Music & Tech
IK Multimedia Enhances Tonex Pedal with MIDI and Wireless Features
The Tonex One+ offers top-class sounds and is just as small as its predecessor – only now you have a lot more control over it
The most mighty mini amp modelling pedal just got mightier as IK Multimedia offers full MIDI integration and wireless editing on the Tonex One+
The Tonex One+ offers top-class sounds and is just as small as its predecessor – only now you have a lot more control over it
Roland's Project Lydia Neural Sampling Stompbox Moves Closer to Release
Next-gen pedal enables you to transform an audio signal into something that sounds completely different
Google partners with Believe to offer AI music tool Flow Music to artists
Believe has partnered with Google Labs to offer Flow Music to their users. Google says it “provides their artists with a space for exploration and iteration” and works as a “creative collaborator, helping with lyrics, toying with new melodies or genres and even creating new instruments.” Google does
“This version reflects what creators told us they want from AI hardware in real musical contexts”: Project Lydia, Roland’s neural sampling stompbox, moves a step closer to becoming a product you can actually buy
Next-gen pedal enables you to transform an audio signal into something that sounds completely different
Olivia Rodrigo Adds More Shows to 2026-2027 World Tour
The outing in support of the singer's upcoming third studio album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, is slated to kick off on Sept. 25 in Hartford, Conn.
Olivia Rodrigo Adds More London, Los Angeles, Boston, Brooklyn, Paris & Barcelona Shows to 2026-2027 Unraveled World Tour
The outing in support of the singer's upcoming third studio album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, is slated to kick off on Sept. 25 in Hartford, Conn.
KhoslaRaghu call out AI slop on DSPs
Hindi pop duo KhoslaRaghu’s Sanchit Khosla went viral earlier this week, not with a song but with an Instagram post in which he expressed concern about AI slop taking over […] The post is from Music Ally.
"The drum machine we would want to use and own ourselves": Polyend Drums combines the best of analogue and digital
Drums is a hybrid analogue-digital drum machine "built for immediacy, depth and performance"
“Blackbox 2 is heir to its own portable sampler throne”: 1010music updates its sampling workstation with a better screen, onboard battery and USB audio streaming
Revamped Blackbox boasts better controls and new features resulting in a “more elegant” workflow
London’s KOKO to celebrate 125 year anniversary with new recording studio, balcony and more
The studio will be located in the Penthouse, and will be equipped with the same mixing desk used for Kendrick Lamar's Halftime Super Bowl Show
Maejor on AI Music, Presence, and the Human Side of Creativity
Above Image Cred: Devam Shah Maejor (@maejor) has spent years operating across multiple corners of modern music. His catalog includes work with Justin Bieber, Drake, Frank Ocean, Martin Garrix, and Disney, while his recent output has moved further into sound healing, meditation, and frequency-based
“Built on the rhythmic and pitch drift of legendary drum machines”: Sonicware Deconstruct Minimal is a hardware groovebox designed for ‘hypnotic minimal grooves’
The battery-powered beat machine features sampled drums, a loop player and 303-inspired bass synth
Quavo & Offset Heat Up Migos Reunion Rumors With Return to Instagram
Huncho and Set returned to the studio together for the first time in years over the weekend.
TME Chart Unveils 30 Under 30 Young Singers, Highlighting a New Generation of Chinese Music Talent
Lars Huang, Yu Zi and Zhicheng Mu ranked No. 1 in the Core Group, Pioneer Group and Rising Star Group, respectively.
“An inspiring ideas machine that trades technical theory for intuitive workflow”: Telepathic Instruments Orchid ORC-1 review
Is Telepathic Instruments Orchid, a chord-friendly portable synth, the perfect tool for studio inspiration and song-writing on the go?
Clearaudio Launches Groove Archive Box And Anti-Static Inner Sleeves
Clearaudio has spent nearly 50 years building its reputation around analog playback, but its latest release looks at a part of vinyl ownership that often gets treated as an afterthought: storage. The German analog audio specialist has introduced the Groove Archive Box, a handmade vinyl storage solut
Kiviak Instruments WoFi LE Brings Portable Sampling To A €299 Hardware Box
Kiviak Instruments has announced the WoFi LE, a new portable sampler that brings the core WoFi workflow into a smaller and lower-cost hardware format. The unit is expected in late 2026 or early 2027, with pricing set at $349 or €299. The main idea is clear: take the sample-first workflow of the orig
Acustica Audio RUST 2 Adds NOVA Saturation To A Passive EQ Design
Acustica Audio has released RUST 2, a passive equalizer plug-in built around a rare seven-band EQ design from the 1960s and powered by the company’s NOVA engine. The angle here is clear: fixed-band passive EQ tone with input-driven harmonic behavior, real-time visual feedback, Mid/Side control, and
Believe partners with Google to offer AI music creation tool Flow Music to its artists
Believe is partnering with Google to offer the tech giant’s AI music creation platform, Google Flow Music, to artists across Believe and TuneCore. The partnership was announced on Tuesday (May 6) via a Google blog post by Seth Forsgren, Group Product Manager at Google Flow Music. Under the deal, Bel