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White Elephant Audio Releases Free MONSTR Stereo Width Plugin
From the developer White Elephant Audio comes MONSTR, a plugin that provides up to six bands of stereo width control. I don’t really use stereo-width plugins too often. More often than not, I can coax out the results I want with a little mid/side EQing and reverb. That said, there is always a place in [...]
View post: White Elephant Audio Releases Free MONSTR Stereo Width PluginMy Forever Studio: Erol Alkan’s secret for making sounds that connectErol Alkan has remained a major player in the indie/electronic production scene since his career took off in the 2000s. With remixes under his belt for Daft Punk, Chemical Brothers and Justice, his peers and friends can’t help but namedrop him when talking about their studio workflows — Chromeo, DJ Falcon, Alan Braxe and more of our podcast guests have all mentioned him when talking shop. Elsewhere, his production work for Mystery Jets, Late Of The Pier, LCD Soundsystem and even Duran Duran have cemented him as a go-to for guitar bands looking to break onto dancefloors.
In the 67th episode of My Forever Studio, we talk about programming Nokias, accidentally digging through Soulwax’s record collection, and how he can make any sound unique. You can check it out below on YouTube and on your favourite podcasting platforms.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 episode, we spoke with Grammy-winning British producer, Tourist. In the show, he tells us about the one app he can’t live without, why he doesn’t agree with “sneery” synthesizers and collecting gear as relics, and the importance of not shying away from presets.Subscribe to My Forever Studio on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and check out all episodes so far via musictech.com
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Roland reveal Fantom EX range The replacement for Roland's flagship Fantom series includes all of the features introduced in the recent EX Upgrade option.
SlatFusor PL from GIK Acoustics GIK Acoustics have added a curved panel to their recently introduced SlatFusor line-up.
RELEASE DETAILS
Release title:
HARD IN THA EVIL PLACE *DONT LISTEN AT 3AM*
Main artist name:
KingPollo
Release date:
26th Apr, 2024
https://publme.lnk.to/HARDINTHAEVILPLACEDONTLISTENAT3AM
#newmusic #Release #Music #indepedent #artist #hiphop #trapBitcoin analysts agree that BTC has ‘a lot further to run’Key on-chain metrics suggest a higher baseline for Bitcoin price now that the halving is complete.
Washington D.C. Copyright Society to Host 'Labor Unions and Creators' Panel with AFM, SAG-AFTRA, WGA, moreJoin the Washington, D.C. Chapter of the COPYRIGHT SOCIETY for an evening hybrid program discussing how labor unions represent creators.
When: May 6, 2024 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
Where: The George Washington Law School and Virtual
Panel One, 6 to 7 pm: will include three unions that represent creators — SAG-AFTRA, WGA East, AFM. The unions protect creators in many ways, from collective bargaining to lobbying and more, and this panel will discuss what the union does and the various ways that unions protect creators. The panel will include discussion about some of the lesser-known protections that these unions provide to creators that creator representatives should know. SAG-AFTRA and the AFM have established funds that distribute both collectively bargained and copyright revenue streams to creators.
Duncan Crabtree Ireland, SAG-AFTRA
Tino Gagliardi, AFM
Ann Burdick, WGA East
Dan Navarro, singer-songwriter, performer
Moderator: Ann Chaitovitz, Professor GWU
Panel Two, 7:10 to 8 pm: will include two of these funds — The AFM & SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund and the AFM Film Musicians Secondary Markets Fund. The panel will explain the Funds, what they do and the different income streams that they distribute. Both panels will include a creator to provide insight from a creator’s perspective.
Roxanne Castillo, FMSMF
Stefanie Taub, The AFM & SAG-AFTRA Fund
Dan Navarro, singer-songwriter, performer
Moderator: Ann Chaitovitz, Professor GWU
A small networking reception will be held after the second panel.
Please note, no MCLE credit will be offered for this program.
Agenda
5/06
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm EDT
In Person Check-In
5/06
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT
Panel One
Panel One will include three unions that represent creators — SAG-AFTRA, WGA East, AFM. The unions protect creators in many ways, from collective bargaining to lobbying and more, and this panel will discuss what the union does and the various ways that unions protect creators. The panel will include discussion about some of the lesser-known protections that these unions provide to creators that creator representatives should know. SAG-AFTRA and the AFM have established funds that distribute both collectively bargained and copyright revenue streams to creators.
SPEAKERS:
Duncan Crabtree Ireland, SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator
Tino Gagliardi, AFM Executive Officer,
Ann Burdick, WGA East General Counsel
MODERATOR:
Dan Navarro, singer-songwriter, performer
5/06
7:10 pm - 8:10 pm EDT
Panel Two
This second panel will include two of these funds — The AFM & SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund and the AFM Film Musicians Secondary Markets Fund. The panel will explain the Funds, what they do and the different income streams that they distribute. Both panels will include a creator to provide insight from a creator’s perspective.
SPEAKERS:
Roxanne Castillo, Film Musicians Secondary Market Fund General Counsel
Stefanie Taub, CEO of the The AFM & SAG-AFTRA Fund
MODERATOR:
Dan Navarro, singer-songwriter, performer
5/06
8:10 pm - 9:00 pm EDT
In Person Reception and Networking
Please join after the presentations for some light refreshments and networking.
More info at copyrightsociety.org
IBM moves deeper into hybrid cloud management with $6.4B HashiCorp acquisitionWith HashiCorp, Big Blue gets a set of cloud lifecycle management and security tools, and a company that is growing considerably faster than any of IBM’s other businesses.
© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.Milk & Honey now represents Travis Kelce and 80 other sports stars – but its world still ‘revolves around the songwriter’Lucas Keller talks Travis Kelce, Spotify, A&R, and where his company is headed
SourceMore Mirrors (and a Little Audio) Mean More Laser PowerLasers are pretty much magic — it’s all done with mirrors. Not every laser, of course, but in the 1980s, the most common lasers in commercial applications were probably the helium-neon laser, which used a couple of mirrors on the end of a chamber filled with gas and a high-voltage discharge to produce a wonderful red-orange beam.
The trouble is, most of the optical power gets left in the tube, with only about 1% breaking free. Luckily, there are ways around this, as [Les Wright] demonstrates with this external passive cavity laser. The guts of the demo below come from [Les]’ earlier teardown of an 80s-era laser particle counter, a well-made instrument powered by a He-Ne laser that was still in fine fettle if a bit anemic in terms of optical power.
[Les] dives into the physics of the problem as well as the original patents from the particle counter manufacturer, which describe a “stabilized external passive cavity.” That’s a pretty fancy name for something remarkably simple: a third mirror mounted to a loudspeaker and placed in the output path of the He-Ne laser. When the speaker is driven by an audio frequency signal, the mirror moves in and out along the axis of the beam, creating a Doppler shift in the beam reflected back into the He-Ne laser and preventing it from interfering with the lasing in the active cavity. This forms a passive cavity that greatly increases the energy density of the beam compared to the bare He-Ne’s output.
The effect of the passive cavity is plain to see in the video. With the oscillator on, the beam in the passive cavity visibly brightens, and can be easily undone with just the slightest change to the optical path. We’d never have guessed something so simple could make such a difference, but there it is.A new ‘music-only’ subscription tier is coming to Spotify, confirms Daniel Ek… and 4 other things we learned on the company’s latest earnings callSpotify is making good on its aim to become more than a music streaming service
SourceDIY Electronics Plus Woodworking Equal Custom Lamp
There is something about wooden crafts that when combined with electronics, have a mesmerizing effect on the visual senses. The Gesture Controlled DNA Wooden Desk Lamp by [Timber Rough] is a bit of both with a nice desk piece that’s well documented for anyone who wants to build their own.
Construction starts with a laser cutter being employed to add kerfs, such that the final strips can be bent along a frame tube to form the outer backbone of the DNA helix structure. Add to the mix some tung oil, carnauba wax, and some glue — along with skill and patience — and you get the distinct shape of sugar-phosphate backbone.
The electronics include an ESP8266 with the PAJ7620 gesture sensor that controls two WS2812B RGB LED Strips. The sensor in question is very capable, and comes with the ability to recognize nine human hand gestures along with proximity which makes it apt for this application. The sensor is mounted atop the structure with the LEDs twisting down the frame to the base where the ESP8266 is tucked away. Tiny glass bottles are painted with acrylic spray varnish and then glued to the LEDs to form the base pairs of the double helix. We thought that the varnish spray was a clever idea to make light diffusers that are quick and cheap for most DIYers.
We previously covered how this particular gesture sensor can be used to control much more than a lamp if you seek more ideas in that realm.Sampling the sound of climate action with Madame Gandhi
Madame Gandhi discusses the process of creating samples using field recordings from Antartica, as well as the intersection between music and environmentalism.Bang & Olufsen is selling a CD player for $55,000Bang & Olufsen has reissued a CD player originally launched to market in 1996 – with a hefty price tag of $55,000.
Though this might seem like an outlandish move, this isn’t the first time the Danish electronics giant has made a move like this. In 2020, it released the Beogram 4000c, but only 95 were made and set consumers back $11,000 each. The series originally came out in the 1970s, but the manufacturers tracked down 95 of the 4000 turntables that were made and refurbished and updated them to make them like new, even to the point where they came with a five-year warranty.READ MORE: Review: Bang & Olufsen Beosound Stage soundbar
It’s now done the same thing with the Beosystem 9000c, the second launch in the brand’s Recreated Classics series. The CD player famously revolutionised the appearance of CD players when it was first released, featuring a tower of six CDs facing listeners viewable within a glass and aluminium housing. In a move that was also remarkably ahead of its time, users were also able to create playlists between the six discs.
“It is actually one of those launches that just set a direction for B&O, and one of those super innovative, very radically different things that creates elements of history,” Mads Kogsgaard Hansen, Bang & Olufsen’s Head of Product Circularity, tells Fast Company. “It is still perceived as one of our most innovative and iconic designs.”
Although CDs made up only three per cent of the music industry’s revenue in 2022 – a drastic drop from 92 per cent 20 years earlier – the format is slowly making a resurgence fuelled by Gen Z’s interest in physical formats. The Recreated Classics was created with this in mind, with the brand purportedly finding plenty of inspiration from the past when it came to working out what can make a product timeless.
Bang and Olufsen 9000 CD player. Credit: Bang
Hansen says in a press release that the refurbished CD player was created in recognition of that trend. “More than showcasing our commitment to product longevity, we wanted to celebrate the revival of physical media that has taken place in recent years. Vinyls and CDs have returned to being something special, where people invest time and energy to connect with the music and artists they love. Longevity in design and the passion for music listening are essentially what we are celebrating with the launch of Beosystem 9000c. It is all about keeping listening choices alive”.
“We can actually show that we can manage to connect our past with our present and the most modern technology today,” continues Hansen. “What we really want to do … is to lead and inspire an entire movement for the industry to design more circular and more long-lasting products for the future. Because if we just keep doing it in the same way as we do right now, then we will risk not having an industry.”
Regarding the price point, he says: “We want to really move more and more into the luxury segment of the market – that’s where we see our future. The inventory was sourced from stores and auction houses before being brought back to the factory in Strauer, Denmark, where they were originally made. More than 90 per cent of the original parts form part of the new model.
In addition, the CD player is compatible with Beolab 28s speakers, which feature a high-spec design with Natural Aluminium lamellas on the speakers with a Cosmic Black aluminium base.
“I can’t help thinking about the whole idea of keeping choices alive, right? I really love that,” he continues. “We sometimes have a lot more of a slow-culture approach to the things that we do, and celebrate some of the more analog elements in a world that is increasingly high speed. I wouldn’t be surprised if you see us explore further on both vinyl and CD, but also maybe even consider other music formats, to sort of make the complete lineup. Who knows?”
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