Through the sadness of losing Mike Huckaby, we can take solace in the musical gifts he left for us. Detroit producer, DJ and educator Mike Huckaby passed away last week from Covid-19 related complications following a stroke. He was 54. Huckaby achieved equal renown as a DJ, producer, educator and taste-maker during his career. He…
We are getting reports of Facebook blocking users who repeatedly attempt to broadcast their DJ sets containing copyrighted music on Facebook Live. While on nearly all platforms it is technically not allowed to broadcast material you do not own the copyright for, or have permission to use directly from the rights holder (ie nearly every…
When you have such a strong passion in life, it’s something that always stays with you. No matter where you go in life, that little thing is always there. And when you’ve always been a huge music lover, you’ll know exactly how this feels. When you’re in love with music, it’s something that drives the…
UVI is offering the BeatHawk beat-making app for iOS as a free download until April 30th, 2020. The company is also running an up to 50% OFF sale on all BeatHawk in-app purchases. BeatHawk is UVI’s flagship mobile music production software for iOS devices. The app is built around a 16-pad sampler and a groovebox-style…
Rob Papen ports Reason Rack Extension QU4D synthesizer as a virtual instrument plug-in for Mac & PC… Read the full story
This article features all free Kontakt Player libraries in one place. If you’re entirely new to Native Instruments Kontakt and Kontakt Player, read our Kontakt Player Demo Timeout article first. As explained in that article, the majority of third-party Kontakt libraries will only work in demo mode in the free Kontakt Player plugin. However, there are…
Mammoth Audio has released Density Lite, a free cinematic sound library for Native Instruments Kontakt (also includes WAV samples). Density Lite is a free Kontakt library for modern media composers. It contains 85 individual SFX samples from the full edition of Mammoth Audio’s premium Density library. The included sound effects were created by processing live…
Harold Heath takes another look at the ‘people-don’t-dance-anymore-they-just-stand-watching-the DJ’ discourse. Late last year, I and thousands of others went to the birthday party of one of the UK’s top club brands in one of the country’s biggest and best venues. The DJ line up was impeccable, the visuals were eye-poppingly good, the sound was excellent….