Akai MPC Resources

Akai - Official Akai Professional website. Includes Akai MPC product line, support and manuals.

16Pads - Cinema for Akai MPC sampler freaks and creator of custom beatmaking T-Shirts.

MPC Pad 187 - MPC Pad 187 is a Mac OSX program editor for the Akai MPC1000, MPC2500, and MPC500.

BlueBox - BlueBox is a PC program editor for the Akai MPC1000.

MPC Editor - MPC Editor is a PC program editor for the Akai MPC2000, MPC2000XL and MPC3000.

MPC-Forums - The largest Akai MPC community on the web.

Beatmaking Resources

Beatport - Digital music store designed to service the evolution of the digital music culture.

LoopMasters - Produce flexible sample libraries for producers and musicians.

Hip Hop Resources

B-Boys - Hip Hop Culture.

iLLMuzik - Provide interesting articles, tutorials, discussions, and interviews for Hip Hop producers.

HipHopDirectory - HipHopDirectory.com is a global portal catering to the global hip-hop community.

HipHopCanada - Dedicated to all aspects of Canadian hip-hop culture and the Canadian hip-hop scene.

StrongHold Productions - Deliver world-class Hip Hop, Pop, & RnB tracks.

Music Resources

Harmony Central - Includes music gear news, music gear reviews, musician forums, and deep resources on making and recording music.

KVRaudio - Plugin resources, news and information about open standard audio plugins.

MusicLab - Professional musical software developers. Products include DrumTools and MIDIoverLAN CP.

Sonic State - Sonic State is home to the worlds greatest synth resource.

Sound On Sound - The world's premier music recording technology magazine.

Synthtopia - Electronic music news, synthesizers, reviews and more!

SynthZone - Synth Zone is your one-stop midi and synthesizer resource directory.

Vintage Synth Explorer - An ever expanding source of images, sound bytes, reviews and links for over 500 popular vintage and retro-vintage synthesizers.

Taxi - Leading independent A&R company helping unsigned bands, artists and songwriters get record deals, publishing deals and placement in films and TV shows.

Audio Equipment Manufacturers

M-Audio - Leading provider of creative tools for computer-centric musicians and audio professionals.

Studio Electronics - Maker of analog synths, including the SE-1X & Omega 8.