Hercules has unveiled the Mobile DJ MP3, a wireless, compact and lightweight DJ Controller. The mixer is powered by two LR14 batteries and has a dual LCD display that allows the DJ to pick tracks and mix them without being tethered to a computer. The Mobile DJ MP3 combines two decks for mixing, scratching and synchronising the MP3 or WAV files stored on the...

Pete Townshend unveiled the new Method software which claims to will help music fans compose music with a voice recording, a digital image and a rhythm clapped into a microphone. The software will instantaneously create digital music and allow anyone to be a “composer.” “The Method is software that creates music, allowing you to...

zplane.development has announced vielklang, a harmonization plug-in. vielklang generates up to four voices from a single-voiced audio input. The progression of each individual voice is controlled by harmony progression and voice leading models, resulting in musically meaningful harmonization without any configuration efforts. With vielklang musicians can easily...

Harman International has agreed to by acquired by private-equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and GS Capital for $8 billion. Under terms of the deal, Harman shareholders can either exchange their shares for $120/share in cash, or take shares in the new company after the closing of the deal, which is expected to occur in the third quarter of 2007. The per-share...

Judge William Conner from the US Register of Copyrights shot down ASCAP’s idiotic attempt to classify digital downloads as performances. In a pure demonstration on how desparate the music industry has become, ASCAP wanted to have the Register of Copyrights declare that digital downloads were actually performances of a song to score an extra royalty. This...