On the former front, the One trims the 16GB drive found in the MPC Live down to just 2GB, with a significant reduction in pre-loaded sounds as a result (although the 2GB sound library hardly feels ...

Akai and Native Instruments are sort of like the Nintendo and Sega of music production. These long-time rivals offer many similar products, but some musicians get drawn to Akai’s MPC workflow while ...

Let’s start with the basics. That’s to say, the hardware features that carry over from the original. First of all, there are the 16 velocity-sensitive sample/trigger pads. No change here. They are ...