Music & Tech
“It’s therapeutic because when you’re working with power tools, you’re feeling all kinds of different emotions”: Jack White returns to his furniture-making roots with a new exhibition of his ‘hardware store art’
Includes his ‘sonic bench’ you can plug a guitar into
Epidemic Sound study examines creator attitudes towards AI
As one of the key music providers for online-video creators, Epidemic Sound has a big community of customers to draw on when studying how they feel about music and new technologies. Its new ‘Future of the Creator Economy Report 2026’ puts a focus on AI, with some interesting findings. 94% of these c
YouTube reveals latest changes to its AI-content labels system
YouTube has been labelling AI-generated videos since 2024… IF the creators disclosed their use of AI tools when uploading it. Now the company has made some changes to its labelling system. First, the labels will now be simpler and more prominent, shown directly below the video player for long-form v
Roger Daltrey claims The Who pioneered heavy metal
“All the guitar smashing that Jimi Hendrix became famous for was basically copied from Pete Townshend”
Roland Pink Tracks Double-Digit Growth Amid German Electronic Surge
German artist Roland Pink sees a 16% increase in Spotify followers, signaling a notable surge in engagement that may suggest a rising profile within the electronic music landscape.
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Regional-language music streaming service Damroo raises investment from HT Media
Indian conglomerate HT Media—the parent company of the Hindustan Times and Hindustan newspapers—has made a strategic investment worth Rs5 crore (approximately $522,000) in Damroo, an audio-streaming service dedicated to Indian […] The post is from Music Ally.
Arturia Memory V recreates the Moog Memorymoog
Moog’s ‘80s poly gets emulated with modern enhancements including a multi-track arpeggiator and new modulators
Why We Built an AI Music Video Generator That Listens to Songs
In 2021, my co-founders and I began developing the music-vision foundation model that would become Freebeat. The question that drove us, as engineers and lifelong music lovers, was simple: why […] The post is from Music Ally.
Arturia Memory V Emulation of Moog Memorymoog
Moog’s ‘80s poly gets emulated with modern enhancements including a multi-track arpeggiator and new modulators
Boards of Canada Release 'Inferno', First New Album in 13 Years
Boards of Canada have released Inferno, their long-awaited fifth studio album and first in 13 years. Boards of Canada Release Inferno, First New Album in 13 Years: Stream Alex Krinsky
aespa's 'Lemonade' Album Review
Five years deep and undeniably massive, aespa's second studio album proves their biggest competition remains themselves
aespa – ‘Lemonade’ review: harder and faster, but not always better or stronger
Five years deep and undeniably massive, aespa's second studio album proves their biggest competition remains themselves
Boards of Canada Release Inferno, First New Album in 13 Years: Stream
Boards of Canada have released Inferno, their long-awaited fifth studio album and first in 13 years. Boards of Canada Release Inferno, First New Album in 13 Years: Stream Alex Krinsky
Klevgrand Altitude Turns Vocal Processing Into A Playable Instrument
Klevgrand’s Altitude feels like one of those vocal plugins that is aiming at a pretty specific problem, which is that vocals can be the most expressive thing in a session and still end up getting treated with the same predictable chain every time. Tuning, compression, EQ, delay, reverb, maybe a doub
Audio Damage Traverse Turns Cassette Damage Into A Stereo Delay Plugin
Audio Damage Traverse feels like one of those plugins that starts with a simple promise and then gets a lot weirder once you sit with the details. On paper, it is a cassette effect and a stereo delay in one plugin. In use, the appeal seems to be how quickly it can turn a clean [...] Read More... fro
BLEASS Spectral Resonator Review: Great for Transforming Everyday Sounds Into Cinematic Texture
I love it when an audio plugin invites experimentation the second you load it up. You throw it on a drum loop, tweak a couple knobs, and suddenly your clean groove sounds like it’s floating through deep space. BLEASS Spectral Resonator falls does a great job with this, but it also does a whole lot
Arturia Memory V Emulation
Moog’s ‘80s poly gets emulated with modern enhancements including a multi-track arpeggiator and new modulators
Scaler Music Expands Carbon Electra With Scale-Aware Sequencing And Filters
Carbon Electra 2 feels like Scaler Music taking on the synthesis side that can get a little too technical, then pulling it closer to actual writing. A lot of synth plugins offer endless modulation, oscillator modes, routing, and effects, which is useful, but it can also leave the musical idea buried