ElevenLabs secures NVIDIA investment, weeks after launching AI music platform to challenge SunoElevenLabs launched Eleven Music, a rival to Suno and Udio, in August. The launch marked its expansion beyond voice synthesis into full AI music generation.
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Slate Digital release standalone VMR plug-ins Slate Digital have announced that they will be making the modules from their Virtual Mix Rack software available as individual standalone plug-ins, which are to be released under the collective title of Virtual Modules.

Occult Audio releases Obscura, a FREE virtual instrument for dark drones
Occult Audio has released Obscura, a free virtual instrument for macOS and Windows designed for creating dark, evolving soundscapes. Obscura is a fun sample-based plugin built around a minimal interface and ten atmospheric drones. This marks Occult Audio’s first plugin that doesn’t require Kontakt or Kontakt Player, so there are basically no limitations to running [...]
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Sick Noise Instruments NoizeBreaker Is FREE For A Limited Time
Sick Noise Instruments has released NoizeBreaker, a sci-fi-inspired SFX library for Kontakt (full version required), and it’s available for FREE for a limited time via Pluginomat. NoizeBreaker is packed with over 200 futuristic sound effects designed for trailers, video games, and various electronic music genres (although mainly Datsik-style dubstep comes to mind for sounds like [...]
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“A first of its kind”: An “immersive” Daft Punk experience is coming to FortniteAfter some speculation earlier this year, we can confirm that the worlds of Daft Punk and Fortnite are about to collide, with a new “immersive” in-game experience landing 27 September.
Described as a “first-of-its-kind” event within Fortnite, the experience will see players “taken on a cosmic voyage” from Fortnite’s core Battle Royale to a new Daft Punk-inspired world, complete with numerous rooms and different ways to experience the French duo’s groundbreaking music.

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Such experiences include the ability to remix and create mashups of Daft Punk’s music at Dream Chamber Studios, “blast hordes of robots” with a soundwave laser in the Robot Rock Arena, make a LEGO music video at Around the World, or simply hit the Daft Club to dance ‘til you drop.
There’ll even be in-game furniture designed by Daft Punk collaborators Hervet Manufacturier throughout the experience.
While the experience doesn’t officially launch until 27 September at 2PM ET, a new Daft Punk bundle will be available from the Fortnite Shop starting 25 September at 8PM ET. Accessories include the signature GM08 and TB3 helmets, outfits and accessories – in both Fortnite and LEGO styles – as well as instruments and a Jam Track for the duo’s mega-hit Get Lucky (with Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers).

This collaboration is the latest in a line of partnerships between Fortnite and high-profile musical artists, ranging from Travis Scott, Ariana Grande and Billie Eilish to Metallica, Eminem and Snoop Dogg.
Elsewhere, Huntington Beach metal juggernauts Avenged Sevenfold last year celebrated their 25th anniversary with a spooky virtual museum experience inside Fortnite.
And last year they took a leaf out of the way players earn rewards in-game, launching their own Fortnite-style rewards programme for dedicated fans of the band, Deathbat Rewards.
We were lucky enough to catch up with frontman M. Shadows shortly following the launch, when he explained to us the band’s motivations for instating their own game-style rewards programme.
“We’re taking power away from corporate networks, and saying, ‘No, we’re gonna reward our fans, not you,’” he explained.
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Surge Synth Team OB-Xf: a continuation of the FREE and open-source OB-Xd synth project
Surge Synth Team OB-Xf is a continuation of the free and open-source OB-Xd synth project. If you’re not familiar with the original open-source OB-Xd synth plugin by 2DaT, the name should give away the inspiration behind the project. The inspiration, of course, was one of the most sought-after vintage synthesizers, the Oberheim OB-X (1979). discoDSP [...]
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Touring The Pharmacy Studios (Dr. Dre, Eminem) with TRINITY
Join us on an exclusive tour of The Pharmacy Studios, where Dr. Dre, Michael Jackson, Eminem, and countless others have recorded their hits.

Self-enTitiled: That Song from That Band on That AlbumThe clearest way for a band to kick down the door, stride into the room and announce "Here we are, motherscratchers! Take Note!"? is by naming not only an album, but also a song after their own band name. The hubris! The gall! The self-importance! The trinity! The triumvirate! The trifecta! Let's celebrate those songs by that band off of that album (all with the same name).

Soundtrack Loops GlowaveSoundtrack Loops intros Glowave Loops & MIDI. Soundtrack Loops present Glowave, a construction kit for making Synthwave and Retrowave music. You get folders full of beats, bass lines, and synth parts that fall together naturally in streams of punchy, cleanly mixed music that can you can produce with easy control over chord changes and peak moments. Drum one shots and MIDI files expand the collection's potential, and the included RX2 files bring an additional level of flexibility to your production platform. In addition to its great sound, this collection is distinguished by its high capacity for generating interesting and meaningful instrumentation and arrangement variations relative to its compact size and price point, and this is no accident. Good sample libraries are about more than just great sounds. Glowave is a prime example of the kind of solid library design that the folks at Soundtrack Loops have been chasing for decades. Explore what can be achieved when Soundtrack Loops helps you in your own 80s inspired nocturnal music production escapades, wherever you are in the world. You get 205 loops, 146 one-shots, and 59 MIDI files in total. Formats include (48kHz 24-bit): ACIDized wav. Apple-looped aiff. MIDI .mid. RX2 Recycle. Neon Wave is available to download from the Soundtrack loops website. Read More

Ten Songs to Celebrate the Start of Fall (cont.)The Kinks"Autumn Almanac"

Frank Sinatra"Little Green Apples"

The Flaming Lips"My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion"

Hayley Williams"Cinnamon"

Nat King Cole"Autumn Leaves

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Denis Ladegaillerie sees the future of music. It looks nothing like the past.The Believe founder and CEO on taking his company private, the industry's 'middle tier' of artists, Universal/Downtown, and more
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Building Your Own DVB-S2 ReceiverGenerally, a digital TV tuner is something you buy rather than something you make yourself. However, [Johann] has always been quite passionate about the various DVB transmission standards, and decided he wanted to build his own receiver just for the fun of it.
[Johann]’s build is designed to tune in DVB-S2 signals transmitted from satellites, and deliver that video content over a USB connection. When beginning his build, he noted it was difficult to find DVB reception modules for sale as off-the-shelf commercial parts. With little to nothing publicly available, he instead purchased a “Formuler F1 Plug & Play DVB-S2 HDTV Sat Tuner” and gutted it for the Cosy TS2M08-HFF11 network interface module (NIM) inside. He then paired this with a Cypress CY7C68013A USB bridge to get the data out to a PC. [Johann] then whipped up a Linux kernel driver to work with the device.
[Johann] doesn’t have hardcore data on how his receiver performs, but he reports that it “works for me.” He uses it in South Germany to tune in the Astra 19.2E signal.
We don’t talk a lot about DVB these days, since so much video content now comes to us over the Internet. However, we have still featured some nifty DVB hacks in the past. If you’re out there tinkering with your own terrestrial or satellite TV hardware, don’t hesitate to notify the tipsline!

New Turbo Max drums from Alesis Aimed at aspiring drummers of all ages, the latest addition to Alesis’ extensive product range has been designed to offer a fun entry point into drumming while still delivering some serious pro-level features.

Four super-rare early Minimoog prototypes to go on display at the Moogseum in NovemberThe Bob Moog Foundation has announced it will be showcasing four Minimoog Prototypes at Asheville, NC’s Moogseum, in partnership with the Museum of Music Technology (MMT), in an exhibit which will run between 14 and 16 November.
As part of the cost of entry ($16), visitors will be able to ask MMT staff questions about the iconic analogue synth’s prototypes – Models A, B, C and D – which will be out on display.

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According to Michelle Moog-Koussa, Executive Director of the Bob Moog Foundation: “This will mark the first time that all four prototypes are exhibited together at a museum outside of the Museum of Music Technology.
“The exhibit will trace the rich history of this seminal instrument that helped bring synthesis to the gigging musician, and through them to a world of music enthusiasts.”
First released in 1970, the Minimoog has an illustrious past, with some of its earliest adopters including Yes’s Rick Wakeman, Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, Rush’s Geddy Lee, Paul and Linda McCartney, Gary Numan, Kraftwerk, and many others.
The Minimoog first began in 1969, though, with the Minimoog A prototype serving as engineer Bill Hemsath’s demo model for the larger Moog modular synths.
Credit: Bob Moog Foundation
Slightly more compact than the Model A, Model B later came with three identical oscillator sections; noise, filter, and master tuning sections; amplitude and filter contour controls, as well as a front-mounted power switch.
Credit: Bob Moog Foundation
Model C was the first prototype to replace existing circuits from the modulars with new simplified circuit designs. Its panel design saw heavy involvement from Bob Moog, who added rocker switches, and fitted the cabinet with its portability-enhancing fold-down panel.
Credit: Bob Moog Foundation
With mass production in mind, the final Model D came with all new circuit designs, a wood trim and left-hand controller sliders that Bob Moog envisaged would allow for more “human nuance”.
Credit: Bob Moog Foundation
“We are honoured to help preserve and share Bob Moog’s legacy by bringing the Minimoog prototypes into public view,” says Vince Pupillo, Sr, Founder and President of EMEAPP (Electronic Music Education and Preservation Project).​
“We value the important work of the Bob Moog Foundation and are grateful for the chance to share these wonderful artifacts with the Moogseum’s guests.”
To learn more about the Moogseum – and to purchase tickets for the 14-16 November Minimoog Prototype exhibit, visit Eventbrite.
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