SAMPLED#beatmaking
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Stories tagged #beatmaking on Sampled — sound, style, and scenes, all in one place.
What Is Sampledex, and Is It a Good Free DAW for Beatmakers?
Sampledex 0.19.0 drops its AI features and doubles down on the basics: drums, piano roll, sampling, mixing and export, free on Mac with Windows in testing.
What's New in Sampledex 0.18.2, and Can You Now Switch the AI Off?
The free beatmaker DAW's September 23 update adds an AI On/AI Off choice at launch. Here's what changed, what hasn't, and who it's for.
How Did the Akai MPC Change Music? From the MPC60 to MPC Sample
How one drum machine with 16 rubber pads rewrote rhythm in popular music — the MPC60, MPC3000, 2000XL, 1000, Live and where the palm-sized MPC Sample fits in that line.
Rio Leyva tried to turn Suno into a sample pack — here is what actually worked
A two-hour livestream where the placement producer runs Suno prompts, chops the results, feeds his own loops back in, and argues in real time with a chat about whether any of this counts as making music.
The free YouTube producers actually worth your time in 2026
No affiliate links, no course upsells — just the working producers and educators on YouTube whose free videos will teach you more than most paid programs.
10 Services Music Producers Can Sell Online (And Where to Post Them)
From mixing and mastering to ghost production and coaching, here are ten proven services producers can offer today — plus the best platforms to list them, from SoundBetter and AirGigs to Fiverr and your own site.