The Soulful Instruments

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Akai Professional and 12 Bit Soul/Divided Souls invite you to 'The After Party' MPC Expansion. Inspired by the iconic sounds of Andre Harrell, DeVante Swing, Teddy Riley, Eddie F., Kyle West, Puff Daddy, to H-Town and many other classic 90s RnB producers and artists! This new MPC Expansion is more than a homage to that era, but simultaneously looks back while moving forward. Packed with 40 x MPC-ready constructed Drum kits packed with 90s warm, punchy kicks, Crispy Snares, Claps and Rims to silky RnB melodics created from classic analogue synths of the era! Also included are 24 x MPC Keygroups carefully created and processed using the finest outboard gear, delivering smooth leads, pads, and basses with a deep rich tone while sprinkling in a few that carry otherworldly vibes. This time out.......12 Bit Soul completed a final mix on our drums -one-shots and loops- using high-end outboard and their very own AMPlify™ plug-in to give it that extra vintage punch. We provide the paint; how the painting is created is now up to you! Some of the gear used for this project: Avalon U5 DI and Preamp, Neve 511 Mic Preamp, dbx 560A Compressor/Limiter, SSL Outboard Processor, Eventide H7600 Multi-effects Processor, Moog Little Phatty, TX81Z,Poly-800, D-50, Jupiter-8, Juno-106, JD-800

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Akai Professional and UK RnB vocal sensation Marie Dahstrom proudly presents “Vocal Destiny” an outstanding collection of the most soulful and smooth vocals Inspired by the sounds of artists such as Brandy, Kehlani, and H.E.R. Vocal Destiny delivers 14 MPC-ready programs professionally recorded with everything from Vocal leads, Phases, hooks to vocal harmony stacks ready to create new soulful tunes with.   Marie Dahlstrom is a Danish vocalist, producer and songwriter, who consistently proves herself as one of the most essential voices in underground R&B. Her 2nd album ‘A Good Life’ was released May 2023, and has been featured on BBC 1xtra, Joe Budden Podcast sleepers pick, Jazz FM to name a few.    Her critically acclaimed debut album Like Sand was released in 2020, recorded between LA, Copenhagen and London. Like Sand featured collaborations with acts including south London singer James Vickery, California based songwriter and producer Jeremy Passion, Brooklyn based singer/producer Elijah Fox, London-based Conor Albert and guitarist Beau Diako to name a few.

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From the rise of Afro bashment in the UK, to styles like Afrobeats, gqom, kuduro, kizomba, and Afro house, this club sound is where it’s at right now. Global Shake follows the path of these genres across continents to Lisbon, London, New York, and beyond. Global Shake was created by Zoss Audio in collaboration with London-based producers Nosa Appollo and Major Notes.

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The brand new Gold-Dust Expansion pack for MPC brings together a collection of the world’s best Beat Making sound designers inside one supreme pack delivering the hardest drums and samples to hit MPC!! We’ve collaborated with Grammy producer Snipe Young, leading sound designers (MSX Audio), Lo-Fi/TrapSoul Producer (Jet-Set) and industry BoomBap OG’s Rawcutz - turning this pack into Pure Gold. Gold-Dust deliveries 100 new kits fully MPC ready which have all be fully assigned and optimized for you to lock and load onto your MPC pads! You’ll discover today’s go-to Drum Sounds from Snipe Young along with cutting edge loops and melodics to kick start your productions. Snipe has been headlining the production world by working with some of the biggest HipHop/RnB artists in the game right now! Snipe brings 40 kits that will bring you into today’s production pockets! Without any introductions needed – MSX Audio has been bringing their classic soulful RnB flavours to MPC with the iconic Soul Provider series. MSX bring 24 brand new soulful kits each with powerful Drum Hits, Breaks, Melodics, Guitars and grit to your MPC! Jet-Set - With their incredible Lo-Fi sound blended with Trap-Soul …..Jet-Set brings 15 smooth and silky kits inside Gold-Dust. Each kit delivers a mixture of Lo-Fi cuts with an atmospheric vocal chop to Rnb TrapSoul Melodics…..All added with hard sonic drums giving you an instant foundation! Rawcutz – The OG’s of MPC bring their classic 90s BoomBap sound inside Gold-Dust with 20 exclusive kits.Inside each kit, you’ll hear everything from gritty Rhode hits, Chords, Bass chops to those classic old skool kicks, snares and rusty hats. Each kit has been re-sampled and processed creating the nostalgic sounds of the 90s. GOLD-DUST IS ALSO AVAILABLE COMPLETELY FREE WITH THE NEW MPC STUDIO