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If your home audio setup doesn’t look like it belongs in a Ridley Scott film, are you even listening in high fidelity? Elac seems to think not. Enter the Concentro M 807, a pair of floor-standing speakers that cost $45,000, look like high-end air purifiers, and may or may not open a wormhole in your living room. Crafted to celebrate the brand’s 99th anniversary, these floorstanders are far from the polite, wood-paneled speakers of yesteryear. With sweeping aluminum contours and a shape that cou

Novation has unveiled a series of new products in time for this year’s Superbooth, which is currently being hosted in Berlin. The new offerings include the Launch Control XL 3 MIDI control surface, two white Launchkey MK4 keyboard controllers – in 49-key and 37-minikey formats – and a limited-edition Bass Station II designed in partnership with famed British graphic designer Ian “Swifty” Swift. READ MORE: Moog Messenger: Everything you need to know on features, pricing, and availability La

Bloom promises to take the place of dynamic EQs and multi-band compressors, despite not doing either of those things.  View the full article

Orchestral Tools introduces Arkanum, an expansion of the Drones collection featuring 33 new patches curated by experimental musician Alexander Hacke. The post Orchestral Tools Announces Drones Arkanum Update appeared first on Gearjunkies - Music tech news, Reviews, Videos, Synthesizers, Studio, Recording. View the full article

A new study has revealed that a large number of emerging producers and DJs feel that the electronic music industry is a “closed club”. The study, which was carried out by the Pete Tong DJ Academy and shared during a talk from CEO Alex Tripi at the International Music Summit (IMS), collected responses from 15,000 DJs and producers who use the academy. READ MORE: Another new club is opening in London – despite predictions that 57% of clubs will be closed by 2030 The results land as concerns c

Learn about the definition of perceived loudness, how it affects audio consumers, and how to control perceived loudness levels.View the full article

The library features 400 expressive MPE presets for Kilohearts' Phase Plant plugin.… Read More Phase Plant Expressive Suite Features 400 MPE Presets For Osmose & Other MPE ControllersView the full article

The Pittsburgh Modular Taiga keyboard is the company's first three oscillator synth with full-sized keys and a Eurorack modular expansion bay... The post Pittsburgh Modular Releases Taiga Keyboard appeared first on FutureMusic the latest news on future music technology DJ gear producing dance music edm and everything electronic. View the full article

The new synth builds on PM’s Taiga synth module, adding full-sized keys, additional modulation, a unique modular expansion bay, and more.… Read More Pittsburgh Modular TAIGA Keyboard ReviewView the full article

Until 15 May, Plugin Boutique is hosting an exclusive sale on Excite Audio plugins and bundles – and the savings range from 50% right up to a massive 78% off, if you know where to look… One of the hottest deals comes in the form of the Complete Excite Audio Bundle, which now costs just £239 rather than its usual price of £478. The bundle comes with all 16 of Excite Audio’s extensive library of plugins and instruments, from the Bloom series of vocal and instrumental effects, to visual analysis p

Polish music tech company Polyend has reached 10 years in business, and to honour the occasion, is putting out a 10th anniversary edition of its Tracker Mini handheld groovebox. While the original Tracker Mini sports a sleek black enclosure, this new limited-edition model features a silver aluminium frame and newly designed buttons, alongside its distinctive high-resolution glass display. It also comes in a newly designed black enclosure, if desired. READ MORE: Polyend’s Tracker Mini is a por

PreSonus has introduced the latest version of its DAW, Studio One Pro. Version 7.2 includes a variety of new features, including virtual instruments, tuners, transcription tools, and more. “Recording is gaining more popularity than ever – especially with guitarists,” says Arnd Kaiser, General Manager of Software at PreSonus. “Studio One Pro 7’s latest update offers powerful tools for guitarists and music creators of all types. Our goal with this and future updates is to continue improving our D

Pro-R 2 de FabFilter es una excelente secuela con suficientes mejoras y nuevas características para que la actualización sea una decisión fácil... The post Prueba Del Complemento De Reverberación FabFilter Pro-R 2 appeared first on FutureMusic the latest news on future music technology DJ gear producing dance music edm and everything electronic. View the full article

Searching for inspiration? Reason Studios might have the perfect solution. The Swedish software company has just released Arpeggio Lab, a creative tool designed to spark ideas. Promising to be “a cure for creative block”, Arpeggio Lab is not only able to conjure up patterns, but is also able to push each pattern a step further. The tool can generate new ideas from patterns, fill in gaps and pluck out fresh melodies from chords. READ MORE: Sample like it’s 1994: Iconic sample editing software

Major music labels are reportedly in talks with generative AI music platforms Suno and Udio — the very companies they sued last year for alleged copyright infringement. According to Bloomberg, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony Music Entertainment are discussing potential licensing deals that would not only bring in fees but also include a small equity stake in the companies. READ MORE: “It’s a weird kind of wanky, tech-bro nightmare future”: Radiohead’s Thom Yorke says AI do

Reverb has been sold by Etsy, and is now a privately held, independently operated company for the first time since 2019. The online music gear marketplace has been bought by Creator Partners and Servco, two investment firms with strong ties to the music industry. Creator Partners, for example, owns SoundCloud and BMI, while Servco is a majority shareholder of Fender. Creator Partners founder is also the former CEO of SoundCloud. READ MORE: “We need more listeners and dancers and less DJs”: JK

A collection of studio gear belonging to late British DJ and producer Andrew Weatherall is now up for auction. His family is selling 12 pieces of his production arsenal via Soundgas, including sequencers, vintage synths and pedals. The auction is now live, and is scheduled to end Sunday May 11 at 11pm BST. Highlights of the collection include a Roland Juno-60, Moog Rogue, Dunlop TS-1 Stereo Tremolo pedal, and an Ensoniq DP/4 parallel effects processor. There’s also a Roland Rhythm TR-77 drum ma

V-Stage 88: £3,459/$3,999/€3,999 V-Stage 76: £3,027/$3,499/€3,499 roland.com Ask any serious live player what they want from a keyboard and they’ll likely describe a combination of sound, feel and performance controls you can access fast. Roland’s new V-Stage models are aimed at people who prize all three and are willing to pay for an instrument that crams a studio’s worth of keyboard instruments into a single unit and then puts the myriad different controls for those instruments at your fin

Producer legend Roy Thomas Baker – perhaps best known for his work on Queen’s magnum opus Bohemian Rhapsody – has died at the age of 78. While no cause of death has been announced, a statement from his publicist has confirmed that Baker passed away on 12 April. Baker’s work was pivotal throughout the 1970s and ‘80s, with Bohemian Rhapsody having gone down in history, and Rolling Stone ranking it among the best songs of all time and the Guinness Book of World Records naming it the most streamed

Products across both the Synchron Series and Synchron-ized Series are currently subject to some generous pricing offers. View the full article

$99 ($79 introductory price until 30th May) scalermusic.com Scaler 3 is the most advanced chord progression generator on the market, but it’s far more than just that. It’s a complete platform for creating and editing MIDI parts. READ MORE: Best free plugins: free drum machines that’ll help you make beats faster Scaler can now be used as a standalone creative app with support for your plugin instruments and effects. The newly redesigned interface is divided into three main sections. First,

Teenage Engineering is setting its sights on making “[the] year 2025 even more flipped out”, starting with a ‘Set your own price’ for its coveted OP-1 Field synth, sampler and drum machine. Why? “Why not?”, says the brand — or, more specifically, because it’s running “a delicate experiment.” As of today, the homepage of Teenage Engineering’s website is dedicated to this wacky OP-1 Field experiment. An interactive slider lets you set a price between  $1,399 and $9,999. Sadly for some, this slide

After a century as the life and soul of the party, the inventor of karaoke, Shigeichi Negishi, has died at the age of 100. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal‘s Matt Alt, Negishi’s daughter, Atsumi Takano, reveals that her father suffered a fall on 26 January. He died of natural causes shortly after. Negishi invented the first-ever karaoke machine in 1967. According to the Wall Street Journal, his original invention started as somewhat of a joke; Negishi loved to sing, so when a colleague joke

Explore our in-depth Shure SM7B review. Learn about this dynamic microphone's features, sound quality, design, and our final verdict on its value.View the full article

$349 / £329, shure.com Shure’s MV family of USB microphones continues to expand with the addition of the MV7i, sharing much of the technology of the MV7+ but adding a second input with plenty of gain to essentially turn the mic into a standalone audio interface. The idea is that you can add a second microphone or source via the combination XLR and jack input with phantom power and use it as a single or dual channel interface down a single connection, removing the need for additional cabling. T