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Spotify has achieved a historic milestone in 2024, reporting its first annual profit since its 2008 launch with a net income of €1.14 billion, record-breaking user growth reaching 675 million monthly active users.

#musicnews #music #musician
February 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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In 2016, Bob Dylan became the first musician to win the Nobel Prize in Literature for transforming songwriting into profound poetic expression with classics like Blowin’ in the Wind and The Times They Are A-Changin’.

#musician #music
January 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Billie Eilish's "Birds of a Feather" reached new heights just before the start of the new year, as the Hit Me Hard and Soft track was named Spotify's most-streamed song of 2024.

#music
January 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Retired officer uncovered a remarkable find in a Van Nuys storage unit. The unit, once owned by producer Bryan Loren—who collaborated with icons like Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston—contained rare tapes and cassettes.

#music
December 27, 2024 at 1:46 PM
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Sonible has launched prime:vocal, an AI-driven software designed to enhance and clean vocal recordings.

#audio #sound #music
December 19, 2024 at 11:40 AM
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Kevin Parker of Tame Impala has introduced a groundbreaking new instrument called Orchid with Telephathic Instruments. Available for $549, Orchid launches on December 18, promising to be a versatile and creative tool for musicians.

#synthesizer #synth #audio #vst #instrument #music
November 27, 2024 at 3:08 PM
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Sony Music is sending the letter to AI companies and streaming platforms, urging them to implement best practice protocols safeguarding artists, songwriters, and their music from unauthorized scraping, mining, and training by AI developers.

#music #musician #ai
May 17, 2024 at 3:10 PM
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Sonarworks has launched SoundID VoiceAI, the inaugural AI voice changer plugin for your DAW, which transforms vocal tracks to mimic entirely different voices. (📷: Sonarworks)

#ai #audio #mixing #musicproducer
May 10, 2024 at 9:26 AM
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Spotify has announced it's adding video learning content to its streaming platform, including music instrument learning, performance, and music production tutorials.

#Audio #music #musician
March 26, 2024 at 9:15 AM
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Hardwell released a producer pack for the iOS versions of GarageBand and Logic Pro for iPad.

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#edm #musician #musicproduction
Hardwell: Producer Pack (available in GarageBand iOS and Logic Pro for iPad.)
My new collaboration with Apple is a unique producer pack that offers users a gamut of sounds, presets, and so much more. Also, and best of all, the pack is ...
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March 24, 2024 at 10:02 AM
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British artist James Blake has launched Vault, a streaming platform that connects artists directly with their fans for the release of unreleased music.

#Music #audio #musician
March 21, 2024 at 12:55 PM
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Forever 89 have released their first product, a sample-modelling drum machine, Visco.

#mixing #audio #musician
March 19, 2024 at 3:22 PM
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TikTok has introduced SoundOn, a new music distribution platform, changing the way artists share their music and connect with global audiences.

#music #musician #musicproduction #musicstreaming
March 19, 2024 at 12:18 PM
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The Laboratory of Music Informatics (LIM) at Milan University in Italy has unveiled a set of free plugins created by students enrolled in the 'Development of Technologies for Music Production' course.

Free Plugins: www.lim.di.unimi.it/demo_vst_eng...

#mixing #audio #musician
March 18, 2024 at 8:26 PM
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Hearth and Hollow Plucked Folk Ensemble, a library of deeply sampled acoustic folk instruments, has been launched by Spitfire Audio in collaboration with Hunter Rogerson.

More info: www.spitfireaudio.com/hearth-and-h...

#audio #mixing #musicsamples
March 17, 2024 at 8:06 PM
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Oeksound has launched a new plugin called Bloom, an adaptive tone shaper.

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#audio #mixing #musician
oeksound bloom: Overview
Learn more and download the free 20-day trial: https://oeksound.com/bloom
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March 14, 2024 at 8:58 PM
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Spotify has begun to roll out music videos feature from a select catalog for Premium users in the U.K., Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Brazil, Colombia, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Kenya.

#spotify #music
March 13, 2024 at 3:31 PM
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iZotope has unveiled its iconic distortion engine, Trash, featuring a completely redesigned interface and boasting over 600 distortion types and impulse responses.

More info: www.izotope.com/en/products/...

#audio #mixing #musician
March 12, 2024 at 2:22 PM
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Analog Obsession has launched a free saturation plugin MoMa.

More info: www.patreon.com/analogobsess...

#audio #mixing #mastering
March 11, 2024 at 9:41 PM
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Avid has just released Pro Tools 2024.3. This version introduces several new features, including MIDI effects plug-ins, tailored live re-renders for integrated Dolby Atmos, compatibility with macOS Sonoma, and a variety of fixes and enhancements.

#audio #mixing #mastering
March 9, 2024 at 8:35 AM
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Watch Grammy Award-winning producer Jack Antonoff's interview with Zane Lowe at Electric Lady Studios on Apple Music.

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#Music #producer #audio
Jack Antonoff: 'Bleachers', Production, & Collaboration Inside Electric Lady Studios | Apple Music
Three-time consecutive Producer of the Year, Non-Classical GRAMMY winner Jack Antonoff joins Zane Lowe in New York for an intimate conversation about his app...
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March 8, 2024 at 8:51 PM
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Factoid 2, released by Anemond, employs machine learning to divide sounds into separate layers. These layers can then be remixed and randomized, producing thousands of rhythmic and melodic variations from any sample or loop.

#audio #mixing #musicproduction
March 7, 2024 at 8:46 PM
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Sony Computer Science Laboratories has created an AI bassline generator that responds to the style and tonality of the music you input.

Research Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2402.01412

#audio #mixing #ai #music
March 6, 2024 at 8:11 PM
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Ableton has recently released Live 12, featuring lots of new features.(📷: Ableton)

More info: ableton.com/live

#audio #music #mixing
What’s new in Live 12 | Ableton
See the new features, devices, sounds and workflow updates in Ableton Live 12.
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March 5, 2024 at 1:52 PM
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Roland and Serato are jointly celebrating this year with a double control vinyl set that pays tribute to both the classic TB-303 Bass Line and the TR-606 drum machine. (📷: Roland & Serato)

#audio #music
March 4, 2024 at 12:39 AM