“He’s honestly a garage legend and it’s kinda surreal collaborating with someone whose legacy inspired bits of my early work”: PinkPantheress is so Sincere as she joins MJ Cole on a new version of a UK Garage classic

The track was originally made using an Atari ST and Akai MPC3000XL and released back in 1998

MusicRadar · Jan 30

“Represents the evolution of everything we've learned from decades of innovation in music production”: Akai’s MPC XL is its new flagship – watch our first look review

NAMM 2026: The MPC XL massively ups the power of the MPC X; but is it better than last year’s Live III? We get hands-on and find out

MusicRadar · Jan 20

NAMM 2026 live: the hottest news from the world's biggest music-making gear show

All the hottest new guitars, synths, drums and other gear from Anaheim 2026

MusicRadar · Jan 12

Ableton and Arturia reign supreme as Reverb reveals best-selling synths, samplers and drum machines of 2025

Ableton knocks Elektron off its perch as Push 2 tops the best-sellers list, and the Akai MPC makes a storming comeback

MusicRadar · Dec 10, 2025

“When it was finished, I collapsed in exhaustion”: How Moby carefully crafted Play and rescued his career

Moby had all but thrown in the towel, but the surprising success of his eclectic 1999 masterpiece forever changed his fortunes

MusicRadar · Nov 11, 2025

“I wasted a lot of time and money”: How Moby made the record that saved his career

Moby had all but thrown in the towel, but the surprising success of his eclectic 1999 masterpiece forever changed his fortunes

MusicRadar · Nov 8, 2025

“It’s the heart of my studio”: The story of the Akai MPC, from the MPC60 to the MPC Live III

Few pieces of production gear are as influential as Akai’s MPC series. We trace the MPC's journey through its phoenix-like birth from the ashes of the LinnDrum 9000 to the latest apex-hitting incarnation

MusicRadar · Oct 30, 2025