Noirsonance Releases FREE EQ6 Equalizer Plugin
Noirsonance releases EQ6, a freeware equalizer plugin for Windows and macOS. It’s a toss-up as to whether equalizers or compressors are more common for plugins. To add fuel to this particular VST plugin rivalry is the EQ6 parametric equalizer by Noirsonance. EQ6 is a relatively simple-looking plugin with a clear and easily read interface. You [...]
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Boss announce Gigcaster streaming mixer/interfaces The upcoming Gigcaster series from Boss combine a mixer, audio interface and effects processors to offer a pair of all-in-one solutions for online video and audio creation.

Boss announce Gigcaster mixers The upcoming Gigcaster series from Boss combine a mixer, audio interface and effects processors to offer a pair of all-in-one solutions for online video and audio creation.

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AI-generated chart toppers, Apple gets into savings, and Microsoft drops TwitterHello, friends, and welcome to the latest edition of Week in Review (WiR), the weekly newsletter where we recap the past several days (or so) in tech news. We’d argue that there’s no better way to get your news fix, but we’d be biased. Still! Trust us when we say it’s a labor of love.
Before we get to this week’s happenings, don’t forget that Disrupt, TechCrunch’s annual flagship conference, is on the horizon. This year’s Disrupt will host six — that’s right, six — stand-alone industry TC Sessions events, with stages featuring industry-specific programming tracks. It’ll be well worth the trek to San Francisco.
Ahead of that is our next TechCrunch Live session with SignalFire and ClassDojo. They’ll be discussing ClassDojo’s mission to revolutionize education by building a classroom community.
Now, without further ado!
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Fake Drake: A song featuring the voices of Drake and The Weeknd called “Heart on My Sleeve” has amassed more than 250,000 Spotify streams and 10 million views on TikTok. But the two musicians had nothing to do with the song — an artist going by the name “Ghostwriter” generated the song using AI. Amanda has the story.
Apple gets into savings: As of this week, Apple Card customers in the U.S. can open a savings account with Apple and earn up to 4.15% interest. Apple has partnered with Goldman Sachs for the banking feature; the savings accounts are technically managed by Goldman Sachs, which means that they’re covered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Romain reports.
Apple considers opening up: Apple has kept the iPhone app distribution system relatively closed so far, allowing users to download apps only from the App Store. But the company might add some gates to its walled garden soon. Ivan reports that Apple is considering letting people sideload apps on iPhones and that we might see some announcement related to that at the upcoming Worldwide Developer Conference in June.
A massive Apple Watch update: The Apple Watch’s software is due to get the biggest update since its release. Sarah, citing a Bloomberg report, writes that the updated watchOS 10 will “bring bigger enhancements” than the releases planned for iPhone, iPad, Mac or Apple TV, including an “updated interface” that will tell you “most of what you need to know about the Apple Watch in 2023.”
Love Is Blind, but sometimes canceled: Netflix had some serious issues with the livestream of its “Love Is Blind” reunion episode, Amanda writes. After a 75-minute delay, the streaming service pulled the plug on the live show due to seemingly unresolvable technical problems.
Microsoft drops Twitter: Microsoft announced this week that it’s dropping Twitter from its advertising platform nearly two months after Twitter announced that it’ll begin charging a minimum of $42,000 per month to users of its API. With its $2.15 trillion market cap and roughly $100 billion cash on hand at the end of last year, Microsoft obviously has the money to pay Twitter what it wants, so the move appears to be a bit of a statement — even as Microsoft is declining to elaborate further about its decision.
Meta lays off more workers: Meta issued another round of mass layoffs this week, Rebecca reports. They’re part of the 10,000 layoffs that CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in March, many of which relate to “low priority projects.” The mass job cuts are part of a broader restructuring at Meta that Zuckerberg has dubbed the “year of efficiency,” which began with 11,000 layoffs announced in November.
Check-in kiosks no more: Alaska Airlines recently started a three-year, $2.5 billion project to improve the airport experience at its hubs and focus cities like Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles. As a part of the project, the airline is looking to modernize the lobby experience — and as the company announced today, the most visible change here will be the removal of the good old check-in kiosk, Frederic writes.
Snapchat’s AI comes to all: Snapchat’s AI chatbot is opening up to a global audience, the company announced at its Snap Partner Summit this week. Initially launched in February, the feature originally allowed Snapchat’s paid subscribers to chat with an AI chatbot powered by OpenAI’s GPT technology directly in its app. Now it’ll be available for free and upgraded with such functionality as the ability to add the chatbot to group chats, get recommendations for places on Snap Map and Lenses, and share Snaps with the chatbot to receive chat replies. Sarah has more.
Tesla cuts prices: Tesla has cut the price of its Model 3 and Model Y electric vehicles for the second time this month. Tesla’s most popular models will now start under $40,000 before incentives.
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Looking for podcast material to pass the time? TechCrunch has you covered, as always. This week, the Equity crew recorded at Early Stage, TechCrunch’s event for founders, and covered topics ranging from rockets to earnings and how a certain company is cutting costs. Over at Found, Trevor Martin, the co-founder of Mammoth Biosciences, came on to discuss how the company is using CRISPR systems to detect and cure genetic diseases. Chain Reaction interviewed Jesse Pollak, the lead for Base and head of protocols at Coinbase. And on the latest TechCrunch Live episode, Mark Batsiyan, a co-founder and partner at Inspired Capital, and Brynne McNulty Rojas, who’s the co-founder and CEO of Habi — the hot real estate startup out of Colombia that reached unicorn status last year — talked about their respective experiences in tech.
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TC+ subscribers get access to in-depth commentary, analysis and surveys — which you know if you’re already a subscriber. If you’re not, consider signing up. Here are a few highlights from this week:
Photonics and AI: The growing compute power necessary to train sophisticated AI models such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT might eventually run up against a wall with mainstream chip technologies. Are light-based chips, otherwise known as photonics chips, the answer? Maybe, but it’s not clear yet.
There’s always money in the coffee stand: Blank Street claims to have cracked the code on how to make a chain of more than 65 physical coffee shops have the right metrics to attract venture capitalists. They recently closed on a $20 million Series B round in a year where fundraising has taken a nosedive — even for companies with low overhead costs. Rebecca has the story.
Should you launch an AI startup?: It seems like it’s the best of times for founders thinking about launching an AI startup, especially with OpenAI releasing ChatGPT to the masses. But it could be the opposite, depending on which investors you ask. Ron tries to get to the bottom of it.
AI-generated chart toppers, Apple gets into savings, and Microsoft drops Twitter by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Getting It Done: The Week in D.I.Y & Indie MusicLast week, our tips and advice for the independent, do-it-yourselfers out there covered how to find a booking agent, manage nerves, get synced in a show, and more… 6 Steps. Continue reading
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REWIND: The new music industry’s Week In ReviewIt was a busy week by any definition, and the music industry was no exception, with a new artist changing Alt-R&B, Spotify shutting down more live features, and more… 37%. Continue reading
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Lunacy Audio Pastels & Spring Sale Lunacy Audio's latest release adds 30 new sound sources to CUBE, and the company are also running a Spring Sale, with discounts of 40% currently available on all of their products.

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Neve launch USB/ADAT option for 1073OPX The latest expansion card for the 1073OPX adds ADAT connectivity along with extended USB interface functionality.

LACM Partners with Subvers!ve to offer ScholarshipsIn honor of the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop this year, the Los Angeles College of Music (LACM) has announced its partnership with the Subvers!ve Music Foundation (SMF) to provide a new round of full and partial scholarships to those with financial need for the upcoming popular Summer at LACM course “Rap & Hip Hop Change the World.” Taught by multi-time Grammy nominee and LACM Songwriting and Music Business faculty member Jameel “Jproof” Roberts, the course is designed to inspire the next generation of Hip Hop and Rap artists and musicians and to give them hands-on experience for a leg up on the competition.

The “Rap & Hip-Hop Change the World” program provides a unique program focused on artist development, lyrics, writing, beat-making and other skills. The week-long session June 26-30th focuses on creating music with a message and is tailored towards students that want to make a difference with their music. Full and partial scholarships are offered to applicants with financial need. All tracks must contain lyrics with a positive message.

The Subvers!ve Music Foundation was set up in loving memory of Harrison James Dunnett (9.14.96-12.31.16) better known as “Subvers!ive” – a Bay-area based singer, songwriter, rapper and producer born on the East Coast and raised in Marin County, CA -- to support youth in respectful, non-violent, drug-free music, changing the world one song at a time. https://subversivegang.org/

The son of Jamaican and Antiguan emigrants, Jameel “Jproof” Roberts is a multi-talented platinum-selling producer, songwriter, composer/arranger, educator and instrumentalist. He co-produced and wrote “Good Kisser” for R&B singing sensation Usher, which climbed to #1 on the US R&B/Hip Hop charts and garnered his first nomination for Best R&B song at the 2015 Grammy Awards. Jameel’s songwriting and arranging were also featured on the 2020 Grammy nominated Album of The Year, Thank U, Next by Ariana Grande. Most recently Jameel worked with Lizzo on her holiday hit “Someday at Christmas,” and he is currently working on an EP for Arista recording artist Emmy Meli and on music for H.E.R. More information here https://lacm.edu/facultystaff/jameelroberts/.

The “Summer at LACM” program offers multiple experiences spanning over three weeks for teens aged 12 and up, college students and students of all ages interested in music as a career. Located in the heart of the entertainment and music capitol of the world, programs are taught by faculty currently touring, producing, writing and working with music's top talent. In addition to “Rap & Hip Hop Change the World,” programs include the Summer Xperience, which offers programs in Music Performance, Songwriting (taught by Kasia Livingston -- Pussycat Dolls, Britney, Flo Rida) Music Production, Composing for Visual Media, Music Entrepreneurship, Independent Artist Study, the brand-new Pro Artist track for more seasoned musicians and “Bandwidth Jazz and the Journey” taught by LACM Faculty Brian Lipps (Michael Bublé, John Mayer, Joe LaBarbera Jazz Quintet).

For more information on scholarships or programs, call 626.568.8850 or email summer@lacm.edu. Summer at LACM will be held at the LACM campus, 300 South Fair Oaks Avenue, Pasadena, CA.

ABOUT THE LOS ANGELES COLLEGE OF MUSIC

Los Angeles College of Music, LACM, prepares students to be leaders in music and offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in 12 majors across Music Performance, Music Production and Music Composition. Since opening its doors in 1996, LACM has become home to music students from around the world who desire the professional edge that can only be attained by living and studying in the heart of the music industry. Small class sizes and private study with current, leading, musical professionals foster an intimate and supportive environment to learn to create, record, perform and market in today’s competitive music industry. LACM has expanded it's programming to ages 12+ through it's Summer at LACM program, and recently introduced the Bridge to Success English as a second language program that allows students to attend college 1 term early, and develop academic English skills through music coursework and cultural immersion. For more information, call 626.568.8850 or e-mail info@lacm.edu. LACM is located at 300 S. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena, CA 91105. Follow LACM at www.facebook.com/LACMOfficial or on Twitter: @LACMOfficial. www.lacm.edu.

ABOUT THE SUBVERSIVE MUSIC FOUNDATION

The Subvers!ve Foundation has been set up in loving memory of Harrison James Dunnett (9.14.96-12.31.16) better known as “Subvers!ive” – a Bay-area based singer, songwriter, rapper and producer born on the East Coast and raised in Marin County, CA. Slowly cultivating an almost cult-like following since the age of 7, Harrison pursued his passion to rap, make beats, write songs, and perform at various venues across the country ranging from Boston to Chicago to San Francisco. His most recent performances were at the Phoenix in Petaluma and The Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley. He has written and produced over 40 songs and Eps including Judge Not, Mirrors, Juliet, Reservation for Two, Speak my Mind, Top Now, 4-1-5 and more including many collabs with Skyler Allen such as Back to Back and Just Wanna Live. This shining light with an insatiable lust for life was dulled at the young age of 20 in Laguna Beach, CA. He passed unexpectedly in his sleep at Casa Bella Recovery Center. He is survived by his twin sister Jacqueline Dunnett and his parents Warwick and Gail Stempel Dunnett. The Subvers!ve Music Foundation has been set up in his honor to support youth in respectful, non-violent, drug-free music, changing the world one song at a time. https://subversivegang.org/

Former US Secret Service Asst. Director: Keep personal info of FTX users privateJeremy Sheridan claimed FTX users could become the targets of physical harm as well as attacks through online scams if their information was disclosed.