SoundExchange has extended an Olive Branch to small Internet radio stations by offering to stretch the Small Webcaster Settlement Act (SWSA) until 2010. As you read here before, on May 1 the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) declared that effective July 15, it will more than double the royalties of Internet radio stations. This in turn became a call to arms for the...

Future Sonics has announced the new ATRIO Series earphones. Even though most of their high-end competition has gone to multiple drivers, the ATRIO contains a single driver by choice. Future Sonic claims that multiple drivers creates not only crossover dead spots, but also electronic artifacts, comb filtering and phase issues. In our most recent Earphone...

EMI’s Board of Directors has recommended that shareholders accept a $4.7 billion / £2.4 billion cash bid by private equity company Terra Firma Capital Partners. In a joint statement, the companies revealed that the EMI board intends to recommend unanimously that its shareholders accept the offer, noting that the directors have already undertaken to sell...

Kel Audio has officially announced the cancelation of the HM-2 large diaphragm instrument microphone. Kel Audio was threatened with a lawsuit from a competitor who felt the HM-2 too closely resembled a current model. All customers who pre-ordered an HM-2 have been refunded their...

Blue Cat Audio has updated their Parametr’EQ Series to version 3.0. The new version features a brand new audio engine and user interface, and includes non linear modeling capabilities to provide analog compression and distortion at every EQ stage. Blue Cat also dropped their new Master Pack, a bundle of mastering plug-ins. Blue Cat claims the...