BandLab Will Discontinue FREE Cakewalk DAW, Sonar Returning

Bandlab has announced that they will discontinue the free Cakewalk digital audio workstation, replacing it with Cakewalk Next and a new version of Sonar. Good things always come to an end, or so the saying goes. Unfortunately, it seems that we will soon need to remove Cakewalk from our list of free DAWs. BandLab announced…

Native Instruments Is Giving Away Irish Harp For FREE Until July 3

Native Instruments offers the Irish Harp sample library for Kontakt Player as a free download until July 3rd, 2023. It certainly isn’t Christmas, but who can turn down a free present from Native Instruments? If you’ve been looking to complement the LABS bagpipes we showcased recently, then look no further than Irish Harp from Native…

In Order To Dance: 40 Years Of R&S

R&S Records celebrates four decades of incredible music with a new compilation, In Order To Dance 4.0. We look at the label’s history with Renaat and some of its artists.  What’s your first memory of hearing an R&S record? Was it a slamming new beat cut at a Belgian club in the late ‘80s? Maybe…

How To Use MPE With Chordjam 1.5

We use Chordjam alongside Live’s Wavetable to make a pitch-bending synth progression. Chordjam has recently been updated to include MPE making it now possible to write polyphonic portamento chord changes in real-time or with the Chordjam sequencer. Chordjam by Audiomodern is designed to intuitively build chords and progressions. If you’re familiar with Scaler or Captain…

Music File Formats For DJs: A No-Nonsense Guide

One of the most difficult things about the technical side of digital DJing, especially for DJs coming from the old ways of vinyl and CDs, is understanding the available music file formats. There are so many of them, and making mistakes can cost time and money. Worse, mistakes can mean your sets sound bad. This…