Origin Effects launch Halcyon Gold Overdrive Origin Effects' latest pedal offers a modern take on the Klon Centaur and uses their Adaptive Technology, which adapts the voicing in response to pick attack and volume knob changes.

The Recording Academy has revealed its key dates and deadlines for the upcoming 2024 GRAMMYs which will be held on February 4 2024. Submissions are now open until August 31st, with the nominees to be announced on November 10th. Grammy submissions now open.
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Pioneer DJ unveils new DDJ-REV5 scratch-style controllerPioneer DJ has unveiled the DDJ-REV5, a “next-generation” scratch-style controller designed for more “creative open-format DJ performances”.

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Similar to its pricier REV7 sibling, the DDJ-REV5 is a two-channel unit with two large jog wheels and a control layout that keeps in mind the preferences of turntable DJs.
Specifically, the controller’s long tempo sliders run horizontally above the deck sections while the Performance Pads and Lever FX are placed in the mixer section, emulating the PLX Series deck + DJM-S Series mixer setups loved by open-format DJs around the world.
Key features on the DDJ-REV5 include a Magvel Fader for precise cutting, dedicated Stem control buttons for live mash-ups and remixes, and auto BPM transition for easy mixing over wide BPM shifts. There’s also a new Piano Play mode that allows you to use the performance pads as a keyboard — with the “white” keys on the bottom row and the “black” ones at the top.
Additionally, the DDJ-REV5 is compatible with Serato DJ Pro and Rekordbox. A voucher for the Serato Pitch ‘n Time DJ expansion pack is also included with each purchase.
Connections wise, users can use the DDJ-REV5 as the centre of a larger setup thanks to its wide variety of inputs and outputs, including an XLR master out and two USB Type-C ports which allows for easy swapping between DJs with the flick of a switch.
The DDJ-REV5 is now available at a price of €1,099 including VAT/ $1,099 excluding tax.

The DDJ-REV5 follows the release of the PLX-CRSS12, the brand’s first-ever digital-analogue hybrid turntable. Analogue mode lets you use real vinyl records, while digital mode lets you lay down your control vinyl (blank vinyl record emulation made for Digital Vinyl Systems) and play music from your digital collection in Serato or Rekordbox.
Learn more at Pioneer DJ.
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MeowSynth is a free synthesizer plugin by the Ukrainian developer knobster. Today is International Cat Day, so let’s explore this charming cat-inspired “meow synth.” I’m not a cat person. Dogs are the best. Ok, I like some cats (shout out to Tony!), too. But I most definitely am a synth person. A cat synthesizer, though? A [...]
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Over 100 independent UK nightclubs have closed in the last 12 monthsOver 100 independent nightclubs around the UK have closed in the last year, according to a new report.
The report from CGA Neilson suggests that over 30% of clubs in the UK closed between June 2020 and June 2023, with around 12% of those closures coming in the last 12 months. In June 2020, there were 991 independent clubs active in the UK. But by June 2023, that number had decreased to 649.
These closures are thought to be down to rising energy costs and the ongoing cost of living crisis, and Michael Kill of the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) has said we could see further closures before the end of the year.
“The recent figures from CGA Neilson are extremely alarming, and if taken back to 2019 show an even more dramatic picture for these businesses, with losses nearer 40%,” he said (via Mixmag). “These businesses are facing some critical challenges, with many not knowing whether they will survive over the coming months.
“We have constantly highlighted to the Government the concerns around these businesses, particularly independent venues,” said Kill. “Without further support we may lose many more of these businesses before the end of the year.”
In November last year, the NTIA said that an average of 14 clubs were closing each month, and that one in three nightclubs would be closing by the end of 2022.
Among the clubs that have closed over the last few years have been the likes of Printworks, The Drumsheds, and The Cause, and it looks as though things could get worse before they get better. However, there are some reasons to be cheerful, with London’s XOYO opening a new club in Birmingham next month, and Printworks coming back in 2026.
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Live Music Archive now has over 250,000 concert recordings you can listen to for freeTwo decades after its launch, the Live Music Archive has amassed over 250,000 concert recordings you can listen to for free.

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A joint effort between Internet Archive staff and volunteers, the non-profit and ad-free collection reached the one-quarter million milestone in June, and now takes up more than 250 terabytes of data on Internet Archive servers.
“It’s a huge victory for the open web,” said Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive (via blog.archive). “Fans have helped build it. Bands have supported it. And the Internet Archive has continued to scale it to be able to meet the demand.”
“It shouldn’t cost to give something away,” Kahle said, adding that “We wanted to make it possible for people to make things permanently available without having to sell their souls to a platform that is going to exploit it for advertising. That just seemed like the world that should exist, and we thought we could play a role.”
In 2002, Internet Archive partnered with the etree music community to launch Live Music Archive with the aim of providing ongoing, free access to lossless and MP3-encoded audio recordings.
Since its inception, more than 8,000 artists have given permission to have recordings of their shows archived on the Live Music Archive; The site has also clocked over 600 million listens, with nearly 30 items uploaded a day.
In addition to its expansive Grateful Dead collection, the archive is also known for featuring the works of aspiring musicians across a variety of genres.
“Until working with the Internet Archive, there were no coordinated and reliable means to preserve and distribute the recordings,” said Jonathan Aizen, a technology entrepreneur who helped build the Live Music Archive. “The only way that these things were being preserved was by copying them — and that was very haphazard, so the music community was very excited.”
“There’s no doubt in my mind that the accessibility of the recordings on the Internet Archive is exposing bands and drawing people in who then go to the show,” he said.
Check out the collection over at Live Music Archive.
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HoRNet Plugins offers the SpringVerb spring reverb plugin as a free download until 11:59 pm (CET) on August 8th, 2023. There are 14 hours left to get the plugin for free at the time of publishing this article. I love the metallic sound of spring reverbs. It’s no substitute for “normal” reverbs types like plate [...]
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808 Day: Best 808 sample packs and pluginsIs there a drum machine more influential than the Roland TR-808? Since 1980, the analogue beatbox has found its way into myriad genres, from new jack swing and soul in the 80s to dubstep and trap in the 2010s. Its sound has since become an essential for producers, beatmakers and DJs for creating and performing music.

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We’ve picked out some of our favourite sample packs and sound libraries to arm you with a vast palette of 808 hits and loops. There are also a few emulations that will let you tweak a virtual TR-808 for a more authentic experience of using the coveted drum machine. Whether you just want that infamous cowbell sound or are hoping to recreate Marvin Gaye’s Sexual Healing, these will all set you on the right track.
BandLab Sounds – Turbo 808s
Turbo 808s. Image: BandLab Sounds

Free
Download Turbo 808s

Before you pay for a sample pack, be sure to try out BandLab Sounds’ free Turbo 808s pack. It’s a collection of processed 808 kick samples and loops, with a few other 808 sounds thrown in. There are 49 one-shots and 52 loops at 80, 90, and 125 bpm.
Many of the patterns and sounds have several variations for extra flexibility, including long and short decays, and clean, saturated and effected versions. For some added analogue weight, the saturated sounds come courtesy of feeding the signal through the filter circuit on a Moog Voyager, and also through an OTO Machines BOUM analogue warming unit. You’re sure to get some heated-up beats from this pack.
Editor’s note: BandLab Technologies is part of Caldecott Music Group, which is also the parent company of MusicTech, NME Networks.
Samples from Mars – 808 From Mars
808 From Mars cover. Image: Sample From Mars

$39
Download 808 From Mars

808 From Mars might be the best value 808 sample pack out there. The Samples From Mars team multi-sampled its original TR-808 cleanly through an API 1608 console, and then also more aggressively via a range of hardware EQs, filters and compressors. This includes different decay times, snappy and tone amounts, and both accented and unaccented hits.
Samples From Mars also re-pitched the bass drum through several old-school samplers to get some chromatic kick drum patches.

There are 1,500 individual samples, plus 12 pre-made drum kits for Kontakt, Logic Pro, Reason, SFZ, Maschine, Battery, FL Studio, MPC1000 & MPC2500, and an Ableton Live Rack. These will let you quickly load up and play the sounds on-the-fly.
Goldbaby – SuperAnalog808
SuperAnalog808. Image: Goldbaby

$29
Download SuperAnalog808

This pack has been around for a while, but it’s one we regularly turn to when we want characterful sounding 808s with plenty of punch and mojo. It comes with 1,168 one-shot samples in 24-bit/96kHz Wav format, plus 73 kits for Logic Pro’s Sampler, Kontakt and Battery, and 16 kits for Geist and Maschine.
Goldbaby used an array of high-end studio hardware to process the 808, including an EM-PEQ eq, UBK Fatso and a Great River 32EQ. There’s also extensive round-robin to help capture the subtle analogue variations, plus tuned chromatic bass drum and conga patches that you can play on your keyboard. Goldbaby has several other 808 packs including StompBox808, Tape808 and a free pack called Cassette808.
Roland Cloud – TR-808
TR-808. Image: Roland

$149 (or $19.99 per month for Roland Cloud subscription)
Mac & Windows
VST2/VST3/AU/AAX
Download Roland Cloud TR-808

For some real authenticity, you could try the Roland Cloud TR-808 plugin, which uses the company’s Analog Circuit Behavior (ACB) technology to faithfully recreate the original sound.
It also boasts modern additions that help make it a little more flexible, including extra tuning and decay knobs, the ability to overdrive the circuitry, eight pattern variations, drag and drop audio and MIDI, adjustable flams, sub-steps and soft hits for more detailed fills, rolls and edits. Plus, each instrument has it’s own ‘last step’ and shuffle settings that let you experiment more with timing.

By far the most useful new feature, though, is the expanded sequencer lanes that help you to program faster beats without the need to switch instruments.
Wave Alchemy – Revolution
Revolution. Image: Wave Alchemy

£99.95 (runs in free Kontakt Player)
Download Wave Alchemy Revolution

Wave Alchemy’s Revolution is a deeply-sampled drum instrument that captures every nuance of the 808 (alongside 13 other iconic drum machines) and presents it in an easy to use Kontakt interface. You get the clean sound plus several alternative options including mastered, analogue tape and E-Mu SP-1200-processed versions. You can fine tune each sound directly, or use the built-in effects and custom reverb impulses recorded from classic gear.

There’s also a powerful 32-step sequencer with over 1,000 presets, and per-step modulation routings and humanisation features, plus MIDI drag and drop and more. An Ableton Live version is also available for £59.95. If you like the sound of vintage drum machines, then this one is a no-brainer.
Minimal Audio – Octane

$49
Download Minimal Audio Octane

A lot of the instruments and sample libraries in this list are designed to faithfully recreate the original sounds of the 808. But this pack from Minimal Audio takes things a little further, with a more modern-sounding interpretation.
Minimal Audio captured an original TR-808, alongside various modern emulations of its circuits. The brand then edited and processed each sound to create an array of hard-hitting, modern-sounding loops, hits and glitches. It contains over 130 loops, 25 tuned sub kits, and 875 one-shots covering kicks, snares, claps, hi-hats, cymbals, percussion and sound effects, giving you plenty of sounds across a range of musical styles.
Future Audio Workshop – SubLab/SubLab XL
SubLab. Image: Future Audio Workshop

$70/$80, (currently available for $40/$50)
Mac & Windows
VST2/VST3/AU/AAX
Download Future Audio Workshop SubLab/SubLab XL

SubLab is plugin focused on the subby, boomy 808 kick, with an intuitive interface design and plenty of low-end control. The main sound source includes a synth part, a sampler, and a unique X-Sub harmonic generator that can be used to fatten the main bass harmonics or to add sub harmonics.
You can process the sound with a distortion module, a compressor, and a multimode analogue filter, all of which have a mix dial for parallel processing. Then there’s a maximiser and a widener on the master output, plus detailed metering.

SubLab comes pre-loaded with 250 drum machine kick samples, plus a bunch of track ready, artists built 808 samples. You can also buy additional sound packs, or upgrade to SubLab XL, which includes additional FX, a new Super Oscillator, Macros, and LFO modulation.
Datacode – OVRDRV: 808 Techno
OVRDRV: 808 Techno cover. Image: Datacode Records

£19.95
Download Datacode OVRDRV: 808 Techno

Where many 808 packs focus on more traditional uses in trap, hip hop and house, this sample library from Datacode includes sounds designed for use in techno, tech house and minimal dance genres.

It includes 180 sounds with both long and short versions for extra flexibility, and seven drum construction kits that include 51 stem loops. You can expect to find plenty of gritty 808 hits that have been mangled via an array of distortion pedals, bass amps, guitar amps, filters LFOs and delay and reverb units. These include deep kicks, ultra low subs, overdriven synths, distorted basses and filtered drone effects.
Vincent Riemer – iO-808
iO-808. Image: Vincent Riemer

Free
Download Vincent Riemer iO-808

iO-808 is a free online drum machine created by Vincent Riemer that runs in your web browser. It faithfully recreates the layout of the machine and lets you program and save full beats.
All the sounds are synthesised using the Web Audio API rather than sampled, which means they sound good, but not quite authentic. Still, it’s a great way to get some instant 808 fun and also to learn how to program the hardware, as there’s a useful tutorial included.
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Warm Audio Mutation Phasor II: A fantastic vintage effect for synths and studiosWarm Audio is on a mission: to repackage legendary sounds at an affordable price point. The Texan company swears by the ‘Warm Formula’, keeping price points as low as possible while using quality components; such is the case with Warm Audio’s new electro-optical phaser pedal, the Mutation Phasor II.

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‘Did I miss the Mutation Phasor I?’ We hear you ask. No, you didn’t: there is no Mutation Phasor I. The pedal seeks to accurately recreate the now-legendary Musitronics Mu-Tron Phasor II from 1976, a swirling and lush sounding pedal that has furnished the setups of many a musical icon.
From its orange, red and purple colour scheme and the font emblazoned across the shelf of the chassis, the Mutation Phasor II is loud and proud of its heritage. Similarly, Warm Audio’s ODD ‘Over Driver Disorder’– released at the same time – is just as transparent about being inspired by the Fulltone OCD.

The Mu-Tron II first appeared in the mid-1970s to succeed the mark one Mu-Tron, presenting three controls for depth, rate and feedback on top of the original’s two, which were for depth and rate. Just like the Mutation Phasor II is today, it was originally intended for players on a budget. It has stood the test of time to become synonymous with those stridently experimental guitar sounds of the 1970s. Original Mu-Trons on the second-hand market now carry a price tag to match that prestige.
“Mu-tron Phasor II is a new, advanced phase-shifting device designed to give the musician true state-of-the-art performance in a rugged, compact package at a very affordable price,” reads the original advert for the pedal.
“Six phase-shift stages provide a maximum of 1080 degrees of phase-shift for a deep, satisfying phasing effect […]. The new circuitry has extremely low noise and unequalled signal-handling capability for freedom from distortion. This makes Mu-tron Phasor II ideal for use after a pre-amplifier or with high-output electric keyboards, and also for critical use with electric guitars or other instruments in the studio or on stage.”
Warm Audio Mutation Phasor II. Image: Warm Audio
It’s in this realm of keyboard instruments and synthesizers that we’re keen to put the Mutation Phasor II through its paces.
First up: a 1979 Rhodes Mk 1. Happily, we can report, an authentic-sounding 70s vibe is instantly achieved upon plugging in the pedal. Warm and watery on one end of the spectrum and more aggressive in the midrange at the other (thanks to the Mutation Phasor II’s RC4558P op-amps), the MPII responds superbly across the electric piano’s considerable range, from deep bass notes to chiming high tones. Steadily increasing the depth to widen the frequency range of the phaser elegantly deepens the low end and stretches the highs, offering anything from subtle movement to undulating modulation. This can create evolving, phrase-spanning sweeps or it can threaten ring-mod-style disruption to your signal– all the while still feeling very much controlled.
This feeling of control partly stems from the way the Mutation Phasor II presents a clean and classy, three-dimensional sonic character that you might sooner associate with a 19-inch piece of studio hardware than with a guitar pedal. Perhaps this is because other famous phaser pedals, take the MXR Phase 90, for example, tend to deliver palpably more grit– you might even say more of a ‘lo-fi’ character– as they move through their phase stages.
Warm Audio Mutation Phasor II front. Image: Warm Audio
There is absolutely room on the pedalboard for both schools, of course – especially when considering the relatively compact footprint of the Mutation Phasor II. Although chunky, the pedal is still significantly smaller than the aluminium casing of the Mu-Tron Phasor II, which would undoubtedly need to travel separately to a main pedalboard if you included it in your rig.
We can happily report that the Mutation Phasor II’s headroom is just as high as the original’s advertisement promises. But it also responds nicely to the variable input levels from a mixer’s aux send, with the feedback knob primed to add more character.
Dialling up the feedback adds electric feedback to the wet signal, emphasising the filter-sweeping character of the phase shift and adding to the vocal formant-like resonance and intensity of the sound.
At extreme settings, the MPII doesn’t advance into particularly gnarly territory but offers a little bite to go with its bark. We test this with a bright and fast synth arpeggio from the Melbourne Instruments 12-voice Nina, to which it responds excellently.

Phaser effects often reach incredibly fast rates of modulation, but at the other end of the spectrum, they can leave us frustrated by not being able to go slow enough. Another hazard is the way many pedals react to those fastest modulation rates. In honesty, this can rarely sound particularly musical, since it often comes at the expense of accurate harmonic tracking unless there’s enough flexibility in the tone control to make adjustments.
Thankfully, not only does the MPII’s rate range from a dizzying 18 sweeps-per-second all the way down to a truly languid 10 seconds-per-sweep, its accompanying pair of sound-sculpting controls offer just enough control to keep things sounding psychedelic. It’s workable and typically highly musical right across the board, particularly with low-depth, high-feedback settings. Swirling and smooth on one end, shimmering and warbling on the other, and fantastic-sounding at either.
Suffice to say that when it comes to the Mutation Phasor II, it’s very much a case of ‘mission accomplished’ for the Warm formula.
Key features

Swirling, characterful recreation of the Mu-Tron Phasor II
Flexible controls for depth, rate and feedback
Rate range: 0.1 Hz to 18 Hz
Buffered bypass
Battery or 9v operation
Dimensions: 17 cm x 9 cm
Contact: Warm Audio

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GPU Audio Beat Battle competition GPU Audio have announced a beat making competition which will see entrants’ submissions being pitted against each other in a series of head-to-head ‘battles’ to determine a winner.

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Solid State Logic Releases B-DYN 500 Series Module The B-DYN module builds on the success of the recent 4K B plug-in, taking the SSL sound back to its roots once again, with a faithful recreation of the original SL 4000B consoles dynamic section in 500 Series format.Featuring fixed compression ratios -  2:1, 4:1 & 10:1 with an additional 'DS' mode, fixed release times - DS, .2, .4, .8, 1.6 & renowned 'auto', auto make-up gain, sidechain high pass filter and so much more, the B-DYN allows producers and engineers to add heavily coloured, grabby, saturated compression from one of the rarest studio consoles ever made to their toolkit. 

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