Ripple legal team opposes SEC appeal over XRP decisionLawyers argued the SEC’s grounds for an appeal was based on “dissatisfaction” with a July court decision that the XRP token did not largely qualify as a security.

Lenovo debuts gaming glasses and portal PC handheldIFA technically kicks off today in Berlin, but it seems like Lenovo may have won the thing outright. I’ve given the company plenty of credit in the past for its willingness to try new things in this oft-staid world of consumer electronics, and it’s really come out of the gates swinging. Much of its IFA […]

NAMM Celebrates Top 100 Global RetailersNAMM (www.namm.org/news), the world’s largest not-for-profit music trade organization representing the $17 billion music industry, announced its list of independent music product retailers to be honored at the Top 100 Dealer Awards taking place at The 2024 NAMM Show in January. The annual awards honor retailers from around the globe who demonstrated exceptional commitment to their stores, communities and customers and share in the vision of creating a more musical world through their localities.

Now in its 13th year, this year’s Top 100 list (which can be viewed here (namm.org/thenammshow/2024-top-100-dealers) includes nine first-time honorees and 11 international retailers representing Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom. Additionally, nearly half (48) of the companies have 10 or fewer store employees with 22 of those employing less than five full-time staffers.

The Top 100 Awards Show will be held on Wednesday, January 24 at The 2024 NAMM Show highlighting category winners, including:

Best Community Retail Store; Best Customer Service; Best Store Design; Innovation Award; Best Marketing and Sales Promotion; Best Online Engagement; Music Makes a Difference Award; with one store taking home the coveted NAMM Dealer of the Year Award.

Each submission for the Top 100 Award was evaluated by a panel of independent judges overseen by NAMM staffers.

For additional information about the Top 100 Awards, visit namm.org/thenammshow/attendee/namm-presents-2024-top-100-dealers.

Registration for The 2024 NAMM Show is now open with additional information available at namm.org/attend.

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Full Bucket Music Releases Free Ny Polyphonic Ensemble
Full Bucket Music released Ny, a freeware VST plugin emulating the KORG Lambda ES-50 Polyphonic Ensemble. Ny is yet another impressive hardware-inspired virtual instrument from Full Bucket Music. The developer has already turned numerous Korg instruments into highly convincing software emulations. The list includes classics like the Mono/Poly and some more obscure instruments like the [...]
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Get monthly cinematic freebies with The Free Orchestra 2 for the free Kontakt Player
Project Sam offers monthly cinematic freebies with The Free Orchestra 2 for the free Kontakt Player. We last covered The Free Orchestra by Project Sam around a year ago, and more specifically, we discussed some pretty significant enhancements made by the developer. These enhancements included a shift to the same engine that powers flagship products [...]
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From Universal’s acquisition in the UAE to BMG’s $447m in H1… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-upFive of the biggest stories from MBW's pages this week...
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Full Bucket Music Ny Ny is a software instrument for Microsoft Windows (VST2/VST3/CLAP) and Apple macOS (VST2/VST3/CLAP/AU) simulating the classic KORG Lambda ES-50 Polyphonic Ensemble from 1979. It is written... Read More

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MBW and Curve Royalty Systems to host ‘fireside chat’ event in London on September 13, featuring Various Artists’ David Bianchi and Rebecca DixonA very limited number of tickets are available for the event now
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Music Tectonics reveals 10 strong music tech startup semi-finalistsThe upcoming Music Tectonics conference has named ten music tech startups as Swimming With Narwhals Pitch Competition 2023 semifinalists. Each will pitch during the September 13th Music Tectonics online pre-conference before a panel of. Continue reading
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What every songwriter needs to know about the BMI sale [Chris Castle]Musicians and other music professionals are understandably nervous about the likelihood of BMI being sold to venture capitalists. Attorney and artist advocate Chris Castle offers answers. by CHRIS CASTLE from. Continue reading
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On-demand audio is finally more popular than Radio, new study showsA recent Edison Weekly Insights report reveals important, but not surprising, changes in listening habits in the U.S. with on-demand streaming finally taking the lead over radio. by Bobby Owsinski. Continue reading
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“Now you can make anything perfect… you’re erasing yourself from the record”: James Ellis-Ford on Pro ToolsJames Ellis-Ford has spoken about how advanced, modern DAWs make it easier to over-perfect your music and essentially “erase yourself” from a project.

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Speaking to MusicRadar, the producer, who’s worked with Simian Mobile Disco, Arctic Monkeys, Depeche Mode, and Gorillaz, and released his debut album in May, discusses his love for musical imperfections and the Korg Arp 2600 synth.
“The problem with something like [Avid] Pro Tools,” he says, “is that now you can fix and tweak and make anything perfect and you’re almost erasing yourself from the record.”
He expresses his preference for using Pro Tools as a “tape machine”, implying that he tries to avoid excessive editing and manipulation of recordings, keeping “editing to a minimum”.
“I spent all my time trying to make things sound worse, whatever worse means. With Pro Tools there’s just too much information there. We’re used to hearing all those records where there’s so much harmonic distortion and the bandwidth is so limited and it’s sometimes hard to remember that as you’re going through. I think it’s sometimes annoying to reverse engineer that on a computer and it’s better to use the gear that does it automatically.”

The producer moves on to his love for the Korg ARP 2600 synth, a classic analogue instrument launched in 1971. “Part of what makes it so cool is not the oscillators, it’s the way it distorts. For me, most of the new synths haven’t quite got how cranky that old gear actually is.”
Circling back to DAWs, Ellis-Ford goes on to say that Ableton Live is better than Pro Tools for MIDI programming, but Logic Pro is “slap-bang in the middle of the two”.
“I use Pro-Tools for everything. For MIDI programming, it’s streets ahead of Pro Tools, but I’m just really used to arranging and mixing in Pro Tools and I could never particularly get my head around finishing a track in Ableton in the same way.
“Same with Logic. I feel like Logic is slap‑bang in the middle of the other two. It’s probably better in terms of MIDI and its samplers and tools but the way I use Pro-Tools is pretty old-school like a tape‑machine. I’m so used to it that I don’t even have to think about it.”
This isn’t the first time Ellis-Ford has spoken out about his love for human imperfections in music. In March 2023, he told The Cue newsletter, “human-ness and that wonkiness is what I love to hear in records”.
Check out James Ellis-Ford’s debut album, Hum, via jamesellisford.com.
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