CrowdStrike outage: How your plane, train and automobile travel may be affectedThe CrowdStrike outage that hit early Friday morning and knocked out computers running Microsoft Windows has grounded flights globally. Major U.S. airlines including United Airlines, American Airlines and Delta Air Lines have halted flight operations around the world. According to FlightAware, which is tracking the cancellations live, 7% of United Airlines flights, 8% of American […]
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CBOE gives official launch date for spot Ethereum ETFThe Chicago Board Options Exchange has confirmed that the Franklin Ethereum ETF (EZET) will begin trading on July 23.

Watch This RC Jet Thrust System DanceAn EDF (electric duct fan) is a motor that basically functions as a jet engine for RC aircraft. They’re built for speed, but to improve maneuverability (and because it’s super cool) [johnbecker31] designed a 3D-printable method of adjusting the EDF’s thrust on demand.
Before 3D printers were common, making something like this would have been much more work.
The folks at Flite Test released a video in which they built [john]’s design into a squat tester jet that adjusts thrust in sync with the aircraft’s control surfaces, as you can see in the header image above. Speaking of control surfaces, you may notice that test aircraft lacks a rudder. That function is taken over by changing the EDF’s thrust, although it still has ailerons that move in sync with the thrust system.
EDF-powered aircraft weren’t really feasible in the RC scene until modern brushless electric motors combined with the power density of lithium-ion cells changed all that. And with electronics driving so much, and technology like 3D printers making one-off hardware accessible to all, the RC scene continues to be fertile ground for all sorts of fascinating experimentation. Whether it’s slapping an afterburner on an EDF or putting an actual micro jet engine on an RC car.

Native Instruments Announces Traktor Pro 4 DJ SoftwareNative Instruments today announced Traktor Pro 4, the latest version of their flagship 4-deck DJ software. Building on the core features that made Traktor Pro the go-to software for hundreds of thousands of DJs around the world, the latest version brings next-generation creative tools including flexible beatgrids, high-quality stem separation, Ozone Maximizer, and Pattern Player. Wherever you are and whatever you’re playing, Traktor Pro 4 gives you the freedom and flexibility to mix your own way.

What’s new in Traktor Pro 4? 

Stem Separation powered by AI and RX Transform the way you mix and remix with stem separation powered by AI and iZotope’s legendary RX technology. Precisely isolate and manipulate drums, bass, instruments, and vocals individually. With each stem waveform right in front of you, you can apply filters and effects with a high level of accuracy to get everything sounding just right. 

Flexible BeatgridsTraktor Pro 4’s flexible beatgrids are ideal for moving between genres or mixing tracks with a changing tempo. With flexible beatgrids you can precisely follow each tempo change throughout a track, enabling highly accurate looping, beat jumps, beat effect layering, and beat alignment—all without impacting the audio quality.

Pattern PlayerBring the sounds of iconic drum machines and leading producers to your sets. Pattern Player is packed with percussion kits including the signature drums of industry legends like Rebekah, Luke Slater, Len Faki, Chris Liebing, Dubfire, and many more. 

Ozone MaximizerTake your sounds and sets to new heights while protecting the mix from clipping and distortion. Ozone Maximizer utilizes technology from iZotope’s award-winning Ozone mastering software. Its Intelligent Release Control allows you to finally boost the loudness of your sets without distortion. 

Traktor Pro 4 features

Core functions

Complete control over up to four decks in Track, Stem, and Remix Mode

Highly reliable Sync to keep everything sounding on point

[New] Advanced flexible beatgrids for precise effects, looping, navigation and mixing between tracks with changing tempo

[New] Ozone Maximizer with iZotope’s award-winning technology to boost loudness while preserving transients and dynamics

Mix recorder to record your sets

A range of EQs and filters modeled on industry-standard mixers

Key detection and shifting feature for harmonic mixing

Smart Playlists for efficient library organization

[New] Two free months of Beatport Streaming Advanced or Beatsource Streaming

Creative tools

40+ studio-grade Native Instruments effects to transform your tracks, available in four chainable Deck FX slots

Mixer FX for quick and easy effect layering

[New] High-quality stem separation powered by iZotope’s pro-grade RX technology, including four-track waveform display

[New] Pattern Player packed with drum patterns from iconic drum machines and the signature sounds of leading producers

Additional free remix sets available to download

Reliable looping, hot cues and beatjump functions, plus high-quality timestretch algorithm

Remix decks for adding samples and effects and triggering them in sync with the rest of the mix

Integration and compatibility

Best-in-class timecode vinyl tracking

Plug-and-play support for CDJs and most club mixers

Ableton Link and MIDI clock support for seamless integration with hybrid performance setups

Deep MIDI mapping for personalized mapping of any compatible hardware and software

Compatible with all Traktor hardware and mappable with any DJ hardware

Supported audio formats: MP3, WAV, AIFF, Audio CD, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, non-DRM AAC
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Ripple Phaser plug-in from Minimal Audio The latest plug-in from Minimal Audio promises to add character and movement to sound sources thanks to a variety of filter modes and in-depth parameter control. 

How Ten Turn Pots Are MadeIt is easy to think of a potentiometer as a simple device, but there are many nuances. For example, some pots are linear — a change of a few degrees at the low end will change the resistance the same amount as the same few degrees at the high end. Others are logarithmic. Changes at one end of the scale are more dramatic than at the other end of the scale. But for very precise use, you often turn to the infamous ten-turn pot. Here, one rotation of the knob is only a tenth of the entire range. [Thomas] shows us what’s inside a typical one in the video below.
When you need a precise measurement, such as in a bridge instrument, these pots are indispensable. [Thomas] had a broken one and took that opportunity to peer inside. The resistor part is a coil of wire wound around the inside of the round body. Unsurprisingly, there are ten turns of wire that make up the coil.
The business end, of course, is in the rotating part attached to the knob. A small shuttle moves up and down the shaft, making contact with the resistance wire and a contact for the wiper. The solution is completely mechanical and dead simple.
As [Thomas] notes, these are usually expensive, but you can  — of course — build your own. These are nice for doing fine adjustments with precision power supplies, too.

From the $2bn+ copyright lawsuit against Verizon to Shamrock’s rights portfolio acquisition… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThe biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
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Jimin, one of K-pop’s biggest superstars, has a dedicated in-app hub on TikTok for his new album ‘MUSE’K-Pop is one of the fastest-growing genres on TikTok
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Ex-Spotify, Sofar exec Jim Lucchese named President Berklee College Of MusicMusic tech veteran Jim Lucchese has exited his position as CEO of Sofar to become the president of the Berklee College of Musics. Lucchese founded the pioneering music analytics firm Echo Nest, which Spotify acquired in 2014, where he also served as an executive.
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Arturia Summer Sale Arturia are offering a generous discount on their range of individual software instruments, effects and sound banks until 13 August 2024.

How to get music on Spotify playlistsFor indie artists, getting music on a Spotify playlist can be crucial to success. This guide offers strategies for optimizing profiles, consistently releasing music, pitching to playlists, engaging with user-curated playlists, and promoting your music beyond Spotify.
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Inside a Social Media Music Marketing Campaign: How CyberPR does itLook inside a successful social media music marketing campaign from veteran music marketers CyberPR. It covers essential tactics for increasing visibility, engaging fans, and boosting music career growth through targeted social media.
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Harrison announce LiveTrax software LiveTrax offers multitrack recording and playback, making it possible to capture live shows and carry out virtual soundchecks, and boasts seamless integration with Allen & Heath’s range of live consoles. 

Mass global IT outage hits music producers – BandLab and FL Studio users among those affectedMusic producers have been hit as part of a mass global IT outage that has left airlines, banks and businesses around the world scrambling to respond.
Popular digital audio workstations (DAWs) BandLab and FL Studio are among those affected, with users reporting widespread downtime over the last 24 hours while accessing the platforms and their various services.

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According to the FL Studio subreddit, Image-Line’s (the makers of FL Studio) servers have come under a DDoS Attack as of 17 July.
“If you are getting errors from Image-Line’s servers, this is why. You haven’t been singled out or blocked, this is just a side effect of the DDoS Attack. There is nothing consumers can do at the moment other than to wait,” says the post. Meanwhile, users can follow FL Studio’s social media accounts for the latest updates.
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As for BandLab, the cloud-based music creation and collaboration platform earlier today announced that its cloud service provider is back up and running, and that its servers have been restored. [Editor’s note: MusicTech and BandLab are both part of Caldecott Music Group.]
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BBC reports that the disruptions are related to issues at cybersecurity software firm CrowdStrike, which are affecting Microsoft’s Windows operating system. The company claims that a “defect” in one of its content updates is to blame.
“This is not a security incident or cyberattack. The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed,” says CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz.
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“Do people care about tracklisting?” PinkPantheress says she doesn’t listen to albumsAfter declaring earlier this year that no song needs to be “longer than two minutes 30 seconds,” British pop star PinkPantheress has offered yet another hot take on music consumption in the modern era.
In a new interview with Kids Take Over, the Boy’s a Liar singer reveals that the order of songs in an album doesn’t matter to her.

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“I don’t listen to albums, I just listen to songs,” says PinkPantheress. “That’s why when it came to my own album, I was like, do people care about tracklisting? I couldn’t believe it.”
“When I saw people review my album, some people were like, ‘it’s a great album but the tracklisting doesn’t make sense.’ I’m like, just listen to the songs!”
The musician, who owes much of her early success to TikTok, later clarified her comments on X (formerly Twitter), arguing that imposing limits on how music should be made or listened to only serves to hinder one’s enjoyment of it.
“All that to say, there is no right or wrong way to consume or make music,” she states. “It’s people trying to say there is that stops people from enjoying and creating art in whichever form they want. Who cares if I listen to albums in full lol. It’s music, it’s meant to be unique to everyone.”
Elsewhere in the chat, PinkPantheress also shares that she’d like to be more involved in producing for other artists, saying: “If somebody wants to call me into a studio, I always think it’ll be under the guise of doing production or writing.”
“But at some point they’ll be like: ‘can you just jump on the song?’ I would love to be more behind the scenes of other people’s music.”
Watch the full interview below.

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