Recent developments in DJ gear, studio equipment, production software, streaming services and other electronic music technology.
Arturia’s update of their V Collection 9 series expands on the software’s accessibility, personalization, creativity and hardware integration. Discovery Update 9.1 contains new sound tutorials for Korg’s MS-20 V, Prophet-5 V, CS-80 V and SQ-80 V synthesizer modules....
Solid State Logic’s SSL CONNEX USB is a portable, multi-purpose microphone for high-quality audio capture.
Apple’s updates for Logic Pro, GarageBand and MainStage fix various bugs and adds new features.
With Ableton’s new Note app, users can map out beats and arrangements, record samples, and more.
Beatport's new technology allows up to four DJs perform with each other via Beatport DJ and DJ pool service Beatsource. Users can select tracks in both programs from Beatport’s vast library or import their own collection, then mix the tracks into each other in “Party...
Teenage Engineering has released a compact, portable record player kit that gives users the chance to create and play lo-fi vinyl. In collaboration with famous sound-to-object designer Yuri Suzuki, the PO-80 engraves and plays 5-inch discs with “ultra-analog lo-fi...
Korg has temporarily dropped the price on the Korg SQ-64 Polyphonic Sequencer by 40%, down from $329 at its original listing.
Developer Momo Müller's latest patch editor gives users access to various onboard and hidden parameters for the Roland JX-08 synthesizer. Making its debut in 2022, the JX-08 is a modern compact reproduction of the 1985 model, the JX-8P. The JX-08 Editor’s GUI shows...
Moog Music’s Minimoog Model D iOS app is available standalone and as a desktop plugin for major DAWs.
MIDI 2.0 products and services will begin production due to an initiative set by over 50 MIDI Association companies.
Winamp, an iconic media player of the ’90s and early 2000s, has gotten a major update for newer generations of operating systems.
Novation‘s classic software synthesizers V-Station and B-Station are now available as free downloads for Mac and Windows.
Arturia’s Sound Explorers Collection Belledonne expands on the 20th anniversary collection released in 2019.
Roland’s firmware update for the SP-404MKII includes a brand new sampling and effects engine.
Backbone 1.5 is Steinberg’s latest update to their drum re-synthesizer, marking their first foray into integrating artificial intelligence.
IK Multimedia now sells a turnkey Dolby Atmos monitoring system, the iLoud MTM Immersive Bundle.
The NAMM Foundation and the MIDI Association have initiated the MIDI Fund, a donation-based fund that will support MIDI-related projects.
The MIDI Association’s MPE v1.1 is the update to 2018’s MIDI Polyphonic Expression specification, designed to help accelerate its adoption. MPE is the newest MIDI standard that supports per-note expressive control, allowing more levels of expression in creating music....
American record producer and singer/songwriter T-Bone Burnett announced a brand new analog disc music medium called ‘Ionic Originals.’
Software developer Sonosaurus has updated its legacy time stretching app PaulStretch under a new name: PaulXStretch.
Teenage Engineering’s TX–6 portable mixer and multi-channel audio interface processes 32-bit 48kHz audio with six stereo input channels.
Korg’s volca fm 2 synthesizer is an updated version of the groundbreaking volca FM, adding extra effects and support for more modern applications.
Hardware and software manufactures iZotope and Native Instruments have joined forces to create an umbrella company called Soundwide.
Technics’ has released the SL-1200M7L, a 50th anniversary model celebrating the industry standard turntable for DJs and audiophiles alike.
Universal Audio has launched UAD Spark, a new online plugin subscription service making their hardware-only effects available to wider audiences.
Roland’s JUNO-60 Chorus plugin is a true digital replication of the iconic chorus effect found on its physical analogue model.
Software company Steinberg has debuted Cubase 12, the latest version of the legacy DAW that aims to provide “seamless integration and smooth performance.”
KIA Motors is taking a unique approach to promoting their automotive brand relaunch by releasing a free software synthesizer. The move.ment synth is a plugin based around the concept of pink noise, or 1/f noise. Pink noise gives off less “hiss” and is often described...
Electronic music platform Beatport recently announced its acquisition of AMPsuite.
Developer Audio Damage has released 33 of their legacy plugins for free download in a major overhaul of their official website.
