Hardware sampling is officially back. As the power of music software rapidly advanced throughout the ‘00s and ‘10s, hardware samplers began to fall out of fashion as producers favoured the flexibility ...

The price points on entry-level samplers and sequencers have, arguably, never been more affordable. With the country's COVID numbers soaring, there's a solid (veering towards imminent) chance a lot of ...

Tech "It's the most influential drum machine ever created – and has likely featured on more records than any other": A history of Roland drum machines, from the TR-77 to the TR-1000 Drum Machines In ...

Ableton knocks Elektron off its perch as Push 2 tops the best-sellers list, and the Akai MPC makes a storming comeback ...

There are rare records of women’s voices in the 17th and 18th centuries, especially ordinary middle and lower class women. An exhibition at the University of Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum is ...

The earliest known American sampler was made by Loara Standish of the Plymouth Colony about 1645. By the 1700s, samplers depicting alphabets and numerals were worked by young women to learn the basic ...

Needlework collectors and researchers Dan and Marty Campanelli of Quakertown, Franklin Township, will discuss the histories of four embroidered samplers owned by the Hunterdon Historical Society at ...