The MV won a lot of friends in both Europe and the U.S. On the other side of the field, and no doubt wanting a share of the remaining hardware sampler market, Roland released its own idea of the concept a few years back with the MV8000. And while Roger Linn bailed out of the amalgamation after the third model (MPC3000), Akai has continued the breed to this day, with a range of MPC-inspired samplers to suit most budgets. Over the years, the MPC lineage became the stalwart of hip-hop and R&B producers, citing the rock-solid timing and intuitive operation as the main reasons for its success. The MPC platform was first envisaged as a joint design endeavour between Akai and Roger Linn – Roger developed the system after his own Linn 9000 drum machine. Every other flavour of hardware sampler has been systematically replaced by the plethora of software variants available. It’s been a tough fight out there for the last of the hardware samplers – and the final battleground is without doubt the MPC-styled production centres first realised by Akai with the MPC60. Whether it’s ‘Most Valuable’ or ‘Most Versatile’, the MV8800 is here to stay.
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