MPC Beats Is A FREE Beat-Making Platform By AKAI

AKAI has released MPC Beats, a freeware beginner-friendly software for beat making with VST and AU plugin support. I haven’t been outside in a while, is it Christmas already? It’s not every day that a new free DAW is released, let alone one by a company mostly associated with hardware, as is the case with…

DJ Seinfeld

In this latest Beat Dissected, we demonstrate how to program an electro breakbeat inspired by DJ Seinfeld’s ‘Sakura’. The title track of DJ Seinfeld’s EP, released on Deep Sea Frequency in April 2018, features a peak-time electro groove running hand in hand with the Swedish producer’s signature lo-fi and found-sound textures. Beat Dissected is a…

David Lee drops ‘Joey Negro’ DJ alias

The artist formerly known as Joey Negro announced on Facebook yesterday that he will no longer be using the artist name. The British DJ and producer explained in a Facebook post yesterday that he is dropping Joey Negro as a pseudonym, and that future releases will be under his real name, David Lee. In the…

Labelism is New App That Allows You To Discover Music Via Record Label Data

A new label-based music discovery app, Labelism, is available for download on August 6th. Labelism is a new app that provides access to a catalogue of a label’s releases, allowing users to browse music from labels they know or scroll through the list to discover more.  The app provides access to a database of hundreds…

Lindi Delight, De Light Management: The Business Of Music

In the first of this month’s The Business Of Music features, we speak with the head of De Light Artist Management Lindi Delight, who has just launched ‘Masks For Music’, an initiative to generate revenue for artists and musicians during the pandemic. Lindi Delight has been working in the music industry for around 15 years,…

Download JST Pixelator Bitcrusher By Joey Sturgis Tones For FREE!

Joey Sturgis Tones is giving away the JST Pixelator ($29 value) bitcrusher plugin as a free download from their website for a limited time only. JST Pixelator is a versatile bitcrusher effect developed by Joey Sturgis Tones. The software is available in VST, VST3, AU, AAX, and RTAS plugin formats for compatible digital audio workstations…

Akai Professional Roll Out New DAW MPC Beats

Akai Professional has cemented its place in the DAW club, with the new MPC Beats boasting a 2GB sample library, three new plug-in instruments, 80 effects plug-ins and integrated hardware control. The Japanese company has been active of late, releasing the MPC X and MPC Live in 2018 and then their followup, the MPC Live…