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Serato DJ gets more modern features, no longer requires hardware
Serato’s new software gets support for 64-bit and high-resolution displays – and now you can run it in “practice mode” without having to plug in a controller. Hello, prepping on airplanes.
Get lost in the mesmerizing music video, improvs of this duo
Sometimes, you just need to imagine yourself as being made of boulders, on a mental trip that has you wandering a surreal landscape.
An online and mobile DAW called BandLab just acquired Cakewalk’s IP
Cakewalk may not be all dead. A developer of online and mobile music creation tools has snapped up the former PC DAW maker’s complete intellectual property.
Bela Mini gives you 1ms sound anywhere, to turn into anything, for £120
Make anything you want, with free music software of your choice, and <1ms latency. Bela is back, smaller than ever – a pocket-sized £120 computer for sound.
Arturia AudioFuse Review: the tiny square that packs nearly everything
There are some exceptional audio interfaces out there. But Arturia stands out by cramming an unusual amount of connectivity in an ultra-mobile package.
Moog is making a $35,000 modular 1969 synth – so let’s ask them why
Moog Music have announced they’re painstakingly recreating a 1969 modular classic. So we asked the engineers why they’d do that – and why it costs 35 grand.
Hear the sounds of the Falcon Heavy launch with this binaural recording
Watching space exploration is stunning. But hearing it is essential, too – and if you haven’t yet, you really want to hear the Falcon Heavy launch like this.
A free plug-in brings extreme PaulStretch stretching to your DAW
You’ve heard Justin Bieber mangled into gorgeous ambient cascades of sound. Now, you can experience the magic of PaulStretch as a free plug-in.
Gibson is in trouble – and that means trouble for owner Juskiewicz
What’s as American as a Gibson guitar? Well, lately, perhaps iconic brands getting run into the ground by mismanagement at the top.