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If you want to make beats without using a computer, AKAI’s XR20 could be the solution. Hollin Jones takes a test drive.

Price: £220.00
Manufacturer: AKAI
Website: http://www.akaipro.com

Not all that long ago, drum sequencers were the most common way of making beats if you didn’t have access to a ‘real’ drummer. Before software drum machines, black boxes were the order of the day. And for many musicians – especially those in the worlds of hip hop, R‘n’B and other similar genres – programming beats on a drum machine is still the preferred way of working.

Score: 9

This review first appeared in Music Tech Magazine issue 63
Filed under Hardware, Hardware Instruments, Reviews

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