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DPA MICROPHONES CAPTURE NUANCE AND DETAIL ON YANN TIERSEN’S TOURDPA Microphones released a statement this week, stating that, "Reproducing the full emotional and dynamic range of a solo piano on a large-scale sound system presents a unique set of challenges, especially when that performance is as nuanced as Yann Tiersen’s. Known for his emotive, minimalist compositions and genre-blending artistry, his latest tour, titled “Rathlin from a Distance | The Liquid Hour,” unfolds in two distinct chapters: an opening set of a solo piano followed by a second half steeped in modular synthesis and electronics. For Veteran Live Sound Engineer Jamie Harley, whose four‑decade career spans electronic, indie and acoustic music, the challenge was finding a way to blend these two very different sound worlds into a seamless live experience each night. The DPA Microphones’ DPK2015 Piano Stereo Kit became an essential part of that equation."

“Working with DPA Microphones on Yann Tiersen’s tour has been about capturing nuance without compromise,” says Veteran Live Sound Engineer Jamie Harley to MC. “Yann’s performance moves between fragile, highly textural piano passages and expansive electronic moments, so the microphones must stay honest to the source while giving me control in very dynamic environments. The DPK2015 Piano Stereo Kit, in particular, lets me focus the microphone exactly where it needs to sit—preserving detail, avoiding midrange build-up and keeping everything natural, even at high gain on large systems. When the technology disappears and the piano simply sounds like itself night after night, that’s when you know you’ve got it right.”

The statement continues: "For the piano-driven portion of the performance, Harley deployed the stereo pair of DPA 2015 Wide Cardioid Microphones, which are included in the miking kit. Known for their natural sound reproduction and controlled off-axis response, the 2015s proved to be a powerful tool in managing the delicate tonal characteristics of Tiersen’s playing style. “Yann plays in a very textural way,” Harley explains. “He’ll hold notes and build layers of tone. If you’re not careful, things can get mid-range-heavy quite quickly. I was really interested to see how the piano kit would handle that, and it worked extremely well.”

"The 2015 microphones were positioned inside the piano to capture both clarity and depth, with a focus on maintaining tonal balance across the instrument’s full range. The wide cardioid pickup pattern of the mics allowed Harley to capture the natural resonance of the piano while minimizing unwanted bleed."

“Having that directional control is a godsend,” he says. “Especially when you’re working with a very quiet, delicate instrument on a large system. You need microphones that keep everything tight and focused exactly where they need to be.” 

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Adapting a 100-Year-Old Lens To A Modern CameraYou can get all kinds of fancy lenses for modern cameras, with all sorts of mechanical and electronic wizardly to make them shoot better images. But what if you paired a vintage lens with a modern camera? It would take some work, as [Mathieu] found out, but you’d also get some interesting results.
The optic in question is a 100-year old lens—a Foth 50 mm f2.5 to be precise, originally used with a folding film camera. It was sourced from a market for just 3 euros. Notably, the lens was not designed for modern cameras, and so lacks an aperture and focusing mechanism. [Mathieu] thus had to fabricate something to fit the lens to a Sony FX3. A first attempt used an aperture adapter from Amazon and an elcoid adapter, but there were vignetting problems due to the lens placement in this case. Ultimately, [Mathieu] went with a special macro adapter that allowed him to control focus and tuck in an ND filter behind the lens, which made up for the lack of an aperture.
The vintage glass isn’t the sharpest lens out there, but that’s kind of what’s fantastic about it. The center of the frame is certainly focused, but it fades out softly towards the edges of the image, giving a cinematic, dreamlike effect. The bokeh in the background are particularly charming, too. As far as 3 euro lenses go, this one was a hit.
You can slap just about any lens on anything if you get creative with how you do it. Video after the break.

[Thanks to Stephen Walters for the tip!]

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Universal Audio release UAD Enigmatic ’82 Overdrive Special Amp Already available as a hardware pedal, Enigmatic ’82 Overdrive Special Amp has now made its way into the UAD line-up, bringing the same iconic tones to DAW users. 

Heritage Audio announce the Baby RAM Black Edition Created in celebration of the company’s 15th anniversary, the Baby RAM Black Edition offers the same performance and functionality as the original, but in an alternative finish.

Tuva 1.4 adds customizable views, tabs, and pinned items for faster sample browsing
Tuva, the standalone sample and project manager we covered earlier this month, has just been updated to version 1.4. The update is focused on workflow customization, with new left bar views, tab-based navigation, and pinned items. As a quick recap, Tuva is a desktop app that helps you organize, classify, and search audio samples, MIDI [...]
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Stablecoins overtake Bitcoin in Latin America crypto purchases — BitsoA Bitso report shows shifting user behavior as dollar-linked stablecoins gain traction for everyday financial use across Latin America’s inflation-hit economies.

Legal AI startup Legora hits $5.6B valuation and its battle with Harvey just got hotterThe two wildly fast-growing rivals have raised massive sums, pushed into each other's home turf, and now have dueling ad campaigns.

Five Different Styles of Cardboard HingesSimple paper hinge. (Credit: Itoshige Studio, YouTube)
One doesn’t generally associate cardboard with structural components like hinges, but [Itoshige Studio] assures us that you can absolutely create hinges out of this ubiquitous material. In total the video covers five different designs, ranging from the simple and straightforward to an interlocking tab design that approximates a typical steel hinge with paper rod to keep both sides of the hinge together.
The most simple hinge is unsurprisingly just a strip of craft paper, which is also demonstrated as the hinge for a wooden box in lieu of the typical metal hinge. This same principle is then demonstrated for a fancy cardboard box.
From here the hinge designs increasingly get more involved, with first a seamless hinge variation, and then a kamichoban hinge design that’s inspired by traditional Japanese room dividers and furniture, using panels that are interconnected with overlapping sections to create a fascinatingly flexible hinge that can fully fold either way.
The flush hinge design is somewhat like the craft paper hinge, but significantly fancier and probably sturdier, while also looking pretty good on something like a cabinet. Finally the interlocking tab hinge is effectively a cardboard version of the hinge design that’s found on every room’s door, with a similar level of flexibility. This is obviously the trickiest one to assemble and get right, but it has its own charm.
Considering that all of these examples use regular corrugated cardboard that we get shipped to our homes by the truckload, the cost to try these examples is your time plus some basic tools and glue. The author also sells a book that contains templates – in addition to digital versions – for these hinges and other designs, if you’d like to enjoy the 100% paper experience.
Thanks to [greg_bear] for the tip.

THE JEREMIAH SHOW: Kailee Spark Is RestlessSinger-songwriter Kailee Spark brings her quiet honesty to The Jeremiah Show, where two powerful conversations reveal the artist behind the music.

In her first appearance, she introduces her debut album Savor This, reflecting on a path shaped by her writing, travel, and a need to express what she couldn’t always say out loud—“Music was something I could turn to instead of talking.”

In the next interview, the conversation shifts, shaped by the personal losses of her father and grandmother within weeks of each other, and by the experiences behind her single “Restless.”

Still, her perspective remains grounded: “Time is kind of irrelevant—the only time we have is now.” Across both interviews, Kailee resists the pressure to play small—“People tell you to think smaller—but you shouldn’t”—and instead leans into a creative life that’s instinctive, present, and unfiltered.

To hear the full story behind the songs, listen to both episodes of The Jeremiah Show featuring Kailee Spark.

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In Q1, YouTube Music and Premium saw ‘largest quarterly increase’ in non-trial subscribers since 2018 launch, says Alphabet CEO, as platform’s quarterly ad revenues rose to $9.88BYouTube's advertising revenue grew 11% YoY to $9.88 billion in Q1 2026
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Samples From Mars Serum Presets Vol 1 From Mars235 Serum Presets Built From Vintage Hardware Serum Presets Vol I From Mars is a bundle of five original preset packs built around one idea: taking our hardware samples and turning them into something fully playable inside Serum. Lately we've been searching for a way to sample more synths consistently, and when we realized Serum 2 could load custom samples, it immediately opened up a new workflow. The moment we started dropping our own recordings into Serum's engine, the results were better than we expected - raw analog samples just sound so good in Serum, it's immediately inspiring and enjoyable to use. This bundle includes 235 presets across five distinct packs, covering a wide range of tones built from vintage synths, drum machines, electric pianos, voices, and analog hardware. Because everything lives inside Serum, you get the same experience in every DAW - no multisampler setup, no custom mapping, and no compatibility issues. Just load a preset and play. https://soundcloud.com/samplesfrommars/samples-from-mars-serum-2 Five Packs, One Bundle The five packs inside Serum Presets Vol I each explore a different direction, but all share the same foundation: original Samples From Mars recordings shaped specifically for Serum's architecture. Vintage Synths From Mars focuses on classic analog synth tones, using custom oscillators built from vintage hardware samples. Wurli From Mars explores the sound of three different Wurlitzers, from traditional electric piano tones to stretched textures, pads, and more experimental sounds. Analog 808s From Mars centers on analog-sourced 808 basses, kicks, subs, and drum presets, ranging from smooth low-end to heavily saturated tones. Voices From Mars uses human voice recordings - singing, humming, choirs, and vocal textures - as the basis for playable synth patches. Analog Techno From Mars pushes further into modular synth sources, and hardware-driven sounds designed for movement, weight, and modern club production. Built From Samples Unlike most preset packs that rely only on stock oscillators, every preset here begins with custom source material recorded from real instruments and hardware. Vintage synths, drum machines, voices, and electric pianos were sampled, edited, and transformed into oscillators built specifically for Serum. Some presets stay close to the source, preserving the tone and feel of the original recordings. Others move much further, using Serum's modulation, filters, macros, and effects to create sounds that would be difficult to reach with samples alone. Why We Like This Format One of the biggest advantages of putting our samples inside Serum is consistency. Instead of loading raw samples into different samplers depending on your setup, everything works identically inside one instrument. It makes the sounds faster to reach, easier to shape, and often more inspiring to play. And simply put, it's just FUN. A Diverse Range of Sounds Across the bundle, the presets cover basses, leads, pads, keys, techno sequences, vocal instruments, electric pianos, drums, and hybrid textures. Some are immediate and simple. Others are designed to evolve over time and respond heavily to macro movement. That range is what makes the bundle especially useful - it moves easily between traditional synth duties and more unusual sound design, while keeping a clear hardware identity throughout. Serum Presets Vol I includes all five preset packs together at a discounted price, while each pack is also available separately if you want to start with one focused direction. If Serum is already part of your workflow, this is a huge range of new sounds in one place. And if it's not.. it might be worth considering;). Contents: Serum 2 Vintage Synths From Mars Serum 2 Wurli From Mars Serum 2 Analog 808s From Mars Serum 2 Voices From Mars Serum 2 Analog Techno From Mars Leads, Bass, 808s, Sequences, Arps, Pads, Keys, Pianos, Soundscapes, Chords, Drums and Percussion presets, and more. (235) Serum Presets. (5) Serum Packs. 586.6 MB (unzipped). Read More

Creating tension, suspense, and release: Tips from a pro film composer
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