NSD has updated Modulys, the phrase generator VST Plug-in for Windows, to v3.7, an update about “making a step-sequencer more expressive”. Eight extra controller step-sequencers… Read More Read the full story

Puremagnetik has announced the release of Shrike, an advanced shimmer designer. Shrike processes an octave-shifted reverb through a matrix of 4 LFOs to create pulsating, fluctuating… Read More Read the full story

After 12 months of development, the biggest update of RapidComposer is here. A redesigned user interface with docked browsers, improved workflow, revamped rhythm and phrase generators,… Read More Read the full story

XILS-lab has announced the release of version 3.6 of PolyKB III, a free update for all current PolyKB III owners. For those of you who don’t own this synthesizer, XILS-lab has… Read More Read the full story

Many people assume that musicians and artists make their money by creating a hit track that breaks into the music charts top ten. This may have been true, at least to an extent in the 1990s, but the reality today is very different. Music sales and streams tend not to be major earners for musicians…

Music stars are cultural icons that soundtrack our lives. Many popular musicians have seen major success over the decades, with a lucky few finding millions of fans and becoming millionaires in the process. A really small number, however, have joined the ranks of the super-wealthy with fortunes in the hundreds of millions. 3. Madonna Madonna…