Warner Music to expand into Lagos with its first fully-owned office in NigeriaCompany met with government officials in Nigeria's capital, Abuja last week and outlined plans to establish a creative hub in Lagos
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SUPERBOOTH24: Korg Berlin phase8 At Superbooth 2024 we caught up with Tats from Korg Berlin to check out the phase8, the latest prototype instrument which employs their innovative new acoustic synthesis method.

SUPERBOOTH24: Melbourne Instruments Delia The Delia from Melbourne Instruments takes many of the key features of their Nina synth module and places them in a keyboard.

MLC is up for re-designation, and you have until May 29th to be heardThe Music Modernization Act (MMA) requires that the US Office of Copyright review the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) designation as the sole conduit of digital music royalties to songwriters and. Continue reading
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Scaper is a plugin that turns anything into an ambient soundscape — even a sneezeIndependent plugin developer Sampleson has released the Scaper plugin, promising it will turn absolutely any audio signal into a droning cinematic atmosphere. To convince you, Sampleson’s loaded everything from an acoustic guitar to a sneeze into Scaper, with impressive results.
Scaper might be able to create deep, intricate soundscapes, but the interface and workflow seem far from complex. It’s neatly laid out with just a handful of dials and parameters.
Simply load in your audio (WAV, OGG or AIFF) file into the plugin and hit the Generate button, which should give you a decent starting point. Then, you can tweak the six parameters — three for Pitch, another three for Speed — and dictate how many particles you want the audio split into (from ‘A few particles’ to ‘Too much particles’). There’s a four-pole low-pass filter to further shape the sound, as well.
The main visual display lets you see the audio signal being affected in real-time, with nodes for each parameter moving around as you turn the dials. You can browse and select presets from the top bar, too. It all looks pretty slick and modern.
According to Sampleson, Scraper works “by extracting essential attributes from dropped audio files and incorporating them into the creation of atmospheric soundscapes.” It’s capable of generating “hours” of soundscapes, with a generative algorithm creating slightly different compositions each time.
And, yes, Sampleson does demonstrate Scaper’s capabilities by loading a sneeze into it. But the developer has also published an entire hour of cinematic soundscapes made solely with the plugin. Check both demos out below.

Scaper is also reasonably affordable, coming in at $29 on the introductory sale. It’s available as a standalone piece of software, or as a plugin for your DAW in VST3 and AU formats for macOS and Windows. You can grab it at sampleson.com.
Sampleson has a bunch of other plugins, all focusing on specific production techniques and quirks. They’re all pretty affordable, too. You can check them out at Plugin Boutique and Thomann.

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SUPERBOOTH24: Tiptop Audio Art Modules Tiptop Audio show off the latest modules to join their Art line-up, a series of modules which make it possible to build a polyphonic Eurorack rig.

Just 2 days left to pre-register a .MUSIC domain freeTime is running out before the May 24th deadline to pre-register a .MUSIC domain when up to one million domains can be registered for free.....
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How Columbia University’s 89.9 FM found Radio’s ‘lost script’ [Fred Jacobs]Live campus radio coverage of recent protests proves that Gen Z is ready to reinvent broadcast radio if the current gatekeepers let them.....
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Tom Oberheim stayed up “36 hours straight” to play the first synthesizer he ever bought American synth designer Tom Oberheim has revealed his favourite synthesizers of all time – beyond the ones with the Oberheim branding on, of course.
In a recent interview with MusicTech, he talks about his first encounter with the ARP 2600 after being hired by Alan Robert Pearlman as an ARP Instruments dealer in Los Angeles.

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“I got my ARP 2600, and I was up playing it for 36 hours straight,” Oberheim says. “And I thought, ‘This is amazing! Where have these things been? Why has it taken so long?’ I still remember the sounds I made. I don’t really play an instrument but I found lots of things to do with that 2600, and it stayed with me.”
Interestingly, despite making some of the most coveted synths ever, Oberheim says he’s “never had a studio.” But that never quite stopped him from keeping an eye on other synthesizers and having a secret lust for them.
“It’s hard to ignore the Roland Jupiter-8,” he says. “At the time it came out, we were making either the OB-Xa or the OB-8. I saw the machine and just didn’t think I had the resources to go as far as [Roland did with the Jupiter-8. That’s a great machine.”
Tom Oberheim and the TEO-5. Image: Oberheim
Oberheim also discusses the one synth that he never really fell in love with – one that was so complex to use that he couldn’t get on board. Any guesses?
“I was never enamoured with the Yamaha DX7,” Oberheim says. “It was just too mysterious. You know, maybe five people on planet Earth could programme it – and they’re getting old now, like me!”
Oberheim has made some stellar instruments, from the OB-X to the DMX and now the TEO-5. But, when asked if there’s a synth he wishes he made but didn’t he instead reflects on a decision his late friend and colleague Dave Smith made; one that Oberheim wished he did, too. 
“One thing that I wish I had done sooner is what Dave did in the early 2000s. He realised that analogue was coming back. He got back into the business. At first, it was with the Evolver but when he did the Prophet ’08, it just exploded. I wasn’t going to start another company at the time but now things have changed. Now I’m in alliance with Focusrite and I’m back in the business.”
Oberheim is back in the business with the new TEO-5. You can read more about its creation in the MusicTech interview.
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“A listening experience unlike any other”: Sonos’s eagerly awaited launch into the headphone market is here – meet Sonos AceAfter years of clamouring by fans to bring their high fidelity sound to a pair of cans, Sonos is finally releasing a pair of headphones, Sonos Ace.
The brand’s new over-ear Bluetooth headphones feature lossless and spatial audio, world-class Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) and Aware Mode, while the company also promises “the most precise and immersive home theatre experience possible using Sonos’ new TrueCinema technology”.

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The headphones come in both Black and Soft White variations and will be available from 5 June, retailing at £449.
“They’re here! Fans have asked us for years to bring the Sonos experience to headphones – and we knew our first foray into the category needed to champion the type of innovation and sound experience Sonos has become synonymous with,” says Patrick Spence, CEO of Sonos, in a press release.
“Sonos Ace leverages everything we’ve learned over two decades as an audio leader to bring stunning sound, sleek design and long-standing comfort to one of the largest and most popular audio categories worldwide.”

“Sonos Ace represents our ambition to create moving sound experiences that are equal to the moment we live in. It is an exciting new chapter as we embark on what it means to design for personal listening,” adds Maxime Bouvat-Merlin, Sonos Chief Product Officer. “True to Sonos’ heritage of premium products, each individual detail of Sonos Ace has been expertly crafted, custom designed, and tuned by the world’s leading sound experts to give you a listening experience unlike any other.”
Sonos Ace features two custom-designed drivers that help to produce the brand’s signature high-fidelity sound. The brand has also promised that the headphones can be part of “your own private cinema”, wherein users can swap the TV audio from a compatible Sonos soundbar to Sonos Ace with just the tap of a button. Meanwhile, spatial audio with Dolby Atmos means the sound remains detailed and clear in all directions while dynamic head tracking keeps users centred in the sound even if they move.
The headphones have an extended 30 hours battery life and charging for just 3 minutes gives an extra 3 hours of power.
Meanwhile, Sonos has emphasised that its new headphones are responsibly made to last with replaceable ear cushions, circular materials using 17 per cent less virgin plastic, and a 75 per cent recycled felt travel case made from plastic bottles. For improved energy efficiency, wear detection pauses your music when you remove Sonos Ace from your ears to reduce the need for charging.
Sonos’s Ace headphones have already begun whipping up a storm online, with MacRumors saying, “This is what the [Apple] AirPods Max should have been.” Meanwhile, The Verge calls them “damn impressive”.

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Somerville Sounds Releases Free The Meyer Choir Plugin
Somerville Sounds launched The Meyer Choir plugin, a free release for Mac and Windows.  The plugin is available through a ‘pay what you like’ model, and you can donate to the developer or simply download it for free.  The Meyer Choir is available for AU, VST3, and AAX. Somerville Sounds describes The Meyer Choir as [...]
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My Forever Studio: Lauren Mia demands a patchbayLauren Mia is a composer turned DJ and producer, whose melodic and ethereal take on techno has caught the attention of some of the world’s best-known labels.
The LA native is still riding a high from the release of her debut album, RE:BIRTH, which packs a ton of soundscapes made with analogue synths and maintains her strong roots to melodic techno and progressive house. In this episode of My Forever Studio brought in partnership with Audient, we discover the unexpected synths Lauren would pick to make her sound, why practically is a top priority and why she’s not a fan of layering sounds.

The My Forever Studio podcast sees artists, producers and engineers create their dream fantasy Forever Studio, wherever they want in the universe. However, there are strict rules in the Forever Studio. Our guests are permitted a limited number of items in their creative space, so they must choose carefully. There will be nostalgia. There will be anecdotes. There may be gags. But there will be no bundles!
Last week, My Forever Studio spoke with musician and content creator SEIDS. Renowned for her quick and insightful Logic Pro tips, Sabrina Seidman has amassed hundreds of thousands of followers online and talks to us about her experiences in music production. She also reveals the “cheeseburger of audio interfaces”, and an affordable mic that, in her opinion, beats $10,000 mics.
Subscribe to My Forever Studio on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and check out all episodes so far via MusicTech. And you can check out SEIDS’ Logic Pro Crash Course – discounted by 30% for MusicTech readers – at seids.co
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“We’re getting closer”: It looks like a Nopia update is on the wayOne of the major new inventions to come out of the music technology world last year was Nopia, a remarkable semi-modular MIDI chord generator that was the brainchild of Argentinian instrument designers Martin Grieco and Rocio Gal.
The prototype was unveiled almost exactly a year ago, featuring a beautiful mint green and white design. It revolves around the concept of tonal harmony, focusing on the relationship between chords, particularly the connection between the tonal centre (the home tone of the key) and the dominant (the fifth note in the key).

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Nopia also includes an arpeggiator that creates arpeggiations based on the selected key. Additionally, there is a Synth section with a slider for blending the sounds of two banks. For example, Martin Grieco demonstrated blending a choir and an ’80s-sounding pad using MIDI to play the keys.
The Nopia prototype is complemented by an Ableton rack, which allows for sound customisation. Notably, each section of the hardware emits separate MIDI information, enabling individual tracking of bass, synth, arpeggiator, and keys.
However, new things seem to now be afoot in the world of Nopia. The company shared a video to their YouTube channel where they thank supporters who have backed their product in the last year and go on to hint at what is to come.
“Hopefully one day Nopia will be its own standalone instrument,” the creators say in the video. “Never would I have imagined the winds blowing so strongly when I said that a year ago.
“This wouldn’t be possible without you. Thanks so much for all the amazing support. We’re getting closer.”
What could we be about to find out? Only time will tell…

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How a Sony JV Record Label Develops ArtistsThis week, Ari is joined by David Rishty, President of Palm Tree Records

Donald Trump says his campaign will accept cryptoFacing several criminal cases, the presumptive Republican Party nominee for U.S. President is expected to face off against President Joe Biden in November 2024.