Beatport DJ is in-browser DJing for everybody – a first look, from a producer-DJ perspective

Beatport DJ is a browser-based tool that combines finding music with mixing it right away. It is definitely where the company’s LINK subscription is going. And we’ve got a first look at the interface – plus what it might mean for anyone making and releasing music (and what’s missing so far).

Sounds.com is a new cloud tool for loops and samples from NI

Sounds.com is a subscription-based loop and sample site – but it’s also a glimpse into Native Instruments’ future strategy for digital services for musicians. Today, NI are revealing Sounds.com – a product in 2018 that sounds like someone registered a domain in 1996. That domain name pretty much covers it: it’s a place to go […]

Peter Kirn - January 17, 2018

Native Instruments got a huge chunk of investment to grow

Big industry news last week: Native Instruments, purveyors of Traktor, Maschine, Reaktor, and Komplete, got 50 million Euros. Let’s make sense of that.

Peter Kirn - October 26, 2017

SoundCloud want to master your tracks for free

Peter Kirn - May 25, 2016

Meet Those SoundCloud Premier Partners, Advertisers – And Look Back 5 Years Ago

- August 26, 2014

SoundCloud More Affordable for Creators, As Service Attempts Balancing Acts [Analysis]

- March 25, 2013

SoundCloud Provides First Look at a New Interface [Gallery]

Peter Kirn - May 10, 2012

New Vimeo is Here, and It’s Brilliant; Creative Commons Visualist Community, Anyone?

Peter Kirn - February 24, 2012

New Vimeo is Here, and It's Brilliant; Creative Commons Visualist Community, Anyone?

Peter Kirn - February 24, 2012

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