Nu Skillz

Expansions

Lo-Fi Jazz delivers 40 outstanding MPC-ready kits featuring lo-fi hip-hop samples, drum kits, and presets designed to infuse your productions with smoky jazz vibes and lo-fi warmth. This MPC expansion features an array of instrumentation including lush keys, soulful guitars, dusty pianos, live-recorded drum & percussion hits, lo-fi loops, and more. With over 700 samples included, captured with a vinyl feel, this dynamic collection of kits and samples covers a range of styles from old-school jazz progressions to modern lo-fi harmony and chill-hop grooves for instant creativity. All sounds and samples have been professionally crafted, mixed, and mastered, ready to inject some chilled lo-fi jazz into your productions. Each kit includes an expertly programmed sequence so you can check how they sound before loading them up, as well as providing ideas and inspiration for your own beats! Inside, you will find 40 mixed MPC kits, as well as 8 playable multi-sampled bass guitar and synth bass instruments so you can play your own bass lines.

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DECAP – Drums That Knock Producer & Sound Designer DECAP brings his highly successful signature sound "Drums That Knock" to the MPC platform. Drums That Knock includes over 400MB of top-notch original sounds to use in your productions constructed into 34 professional MPC Drumkits. DECAP has crafted these sounds from the ground up using everything from Hi-End Studio Outboard to the latest plug-in emulations bringing you the hardest Drum Samples available. When loaded inside MPC, the kits will bring you instant creativity balanced with the sonic Knock of DECAP! All sounds and loops are 100% royalty free All sounds are crafted, sculpted, specially designed to KNOCK / punch through your mix All sounds are 100% original and crafted from scratch (no recycled sounds) All loops are labelled with tempo, key, and ready to drop right into your MPC with no editing required All sounds are in 24bit All sounds and loops are compatible with all DAW software Drums That Knock incudes 29 808s + Bass 14 SFX 82 Hi-Hats 49 Kicks 154 Melodic one shots 99 Percussive one shots 11 Risers 26 Shouts + ad-libs 72 Snares + Claps + Rimshots 12 Toms

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Rare Vibrations delivers a kaleidoscopic collection of organic and synthesized elements for the genre-fusing evolution of jazz. From lush synth textures and agile key licks, to buttery basslines, silky guitar chords, and a wide array of percussion – packed with kits, samples, loops, and MIDI patterns that resonate deeply between the worlds of jazz, hip hop, neo-soul, and pop.

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Mirroballs, neon lights, smoke machines and strobes - it's back to the late 70s and the sounds of pure Disco! Relive a night in Studio 54, the Paradise Garage or The Loft with Akai's new "Sanny X & 8fonk presents the Glitterball" expansion pack for MPC and Force. Lovingly crafted, recorded and assembled by innovative DJ/Producer Sanny X, teaming up with the uber-talented '8fonk' on guitar, this expansion pack brings incredibly authentic rhythmic and instrumental Disco elements for you to create your own original productions.   Taking inspiration from the vibes and grooves of Nile Rodgers/Chic and Sister Sledge, it's like today's crisp and dynamic recording tech has met with a group of real 70s musicians! Never before has the sound of Disco being captured so authentically and with such love for the genre, the musical styles, instruments and arrangements. Load up the sounds, get busy and GET DOWN!