Applicants to the Art Council’s Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP) program can receive a grant of £2,000-£10,000 from the total budget of £18 million. There will be four rounds of applications in the period from now until October 2021, with the first round of applications closing on 5 November. 2020 has been a difficult year…
Marcus K. Dowling takes a look at the influence of West Indian sound system culture on the birth of the UK acid house scene and the development of UK dance music. As the story goes, in the summer of 1987, a quartet of white, funk-adoring Uk DJs celebrated Paul Oakenfold’s birthday on the Spanish isle…
Novation’s 2013 Bass Station 2 gets remixed by Richard D James with new graphics and AFX Mode pre-loaded. Last year, UK company Novation updated the firmware on its 2013 Bass Station 2 to include AFX Mode. Co-developed with Richard D James, the new mode allowed users to apply a discrete set of synthesis parameters to…
Hardware is fun, but how can we get it to play nicely with our DAW? In this Hardware Focus, we look at getting started with integrating hardware into your computer-based setup. For the novice producer, navigating a DAW alone can be tricky enough. There’s plenty to think about already before bringing outside hardware into the…
Tatsuya Takahashi is more than just your typical instrument designer. With interests in art and performance, his unique perspective has helped bring a number of synthesizers and drum machines to life for Korg and other manufacturers. He spoke to us ahead of his talk at the music conference, Most Wanted. There are few gear designers…
UVI has updated Shade, a creative filter, mixing, and EQ tool, to v1.1, adding new features, factory presets, usability enhancements, and more. Integrating community feedback… Read More Read the full story
Jamahook has announced the release of a self-titled AI sound-matching plugin and intelligent loop browser. Jamahook is a plugin that listens to your DAW project and suggests… Read More Read the full story
NUGEN Audio has announced the release of Paragon, a new VST3 and AAX reverb plug-in for macOS and Windows, saying: Paragon is a true convolution reverb with the flexibility… Read More Read the full story