Beatport launches a DJ web app for artists
The American music-oriented online store, Beatport contains one of the biggest music catalogs in the world. Beatport's Top 100 chart is highly appreciated within the dance music industry as well as the individual top 10 chart lists of every genre. Beatport recently acquired one of the biggest sample pack and plugin marketplace in the world called Loopmasters & Plugin Boutique to
SoundCloud launches fan-powered royalties
SoundCloud, one of the most popular online audio distribution platforms, founded in 2007 in the German capital Berlin, is introducing another significant change to its functionality. Recall that in the middle of last year SoundCloud launched Insights for creators on a mobile app, and in October unlimited offline access for DJs. The company topped last year with its first profitable
Fender’s inappropriate Instagram post removal
This US-based company called Fender grew to become one of the biggest music instrument manufacturers in the world, since 1949. The founder Leo Fender started with the development of revolutionary instruments such as the Telecaster & Stratocaster guitars and the Rhodes pianos. Recently Fender posted a picture of 2 guitars on Instagram along with a controversial caption. They had to
Splice crosses $500 million valuation after raising $55 million
Splice is a cloud-based music creation and collaboration platform that was founded in 2013 by Matt Aimontetti and Steve Martocci. One of the main benefits of Splice is that it streamlines the fragmented process of creating and sharing music, and allows access to millions of royalty-free samples, plug-in presets, and DAWs' full project files without having to share any profits
10 of the best-looking music studios in the Electronic Music world
As a world-class music producer, you can afford to fulfill childhood dreams, buy expensive toys and create things that most people would never dream of. While investing thousands of dollars in better and better musical equipment - consoles, plug-ins, studio monitors, keyboards, etc. - some producers pay a lot of attention to the way their music studios look. If you
ATEM Mini Extreme – the pro solution to live-streaming DJ sets at an affordable cost
As recently as 10 or so years ago, broadcasting live with multiple cameras seamlessly in full HD was the preserve of a major TV network or broadcasting companies. The equipment involved from cameras, to video switchers, to routing equipment, etc cost hundreds of thousands, if not millions. Since then, single camera shooting whereby video is recorded in multiple takes and
Ableton Live 11 is available for download now
Having teased off the live 11 version and its unique features back in November 2020, the official live 11 version is now available for download on Ableton's website. Ableton had announced massive updates on Recording, Performance, and Production helping musicians to optimize their workflow and get even more creative within the DAW. The public beta of the DAW was made available
Free Serato visuals available when streaming a DJ set
Serato is one of the most popular DJ & music production software alongside Traktor, Virtual DJ, and Rekordbox. Artists like A-Trak, Dada Life, Dave Clarke, and Fatboy Slim are proponents and users of this software while performing. The company actively contributes ideas about the experience while streaming live, and recently announced that Serato will be providing free visuals when streaming
Ableton confirms release date of Live 11
Ableton, one of the most popular developers of music production software, has confirmed the release date of the latest version, Ableton Live 11. The first announcement of the new version of Ableton appeared back in November and was met with great excitement from producers. Their satisfaction with the new features of the program was openly expressed by such artists as
Jonas Aden releases new plugin Biggifier
Jonas Engelschiøn Mjåset, better known as Jonas Aden, is a Norwegian DJ/Producer who gained a massive fan following as a result of his outstanding music and his youtube channel where he shares insights into his production process with his viewers. Jonas Aden has millions of streams on Spotify with his record releases on major labels like Heldeep, Hexagon, and Musical
Pioneer DJ introduces DJM-S7 new performance DJ mixer
Although most companies in the industry directly related to live music and DJing have written off 2020, Pioneer DJ has actually made some serious growth moves. Over the past 12 months, the electronics giant has released the HDJ-CUE1 headphones, a new version of the now-legendary CDJ-3000, and recorded a big boost in sales during the lockdown, as we wrote about
The best synths and gear releases from NAMM 2021
NAMM is an annual event in the United States, described as the world's largest trade-only event for music tech products. This global music tech event will be held every January at the Anaheim Convention Centre (Anaheim, California), attracting famous musicians such as Bobby "Guitar" Bennet, Eddie Bayers, and Tony Brown to promote their own signature models and equipment. NAMM's 2021 edition
Gearslutz music forum faces petition over its derogatory name
Gearslutz is an online forum for both professional and amateur mixing & mastering engineers to share their knowledge about music production. It's not only containing articles about gear, synths, and DAW's, user & pro reviews about music production, a gear database to research over 30,000 products, but it also contains a marketplace to find the best deals and jobs. Gearslutz has
Cymatics announce new VST plugin Vortex
Renowned sample pack maker Cymatics.fm recently announced the release of their second vst plugin Vortex. Vortex is the successor to Cymatics' first-ever vst plugin Diablo whose full version will also be released on the same date as Vortex i.e. January 22nd at 12 PM EST. | Best VST Plugins of 2021 – Read Here Vortex is an 808 enhancer plugin completely optimized to add
Cymatics.fm release new free VST plugin ‘Diablo Lite’
Widely known sample pack production company Cymatics.fm released their first-ever free VST plugin title Diablo Lite. Diablo Lite is a demo version of the main plugin 'Diablo' which is expected to be released soon. | Holiday Sale - Massive Discounts on Plugins Diablo Lite is a drum enhancer plugin that primarily aims to enhance your bass drums and 808s to help them