Hook City - Trap & B Edition

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Dark Parallax Akai Pro & Producer/Grammy-nominated Sound Designer Snipe Young proudly present Dark Parallax, the newest Expansion Pack for MPC. Snipe’s stellar work can be heard on recent smash-hit records including Beyonce’s Lemonade, Dr. Dre’s Compton, Documentary 2 by The Game and Justin Beiber’s Purpose. Dark Parallax delivers the elite-level sounds featured on these chart-toppers while also incorporating the haunting atmospherics found on the newest trap, hip-hop and Contemporary R&B tracks. “The MPC is known for its groove and gritty feel so I decided to create kits with chunky textures, dark progressions and voices saturated in different ambiances,” said Snipe Young. “I used a ton of live drums and percussion in this pack and treated them like electronic colors instead of traditional acoustics." This special-edition Producer Series pack features 50 radio-ready kits and nearly 900 samples of ferocious subs, haunting vocal lines, crisp snares and cinematic pads. Also available as an iMPC Pro Pack. Pack Contents 50 Drum Kits | 50 Sequence Demos 872 Samples | 194 Melodic Loops | 50 Hybrid 3 Presets

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Immerse yourself in the hazy aura of 90s club culture with the F9 Origins expansion, available in MPC format. This carefully curated collection encapsulates the iconic sound that defined an era of dance music, serving it fresh for modern producers. We've successfully bottled the vibrant rhythms, pulsating beats, and memorable early-digital and analog tones that set the 90s club scene apart. Experience the nostalgia of past decades and inject your contemporary production with the enduring energy of classic house music. For the Origins sampling journey, we returned to the authentic hardware synths, drum machines, and FX processors that gave 90s house music its unique and potent sonic identity. This authenticity endows the pack with an unparalleled advantage, embodying the substantial body, intensity, and vigor of the keyboard, synth, and bass sounds that propelled classic house music onto global nightclubs and radio airwaves. Available as fully playable MPC Keygroup instruments, kits, and menus for MPC software and hardware versions running MPC 2.11 or later, and Akai Force V3.2 or later. 4Gb+ MPC Expansion 142 Fully playable MPC Keygroup instruments 17 Drum Kits 13 Drum and FX menus Comprehensive set of Qlink macros for each patch/kit Audio previews for all patches, kits, menus, and kit sequences F9 Origins Kits + Drum Menus Explore the classic house era with 17 exceptional MPC drum kits. Round-robin 808 and 909 kits combine with the 12-bit essence of 707 and 727 kits, resonant in early Detroit and Chicago house. Our vintage samplers, including the MPC 3000, SP1200, and rackmount classics, give these kits the era's authentic sound. 13 Drum and Sound FX menus conclude the rhythm section, offering a wealth of sounds per patch for overdubs and inspiration. F9 Origins Pianos & Key Patches Our five renowned house piano patches shine brilliantly via the MPC Keygroup engine, offering a perfect blend of bite and vitality. Additionally, our broad collection of 23 key patches covers all essential elements - including classic 90s ROMpler, Analog, and FM sounds. Experience a rich tapestry of sounds from shimmering keys, haunting baritone saxes, sleepless Pizz leads, to classic 8-bit vocal leads right at your fingertips. F9 Origins Bass Patches Our pack features 28 distinctive classic bass patches, digging deep into the revered synths used by the pioneers. We could use the words solid and lately to describe 2 very famous patches basses and these live alongside 3Osc classics and Polysynth staples, with round-robin 303 patches adding spice. F9 Origins Synth Patches This pack's soul lies in its 37 synth patches. We've recreated iconic stabs and brass from French Kiss,a very famous Juno patch from the underworld, and a growling lead from an MS-20 delivering da funk in spades. These patches marry nostalgia with 21st-century sonics, thanks to meticulous multisampling and the MPC's power. F9 Origins Stabs and Strings Patches Our 15 stab patches recall memories of crowded warehouses pulsating to the beat of house music. This collection includes classic samples of clips, chords, synth blips, and piano chunks.The included 10 String patches lend melody to your classic-leaning productions, with staccato strikes and 12-bit pads. These patches can create moody breakdowns to joyous melodic sequences. These stings are for life. F9 Origins Organ and Pad Patches The pack's 9 Organ patches can produce melodic rhythmic chords, Huge slabs of main room bite. We've got to show you love. 15 Pad Patches complete this expansive MPC expansion, providing tones from early Chicago style pads to lavish digital workstation pads, including a classic 'Slippy' patch. Timeless sounds indeed. Please note: The main audio demo was created with sounds F9 Origins for MPC ( every drum sound, instrument and FX / One shot ). Additional mixing, arranging and editing was applied to create the final demo. The midi information for the music you hear in the demos is not contained in this release. This product has been released previously at f9-audio.com

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RAW CRATEZ Akai Professional & Rawcutz are proud to bring you the latest in our MPC Expansion Series sound packs. Building upon their highly acclaimed RAWCUTZ Expansion Raw Cratez brings the real essence of this genre inside your MPC. RAWCUTZ are responsible for some of the most prolific sample content available. This Expansion features loosely quantized rhythms, Melodic Keys, Real authentic basslines, soulful chops & stabs, and some of the best sampled drum hits delivering inspiration on all levels, all royalty free and ready to drop into your MPC. This collection was built to inspire and provide building blocks to manipulate, twist and chop to create your own, fresh sound whilst providing access to the sounds of equipment that’s either hard to find, prohibitively expensive or hard to keep working! Raw Cratez gives you instant access to Crunchy Snares, Jazzy Chords and Musical Melodies grouped over 20 inspirational kits of 16 fresh and original samples. Influences in the pack range from the heavy beats of Cypress Hill, with the jazzy instruments of Blue Note, Orbesque atmospherics and husky haunting melodies – all with the trademark RawCutz “pre-worn” sonic treatments. If you are making Deep Golden era Hip Hop, House, Warped beats, Progressive Drum and Bass or Ambient music – you will find inspirational sounds within seconds in this collection of samples created by the original Raw Cutz producer. Includes 1.6 GB of the highest quality one shot sounds and Stabs including Rhodes, Bass, Strings, Vinyl, Keys and more. As usual, Akai, alongside Rawcutz provides you with the best and most uniquely authentic sound set available. Each kit provides you with an excellent selection of samples and patterns that have been expertly programmed to instantly inspire you, no matter what music making mood you’re in.

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Divided Souls Entertainment and Akai have once again partnered up to bring you their latest expansion aptly titled Dynamic Soul. This latest outing showcases a natural offshoot, the organic lineage to the rich history of Soul music. In recent years, R&B music has seen a bountiful resurgence by way of artists like Anderson .Paak, Kali Uchis, Solange, Bruno Mars, and many others, eschewing categorization in favour of timeless compositions. The lush arrangements, instrumentation, and an ever-present foot firmly planted in the past with the other pushing the boundaries forward are most reflective in the music, as well as this expansion. Dynamic Soul captures this essence with 40 kits packed with live guitars, bass, vintage keys and synths, allowing your creative capacity to find new heights. Soul music has proven itself timeless, and Dynamic Soul effortlessly moves across the various sub-genres with an ease that the end-user will find most appealing and creatively stimulating.