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Tweaks & Geeks
The Noise is an MPC Expansion for old-school vibe—instruments with more than 800 samples of 8-bit sounds, chip noises, bent circuits, and effects laid out for easy playability and editing. Full of quirky sounds and offbeat instruments, The Noise doesn't hang out with the cool kids. Like the awkward sweater-wearing genius standing in the corner at the party, when The Noise speaks up, ears perk up, heads turn, minds are opened, and the party is taken to an entirely new level.

The Must-Have Drum Sounds
The 809 is the MPC Expansion for punchy analog drums—a full collection of classic drum machine sounds, each with its own controls for maximum tweakability. Sampled directly from the real instruments using a high-end converter and studio equipment, The 809 puts the world's most recognized drum sounds at your fingertips .

If you’re serious about audio then AudioTechnology is your magazine: whether it be the inside story behind the world’s great albums or the best-sounding concert productions, videogame sound, software tips, reviews of the latest gear, opinion and news – AudioTechnology has you covered.

Akai Professional, CAPSUN ProAudio & Loopmasters present LoFi Soul & FutureBeats capturing the classic soul and magic of lo-fi sampling, analogue synths and drum machines and combines it with the sound of tomorrow. Experimental future beats laced with loosely quantized rhythms, rich warm pads, sub-heavy basslines and soulful chops. All inspiration, all royalty free and ready to drop into your DAW or sampler of choice.

Akai Professional, CAPSUN ProAudio & Loopmasters present: Slo-Mo Trap & Ambient Lows. Featuring over 600MB of all new royalty free loops, one shots and custom samplers. 15 Slo-Mo Kits that emulate the sounds of traditional re-sampled Southern Rap have been chopped into MPC ready programs, instantly ready for your production needs.

Akai Professional & MVP Loops proudly present Hook City - Trap & Soul Edition.

Following up on the hit expansion, Hook City - Trap & B comes the follow up, Hook City - Trap & Soul Edition.

Akai Pro & MVP Loops proudly present Melodic Horizon, an expansion pack for your MPC. Melodic Horizon brings the warm pads, luxurious vibes and emotive melodies heard on Contemporary R&B & hip-hop chart toppers to your MPC. As versatile as the genres represented, this pack features 15 radio-ready kits with over 670 samples, including nearly 550 expertly-crafted melodic loops. Also available as an iMPC Pro Pack.

araabMUZIK has electrified stages worldwide with his unparalleled finger drumming and signature blend of hip-hop, trap and edm. In kicking off our artist series expansion packs, araabMUZIK combines all those genres into a thunderous collection of drums and samples that promise to fill dance floors from Compton to Ibiza.

Back with a explosive sequel to the DDS series with over 500mb of samples from some awesome artists with bonus kicks chop to perfection ready to flip into something special wit no clippings i want to give producers everything they need to inspire and create a dope beat.

Akai Professional and Loopmasters present Chilled Trap, the newest Expansion Pack for your MPC. Exploring the atmospheric side of the genre, Chilled Trap features a wealth of inspired melodic ideas tailored for Trap but also great for Downtempo, House, Ambient and other styles.

Though it was only a few issues ago that we contemplated the future of music, we came to the realisation that the future is now! With more effects at our disposal than ever before, we tour the modern arsenal of plug-in effects, tools and software that you might not even realise existed! Elsewhere, we speak to the legendary DJ Jazzy Jeff about his production and DJing ethos, and join Detroit-based artist Klayton, whose love of 80s electronic and metal bands has borne many fruitful projects, not to mention an amazing studio. We put Hans Zimmer Strings to the test, as well as a slew of new pieces of gear and software in our expanded reviews section. Additionally, there’s 4 new tutorials for Live, Logic, Cubase and Pro Tools, brand-new tips, retrospectives and our Essential Guide series draws to a close with a 101 to recording. We hope you enjoy the issue!

Drum & Bass veteran DJ Rap walks us through the sound design, mixing and mastering processes that she used when producing her track ‘Emote’, which she released on her Propa Talent label.

If you want to produce authentic house music fuzed with jazzy samples, Julian Gray has you covered. Julian will walk you through the exact techniques he uses to produce an funky, jazzy house track from start to finish in Ableton Live

Watch classically trained musician and world famous music producer Ill-Esha as she arranges and composes every section of this mid tempo hip-hop inspired track step by step

Vengeance Essential Tech House is here to help you bring down the house or raise the roof - whichever you prefer!

This new samplepack by Vengeance Sound delivers authentic, up-to-date tech house and techno samples.