The Interruptor Bionic Delay 2Bionic Delay 2 is a VST3 plug-in specialized in vintage and modern delay effects. It combines a straightforward user interface for the main delay parameters with a character dial that allows you to easily select the sounds of analog or digital delay units in any condition between brand new and extreme Lo-Fi. Features: Easy delay time selection by note values: half notes, eight notes, 16th, 32th notes plus tripplet and dotted notes via the FINE controls. These are synchronized to your host/DAW tempo. Delay time selection in milliseconds for delay times up to 3 seconds. Separate delay times for the left and right channels are possible. PING PONG delays. SWING creates a swing time feel by applying a longer (or shorter) delay time to every second delay iteration. CHARACTER dial allows you to morph the delay sound between classic bionic delay, clean digital and Lo-Fi analog or crushed digital tones. You can even turn the delay time down to zero and use the CHARACTER function alone for standalone effects like tape degradation and digital crushing. Modulate the delay time for pitch and phase variations, simulating tape transport inaccuracies like wow and flutter. Use extremely small delay times to create Chorus or Flange effects. Full control of the stereo image via WIDTH and BALANCE controls. FREEZE button captures the delay in a static endless loop. SMOOTH control for gradual delay time changes. HI CUT and LO CUT controls progressively narrow the frequency bandwidth of consecutive delays. DRIFT control allows to send more feedback to the left or to the right channel. This results in delays that continuously wander to the left or to the right. Read More

Phonenstien Flips Broken Samsung Into QWERTY SliderThe phone ecosystem these days is horribly boring compared to the innovation of a couple decades back. Your options include flat rectangles, and flat rectangles that fold in half and then break. [Marcin Plaza] wanted to think outside the slab, without reinventing the wheel. In an inspired bout of hacking, he flipped a broken Samsung zFlip 5 into a “new” phone.
There’s really nothing new in it; the guts all come from the donor phone. That screen? It’s the front screen that was on the top half of the zFlip, as you might have guessed from the cameras. Normally that screen is only used for notifications, but with the Samsung’s fancy folding OLED dead as Disco that needed to change. Luckily for [Marcin] Samsung has an app called Good Lock that already takes care of that. A little digging about in the menus is all it takes to get a launcher and apps on the small screen.
Because this is a modern phone, the whole thing is glued together, but that’s not important since [Marcin] is only keeping the screen and internals from the Samsung. The new case with its chunky four-bar linkage is a custom design fabbed out in CNC’d aluminum. (After a number of 3D Printed prototypes, of course. Rapid prototyping FTW!)
The bottom half of the slider contains a Blackberry Q10 keyboard, along with a battery and Magsafe connector. The Q10 keyboard is connected to a custom flex PCB with an Arduino Micro Pro that is moonlighting as a Human Input Device. Sure, that means the phone’s USB port is used by the keyboard, but this unit has wireless charging,so that’s not a great sacrifice. We particularly like the use of magnets to create a satisfying “snap” when the slider opens and closes.
Unfortunately, as much as we might love this concept, [Marcin] doesn’t feel the design is solid enough to share the files. While that’s disappointing, we can certainly relate to his desire to change it up in an era of endless flat rectangles.  This project is a lot more work than just turning a broken phone into a server, but it also seems like a lot more fun.

Warner’s Divo Music makes play for independent artists in India via new label LoopdWarner acquired a majority stake in Divo in 2023
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Groove Synthesis 3rd Wave 8M now shipping Initially announced at Superbooth 2025 back in May, the latest addition to the 3rd Wave family boasts the same sound engine as its larger siblings, but comes in at a more affordable price thanks to a reduced voice count and a simplified top panel.

U.S. Rep. Tlaib to Reintroduce The Living Wage for Musicians ActUS Representative Rashida Tlaib will reintroduce The Living Wage for Musicians Act in Congress for the second time on September 29th, 2025.
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What Makes a Great Artist Manager? Advice from Top Music ManagersArtist management is more than just handling business. Check out key traits that a great artist manager through real stories from top industry pros.
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Music Expo 25: Programme & Speakers Ahead of Music Expo 25, the show’s organisers have released the first wave of programming and speakers scheduled for this year’s event.

WAVS’ AI Sample Finder is an “industry-first” workflow enhancement that finds the right sounds for your project – and most are royalty freeAudio sample library WAVS has launched a new AI Sample Finder tool that allows users to drag any audio file directly from their DAW’s timeline into its plugin to discover similar sounds.
WAVS says the sample finder is an “industry-first workflow enhancement”, allowing artists uncover stems, loops, and textures that complement their existing project, or discover sounds that resemble their favourite samples and synth patches.

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There are over 100,000 samples in the WAVS library, and the new search tool uses an audio similarity algorithm that it describes as “best in class”. The WAVS plugin also syncs samples to project tempo and key automatically for quick auditioning.
To find the right sounds, you can search and filter samples based on artist, mood, energy, and style. Nearly half of WAVS’ content is royalty-free, but for use of its other samples, clearance is only required after one million streams or a major-label release.

AI continues to wriggle its way into a number of DAWs and plugins. Moises, the company behind the popular stem separation and chord detection app, has recently unveiled AI Studio, a browser-based DAW with its own synthetic session musician. Moises claims that the musical data for its AI musician has been ethically sourced, licensed, and copyright-cleared.
In other AI news, startup Beatoven.ai has also just launched Maestro, a new generative AI music model that claims to pay ‘ongoing royalties’ to artists, composers, and rights-holders whose work is used in training.
WAVS’ AI Sample Finder is available now for all users. You can head to the WAVS website for more information.
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Polyend offers the Bliss Chords ambient chord sample pack for FREE
Polyend offers the Bliss Chords ($9.99) sample pack featuring 104 chord one-shots and pads in WAV format for free for a limited time. Use the code promobliss at checkout to get the pack for free. There’s no word on when the offer ends, so don’t sleep on it. I haven’t covered many WAV packs recently, [...]
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Get Native Instruments Monark for $25 at Plugin Boutique (80% OFF)
Plugin Boutique is currently offering Monark by Native Instruments at a hefty 80% discount until September 30th. Monark is Native Instruments’ take on the legendary Minimoog synth, and it’s long been one of my favorite emulations of this iconic instrument. There’s no shortage of Minimoog clones on the market, both in software and hardware form, [...]
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“The John is really summiting!”: Watch the first woman ever to DJ while paraglidingAn electronic artist based in Mumbai, India, could well be the first ever woman to DJ while paragliding, and she’s shared her soaring set online for all to see.
The daredevil DJ, known as TRYPS, performed her set from over 10,000 feet above Bir, Himachal Pradesh in Northern India, as reported by EDM.com. In her videos, you can see her gliding above the thick green trees and rolling hills as both she and her paragliding instructor bop their hands to the beat.

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On her Instagram page, TRYPS promoted her achievement with a simple teaser post which said, “No stage. No ceiling. No limits. First female DJ to ever do it.” You can watch her set in the videos below:

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In another follow up video, TRYPS has explained how she actually pulled the set off, as she’s been getting questions regarding the power supply while mid-air. She explains that a company reached out to her with the idea to do the set with a battery-operated console.
TRYPS was under the impression that she would be provided with the portable AlphaTheta Omnis Duo, but just shortly before she was due to fly to the location for the set, she was told this wasn’t the case. Eventually, they managed to power a standard console using a bike battery, and at the end of her explainer video, she’s also provided some close ups to prove to the doubters that there was indeed power, and the set was being played live.
Though there was a stressful start, TRYPS is really proud that things finally came together. She has another, more in-depth video about the set coming to her YouTube channel soon, but in the meantime, you can hear more about the experience below:

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Check out more from TRYPS via her YouTube channel.
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BABY Audio launches Tekno Drum Synthesizer with advanced circuit modeling
BABY Audio has released Tekno, a software drum synthesizer plugin for Windows and macOS, available in VST, VST3, AU, AAX, and CLAP formats. The plugin is currently on sale for $79 (regular price $129) and is also offered on a rent-to-own plan for $14.99/month over six months. Tekno is one of BABY Audio’s most ambitious [...]
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Classical Highlights for August 2025The highlights of past month's classical releases were dominated by eastern European and French music, including harpist Emmanuel Ceysson (pictured) who gave us a great introduction to lesser-known composer Marcel Tournier's music. Find these reviews and more in our monthly classical review roundup.

Coinbase, OKX push crypto into Australia’s retirement systemCoinbase and OKX are moving into Australia’s pensions through SMSFs, while the United States revamps rules on how crypto fits into retirement plans.

Space investing goes mainstream as VCs ditch the rocket science requirementsSeven Seven Six's Katelin Holloway represents non-technical VCs pouring billions into space startups, betting operational chops will trump aerospace degrees as the industry shifts from rockets to lunar mining and orbital manufacturing.