News Round-Up: 8/12/17

Fake Fabric discovered in Shanghai, mental health support for musicians and the world’s smallest analogue synth. Fake news. Someone has unearthed the fact that a knock-off Fabric club, complete with a copycat logo, has been operating in Shanghai for years. Read more here. Fuck Spotify? “The music world continues to be exceedingly vulnerable, and there are…

Friday Five: Apple Set To Terminate Music Downloads Soon?

In this week’s Friday Five, we’re leading with a piece from Digital Music News that talks about Apple’s alleged plans for scrapping music downloads in its iTunes Store – this won’t have a massive impact for consumers (most use streaming sites like Spotify and Apple Music anyway) but it could be a huge blow for…

Hidenori Matsuoka updates Chord NOTE to v6.9 for iOS

Hidenori Matsuoka has updated Chord NOTE to v6.9. This version supports multitasking, Split View and Slide Over. Chord NOTE shows all objects suitable place and size in any conditions on any [Read More] Read the full story

HY-Plugins Releases HY-RPE Grid Sequencer Plugin (Pro & Free)

HY-Plugins has released HY-RPE ($38) and HY-RPE Free ($0) advanced grid sequencer VST plugins for PC and Mac. The full-featured paid version of HY-RPE comes with eight grid sequencer tracks and eight block chainer units. Unlike a traditional step sequencer, the sequencer tracks in HY-RPE consist of four blocks which can be split into any…

Applied Acoustics Releases AAS Free Masala Preview Pack (WAV)

Applied Acoustics announced the release of AAS Free Masala Preview Pack, a free collection of ethnic string instrument samples based on their latest AAS Masala (priced at $19 for a limited time only) sound library for the free AAS Player and the String Studio VS-2 ($99) virtual instrument. AAS Free Masala Preview Pack contains a…