Today marks the MIDI Manufacturers Association’s (MMA) ratification of an important new extension to MIDI, the MIDI Capability Inquiry (MIDI-CI) Read the full story
News Round-Up: 2/2/18
How to be a responsible music listener. Mental health support for musicians. Help crowdfund a new book on dance music graphics. Chip in. A book about the visual history of UK dance music culture is in the works with a foreword from Bill Brewster. But it needs your help to get it off the ground….
Friday Five: Would You Rather Spin Cool Or Commercial Music?
In this week’s Friday Five, we’re leading with an article from Mixmag on why DJs today should know how to navigate the line between style and substance. We’ve also got pieces from Pitchfork, Soundfly, BBC Newsbeat and Billboard. Have a great weekend ahead! Walking The Fine Line Between Cool & Commerical Music – Are you a…
MIDI Manufacturers Association (MMA) adopts MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE)
The MIDI Manufacturers Association (MMA) has formally ratified the MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) enhancement to the MIDI Specification. MPE enables electronic instruments such as synthesizers [Read More] Read the full story
TONE2 releases Atmosphera soundset for Electra2
Tone2 has released the Atmosphera Soundset for their synthesizer workstation Electra. This set focuses on atmospheric sounds. It utilizes Electra’s multi-layer capabilities. As a result you can [Read More] Read the full story
Native Instruments releases Effects Series – Mod Pack
Native Instruments has released Effects Series – Mod Pack, which takes three classic modulation effects – chorus, flanger, and phaser – and adds new features to give each effect its own [Read More] Read the full story
Solidtrax releases Drumspiration for Reveal Sound Spire
Solidtrax has released Drumspiration, a synthesized drum preset pack for Reveal Sound Spire and ReSpire. This bank contains 80 drum presets, which make heavy use of velocity, modwheel and the [Read More] Read the full story
Rast Sound releases Rare Instruments Bundle V2
Rast Sound has released version 2.0 of Rare Instruments Bundle. It contains seven rare instrument and ensemble (vocal, percussive, string and wind) libraries from all around the world with special [Read More] Read the full story