Music & Tech
Teenage Engineering to Cease Synthesizer Production, Focus Shifts from Products
“I’ve come to the conclusion that, for us, the products aren’t the business," says Jesper Kouthoofd
HAAi Takes HUMANiSE Back to the Club
HAAi’s DIGITiSE makes a lot more sense once you stop treating it like a traditional follow-up album and start hearing it like a DJ making a record for the room she actually plays in. That is the part I like here. HUMANiSE already gave HAAi a big conceptual canvas, full of questions around connection
Stylophone Releases Miniature Collectible Version
The pocket-sized collectible has a working metal keyboard, stylus and built-in speaker, and it's small enough to clip to your keys
Victrola Simplifies Vinyl Playback
Less clutter, fewer cables and impressive sound are the promise behind Victrola’s latest audio releases, so we put them to the test.
Victrola’s Latest Turntable & Speaker Prove Listening to Vinyl Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated
Less clutter, fewer cables and impressive sound are the promise behind Victrola’s latest audio releases, so we put them to the test.
Focusrite ISA C8X Review: Preamps, Inserts, And Monitoring (…Oh My!)
Once I started keeping several synthesizers and effects connected in my studio, I became less interested in choosing an interface based on sound quality alone, because the connections and controls started affecting how often I used the equipment. I wanted to leave things plugged in, change recording
Executive Turntable: Dasha Smith Named COO of CAA, Warner Music MENA Expands Leadership
Plus Michael McCall retires from the Country Music Hall of Fame Museum and more music industry hires and promotions.
Top Dawg Entertainment Wins Doxxing Lawsuit Appeal
Two women claimed the label broke the law by revealing their names, but an appeals court says they "simply had no right to remain anonymous while suing in court.”
AnalogFX LARYNX Gives Formant Synthesis a Body
A lot of modern synths give you power first and personality second. AnalogFX’s LARYNX seems to come at the problem from the opposite direction. The Dutch company is positioning LARYNX as a performance-focused analogue formant synthesizer, and that word, performance, is doing a lot of work here. This
Top Dawg Wins Court Ruling Rejecting Doxxing Claims by Sexual Assault Accusers
Two women claimed the label broke the law by revealing their names, but an appeals court says they "simply had no right to remain anonymous while suing in court.”
From Sony Music’s 260,000 deepfake takedowns to Suno’s live music expansion… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up
The biggest headlines from the past few days... Source
Behringer unveils Jam and Jam Play MIDI controllers
Jam is a successor to the Behringer Swing that gains extra controls and USB-C, and Jam Play is also a standalone instrument with 128 onboard sounds
9 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Cameron Winter, Deafheaven, Dawn Richard, and More
Stream new releases from Cameron Winter, Deafheaven, Dawn Richard, Troye Sivan, and more
New Suno live music division to help make it the “first creative entertainment platform”
Part of Suno’s licensing deal with Warner Music Group last November involved acquiring concert-discovery platform Songkick. It felt like a strange quirk at the time – what does an AI music-generating platform have to do with live gigs? – but now we’ll find out how this seemingly odd-couple relations
Spotify launches enterprise Technology division; Rogan re-signs for reported $250m
Spotify has been feeling confident recently about its internally-built tools – for instance its bespoke “large taste model” to better recommend music, and its Studio platform that can build bespoke podcasts for users. As such, it sees itself as more than a streaming platform – rather as “hundreds of
Sollos “re-engineers” Olivia Dean and Sam Smith songs to help you sleep and focus
It’s comforting to remember that music isn’t merely a thing that exists in a series of breathless AI press releases – it’s also a nice thing that makes people feel nice. Feeling good can sometimes seem like a scarce resource in 2026, and while listening to your favourite artists can make you feel be
Super Intelligence round-up: Sonilo, Laylo, Base for Music and more
You’ll doubtlessly have heard the news, and so – as decreed by the super-est mind of our times – Music Ally will be referring to AI as “Super Intelligence” for the foreseeable future. Or until it crashes the stock market, whatever. The post is from Music Ally.
Thom Yorke on Software
The Radiohead frontman is more of a Pro Tools guy, it turns out: “When I saw that in the studio, I just wanted to learn it immediately”
“Sampling is our art form. We’ve accepted that we’re not going to make loads of money from record sales!”: The Avalanches on why clearing samples is harder than ever, working with Jamie xx and swapping hardware samplers for Pro Tools
The Avalanches return with No Bad Memories, a 31-track album stacked with sonic ephemera, its TV jingles and start-up sounds balancing playful nostalgia with capitalist critique. Robbie Chater tells us more
Thom Yorke offers an odd response to Harry Styles when he tells him that he uses GarageBand
The Radiohead frontman is more of a Pro Tools guy, it turns out: “When I saw that in the studio, I just wanted to learn it immediately”