In this week’s Friday Five, we’re leading with a piece from The Guardian that uncovers the role that social media and the internet has played in delivering dance music to a global audience. We’ve also got pieces from Mixmag, The Breeze and Music Industry Blog. Have a great weekend ahead! How Dance Music Went Global…
Audio Ease updates Altiverb to v7.3.3
Audio Ease has updated Altiverb for macOS and Windows to v7.3.3. The Altiverb 7.3.3 update fixes: Larger IR sets download completely now (in version 7.3.2 larger downloads could stop before being [Read More] Read the full story
Vir2 Instruments releases Vital Series: Sticks for Kontakt Player
Vir2 Instruments has released Vital Series: Sticks, a unique and expansive collection of different stick types played on various “found” objects, with an introductory price of $149.95 until the [Read More] Read the full story
Philosophy of design: An interview with Roland Lamb from ROLI
Jazz giant Thelonius Monk once said: “It’s the space between the notes that’s important”. Those words are some of what ROLI founder, Roland Lamb lives by. You can easily see it in his work on [Read More] Read the full story
HoRnet and The Buildzer release “Track Coherence” – Dynamic Range Meter Plug-in
HoRnet and The Buildzer have released Track Coherence, a dynamic meter designed to help the user reach the right dynamic range in each of the tracks of a mix. With Track Coherence the user can [Read More] Read the full story
Review: Arturia V Collection 6 Virtual Synthesizers
Arturia V Collection 6 is a software emulation anthology of the most legendary synthesizers ever produced. If there are any synths you’ve admired and dreamed of owning you’ll probably find them here in this collection. The V Collection has become somewhat legendary itself and is hands down the best and most economical way to own…
Ueberschall releases Synthetic Soundtracks – Episode 1 (Elastik soundbank)
Ueberschall has announced the release of Synthetic Soundtracks – Episode 1, a new soundbank for the free Elastik plugin. Here’s what they say: Since the dawn of the first synthesizer, composers [Read More] Read the full story
Monocasual Laboratories release Giada 0.14.5 “The Purkinje Effect” for Linux, Windows and Mac
Monocasual Laboratories release Giada 0.14.5 “The Purkinje Effect”: the change in perception of colors as illumination changes from daylight to twilight. The automatic deployment system has been [Read More] Read the full story