🏢
🏢 Company
Akai
Japanese electronics manufacturer
📊 Rating
1 news mentions · 👍 0 likes · 👎 0 dislikes
📌 Topics
- Music Technology (1)
- Portable Gear (1)
🏷️ Keywords
MPC Sample (1) · Akai (1) · sampler (1) · portable (1) · beat maker (1) · affordable (1) · battery-powered (1)
📖 Key Information
Akai (Japanese: 赤井, pronounced [a̠ka̠i]) was a Japanese electronics manufacturer, established as Akai Electric Company Ltd in Tokyo in 1929. It was best known outside Japan for its tape recorders during the 1960s and 1970s. The company became bankrupt in 2000 and since then third-party products have been marketed under the Akai brand name, which has since been owned by Grande Holdings of Hong Kong.
📰 Related News (1)
-
🇺🇸 The MPC Sample is my new favorite portable beat maker
Akai MPC is one of the most storied names in music history. But over the last decade, it's strayed pretty far from its roots as a humble sampler. The ...