Sound familiar? Half of UK Working Musicians earn less than $17.5K a yearA census of almost 6,000 working musicians in the UK has found that nearly half earn less than $17.560 / £14,000 a year from music. On average, UK musicians’ annual. Continue reading
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Finish 2023 strong with a smart Fall and Holiday Music Marketing PlanAs we head into the eventful fall season, holidays and award ceremonies are right around the corner. This guide will help you get ahead of your work to create a. Continue reading
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Imperative Audio launches sleek black edition of its Portable Vocal BoothBritish manufacturing brand Imperative Audio has launched a black edition of its Portable Vocal Booth.
The booth provides a “professional” acoustic environment for vocalists and musicians, podcasters, and voiceover artists.

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The booth launched back in 2021, originally in white, and scored an 8/10 from us at MusicTech. We noted that it was easy to assemble, and had an impressive amount of separation for a semi-open space, and had plenty of flexibility for mic stand setups. We did however find that despite its portability branding, the booth did weigh over 30kg.
Despite that the PVB now has a sleek, black makeover, it appears all specifications have remained the same.
It features three high-performing layers of acoustic treatment and a specially designed roof. It has a 0.07-second reflection time (RT60, ISO 3382-2 Measurements) and an average 28.4 dBA reduction (One-Third-Octave Spectrum LZeq, IEC61260) – which Imperative Audio says is not only “unheard of” for an open booth solution, but is “fantastic by any vocal booth standards.”
The acoustically treated roof attaches to the booth and features a 30cm channel, allowing users to lower an overhead microphone into the booth with ease.
Check it out in use in the videos below:

In other recording news, Focusrite recently launched the fourth generation of its Scarlett audio interface range. The series includes three new products – the Scarlett Solo, 2i2, and 4i4, along with two new Studio bundles – which are all suited to home studio setups, or for recording on the go.
The sleek black edition of the Portable Vocal Booth comes supplied with a music stand and adjustable LED light, and also arrives packed in a protective carry bag. View full specifications and find out more at Imperative Audio.
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Artist-Centric streaming royalties are here: What that means for YouDeezer and UMG have launched a new streaming royalty model designed to bring balance to an outdated and boken system. Here’s what to expect… by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0. Continue reading
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“Load up a plugin you don’t know what the f**k it does – just try s**t”: Steven Wilson advises producers to experiment with new pluginsRenowned producer, prog rock musician and remixer Steven Wilson has advised producers to experiment with new plugins, revealing that this is a key part of his own process.

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The advice is given in a recent video posted by Audeze. In it, Wilson highlights the different ways he approaches solo work and remixing. He also runs through the processing of an upright piano part of the track, Impossible Tightrope, which features on his new album, The Harmony Codex.
While remixing classic albums, such as The Who’s Who’s Next, there is a “pre-defined sonic goal”, the interviewer suggests, Wilson’s solo work requires a more experimental approach.
“It’s almost like the opposite. There isn’t a goal,” he says, urging viewers to think ‘Let’s just approach this like an idiot and just try shit’. “Load up a plugin you don’t know what the fuck it does and just try shit. That’s so much a part of my process.” He says.

Also in the video, Wilson, who’s now released six solo albums, explains to viewers his use of Abberant DSP’s Sketch Cassette tape effect plugin to accentuate the “rusty” imperfections of his upright piano for the track Impossible Tightrope.
He loves the “squeaky hammers” of the instrument, he says. “There was a time when I would’ve filtered all that out, but now, I’m like ‘wow, so cool!”.
Within Sketch Cassette, Wilson applies tape hiss, a Worn effect, a Wow effect and Flutter to give the sound more “personality”. A digital distortion noise is also added to sit in the background and add atmosphere.
Check out Steven Wilson’s work via his website, stevewilsonhq.com.
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1010music introduce bluebox Eurorack edition The upcoming bluebox Eurorack edition brings all the features of 1010music's award-winning desktop mixer to the modular synth world. 

“We’re letting fake DJs take over our culture”: Guti slams pre-recorded setsHouse and techno DJ/producer Guti has taken to social media to slam “fake DJs” playing “prerecorded sets”.

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The post is referring to a mysterious slew of inauthentic dance music acts in recent years who, according to Guti, have ghostwriters make their music and do “dance routines” to prerecorded sets.
The Instagram post reads: “Ghostwriter fake video DJs doing dance routines with prerecorded sets – it is all a joke and we are being silent and letting them take over our culture. Why [did] we normalise this? I would love to hear your thoughts.”
In the comments section, fellow producer and acclaimed live act KiNK wades in: “The bottom line is – we have to support the real ones and give them visibility.”
“I’ve tried to learn that there’s a difference between art and entertainment; that’s all it is.” Comments drum ‘n’ bass producer, DBridge. “It’s like the reality TV of music, as it gives the audience exactly what it wants. Art asks questions and is supposed to be difficult to create and experience at times. Another thing that has helped me through similar times in my scene is accepting that I need them to be there so I can be the alternative.”
The post also drew responses from Roger Sanchez, Nicole Moudaber, Demuir, Bushwaka, and Gordo. Read below:

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This is by far not the only dance music producer and DJ to have called out fake artists. MusicTech recently plucked out a YouTube clip posted by Deadmau5 in 2021, in which he reveals that “[At] most major festivals, you have to play a pre-recorded set”.
“Like EDC [Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas],” He continues, “I would be surprised if somebody actually played a set that wasn’t pre-recorded to be honest, because there’s such a big deal to the fucking artist in the production schedule and the timeline and all that stuff that they wouldn’t wanna fuck up.
“You know what a dead giveaway is to a pre-recorded set? The visuals, believe it or not. When shit is so immaculately timed that everything is lining up, that means everything is on a playback system,” he explains. “What do they do up there? Twiddle filter knobs and clap, yes absolutely. That’s all you can do.”
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Knobcon 2023: 1010Music’s Bluebox mixer goes Eurorack1010Music has announced the Bluebox Eurorack edition – a new Eurorack mixer with effects and multichannel recording/ playback based on the popular bluebox desktop mixer.

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Bluebox is the elegant way to get high-quality mixing, effects and integrated recording and playback all in one super-optimized 30 hp form factor. Like all 1010Music products, the mixer is digital, featuring a touchscreen with knobs to let you quickly control volume, gain, 4 band parametric EQ, pan, reverb and delay effects, mute/solo and record/play functions for each track.
With Bluebox, you get 12 mono or 6 stereo tracks of sound mixing — including pre-recorded sounds. Users can independently route each track to any combination of outputs, such as four mono tracks to two stereo outputs or to the stereo headphone out, and record hours of music as 48k, 24 bit WAVs directly to the microSD card as multi-track or as the main stereo mix.
Handily, the module features the ability to playback pre-recorded tracks while recording new ones. You can also save and recall your project settings including all parameters for tracks, outputs, EQ and effects.
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The Eurorack edition also comes with a couple of new features, including two USB-C ports for connecting external MIDI controllers and sending 2 channels of audio to your computer, as well as 6 mappable CV inputs for modulation and control. Meanwhile, MIDI input and output allow you to sync the clock with external gear for synchronised effects and metronome.
Measuring just 6″ x 5″x 1.6″, the Bluebox’s compact size lets you smack it in your rack and hit the road with a self-contained, electronic music powerhouse. Each unit is priced at $699 and will be available starting in early October.
Check out a demo of the Bluebox Eurorack below.

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Take your low end to new heights with Mixland’s new Subloom drum mixing pluginAudio plugin builder Mixland has announced Subloom, a new drum mixing console that features a comprehensive set of tools for shaping your drum sounds.

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Developed by Grammy-winning mix engineer Jesse Ray Ernster and Kiive Audio’s Eddie Lucciola, Subloom features a 2-channel console for mixing source drums and triggered sine waves. The plugin boasts an array of powerful features, including an EQ section with LPF, HPF, and 3-band EQ, transient and saturation controls, and a flexible sub-synthesis channel with an innovative “Pitch Dive” function that emulates the natural resonant behaviour of live drum heads.
Described as an “all-new way to add depth and punch to the low end of a mix”, the Pitch Drive section allows you to tweak your low-end tones to bloom, swoop, and dive in sync with the tempo of your track. Users can also customise the speed, range, and decay of this effect.
In addition to its comprehensive feature set, Subloom is designed to be easy to use: Simply dial in the “raw” drum on the left side, then dial in the desired “sub” on the right side, and blend them in together using the two channel volume faders. The plugin also features a clear and intuitive interface, and beginner-friendly presets, making it easy to get started.
“Subloom is the perfect tool for any mixer or producer who wants to take their drum mixes to the next level,” said Ernster. “This plugin has been a game-changer for my drum mixing over the past year, and I believe it will become an essential tool for any mixer or producer.
Subloom is available in AAX, VST3, and AU formats and is compatible with macOS M1 & M2 Native (Mac OS X 10.7 and higher, and Windows 64bit (Windows 7 and higher) (including Pro Tools 11 and above).
Subloom is now available at an introductory price of $49.99; Prices will return to $69.99 after the intro period. Users can also sign up for a fully functional 7-day free trial of the plugin before making the purchase.
Check out the Subloom (feat. Jesse Ray) in action below.

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Cherry Audio Harmonia – a multi-talented synth that makes harmonic scanning a breezeYou might associate Cherry Audio with its catalogue of excellent emulations of rare and classic synths, but the Californian developer also makes a few unique models of its own that are pretty impressive. To this family, which includes the Dreamsynth and Sines instruments, comes Harmonia. An original creation by Cherry Audio, Harmonia’s designed to give you rich and evolving polyphonic sounds associated with vector and wave sequencer synthesizers of the 1980s and 90s.

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The synth’s parameters are laid out clearly and there’s relatively little menu-diving to be done. Given the bespoke design, even experienced synth users will benefit from a quick run through the getting started guide and the introductory videos, since they cut straight to the heart of how the instrument works. At its core are two sample-based oscillators that use mostly stereo samples taken from a range of synths, instruments, voices, lo-fi sounds and other sources. Each one uses a technique called ‘interpolated harmonic scanning’ to generate up to eight individual pitches at the same time, and these can be tuned either using semitones or a harmonic series.

Each oscillator’s section has a display that shows these eight pitches. You can alter each pitch using their unique knob and move between them using the Center slider under each display as well as changing their level sliders. Each oscillator also has an octave and detune control as well as a bunch of presets for both semitone or harmonic setups that dial in a ready-made setup. There’s also a randomise function to input entirely new data.
What this system means in practice is that you can create unique morphing tones by manipulating these sliders, both in real time or by automating the sliders via MIDI. There’s a choice of 285 waveforms that the oscillators can use as well as the option to import and store your own, making the selection of sounds on offer more or less infinite. Bundled waveforms are chosen by simply clicking on their name to reveal a menu.
Cherry Audio Harmonia FX. Image: Cherry Audio
Things go to the next level when you start to leverage the powerful modulation matrix which is able to route modulator signals between any of 19 sources, and 80 destinations. This enables you to start animating sounds and creating sequences, and by calling up any of the sequence patches from the presets you’ll see how sources have been routed to parameters like the Center slider (to dynamically choose new pitches), effects settings and more. The result is to open up a whole new dimension of the instrument, taking it from making harmonically rich and interesting textures to full-blown dynamic sequences. It’s similar to how some other synths use LFO modulation of parameters to trigger different pitches, only here it’s doing it by selecting different pitches from within the harmonic generator instead of altering the oscillator’s single pitch parameter, which is how it’s more commonly done.
Harmonia can operate in monophonic or polyphonic mode with up to 16 voices and, of course, you can balance the volume and pan settings of the two oscillators. There’s also a lot more sound shaping available, much of it a little more conventional than the harmonics stuff. Here, you get a multimode filter, amp and filter envelope sections and a master limiter.
There’s an impressive effects section featuring distortion, modulated delays, echo and reverb, each with their own controls and effect types for you to choose from. These are navigated and operated using a simple tab system and add plenty to the overall depth of the sounds, with a liberal dollop of echo and distortion for example livening up almost any patch. Performance controls including bend depth and note glide further add to the expressive options available to you.
Cherry Audio Harmonia waveforms. Image: Cherry Audio
It won’t be a huge surprise to learn that an instrument called Harmonia is geared largely towards generating harmonic variations. The powerful tuning options – eight per oscillator, multiple waveforms and multiple harmonic presets – mean you can create all manner of multi-tuned patches, blending and morphing them to create truly organic results and rich sounds.
The ability to play and change these in real-time also makes it quite special, fun, creative and reactive to your input. Of course, you might also find some of the time you’re actually detuning things – any instrument that lets you mess with tuning this much can also sound discordant if you want it to.
So there are plenty of interesting harmonic results to be had, but it’s the sequences that really elevate Harmonia beyond a very capable sound design tool to something that’s more widely useful across musical genres. Whether they’re quite simple, or fast and fiendish, the combination of LFO-triggered sequences and the multitude of pitches on offer together with the cool-sounding onboard effects provides excellent results. And of course, the dual oscillators mean you can combine differing playback styles within a single patch.
The selection of 350-plus presets should provide more than enough to get you up and running, but it’s in their modification, the tweaking of the different sections and even the importing of your own samples to use as the basis of sound generation that you’ll really get the most out of Harmonia. While it may initially present itself as a sound design machine, and a very good one at that, digging under the surface reveals more upbeat, animated possibilities. As ever with Cherry Audio, the price of admission is very reasonable and there’s a free demo version available, so you can check it out for yourself. You may be pleasantly surprised if you do.
Key features

Dual sample-based oscillators
285 waveforms plus user import
Interpolated harmonic scanning
Mono or polyphonic, with up to 16 voices
Semitone or harmonic modes
Four tempo-syncable LFOs
Multimode filter and multiple effects
Expansive modulation matrix
Fully MIDI automatable
All plugin formats plus standalone
Price: $49 (street)

Contact: cherryaudio.com

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