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The MPC Sample Key isn’t even formally announced yet, but Akai is already showing off what the modding community is cooking up through vibe coding. Akai has decided to embrace the explosion of hackers and custom firmware developers by giving them early access to the device, which will have open-source firmware. Instead, you play back samples with the keys. The MPC Sample Key looks like the MPC Sample just with keys instead of pads. .
