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NEO Soul EX5 Expansion

Corry BanksOctober 22, 2012

Jamal Hartwell over at GospelMusicians.com has just released a nice expansion update to the famed Neo Soul Keys 3x. The expansion pack is called the NEO Soul EX5 Expansion. What Jamal Hartwell did here is apply his meticulous sample techniques to the... Read More...

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ARTURIA SPARK UPDATE 1.5

Corry BanksOctober 22, 2012

Arturia recently released Spark update version 1.5. For those of you that have become Spark heads, this new Arturia Spark update 1.5 may have a few desired goodies for you. The new features include Choke groups, Tune, layering and Oberheim SEM V filt... Read More...

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MPC Software Update Version 1.1

Corry BanksOctober 20, 2012

Akai Pro recently released and update to the MPC Software which accompanies the new MPC Ren and MPC Studio. Version 1.1 of the MPC Software Update offers new features and improvements to existing features. Interestingly enough, the final bullet point... Read More...

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INTERVIEW with Andy Avgousti

Corry BanksOctober 19, 2012

Andy Avgousti is the owner of MPC-Tutor.com, MPC-Forums.com and MPC-Samples.com. Andy is nothing less than a forerunner in the MPC internet eco-system. In the early 2000's Andy became bemused at the lack of decent tutorials available for MPCs and... Read More...

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SIMU1200 FREE Drum Sample Kit

Corry BanksOctober 17, 2012

Mackenzie a.k.a. m56p87, one if the fellas over MPC-Forums.com, put together this really cool free set of drums and synth stabs / hits. The kit is called SIMU1200 because Mackenzie purposefully approached the design of the sounds to emulate the "awes... Read More...

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MOOG Minitaur Revolution 2

Corry BanksOctober 16, 2012

Moog Music has announced the release of the latest update to the Moog Minitaur Bass Synth. The update is free for existing Minitaur owners and is referred to as Revolution 2 (Rev2). Rev 2 unlocks a slew of new performance features and implements a n... Read More...

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BOOK REVIEW: Beat Making on the MPC5000

Corry BanksOctober 15, 2012

Beat Making on the MPC5000 is not a simple a rewrite of the manual that Akai provides with the MPC 5000. Beat Making on the MPC5000 is intended to be a companion book, so to speak. In particular for the MPC 5000 owner who has no previous experience w... Read More...

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VXXY DCM8 Tabletop Synth

Corry BanksOctober 9, 2012

A fresh new little chip tunes synth caught my attention recently. The VXXY DCM8 is a blue table top synth with good ole wood side panels. It comes complete with and audio out and midi in / out. I'm personally not a big step sequences type of cat but ... Read More...

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FEATURED Drum Sample Kit: MINTY BREAKS

Corry BanksOctober 8, 2012

The Drum Broker (hiphopdrumsamples.com) put together a fresh and hefty set of rare breaks with this Minty Breaks kit. It's a dirty set of breaks that you can literally hear and feel the vinyl. The air, the grit and the static is all there but nothing... Read More...

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VIDEO: Korg Monotribe

Corry BanksOctober 7, 2012

The Korg Monotribe is a pretty slick device. Not new but one of my favorites in this neo-retro analog craze. Damn near pocket sized, the Korg Monotribe weighs in at just under 2lbs with measurements of 8.15 x 5.71 x 2.76 inches. This is the prime exa... Read More...

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