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Discover The Latest Instrument Expansion Pack Akai Pro and legendary Hip-Hop producer Ski Beatz team up to bring you this new collection of sampled instruments. Ski Beatz has gathered an assorted collection of his favorite hardware including classic analog synths and his futuristic Eurorack rig. Dive into this collection today!

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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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!

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Snipe Young Presents Vol.1 AKAI Pro & Multi-Platinum Producer, Grammy Winning Engineer “Snipe Young” returns with a sensational instalment to his Akai MPC and iMPC catalogue. As a follow up to the highly acclaimed two-part DARK PARALLAX Expansion series this piece “Snipe Young Presents Vol.1 “doesn’t shy from its excellence. Snipe Young whose produced or designed sounds for many of the top artists delivers a brand-new collection of Hard-Hitting Kits and Hypnotic Melodic Loops and much more processed to the highest quality. Snipe Young Vol.1 includes a beastly collection of Drum Hits, Bass, Keys, Melodics, and vocal loops transforming your ideas into the sound off chart-topping production. Inspiration starts here yet again!!! Snipe Young Presents Vol.1 “Sound Development Process List” Gear Used: • HydraSynth • Moog One • Prophet X • 500 series • SSL EQ611 (E series) • SSL DYN611 (E series) • Neve 1073 LBEQ • API 527 • SPL TDX Transient Designer • Focusrite Red 1 500 • SMPRO Tube Box • SMPRO MBC 502 • SMPRO PEQ 505 • DBX 160 • SSL Six • UA 6176 • Focusrite ISA One • API 2500 Stereo Bus Compressor “Like all of my pieces, I wanted to use the same analogue approach with digital thoughts. The inbox processing was done with the McDsp’s amazing plugins to keep the vibe in the same realm. McDsp plugins allowed me to keep the textures that I created outside the box and lastly, I had to give the sounds a second pass of analogue through the SSL. As an MPC user, you will once again gain a ton of well ready to go samples that will give you that authentic MPC feel, chunky snares, big kicks, glassy live hats, thick live toms, and plenty of loops to get your next track going!” Fully Compatible with All MPC Standalone models, MPC BEATS , AKAI FORCE and MPC 2 Software.