Released in 2001, Boss' SP-303 Dr. Sample was a digital phrase sampler and effects processor. The compact machine's affordability and ease of use made it popular with musicians and producers, ...

I’m sitting in the basement of a low-rise corner building in Bushwick with 23-year-old rapper/producer Cash Cobain, and it’s finally time to throw on the Spice Girls. The basement is a converted ...

During the late '80s and early parts of the '90s, R&B was dominated by the new jack swing era, with artists such as Janet Jackson, New Edition and Boyz II Men being some of the subgenre's most ...

As well as being home to some of the world's best-known music software companies - Native Instruments, Ableton, and upstart DAW developers Bitwig are all based there - Berlin has a thriving techno ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. What if Ableton music software had a built-in Github so musicians could contribute and modify samples ...