Music Production
Mick Jagger Reveals How Robert Smith Ended Up on The Rolling Stones’ New Album
Jagger reveals how a chance encounter at a studio in London led to Smith singing on their upcoming record. Mick Jagger Reveals How Robert Smith Ended Up on The Rolling Stones’ New Album Paolo Ragusa
Ableton Live 12.4 Adds Link Audio, Better Stem Separation, And Push Updates
Ableton Live 12.4 is a free update for all Live 12 users, and this one feels built around a very clear idea: making the Ableton ecosystem easier to connect, record, control, and learn across Live, Push, Move, and Note. The headline feature is Link Audio, which lets compatible devices stream audio to
Chris Brown Reveals GloRilla, YoungBoy Never Broke Again & More to Appear on His New Album ‘Brown’
C. Breezy's 12th studio album arrives soon.
The Rocky Horror Show Broadway Cast Performs “Sweet Transvestite” on Fallon: Watch
The new Broadway production features Luke Evans as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, plus Stephanie Hsu, Rachel Dratch, and more. The Rocky Horror Show Broadway Cast Performs “Sweet Transvestite” on Fallon: Watch Paolo Ragusa
YouTube to let video creators swap out Content ID tracks for royalty-free AI substitutes
A new feature on YouTube will make it easy for video creators dealing with Content ID copyright claims to replace copyright protected music in their videos with royalty free AI-generated instrumentals. Innovations like this could negatively impact on YouTuber-centric production music companies
PolyFreq Phonon Makes Granular Synthesis Feel Playable
PolyFreq has launched Phonon, its debut plug-in, and the cleanest angle here is control. Granular tools often lean into chance, drift, and loose texture generation, while Phonon is built around repeatable sample reconstruction, playable pitch behavior, and a modulation system that keeps the process
ARTinoise Trillo Turns A Tiny Digital Flute Into A MIDI Controller
ARTinoise has launched Trillo on Kickstarter, and while the campaign positions it as a tiny all-in-one digital flute, the most useful angle for producers is much simpler: this thing can function as a compact MIDI wind controller over USB-C or Bluetooth. That is the part worth paying attention to. Bu
Black Lion Audio Auteur 8DAT Adds Eight Auteur Preamps To ADAT Studios
All images courtesy of Black Lion Audio Black Lion Audio has introduced the Auteur 8DAT, a two-rack-space unit that combines eight Auteur mic preamps, ADAT expansion, and integrated word clocking in one recording-focused box. The unit is available for pre-order as of May 5, 2026, with shipping expec
This one-button synth could be the wildest idea to come out of Superbooth 2026
With no keys, no knobs, no faders and no display, Cyma Forma's RND randomly generates a new idea with each button-press – its creators call it an "inspiration machine"
CORTIS’ ‘GREENGREEN’: All 6 Tracks Ranked
The BIGHIT MUSIC group's second EP turns studio routines, restless instinct and self-definition into the outline of a sharper sound.
Taylor Swift BOTS Case, Tupac Shakur Lawsuit, Spotify ‘Payola’ Ruling & More Top Music Law News
In this week's Legal Beat newsletter, a ruling on the BOTS Act, a sweeping lawsuit over Tupac's death, a win for Spotify on 'payola' accusations and much more.
Ableton Live 12.4 is out now, with Link Audio and updated Erosion, Delay and Chorus-Ensemble devices
Link Audio allows users to stream multi-channel audio between compatible devices over a local network in real time
“That song casts such a huge shadow over everything that we’ve done. It’s difficult, but it’s not like I have to beat it": How Johnny Rzeznik overcame writer's block to pen the Goo Goo Dolls' Iris, then saw it become the soundtrack to '90s nostalgia
Written for a '90s movie soundtrack, the song was later covered by Taylor Swift and has gone on to become a social media sensation
Got some loose change? Well, it might just be the starting point of your next electronic masterpiece if you stack it atop Soma’s Enigma – the synth that's controlled by metal objects
Enigma looks set to open up whole new avenues of sound design - and finally give a purpose for all those stacks of old coins in your kitchen drawers…
Dave Matthews Band and St. Vincent Cover Talking Heads “Burning Down the House”: Watch
The band invited her to stage at their 2026 US tour kick off at Riverbeat Music Festival. Dave Matthews Band and St. Vincent Cover Talking Heads “Burning Down the House”: Watch Travis Bland
Ninajirachi Announces “I Love My Computer and It Loves Me” Tour Dates
The breakout electronic music producer will play a run of headlining shows starting in September. Ninajirachi Announces “I Love My Computer and It Loves Me” Tour Dates Travis Bland
YouTube allows creators to replace music with copyright issues with genAI songs
US-based YouTube creators who are finding their videos struck down by pesky content ID claims due to the use of copyright-protected music can now generate replacement instrumental tracks in the back-end of the site, YouTube Studio. The “replace song” tool will now include a “create” button. Users fr
Noah Kahan’s Producer Gabe Simon Goes Behind the Scenes on ‘The Great Divide’: ‘I’d Never Heard Noah Do That Before’: Exclusive
The album, produced by Kahan, Simon and Aaron Dessner, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
Noah Kahan’s Producer Gabe Simon Goes Behind the Scenes on ‘The Great Divide’: ‘I’d Never Heard Noah Do That Before’
The album, produced by Kahan, Simon and Aaron Dessner, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
“An ‘instrument’ rather than a ‘synthesizer’”: Buchla Ziggy is a desktop analogue West Coast synth available for (just) under $1000
Complex oscillators and audio-rate modulation meets digital mod routing and effects in Buchla’s surprisingly approachable new monosynth