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FabFilter Pro-R 2 Reverb Plug-In Review

FabFilter’s Pro-R 2 is an excellent sequel with enough enhancements and new features to make upgrading an easy decision. Read more…


iZotope Brings In The Trash

iZotope has reincarnated the Trash distortion plug-in. Read more…


Pittsburgh Modular Releases Taiga Keyboard

The Pittsburgh Modular Taiga keyboard is the company’s first three oscillator synth with full-sized keys and a Eurorack modular expansion bay. Read more…


PreSonus Eris Pro Monitors Review

In our long-term review with the PreSonus Eris Pro 8 and Sub 10 Monitors and Sub 10 Monitors, we found them to be a tremendous value. Read more…


A Breakdown Of Taylor Swift’s (Taylor’s Version) Re-recordings

The juggernaut that is Taylor Swift continues to defy expectations of global superstardom. Swift’s choice to re-record her previous catalog after a very public battle with Scooter Braun, has industry watchers wondering if it was a savvy move… Read more…


Bastl Launches Neo Trinity Eurorack Modulation Hub

Bastl has released the Neo Trinity Eurorack module, a six-channel modulation hub. The Neo Trinity, a successor to Bastl’s hex modulator, CV Trinity, combines knob and trigger recording, LFOs, CVs, and envelope generators. Neo Trinity is designed with performance in mind by providing musical complexity with simple gestures. Read more…


Variety Claims Country Radio Is Bullish on Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em” Album

Beyoncé’s off-brand country album has garnered support from music executives and listeners as well, who made the song #1 on the latest Country Music chart. Time will tell whether the full album will have legs, since the follow up single is no where as catchy as “Texas Hold ‘Em,” however, it does demonstrate that Country music fans are not racist, and are open to modern stylings on the traditional format. Read more…


Yamaha Debuts Seqtrak Music Production Ecosystem

Yamaha has released their Seqtrak Music Production Ecosystem, which takes strong design cues from Teenage Engineering. Everything you need to make tracks on the fly is available at your fingertips. The Seqtrak features a drum machine, a sampler, synthesizers, a sequencer, and sound design tools. Seqtrak features two AWM2 (Advanced Wave Memory 2) sound engines with a 128-note polyphony and specializes in authentic sounds like pianos, strings, and guitars. The four-operator FM engine produces synth pads, leads, FM electric pianos, and the Seqtrak library contains over 2,000 presets. Read more…


Only 19% of Artists on Spotify Had Over 1,000 Monthly Listeners in 2023

According to Chartmetric, 81% of artists on Spotify had fewer than 1,000 monthly listeners in 2023. To put that into perspective, tracks on Spotify must have at least 1,000 streams in the previous 12 months in order to generate royalties on the platform. Read more…


Baby Audio Releases Atoms – Physical Modeling Synthesizer Plug-In

Baby Audio has released Atoms, a new kind of synth plug-in that uses cutting edge physical modeling to generate an endless variety of organic and otherworldly sounds. Read more…


Music Subscriber Market Shares For 2023 Released

As of the third quarter of 2023, there were 713.4 million music subscribers globally, which was a 90 million increase from the 623.4 million one year earlier in Q3 2022. Spotify dominated the global music subscriber base in Q3 2023 with a 31.7% market share. Read more…


Red Panda Releases Radius Ring Modulator and Frequency Shifter Guitar Pedal

Red Panda has released the Radius, a ring modulator and frequency shifter with pitch tracking and a LFO. It features an eight-quadrant multiplier algorithm that transitions from ring modulation to frequency shifting and allows different frequency ratios for the upper and lower tones. Read more…


Gamechanger Audio Announces MOD Guitar Pedal Series

Gamechanger Audio has announced their MOD Series, a blend of classic pedal design and modular synthesis that claims to reimagine a guitar pedal’s capabilities. Read more…


TikTok accuses Universal Music Group Of Greed

TikTok has accused the Universal Music Group of “greed above the interests of artists.” This comes as a response to Universal Music Group and UMG Publishing Group removing all their music off TikTok and the TokTok Music Service worldwide after it could not negotiate a new licensing deal with the Chinese social media site. Read more…


Music Piracy Could Be Worse Than Ever Thanks To YouTube

Global music piracy increased in 2022, according to a March 2023 report from MUSO, a U.K. technology company, which tracked over 15 billion visits to music piracy sites. 1337X, Krakenfiles, Rapidgator and Ssyoutube are the sites where most users download songs illegally. “Ssyoutube is reportedly the most popular YouTube ripping site globally, with over 343 million visitors just in April 2023,” the USTR noted. Read more…


 

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MIDI Designer Pro X is now free to download! MIDI Designer Pro X is a professional-grade MIDI controller platform for iPhone, iPad and Mac. User-contributed layouts let you control everything from Ableton to Yamaha out of the box. Go beyond hardware and express your musical vision. Check out out now!

AlphaTheta Releases Omnis Duo – Mobile DJ Rig

AlphaTheta, formally Pioneer DJ, has announced the Omnis Duo, a cool new Mobile DJ Rig. Read more…


Heritage Audio Unveils i73 Pro Series Of USB-C Computer Audio Interfaces

Heritage Audio has announced the i73 Pro Series Of USB-C Computer Audio Interfaces. Read more…


Korg Finally Relents – Debuts Wavestate, OPSIX & Modwave Modules

Korg has finally debuted rack-mountable modules of their Wavestate, OPSIX and Modwave synths, but don’t expect a big price break. Read more…


Erica Synths Announces €1750 Megarack Eurorack Case

Erica Synths has announced the Megarack case, for those want to dial their Eurorack to 11. The 8×126 HP all-aluminum case with side panels, featuring Erica Synths custom rails with threaded inserts providing 12A@+12V and 6A@-12V. Read more…


RØDE

RØDE has announced a dual transmitter version of the Wireless ME, their wireless mic for content creators. The dual Wireless ME will be available in Spring 2024 for US $199. Read More


Native Instruments Kontrol S-Series Keyboard MK3 Review

We give Native Instruments‘ third incarnation of their vaunted Kontrol S-Series Keyboard’s a long-term review. Should you upgrade? Native Instruments Kontrol S-Series Keyboard MK3 Review


10 Ways to Make Money from Music in 2024

Janelle Borg breaks down How to Make Money from Music in 2024. There are various ways to make money from music in 2024 without necessarily playing live shows. In this guide, Borg provides a rundown of various revenue streams that you can explore. Read more…


Songs Stolen By Fraud, Bad Dog, Learned The Hard Way

Bad Dog’s songs were stolen by fake artists off of SoundCloud. Worse, they couldn’t get them back. Bad Dog, a group from D.C., was forced to take a crash course in streaming fraud, a shadowy realm that costs musicians $2 billion a year. Read more…


FutureMusic 2023 Gear Of The Year Awards

FutureMusic, hey, that’s us, has announced their 2023 Gear Of The Year Awards. 2023 Gear Of The Year Awards


Native Instruments Releases VEA

Native Instruments has released iZotope VEA, a new AI-powered Voice Enhancement Assistant for podcasters and content creators. Read more…


Meris Mercury X Review

The new Meris reverb pedal, the Mercury X has won our Diamond Award. Find out why this could be the best reverb pedal on the market for guitarists and electronic musicians. Meris Mercury X Review


Behringer Edge Review

Behringer released the Edge, a new drum synth that takes major cues from Moog’s DFAM. Is it better? Behringer Edge Review


The Best and Worst Months to Release Music

Symphonic gives you their opinion on the best months to release music. Read more…


 

Urban Rhythm Releases Backstory Album 11/23/2023

Urban Rhythm Returns With Defining Album

Urban Rhythm has released Backstory, an exciting new album that demonstrates why he is the King of Acid ‘n’ Bass. Standouts include the huge hit, “Linus & Lucy”, Urban’s cover of the famous Peanuts theme song, as well as “Dead Pixel”. Check out out on all the major streaming platforms below:

Splice Sample Service Details What Producers Are Buying

Splice, the music sample download platform, has teamed with Billboard to reveal what samples are trending up and down in 2023. The data is Splice’s first-ever release of its year-end stats and uncovers large gains in African music and Country downloads while showing drops in Hip-Hop, Trap and K-Pop. Downloads for sounds tagged as “amapiano,” a South African dance music genre often featuring log drums, are up 826% year-over-year. Amapiano searches are up 309%, and it is trending in 17 cities. In Los Angeles, the highest trending city for the genre, its growth is up 1,003% year-over-year. It is also popular among Atlanta producers, surging 956% in the city this year. While Hip-hop remains the most popular genre on Splice, accounting for 19% of total downloads, the genre is down 11% from 2022. What’s really interesting is that this stat was reflected on the Billboard charts. August 2023 marked a full year since a rap song had been No. 1 on the Hot 100, something that hasn’t happened in 23 years. Read more…


RØDE Acquires Mackie

RØDE has announced that they have acquired Mackie. The buyout establishes The Freedman Group, the parent company of RØDE and now Mackie, as a pro audio powerhouse, with a versatile catalog of products for content creation, home and studio recording, broadcast, and live sound production. Read more…


Will AI Raise Musicians From the Dead?

Billboard explores how AI will change music production forever, according to managers of dead musician’s estates. Read more…


 

 

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Spotify Announces Another Round Of Layoffs

Spotify has announced that they are looking to layoff 17% of their workforce, about 1,500 individuals. This is the third round of issuing pink slips this year and the biggest yet. Daniel Ek, Spotify’s CEO, stated the reason was the “gap between our financial goal state and our current operational costs” is too large. Read more…


The Top Songs, Artists, Podcasts, and Listening Trends of 2023 Revealed

2023 was defined by the return of major female pop stars, sonic diversity that topped the charts, and a global music atmosphere that gave rise to powerful genres. The unstoppable force that is Taylor Swift, was this year’s top artist, with more than 26.1 billion global streams since January 1. She also gave us this year’s top quote — “Trash takes itself out,” in response to unsavory behavior by Kanye West and Kim Kardashian. Read more…


Behringer Officially Announces UB-Xa – 16-Voice Multi-Timbral Polyphonic Analog Synth

Behringer has officially unveiled the UB-Xa, an Oberheim 16-Voice Multi-Timbral Polyphonic clone with 8 Vintage Modes, Dual VCFs and 61-Key Poly After-Touch Keyboard… Read more…


Epic Games Decapitated Bandcamp — The Results Will Have A Lasting Impact On The Indie Scene

Bandcamp is the indie music cave of wonders, an app with countless artists selling their work and merch directly to fans. It’s a haven for independent music creators, who can post, share, and generally sell their content, with the site taking a 15% cut of each sale. Bandcamp was then purchased by Epic Games who claimed that Bandcamp would be used to aid game developers with music production and trading, framing the shady transaction as a magnanimous gesture of goodwill. Then it all went wrongRead more…


Korg Debuts Kaoss Replay

Korg has debuted the Kaoss Replay, a self-contained performance tool for musicians, performers, and producers. It features the well-known Kaoss Pad and Effects, expanded sampling capabilities and DJ controls… Read more…


Hologram Electronics Debuts Chroma Console

Hologram’s new Chroma Console is a multi-effect pedal that claims to take inspiration from the eccentricity, grit, and lively instability of beloved vintage recording technology, combines it with brand new sounds, and puts sonic experimentation at your fingertips… Read more…


Korg Announces MPS-10 Percussion Pad and Looper

Korg has announced the MPS-10 Percussion Pad and Looper. Korg MPS-10 has 10 pads, a sampler, four CC pads and a 4-track looper, plus enhance your performance through an external trigger IN jack, footswitch compatibility, and an expression jack Read more…

 

Universal Announces Claims-Free Music Subscription Service For Content Creators

Universal has debuted Universal Music for Creators, a new subscription service that provides consumers with unlimited access to a pre-cleared music and a library of sound effect, starting at $5.99 per month. Read more…


YouTube Is Developing an AI Tool to Help Creators Sound Like Famous Musicians

YouTube is planning to roll out a new artificial intelligence tool that will allow creators to make videos using the voices of popular recording artists. However, the video streaming giant is running into difficulty nailing down deals with record companies to launch the beta version. Read more…


TikTok Announces Music Festival – In the Mix

TikTok has announced a music festival with Anitta, Charlie Puth, Niall Horan and Cardi B.. Read more…

 



Spotify Announces Profitable Quarter & Changes To Royalty Payouts

Spotify reported its first profitable quarter in more than a year. Subscription price hikes, layoffs and marketing budget cuts helped boost revenues and operating income, plus the addition of 6 million subscribers boosted the streaming services intake. In addition, the Swedish concern is planning to make significant changes to its royalty payout model in Q1 2024 – with the intent to move $1 billion in royalty payments over the next five years to legitimate artists and rights holders. Read more…


Meris Unleashes MercuryX – Modular Reverb Guitar Pedal

Meris has released the MercuryX reverb guitar pedal. The MercuryX Modular Reverb Guitar Pedal with pro audio and studio rack heritage, advanced processing and huge potential! Read more…


Waldorf Announces Iridium Core Synth

Waldorf has released the Iridium Core Synth. Waldorf’s new Iridium Core is a compact synthesizer variant of its Iridium product line. This small form factor synthesizer features a 12-voice polyphony and retains patch compatibility with other Iridium variants, Quantum, and Quantum MK2… Read more…


Eowave Releases Tempete Magnetique – Eurorack Quad Filter Module

Eowave has released the Tempete Magnetique – Eurorack Quad Filter Module. Read more…


Yamaha Announces FGDP-50 Finger Drum Pad

Yamaha has launched the FGDP-50 Finger Drum Pad. With touch-sensitive pads designed specifically for finger drumming, the FGDP Series features a built-in sound bank, speaker, and rechargeable battery… Read more…


Mackie Announces Thrash212 GO Battery-Powered Professional Loudspeakers

Mackie has announced the Thrash212 GO Battery-Powered Professional Loudspeakers. Full-Size, 300W 12? for DJs, Performers and Remote Venues with swappable battery packs. Read more…

 


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Freqport FT-1 Freqtube Review


iConnectivity Premiers PlayAUDIO1U – Audio/MIDI Interface For Live Performance

iConnectivity has premiered the PlayAUDIO1U, a new audio/MIDI interface specifically designed for live performance. Read more…


Spotify Being Used For Money Laundering

Music Business Worldwide is reporting that Spotify is being used by organized criminal organizations to laundry money. An explosive new report from Svenska Dagbladet, a newspaper in Sweden, focuses on the end purpose of streaming fraud on Spotify for organized criminals: laundering money. According to the publication, crime networks with links to drugs and deadly violence have for years been using the platform for this purpose. Read more…


How Legally Sample Music

Philip Kinsher explains how to get the rights to legally sample in a new article at Hypebot. Read more…


Native Instruments Upgrades X1 DJ Controller To Mk3

Native Instruments has upgraded their compact DJ Controller, the X1, to mk3 status. Read more…


The 35 Best Digital Marketing Tools For Musicians 2023

Zapier has put together a list of the 35 best digital marketing tools for artists. Read more…


Build Fans, Don’t Chase Streams

Madelynn Elyse, founder and president of Shark Attack Records, shares her insights and industry experience on the importance of building a strong artist-fan relationship in the modern music marketplace. Read more…

 


Taylor Swift’s “Taylor’s Version” Recordings Are Exceeding Expectations

Taylor Swift’s “Taylor Version” re-recordings are proving to be a huge win for the megastar. Read more…


Spotify Raises Monthly Price in US & 52 other markets.

How much money will that make the music industry?
After 12 years, Spotify finally announced a 10% rise in its flagship individual Premium subscription price in the United States, up from USD $9.99 per month to $10.99 per month. Read more…


10 legit Spotify Playlist Curators For Your Music

Although there are many independent playlist curators out there that do have your music’s best interest at heart, you should also be wary of fraudulent playlist accounts. Read more…


An Updated Look At Artist Merch Trends In 2023

atVenu looked at fan interest in concert merchandise, the top selling items by genre, and how has money per individual changed since 2022. Read more…


Spotify Super Listeners Make Up 2% of Artists Monthly Listeners, But Account For Over 18% of Monthly Streams

15% of the general population in the US are superfans, and this category of fan spends a reported 80% more on music each month versus the average US-based music listener. Additionally, physical music buyers of formats such as vinyl, CDs or cassette tapes, are more than twice as likely (+128%) to be music superfans. Read more…


Five Vital Steps to a Rewarding Indie Artist Career

Eric Roberson gives advice on how to make a living doing the music you love based on his thirty year career as an independent artist. Read more…


Pioneer DJ’s CDJ-3000 Premiers Beatport Streaming

Declan McGlynn explores how Pioneer DJ adding Beatport Streaming, changes everything… Read more…


Freqport FT-1 Freqtube Review

Freqport, a partnership between two small entities in Denmark and Australia, pitches the FT-1 freqtube as “real analog processing inside your computer.” Quite enticing. Warming up your drum machines, synths, bass lines and more is something that every musician who works “in the box” could get behind, but does it live up to the hype? Read the review!


Pioneer XPRS1152S + XPRS102 Sound System Review

FutureMusic subjected the Pioneer XPRS Sound System to a long-term test and felt the PA is certainly a contender in the portable segment… Read The Review!


Warner Believes Streaming Payouts Should Not Be Equal

Warner Music Group CEO, Robert Kyncl, strongly believes that music is “undervalued” compared to other forms of entertainment and feels that all streaming payouts should not be equal. Read more…


Black Lion Audio Auteur DT Review

Black Lion Audio aims to make their Chicago-Style mic pre technology accessible to anyone who wants a nice upgrade from their entry-level preamplifier. We subjected the Auteur DT to long-term punishment in our review of their latest offering. Read more…

 


 

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NYU Study Reveals A New Song Has 5 Seconds To Hook A Listener

Although the methodology of this NYU Study, certainly has its flaws, the takeaway is that researchers evaluated why people love and hate different songs and found that they typically know if they like a song within a 5 brief seconds of listening. Read more…


Jaspers Keyboard Stand Review

Jaspers, a German keyboard stand company, has been producing stands and racks for close to 40 years. We obtained one of the stalwarts of their collection, the 4R-140B, and subjected it to a long-term review. Is this super-expensive keyboard stand worth the price? Read more…


Warner Records Launches Dance Label: Major Recordings

Warner Music is getting into the EDM game. Spearheaded by dance industry executive Sam Mobarek, Major Recordings launches with the signing of duo PARISI.. Read more…


Audient EVO 4 Review

Audient recently debuted their EVO series of computer audio interfaces, EVO 4, EVO 8 and EVO 16, which are designed to be extremely simple to use, while retaining a high-standard of sound quality. We tested the EVO 4 to evaluate how a $129 two-channel computer audio interface faired in real world use. Read more…


Pioneer Releases Next Generation DJ Mixer – DJM-A9

Offering multiple advancements over its predecessor, the Pioneer DJ DJM-900NXS2, the new DJM-A9 mixer features ESS Technology 32-bit analog-to-digital (A/D) and digital-to-analog (D/A) converters into the channel input section and the master and booth output sections… Read more…


Spotify Bids Goodbye To The Heart Icon

Spotify is ditching its Heart icon to make way for the Plus Sign. The modification is a UI tweak, eliminating several clicks to save favorite tracks to a playlist. Users will be able to quickly add music directly into playlists without needing the three buttons to bring you to a secondary menu.


SPL Audio Announces Management Shuffle

SPL founder Wolfgang Neumann has announced his retirement, and developer Bastian Neu has been appointed managing director, alongside Hermann Gier and Heinz Middelkamp. Read more…


Roger Linn Showcases LinnStrument Users

Roger Linn has revealed that there is now over 4000 users of the LinnStrument . He released another volume of user demos, which include performances by Linn himself, as well as luminaries such as Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater. Watch the video…


Black Lion Audio Releases Bluey 500 Series Compressor

Black Lion Audio has released the Bluey 500, a 500-series version of Chris Lord-Alge’s heavily-modified 2U “Bluey” compressor that’s been heard on countless hits. Read more…


It Won’t Be Long Now…

You think ChatGPT is cool? Wait till you get a load of this! Google has developed MusicLM, anartificial intelligence ool that can generate any genre with just a text input. This means that the world will have a Number 1 Billboard hit within 5 years. Guaranteed. Read more…

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Music Subscriber Market Shares For 2022

MIDiA has just released its annual Music subscriber market shares report with data for 23 DSPs across 33 different markets. Read more…


Inside DJ Kygo’s Quest To Become The Gen-Z Jimmy Buffett

Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll – better known as DJ Kygo – is apparently not content with just being a musical artist. The Norwegian DJ has raised millions to build the Margaritaville of dance music. Read more…


So You Want to Be a TikTok Star?

Music subscriber market shares 2022
TikTok is transforming the music industry. Is that a good thing? Read more…


Producer Loops Release Melodeep

Producer Loops has released the Melodeep sample pack, focusing on Modern and Melodic House.
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Download Every Drum Machine Sound Ever Made

We’re not joking. Jay Tavarez has somehow acquired samples from every single drum machine ever created, and is now offering it for free. Download it now before it goes away for good. Dropbox

 

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