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…
