Akai is following Teenage Engineering and Casio with a new portable sampler.

Retailer Alto Music has leaked a new portable sampler by Akai that looks inspired by the company’s MPC60 and MPC3000, ...
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Sonicware’s SmplTrek is a battery-powered groovebox for on-the-go beatmaking

Sonicware has stepped into the portable sampler space with its SmplTrek device. The battery-powered groovebox features a built-in mic that'll help you create samples wherever you are. The SmplTrek ...
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Teenage Engineering teams up with Supreme for special edition of its EP-133 K.O. II sampler

The Supreme version of the EP-133 K.O. II has 64MB of sample memory, where Teenage Engineering actually upgraded this series with 128MB of space earlier this year. Is this a canny way to offload ...