How streaming scams hurt independent musicians"It's not just you, music streaming is broken," says Cameron Gorham who makes music and videos under the moniker Venus Theory. Learn how streaming scams hurt independent musicians and why he argues, "you don't have to play the game."
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Akai Launches MPC Live III Standalone With 8-Core Processor, Clip Matrix, Stems, and 3D PadsAkai launches the MPC Live III, a standalone music production center with 8-core power, 3D pads, Clip Matrix loop launching, and built-in mic + speakers.
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Introducing Splice INSTRUMENT: Our new flagship virtual instrument plugin
Explore Splice INSTRUMENT, our virtual instrument plugin that puts an ever-growing catalog of free and premium sounds at your fingertips.

“It’s shocking, disheartening and insulting”: Cardiff band speaks out after AI artist trained on their music outperforms them on SpotifyAI music is becoming more and more prevalent, with the likes of Deezer and Spotify both recently announcing measures to combat its rise on their platforms.
Spotify recently announced a crackdown on AI “slop” in a bid to protect the artists on its platform, while Deezer revealed nearly a third of all music uploaded to its platform daily is fully AI-generated.
The potential for fully AI-driven music projects to become successful is strong, as demonstrated by the Velvet Sundown, which, this year, amassed half a million monthly Spotify listeners before being revealed as an ‘artist’ with music generated by AI platform Suno.

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With the availability of AI music generators, it was inevitable AI-generated music would find its way into people’s playlists. But what about when it starts outperforming the music of artists upon which it has been trained?
Lucas Woodland, frontman of Cardiff-based band Holding Absence, says this has now affected his band, saying an AI artist by the name of Bleeding Verse has been trained on its music, and has more monthly listeners, at the time of writing.
At present, Holding Absence have just over 851,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, while Bleeding Verse has over 904,000.
Woodland, in a new post on X, has shared his thoughts on Bleeding Verse: “So, an AI ‘band’ who cite us as an influence (ie, it’s modelled off our music) have just overtaken us on Spotify, in only two months.”
He continues: “It’s shocking, it’s disheartening, it’s insulting – most importantly – it’s a wake-up call,” and urges listeners to “oppose AI music, or bands like us stop existing”.
Per Bleeding Verse’s YouTube channel bio, the project is “inspired by artists like Dayseeker and Holding Absence”, and “blends ambient textures, soaring vocals and poetic lyricism to explore grief, identity and healing. Lyrics from the heart. AI-assisted instrumentation and vocals”.
Legislation has yet to meaningfully catch up with the training of AI on copyright-protected material, with many artists and industry professionals concerned about the music on which these models are trained, and whether the appropriate licences have been obtained.
Last year, the big three record labels, Universal, Sony and Warner, sued AI music generation platforms Suno and Udio over “unimaginable scales” of copyright infringement.
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Eldoraudio releases Stem Splitter, a FREE online stem separation service (beta)
Stem Splitter by Eldoraudio is a new online stem separation service that is available for free use. The service is currently in its open public beta stage, after which, the developer expects to launch a paid plan with premium features (longer audio files, higher quality output, etc.). The good news is that, even when a [...]
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Get the UVI Dual Delay X creative spatial delay plugin for just $19
You can snap up UVI’s Dual Delay X right now for just $19 (down from $59) in a 68% off exclusive deal at AudioDeluxe.  Dual Delay X is a 64-bit-only release for Windows 10 and later, and macOS 10.14 Mojave and later, available in AU, AAX, VST, and VST3 formats. Taking a gander at the [...]
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Trump nominates acting FDIC chair to officially head the agencyTravis Hill has served as acting FDIC chair since Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20, later issuing guidance on crypto-related activities and criticizing allegations of debanking.

OpenAI staff grapples with the company’s social media pushCurrent and former OpenAI researchers seem torn over how the company's Sora app fits in with its broader mission.

Safari Pedals & Karanyi Sounds offer Hawk Phaser plugin FREE for a limited time
Safari Pedals has teamed up with Karanyi Sounds to offer the Hawk Phaser plugin completely free for a limited time. Normally priced at $49, you can grab it right now using the code KARANYIHAWKFREE at checkout. The Hawk Phaser is a vintage-style modulator designed to deliver everything from gentle, shimmering movement to deep, swirling textures. [...]
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Segger’s Awkward USB-C Issue With the J-Link Compact DebuggerTheoretically USB-C is a pretty nifty connector, but the reality is that it mostly provides many exciting new ways to make your device not work as expected. With the gory details covered by [Alvaro], the latest to join the party is Segger, with its J-Link BASE Compact MCU debugger displaying the same behavior which we saw back when the Raspberry Pi 4 was released in 2019. Back then so-called e-marked USB-C cables failed to power the SBC, much like how this particular J-Link unit refuses to power up when connected using one of those special USB-C cables.
We covered the issue in great detail back then, discussing how the CC1 and CC1 connections need to be wired up correctly with appropriate resistors in order for the USB-C supply – like a host PC – to provide power to the device. As [Alvaro] discovered through some investigation, this unit made basically the same mistake as the RPi 4B SBC before the corrected design. This involves wiring CC1 and CC2 together and as a result seeing the same

Alex Norström has a long to-do list as Spotify’s new co-CEO. Here’s what’s on it.Alex Norström will become Spotify's new co-CEO alongside Gustav Söderström in January 2026, as Daniel Ek steps into an Executive Chairman role
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P DI & 73 DI from Heritage Audio Heritage Audio’s latest announcement introduces two new single- and dual-channel DI box designs and brings a total of four new products to their hardware range.

Eventide Temperance LiteTemperance Lite represents the next step for reverb technology, offering a new approach to shape ambiance. It responds to the language of music, encouraging you to explore reverb in a new way. Unlike a traditional algorithmic or convolution reverb, Temperance Lite lets you control reverb resonances using the familiar 12-note chromatic scale. This allows you to choose which notes bloom or wither within your chosen space, creating musical ambiances that were previously unattainable. Modal Reverb Technology Imagine a room filled with thousands of tuning forks, each tuned to a different frequency. What if you could control the loudness and decay of each one? Temperance models reverberant spaces as thousands of independent resonances (modes), all adjustable in real time. While convolution reverbs capture a space in a single snapshot, Temperance builds it piece by piece, letting you shape how each mode decays or resonates. Features World-Class Spaces: Bright Room, Large Studio, Synthetic Space. Radial Note Selection Buttons let you choose which notes to emphasize or de-emphasize. 15 Factory Presets including 5 Tutorial presets to get you going. NoteScape Visualizer displays the emphasized and de-emphasized notes sustaining and decaying, visually mapping the musicality of the reverb. Mix, Decay, Pre-delay and Size controls function as expected for intuitive workflow. Low latency suitable for tracking and real-time performance (YouTube.com/watch?v=eEEej1WJM4o Read More

Global Recorded Music Revenue Grew to $18.3 Billion USD in the First Half of 2025New data from MIDiA shows the global music market grew by 5.9% in H1 2025, but a slowing rate of growth from H1 2024.
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DJs Can Now Seamlessly Cue Songs in Spotify Using SeratoSpotify and DJ tool Serato's new integration allows DJs to access entire libraries and playlists, and effortlessly mix songs from Spotify within supported DJ software.
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