MusicRadar

The best new music tech gear of NAMM 2026: Epic polys, acoustic synths, budget samplers, a Behringer Juno and much more

MusicRadar's Matt Mullen and Andy Price have been roving the show floor – here are their music technology highlights ...
IEEE

A Review of Non-Uniform Sampling Schemes for Power-Efficient Data Acquisition Systems [Feature]

Abstract: Non-uniform sampling techniques enhance the efficiency of data acquisition systems by operating at a sub-Nyquist sampling rate while maintaining a comparable output quality. These techniques ...
IEEE

Periodic Event-Triggered MPC for Continuous-Time Nonlinear Systems With Bounded Disturbances

Abstract: This article is concerned with periodic event-triggering laws in robust model predictive control (MPC) for continuous-time constrained nonlinear systems. The online optimal control problem ...

Akai's MPC XL groovebox is the most powerful device the company has ever made

Akai just announced the MPC XL standalone studio. This unit is around four times as powerful as previous MPC grooveboxes.
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The mighty new Akai Professional MPC XL is a pro-grade music studio in a box

Packing 40 years of music tech experience into a single all-singing device, this is Akai’s new flagship studio tool ...
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“Represents the evolution of everything we've learned from decades of innovation in music production”: Akai’s MPC XL is its new flagship – watch our first look review

The MPC XL massively ups the power of the MPC X; but is it better than last year’s Live III? We get hands-on and find out ...