Akai AX80 Polyphonic Analog Keyboard Synthesizer

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Tech Talk: Pancratio - Akai S950, Cirklon Sequencer & Creative Workflow (Electronic Beats TV)

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"For this episode of Electronic Beats Tech Talk, we visited Pancratio in his studio to talk about music production, creative workflow, and his passion for vintage hardware. Born Gian Luigi Mendozza in Rome, Pancratio has built a unique sonic identity shaped by experimentation, texture, and a deep love for electronic music production. Alongside releasing a wide range of music, he also runs OTTA research lab, a creative studio where he helps other artists to develop their creative and artistic voice.
In this Tech Talk, Pancratio takes us through his studio setup, explains why old Akai samplers and the Cirklon sequencer play such an important role in his process, and shares some of his favorite synthesizers and production techniques."

Moog Voyager MPC Zaquencer - Disco Funk

video upload by Mikus Pilatus

"Exact same pattern - now with voyager. [Minimoog Model D version here. Which do you prefer?]

I fired up my voyager and filter envelope was dead , so repaired it and gave me a chance to compare .. (see my other video with Mini)"

And one with the KORG Prophecy:

Korg Prophecy MPC Zaquencer Disco Funk
video upload by Mikus Pilatus

"I mean , why not compare right ?
I do have a soft spot for the Prophecy.
(See the other 2 identical sequence videos)"

Minimoog MPC Zaquencer Disco Funk

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Minimoog Voyager version here. Which do you prefer?

"I like the Zaquencer , great use of the Beh controller"

The Ultimate 80s 12-bit Sampler Comparison

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"This is for all the gear wankers out there."

Akai Professional MPC Live II with Analog Cases Hardcase

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Akai Tom Cat Analog Drum Machine

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Akai MPC Key 61 Standalone Production Keyboard

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Akai MPC2000XL Sampler / Workstation SN (21)9032501131 w/ Extras

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Meet YPC - An Online MPC Like YouTube Slice and Trigger Player

This one is in via Ivan Trajkovic aka deejayiwan.

You can find it at https://ypc2000.fun

It's pretty self explanatory. Just give it the ID of any YouTube video in the top YouTube URL field and trigger the pads for different clips, then explore the rest of the controls. Essentially you can sample splice any YouTube video and audio. I'm not seeing the ability to loop samples or the ability to set the length individually - the sample length appears to be global for all pads.

'Dance Arp' the initial integral version of 'We are the fire' with Crumar Bit99 synth from the '80

video upload by Davide Micheli

With vocals further below.

"'Dance ARP' is a music song composed in 2024 by Davide Micheli. Some parts were extracted from it and later used to compose the song 'We are the Fire', released in July 2026 with the Sir Donkey band made by me and my friend Piero Pirani.

The song uses mainly vintage Italian electronic synthesizers from the 1980s

The track was strictly recorded with an analog mixer, similar to what was done in the 1980s, except for the digital conversion of the audio using a 24-bit audio interface and Cubase at 96 kHz.

In particular:
--A1985 Crumar Bit99 synthesizer was used for the Bass, Arpeggio, and Pad parts;
--An Elka Rapsody 610 and an Elka Twin 61 synthesizer from the 1980s were used for the string machine parts;
--A Crumar Multiman S from the 1980s were used for the string machine parts;
--A Elka Rapsody 610 synthesizer from the 1980s were adopted for the vintage '80 piano;
--A CRB Diamond 910 Gold vintage electronic organ of '80 was adopted for organ part on the initial part of music track
--A Korg Prologue was used for the synthetic sound effects.
--A Akai S5000 sampler for some for the strings in a central section of the song.

Finally, for the rhythm section, a Behringer RD-9 Drum Machine with a phaser and stereo modulation effects on some parts was used and you can hear drom going from left to right stereo channel. Hope you enjoy the music."

With vocals:

We are the fire (Sir Donkey band by Davide Micheli and Piero Pirani) recorded in Ankon Record studio

video upload by Davide Micheli Piero Pirani Sir Donkey

"This piece was conceived, composed, and then produced using almost exclusively vintage Italian electronic synthesizers from the 1980s at the private recording studio Ankon Records.

We appositely decided to make use of vintage Italian brand synthesizer to reproduce the music dance atmosphere, sonority and resonances of the Italo Disco dance of '80 era.

We are the fire is a dance music brand that harks back to 1980s music revisited with a contemporary twist. The song features my friend Piero Pirani and I who are the components of Sir Donkey band. A friend of ours, singer Maruzio, sang some parts in falsetto on some of the chorus parts.

The choruses and vocals sometimes have slight imperfections that we deliberately left on the recording without correcting."

MiniMoog Program for Akai MPC4000, Z4, Z8 Samplers

video upload by TONELAB

"Listen with Headphones if possible.

Quite possibly, the closest thing to having a 'Moog Plugin' inside your MPC4000, Z4 or Z8. Rather than settle for a traditional 'multi-sampled' Instrument, having only a few or a dozen (at most) Samples onboard, and declaring it a 'MiniMoog'. I wondered, 'why not capture EVERY KEY from the original Model D MiniMoog?' ..and give one of the most celebrated Synthesizers of all time the closest possible incarnation on Akai's most revered Samplers of all time?!

Furthermore, the MPC4000 is quite a beast, in that, it can Sample at 24-bit / 48kHz, which is perfect to capture such a prized vintage Synth that's revered for it's thick, rich tonality. From that point, I wanted it for myself.

And so, with the labor done, we now have, what I consider, the most ambitious MPC of all-time loaded with arguably, the most celebrated Synth of all time.. and well, here's the result.

A first look at this labor of love, and I can't tell you how good it felt to finally play chords with sounds from a vintage Model D! ..evidently, I overloaded the MPCs internal Mixer, but, knowing full well I did overload the MPCs output, I didn't think it was necessary to sugar-coat the 'first look', and thought, this 'overloading' was just as important to include as the rest of it. As one could expect, if you played 5 MiniMoogs side-by-side.. you too, would probably overload what ever Mixer they're running into, too.

A simple reduction in resonance and/or Program volume, and there's more headroom to reach with those 'wider' chords.

Anyway, warts n' all, here it is, just as I was discovering in real-time. The nature of all of 88 individually cut and looped Samples playing alongside each other. Something the original MiniMoog simply can not do.

Here's hoping you enjoy this fascinating discovery of how the MPC4000 'sounds' when faithfully loaded up with 88 Samples from an original 1976 MiniMoog Model D's Ramp Oscillator! (Actually the MiniMoog offered 96, but as most MIDI Keyboards offer up to 88 keys, I stuck with 88.

PS. 5 more MiniMoog-shapes coming soon!

https://store.tonelab.au/collections/mpc4000"

John Bowen Solaris for keyboard.

Novation Circuit Mono Station & Akai MPK mini play song Selfmade Sessions 13.7.2026.

video upload by Veli-Matti Rautio

"My 2nd performance with Mono Station and MPK mini play. Mono Station plays backing track session, which is selfmade and mini play double lead with sound 064 Synth Brass 2 and crash cymbal. Roland Go: Mixer Pro mixing desk and Sony FDR-AX43A video camera. Composed, played, arranged and improvised by me in Studio Tupos upstairs livingroom 13.7.2026. Nr. 1655.
Tässäpä toinen yhteistyö Mono Stationin ja mini playn kanssa. Tällä kertaa tein itse Mono Stationin taustan ja soolo livenä soundilla 064 Synth Brass 2 ja lopussa crash symbaali. Mikserinä Roland Go: Mixer Pro ja videokamerana Sony FDR-AX43A."

Behringer Synth Family - "Inner Desert" (live)

video upload by LFOstore

"Aaaand - not only!

Also Akai,Eventide,Korg and others.

Wishing you great summer with bright colours & comfort studio moments!

Presenting a new jam in our new studio space - Orange Celtic Place.

'Inner Desert' is a cosmic & ethnic journey with vintage flavour & hypnotic patterns.
In the heart of performance - classic sequence made on Behringer Odyssey.

Korg Prophecy used to play ethnic solo woodwind - physical modeling adding a real magic here!

Composition played by Nick Klimenko
Video by Nick Klimenko

Instruments used:

Korg Prophecy (oriental solo)
Eventide H9 (main reverb)
Akai Miniak (drone)
Behringer Odyssey (main sequence)
Behringer Monopoly (layered sequence)
Behringer MS-1 (solo)
Shruthi XT & Ambika

You can find all this sounds on www.lfo.store

Enjoy & please support with your comments & feedbacks!

LFO Team"

Akai S6000 MIDI Stereo Digital Sampler SN 19925-00472

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Akai EWI 3020M Sound Module SN 69525-00209

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Moog Messenger x Akai Pro MPC Sample | Building Layers with a Sampler Pt. 2

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Building Layers with a Sampler

"Join us as we explore how a sampler can expand the musical possibilities of a monophonic synth.

In this video we continue to focus on using a sampler to enhance the musical functionality of a monophonic synthesizer. This time we will explore using the ‪@Akai_Pro‬ MPC Sample to sample the sounds we built in the last video, and then we’ll use those to build up a drum beat.

Whether you’re shaping tones from scratch or building full arrangements, this setup shows how far a focused rig can go."

Kasablanca - Breathe (Live from Brazil NYE 2024 🇧🇷

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Some synth spotting with Kasablanca in via Ivan Trajkovic aka deejayiwan.

"BREATHE by The Prodigy preformed by Kasablanca live in Brazil NYE 2024 🇧🇷
More Kasablanca here: https://ffm.to/kasablanca"

One more:

Kasablanca - Breathe (live from the Gorge)

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Moog Mooger Phaser on MPC sampler - sorta dub music

video upload by Mikus Pilatus

"Sometimes I need to be reminded of something is good or not … just taking the Mooger through its paces"

Akai AX80

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