Groove Synthesis 3rd Wave 8M now shipping Initially announced at Superbooth 2025 back in May, the latest addition to the 3rd Wave family boasts the same sound engine as its larger siblings, but comes in at a more affordable price thanks to a reduced voice count and a simplified top panel.

U.S. Rep. Tlaib to Reintroduce The Living Wage for Musicians ActUS Representative Rashida Tlaib will reintroduce The Living Wage for Musicians Act in Congress for the second time on September 29th, 2025.
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What Makes a Great Artist Manager? Advice from Top Music ManagersArtist management is more than just handling business. Check out key traits that a great artist manager through real stories from top industry pros.
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Music Expo 25: Programme & Speakers Ahead of Music Expo 25, the show’s organisers have released the first wave of programming and speakers scheduled for this year’s event.

WAVS’ AI Sample Finder is an “industry-first” workflow enhancement that finds the right sounds for your project – and most are royalty freeAudio sample library WAVS has launched a new AI Sample Finder tool that allows users to drag any audio file directly from their DAW’s timeline into its plugin to discover similar sounds.
WAVS says the sample finder is an “industry-first workflow enhancement”, allowing artists uncover stems, loops, and textures that complement their existing project, or discover sounds that resemble their favourite samples and synth patches.

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There are over 100,000 samples in the WAVS library, and the new search tool uses an audio similarity algorithm that it describes as “best in class”. The WAVS plugin also syncs samples to project tempo and key automatically for quick auditioning.
To find the right sounds, you can search and filter samples based on artist, mood, energy, and style. Nearly half of WAVS’ content is royalty-free, but for use of its other samples, clearance is only required after one million streams or a major-label release.

AI continues to wriggle its way into a number of DAWs and plugins. Moises, the company behind the popular stem separation and chord detection app, has recently unveiled AI Studio, a browser-based DAW with its own synthetic session musician. Moises claims that the musical data for its AI musician has been ethically sourced, licensed, and copyright-cleared.
In other AI news, startup Beatoven.ai has also just launched Maestro, a new generative AI music model that claims to pay ‘ongoing royalties’ to artists, composers, and rights-holders whose work is used in training.
WAVS’ AI Sample Finder is available now for all users. You can head to the WAVS website for more information.
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Polyend offers the Bliss Chords ambient chord sample pack for FREE
Polyend offers the Bliss Chords ($9.99) sample pack featuring 104 chord one-shots and pads in WAV format for free for a limited time. Use the code promobliss at checkout to get the pack for free. There’s no word on when the offer ends, so don’t sleep on it. I haven’t covered many WAV packs recently, [...]
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Get Native Instruments Monark for $25 at Plugin Boutique (80% OFF)
Plugin Boutique is currently offering Monark by Native Instruments at a hefty 80% discount until September 30th. Monark is Native Instruments’ take on the legendary Minimoog synth, and it’s long been one of my favorite emulations of this iconic instrument. There’s no shortage of Minimoog clones on the market, both in software and hardware form, [...]
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“The John is really summiting!”: Watch the first woman ever to DJ while paraglidingAn electronic artist based in Mumbai, India, could well be the first ever woman to DJ while paragliding, and she’s shared her soaring set online for all to see.
The daredevil DJ, known as TRYPS, performed her set from over 10,000 feet above Bir, Himachal Pradesh in Northern India, as reported by EDM.com. In her videos, you can see her gliding above the thick green trees and rolling hills as both she and her paragliding instructor bop their hands to the beat.

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On her Instagram page, TRYPS promoted her achievement with a simple teaser post which said, “No stage. No ceiling. No limits. First female DJ to ever do it.” You can watch her set in the videos below:

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In another follow up video, TRYPS has explained how she actually pulled the set off, as she’s been getting questions regarding the power supply while mid-air. She explains that a company reached out to her with the idea to do the set with a battery-operated console.
TRYPS was under the impression that she would be provided with the portable AlphaTheta Omnis Duo, but just shortly before she was due to fly to the location for the set, she was told this wasn’t the case. Eventually, they managed to power a standard console using a bike battery, and at the end of her explainer video, she’s also provided some close ups to prove to the doubters that there was indeed power, and the set was being played live.
Though there was a stressful start, TRYPS is really proud that things finally came together. She has another, more in-depth video about the set coming to her YouTube channel soon, but in the meantime, you can hear more about the experience below:

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Check out more from TRYPS via her YouTube channel.
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BABY Audio launches Tekno Drum Synthesizer with advanced circuit modeling
BABY Audio has released Tekno, a software drum synthesizer plugin for Windows and macOS, available in VST, VST3, AU, AAX, and CLAP formats. The plugin is currently on sale for $79 (regular price $129) and is also offered on a rent-to-own plan for $14.99/month over six months. Tekno is one of BABY Audio’s most ambitious [...]
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Classical Highlights for August 2025The highlights of past month's classical releases were dominated by eastern European and French music, including harpist Emmanuel Ceysson (pictured) who gave us a great introduction to lesser-known composer Marcel Tournier's music. Find these reviews and more in our monthly classical review roundup.

Coinbase, OKX push crypto into Australia’s retirement systemCoinbase and OKX are moving into Australia’s pensions through SMSFs, while the United States revamps rules on how crypto fits into retirement plans.

Space investing goes mainstream as VCs ditch the rocket science requirementsSeven Seven Six's Katelin Holloway represents non-technical VCs pouring billions into space startups, betting operational chops will trump aerospace degrees as the industry shifts from rockets to lunar mining and orbital manufacturing.

A Label Printer Gets A New BrainThe internals of a printer, whatever technology it may use, are invariably proprietary, with an abstracted more standard language being used to communicate with a host computer. Thus it’s surprisingly rare to see hacks on printers as printers, rather than printer hacks using the parts for some other purpose. This makes [Oelison]’s brain-swap of a Casio thermal label printer a welcome surprise, as it puts an ESP32 in the machine instead of whatever Casio gave it.
The value in the hack lies in the insight it gives into how a thermal printer works as much as it does in the ESP32 and the Casio, as it goes into some detail on the various signals involved. The strobe line for instance to enable the heater is a nuance we were unaware of. The resulting printer will lose its keyboard and display, but  make up for it in connectivity.
Despite what we said earlier this isn’t the first label printer hack we’ve seen. A previous one was Linux-based though.

South Korea prosecutors seek 15-year prison term for Kakao founder over alleged manipulation of SM Entertainment stockProsecutors say Kim Beom-su was 'the ultimate beneficiary' in a scheme to inflate SM Entertainment's stock price in a bidding war for the K-pop firm
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BABY Audio TeknoSupercharge your drum sound - Craft deep and massive synthesized drums – from the ground up, with total flexibility. - Use onboard humanize features to create alive beats where each hit is different. - A modern reimagination of the legendary drum machines that shaped music culture Produce drums without samples Stop browsing for the perfect sample and create your own infectious electronic drum sounds instead – with total control. Tekno offers 18 fully synthesized drum engines, spanning kicks, snares, clap, hats, percussion and more. Craft unique drum kits full of punch and analog flavor to suit any musical genre. Use MIDI to sequence Tekno directly. Or simply drag and drop your sounds into any DAW or folder for external sequencing. Next-generation drum synthesis To build Tekno we teamed up with Jatin Chowdhury, one of the leading engineers in analog circuit modeling. Our goal was to create a modern spiritual successor to the legendary drum machines of the 20th century. Not an emulation, but more. Tekno stands on the shoulders of classic drum machines but hits deeper and harder. It utilizes a combination of authentic circuit-modeling and cutting edge DSP to deliver the punchiest synthesized drums ever put in a plugin. Deep tweaking or fast inspiration Click the 'Gear' icons next to any synth voice or FX section to unlock deep calibration and circuit-bending options. Or hit the onboard 'Dice' icons to let Tekno's smart random-algorithm generate all-new drums with every click. You can also start from the 73 global presets and 1314 individual voice presets by leading sound designers such as Richard Devine, Mr. Bill, Virtual Riot and Yoad Nevo. Each hit is unique Tekno is a synthesizer, it generates every drum hit from scratch through a complex non-linear VA circuit. That means it never hits exactly the same way twice – a quality it shares with the classic analog drum machines (and a big part of their magic). Compare this to samples, which are just static snapshots and you'll find that Tekno's subtleties make tracks come more alive. Tekno allows you to exaggerate this behavior further: Use the on-board humanize parameters to introduce extra variation in timbre, velocity and timing every time a sound is triggered. Loaded with analog-modeled effects Tekno's onboard effects have been crafted with the same care and meticulous analog-modeling efforts as the drum voices. There are no 'copy-paste FX' in Tekno, but a unique suite of coloration tools created especially for this instrument. Beef-up individual drums with analog-modeled tape saturation, excitation and compression. And make the whole kit shine with a punchy limiter/clipper combo that will cut through any mix. Official Tutorial Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzF2ypTtklg Read More