In this week’s Friday Five, we’re leading with a feature from Magnetic Magazine on how DJs use music and performing to help deal with anxiety and depression. We’ve also got pieces from the Tunecore Blog, DJ Booth, and The Guardian. Have a great weekend ahead! How DJs Use Music To Manage Their Mental Health –…
Tone2 updates Icarus to v1.6
Tone2 Audio has updated the 3D Wavetable synthesizer Icarus to version 1.6. The update includes new resynthesis modes, additional effects, a better user interface, enhanced sound and a large [Read More] Read the full story
Tom Hades
“That is what techno is all about: it has to be a little dirty and smashed!” Tom Hades shares some production tips as he shows us around his studio. [galleria gallery=”tom-hades-my-studio”] Tom Hades’ Stability EP is out now on Off Recordings. Find him on Facebook, Twitter and SoundCloud. Read the full story
News Round-Up: 1/6/18
The enduring fashion legacy of Studio 54. The arcane world of algorave. Free instruments from Spitfire Labs. Disco fashion. The Guardian looks into the fashions of Studio 54 and the enduring impact of famous clientele like Grace Jones and Cher, just as a new documentary about the celebrated 70s club is released. Read about it here. À…
beatassist.eu releases Voodoo Beat – 8 Deck Mixing VSTi for Windows
beatassist.eu has released Voodoo Beat, a Mixing / DJing VST instrument for Windows that simulates 8 decks. With Voodoo Beat you can mix your tracks, parts of tracks, long loops or any *.wav [Read More] Read the full story
Spitfire Audio launches LABS with free Soft Piano and Strings software instruments
Spitfire Audio has launched LABS, described as “an infinite series of software instruments, free and easy to use; made by musicians in London for anyone, anywhere” with the Soft Piano and a new [Read More] Read the full story
Plughugger releases 80s Pop for u-he Repro
Plughugger has released Future Sound of Retro 80s Pop, a soundset for the u-he Repro synthesizers focusing on the golden age of electronic pop: the 1980s. The soundset is a complete collection [Read More] Read the full story
Sample Fuel releases DROP-CRE8 – Free Drag ‘n’ Drop Instrument
Sample Fuel has released DROP-CRE8, a completely free Drag ‘n’ Drop sample instrument that makes creating usable sounds with almost no effort. “DROP-CRE8 raises the bar on what users can expect [Read More] Read the full story