Live Nation and Ticketmaster sued by FTC over alleged ‘illegal ticket resale tactics’The Federal Trade Commission says Ticketmaster is profiting off of allowing scalpers to breach ticket purchase limits
Source

Excite Audio’s Evolve Velvet is a sample-based synth that brings “cozy, timeless tones” to every corner of your productionAfter debuting its new Evolve series earlier this year, Excite Audio has returned with its second plugin, Evolve Velvet, a sample-based synthesizer inspired by the smooth and luxurious character of Velvet.
Evolve Velvet combines over 250 sound sources ranging from felt pianos and intimate acoustic textures to classic electric keyboards, lush strings and sought-after synths of the ‘70s and ‘80s. The result is a smooth, expressive sound palette that ranges from cozy, lo-fi atmospheres through to rich electric tones that add a vintage quality to your music.

READ MORE: Save big on soft synths and plugins at Plugin Boutique during Synth Month – including a £1,885 Waves bundle for just £89

At the heart of the plugin is a powerful quad-engine that lets you blend up to four layers of samples or synths at once, morph them in real time with an expressive XY pad, and shape the output using four velvet-themed macro effects – Soften, Warmth, Sway and Haze.
Dual filters, drag-and-drop modulation, and a rearrangeable three-slot FX chain give further flexibility, while 16 onboard effects modules round out the sound design toolkit.
To get you started, Evolve Velvet comes loaded with 250 presets crafted by Excite Audio’s in-house sound designers, alongside a one-click randomisation feature for quick inspiration. Users who prefer full control can also import their own samples and build entirely custom patches from the ground up.
“Whether you’re sketching soulful jazz chords, building lo-fi house grooves, or painting psychedelic pop textures, Evolve Velvet makes cozy, timeless tones that are instantly playable and inspiring,” says Exite Audio.
Evolve Velvet is now available at an intro price of £39 / €39 / $39 (U.P. £59 / €59 / $59) and comes in VST, AU and AAX formats for PC and Mac. Lite and Full versions are available exclusively via Plugin Boutique.
For more music production tools, check out MusicTech’s rolling guide to the best free and paid plugins available on the market right now.

Learn more at Excite Audio.

The post Excite Audio’s Evolve Velvet is a sample-based synth that brings “cozy, timeless tones” to every corner of your production appeared first on MusicTech.

Zero-G unveil Epic Brass Zero-G have announced the release of Epic Brass, a new Kontakt library built entirely from synthesized brass.

Get three AmpliTube CS 5 rack effects for FREE in limited time offer
AmpliTube is back with one of its more enjoyable giveaways! AmpliTube 5 CS is the free version of their AmpliTube 5 guitar and bass workstation. This September, you can get three premium rack effects free of charge! The offer is meant for new users, but fear not. We have a trick here at BPB for [...]
View post: Get three AmpliTube CS 5 rack effects for FREE in limited time offer

Apple Music introduces DJ-style AutoMix for seamless song transitions, real-time lyrics translation and moreWith the launch of iOS 26, Apple is introducing a number of updates to its Apple Music streaming service, including real-time lyrics translation, and AutoMix, which acts as a DJ, smoothly transitioning songs for a “seamless playback experience”.
Apple Music users also now have the ability to import their playlists from other streaming platforms.

READ MORE: How do DJs break out in 2025? Femme House, Beatport & The Lot Radio have ideas

AutoMix
New for iOS 26, AutoMix is a smart feature which provides smooth and seamless DJ-style transitions between songs, using beat- and tempo matching, for example. Apple says AutoMix is powered by Apple Intelligence, which is able to create the perfect transition between songs, and even opts not to create a transition if a seamless one is not available.
We’re also told that AutoMix is smart enough not to create mixes between songs which appear subsequently on the same album, so as not to tamper with the way the artist intended the album to be played in order.
Lyrics translation and pronunciation
With the global popularity of reggaeton, K-pop and other non-English genres, a large subsect of these listeners don’t understand the language these tracks are sung in. So with new Lyrics Translation and Pronunciation, translated lyrics appear below the song’s original lyrics, so you can better understand what’s being said.
For songs in non-Latin languages – like Chinese, Japanese or Korean – the option to view the pronunciation of these lyrics is also available. If a song is translated, the lyrics will automatically appear in Apple Music when a user taps play, taps the MiniPlayer and enters the lyrics view.
Import playlists
Apple Music users can now directly import playlists from other streaming platforms like Spotify, YouTube Music, Tidal, Deezer, and Amazon Music, so if you’re looking to switch services, now could be a good time.
The new feature scans your library and playlists within your existing streaming service, and matches tracks with those in Apple Music’s catalogue. In the rare instance a match isn’t found, Apple Music will prompt you to review alternatives. It’s also important to note that by importing a playlist, your existing playlist on another platform will remain intact, so nothing gets deleted.
Upgrades to Voice Memos
Also new for iOS 26, users can now record ideas in Spatial Audio within the Voice Memos app, offering a “multidimensional listening experience” on supported devices.
Spatial Audio is selected by default in the latest version of Voice Memos – users just need to select Studio Voice in playback options to turn on the feature.
Additionally, when collaborating with others in Voice Memos, users can take advantage of Enhanced Sharing, meaning they can apply all the same settings used in recording for a consistent experience across devices.
Learn more at Apple.
The post Apple Music introduces DJ-style AutoMix for seamless song transitions, real-time lyrics translation and more appeared first on MusicTech.

Get W.A. Production Obsidian for FREE on BPB until October 1st
W.A. Production offers Obsidian, a modulation-based multi-FX plugin, for free exclusively on Bedroom Producers Blog until October 1st. Please note that this is an exclusive, limited-time offer. Obsidian normally sells for $39.90, but you can grab it for free via the link at the bottom of this page. W.A. Production Obsidian Obsidian is a creative [...]
View post: Get W.A. Production Obsidian for FREE on BPB until October 1st

Mother Global Settings Editor launched for Moog synths European developers DIRE Studio have released Mother Global Settings, an editor app for Moog’s Grandmother and Matriarch synthesizers, available now for Mac and iPad.

Don’t want to spring for the real thing? You can now experience AlphaTheta’s new flagship CDJ-3000X DJ player in virtual realityFollowing the launch of AlphaTheta’s flagship CDJ-3000X DJ player earlier this month, a software version is coming to virtual reality.
With Tribe XR, AlphaTheta is bringing the CDJ-3000X – and DJM-A9 – to virtual reality setups including Meta Quest and Steam VR, describing them as “authentic 1-to-1 recreations of AlphaTheta’s latest flagship products”.

READ MORE: AlphaTheta CDJ-3000X review: Bigger, sharper, smoother, and cloud-ready — but you’ll need very deep pockets

If you need a refresher, the CDJ-3000X launched earlier in September, bringing Wi-Fi functionality and cloud and streaming features, a larger, sharper 10.1” display, and improved hardware.
Now, with its new collaboration with Tribe XR, AlphaTheta aims to bring the CDJ-3000X experience – and that of the DJM-A9 – to a wider audience of users.
Within TribeXR, users can fully explore the CDJ-3000X and DJM-A9, and even learn via interactive lessons, and real-time guidance from AI mentor DJ Beatbot.
DJs with access to compatible VR systems can load their own music or use streaming libraries (Beatport, TIDAL, SoundCloud Go+), and use “digital twins” of the CDJ-3000X and DJM-A9. “Every knob, screen and fader is recreated,” AlphaTheta promises.
“Our partnership with Tribe XR builds on AlphaTheta’s ‘One Through Music’ mission, enabling DJs everywhere to discover, connect and perform with a global community through our innovative products in new and inspiring ways,” adds Yoshinori Kataoka, CEO of AlphaTheta. 
“DJs across the globe can now step into a booth with our newest flagship products from launch day.”
Tom Impallomeni, CEO of Tribe XR, adds: “We are excited for DJs to try out AlphaTheta’s incredible new club setup virtually, instantly, and affordably. It’s a game-changer for DJ training and performance.”
You can get a seven-day free trial to Tribe XR, after which subscriptions are $9.99/month, $79.99/year, or $199.99 as a lifetime purchase.
Learn more at Tribe XR.

The post Don’t want to spring for the real thing? You can now experience AlphaTheta’s new flagship CDJ-3000X DJ player in virtual reality appeared first on MusicTech.

IK Multimedia Space Delay is only $10 at AudioDeluxe until September 30th
IK Multimedia has slashed the price of Space Delay, its lush tape echo emulation, to just $10 at AudioDeluxe (regular price $99.99). The offer is valid until September 30th, and it’s an absolute steal if you’re into vintage echo effects. Space Delay is IK Multimedia’s detailed recreation of the iconic Roland RE-201 Space Echo, a [...]
View post: IK Multimedia Space Delay is only $10 at AudioDeluxe until September 30th

How do DJs break out in 2025? Femme House, Beatport & The Lot Radio have ideasI often joke that everyone in New York City either works in finance or is a DJ. Obviously, this is not true, but there are more DJs than you can reasonably count here. Nowadays, it’s a Herculean task to create buzz as a fledgling selector anywhere. In Britain, over 400 nightclubs—more than one-third—have shuttered in the last five years, meaning less spaces for newer DJs to make a name for themselves.

READ MORE: What does the DEI rollback mean for the music technology industry?

Enter “The Block,” a shipping-container-turned-DJ-booth outfitted with a Funktion-One sound system. Beatport Live created this mobile space to highlight emerging DJs at major festivals and beyond—a 500-capacity stage for newer artists to shine and more established ones to play an intimate set.
“We’ve been keeping a close eye on the impact of venue closures,” Ed Hill, the Bristol-based SVP of Beatport Live, explains. “A lot of Beatport customers are grassroots and up-and-coming DJs. There aren’t enough places for people to play anymore, so we wanted to create a space where people could get exposure playing on a good sound system in front of crowds at festivals, and be able hone their skills.”
The Block debuted in late July at Junction 2 Fest in London, adding an extra stage with a 60 per cent female lineup, featuring surprise sets from Sofia Kourtesis, O’Flynn and PARAMIDA, plus Beatport Next 2025 artists Azzecca and Ma Sha, alongside a roster of 12 emerging DJs. Beatport’s Live and Curation teams listened to nearly 1,000 mixes submitted for consideration and chose Bob Cojones, ESHE, Montif Clare, sooyeon, Cleopatra, LDH Records, debbiesthuglife, Sands Spheric, Cheers!, Rabbit Hole, Francesca Rose and imad:re. One of the artists reported fielding multiple booking requests afterwards.
The crowd at The Block. Image: Press
After our conversation, The Block brought 14 more upstart DJs to Creamfields, which hosts around 80,000 ravers and over 300 artists. Beatport received 400 mix submissions in just 48 hours from DJs eager to get a slot. Due to the enthusiasm, Beatport is aiming to tour The Block across the UK and Europe in the coming months.
Throughout this winter, The Block will be posted at Bristol venue The Prospect Building to host more DJ sets, along with workshops, tutorials and beyond. There, it is intended as a hub for people to connect, including those who can’t afford music festivals.
As for spotlighting emerging sounds and scenes, Beatport has unique insight into what’s next, thanks to seeing what music is being downloaded (and uploaded) where.
“Our Curation team can see and predict patterns before they emerge, because they’ve got so much music [coming in], and we see buying patterns from each city and country. When we’re doing something like Beatport Next, the biggest components are diversity and looking at new sounds and new territories that are popping off or just about to pop off. We concentrate on trying to push those sounds and be a leader in what’s happening,” Hill notes.
Azzecca. Image: Press
There’s a Gaggle of Great DJs on the Lot Radio
Across the pond in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighbourhood, another converted shipping container has been hosting emerging and big-deal DJs since February 2016, when Belgian expat François Vaxelaire opened The Lot Radio. 24 hours a day, the small-but-mighty non-profit livestreams DJ sets highlighting the eclectic sounds of NYC’s music scene.
The DJ-booth-slash-mini-café sits on a once long-abandoned lot, transforming the space into a popular hangout and destination for dance music fans, DJs and neighbours alike; an inviting third place. It boasts a fully equipped DJ booth (with digital and vinyl decks) for DJs to experiment, meet and collaborate.
The Lot’s lineup is home to 200 local regulars like Love Injection, Toribio, Mickey Perez, Justin Strauss, DJ Swisha and many more, who deliver weekly or monthly sets alongside drop-ins from artists in town for shows. Tame Impala, Floating Points, Ben UFO, Fred again.., Nia Archives and Four Tet have all paid visits, with the latter an unofficial regular.
“I arrived in New York in 2010, when there was a big revival of electronic music and techno… I was really impressed by the quality and the fierce energy of the young people here, the talent here,” Vaxelaire reflects. “That’s what got me excited to start the radio, which came along at a good time… It became a house to welcome all the people who were already part of that scene.”
Tune into The Lot, and you’ll hear much more than club music: ambient, experimental, soul, salsa, deep cuts from around the globe and across the years, and even some live vocals. While it’s an important part of the local electronic scene, Vaxelaire is always looking to expand into other genres and bring young people in to keep things fresh. Thus, curating the schedule and creating a diverse line-up that continues to represent the Big Apple is a never-ending math equation.
“We’re trying to have a beautiful equilibrium. It’s really hard, it’s kind of a dance you have to work on every day, all day. We want to be an open and welcoming platform for the young talents of New York in any kind of music, as long as those people are as madly in love with music as we are. Also, we welcome bigger profile artists that we admire… It’s an equilibrium between major artists, more up-and-coming ones, and local legends,” The Lot Radio founder explains.
“We get a huge amount of requests from really big acts in the electronic scene that we say no to because they’re way too popular. They have such [a big] platform, they don’t really need us. We feel that it’s sometimes that they’re trying to reach a bit more street credibility by being here.”
Bob Cojones. Image: Press
Femme House is Doing the Most for the Girls
Another non-profit music org going above and beyond for the electronic community is Femme House, helmed by DJs LP Giobbi and hermixalot. In 2019, when LP Giobbi was a rising DJ herself, she wanted to do more to address the wide gender inequality behind the decks and in the studio. Femme House’s impressive efforts to create and platform a more diverse DJ and producer pool continues to grow with online and in-person classes, stage takeovers and tours, Insomniac Records compilations, their new Femmy Awards at Miami Music Week, and much more. Hermixalot, a Black queer woman, leads their DEI initiatives, which include BIPOC and LGBTIA fellowship programs and efforts to bring on more women of colour to teach and attend their programs.
While the gender and racial disparities in music are still wide, LP has noticed change happening slowly as more people put their hat in the ring, and gatekeepers become more intentional about who they book and promote.
“It’s a very slow change because it’s hard to be what you can’t see. When you’re at a festival and you see yourself represented by somebody on stage, you think, consciously or subconsciously, Maybe I can do this. When you believe there’s a shot, it’s easier to do the work, to learn how to DJ and make music. That’s a long, slow process,” she posits.
For every Femme House stage, from EDC to ADE, they offer the opening slot for someone who’s never played a fest before. LP books women openers whenever she can and plays women producers in her sets to share their music with her fans and help them climb the Beatport charts—something she doesn’t always see other women DJs doing.
LP Giobbi. Image: Carolina Isabel Salazar
After many requests from festivals, bookers and music behemoths to share DJs with them, Femme House created a spreadsheet of female and gender-expansive acts, meaning tons of rising DJs get exposure to opportunities. When it comes to curation and diversity at Femme House, LP Giobbi is focused on making space for women and gender-expansive people of colour while ensuring their music is a good fit for the audience.
“I’m mostly making sure the communities that are underrepresented are represented; non-white, non-binary, female. Those are the first things that are requirements for the people that we’re going to support. And when we’re looking for an opener, we’re making sure the sound is going to be the right fit for the person they’re playing after,” the producer says. “Once we’re past the diversity piece, it’s really just about making sure that we’re putting them on stages where they can gain fans, in places where their music will connect with the people who are there to see the headliner.”
Femme House, Lot Radio and Beatport offer DJs at all career stages essential spaces to play and gain new fans. For regulars at the Lot, it’s a place to grow, one where they can experiment with their sound, play music they wouldn’t at the club, and connect with fellow DJs. Femme House and The Block carve out space for DJs to break through with major festival sets, a vital foot in the door to get more bookings. Femme House is also bringing more women into DJing and production with femme-centred classes and educational resources.
These are not the only people and orgs attempting to diversify the DJ pool, but if more people in the industry thought about community over individual success and intentionally sought out and made space for fresh talent and sounds, things would look, sound and feel a whole lot better.
The post How do DJs break out in 2025? Femme House, Beatport & The Lot Radio have ideas appeared first on MusicTech.

Nvidia partners with UK crypto miner’s arm as part of AI push: ReportThe reported $683-million investment from Nvidia into Nscale came amid a push by the UK government to develop the country’s AI infrastructure.

Irregular raises $80 million to secure frontier AI modelsIrregular, the AI security startup, now has a valuation of $450 million, a source close to the deal told TechCrunch.

BMI Foundation Names Janette Mata as 2025 peermusic Latin Music Award RecipientBMI Foundation, Inc. announced on Wednesday that it "has named singer/songwriter Janette Mata as the 2025 peermusic Latin Music Award recipient in recognition of her original song 'Triste Despedida.'""The peermusic Latin Music Award, established in 2003 by peermusic CEO Ralph Peer II, is an annual competition for young songwriters and composers of Latin music," a statement reads. "The award includes a $5,000 monetary prize for the best original song or instrumental composition in any Latin genre. Last year, on the 20th anniversary of the award, peermusic announced that Venezuelan singer-songwriter and producer Jorge Luis Chacín would serve as the spokesperson for the award and offering 1:1 artistic mentorship to awardees."“Music always finds new voices to continue telling the story of our humanity,” shared Chacín. “We celebrate Janette Mata, a singer-songwriter of extraordinary talent, whose art makes her a deserving recipient of this year’s scholarship.”"In the last two decades, the award has recognized twenty-one emerging songwriting and composing talents who have gone on to careers as film and media composers, songwriters, actors, and performers. Notable past recipients include singer/actor Mane de la Parra and songwriter Daniela Blau. Past judges have included composer Kike Santander, Latin Grammy President Gabriel Abaroa, composer Daniel Freiberg, producer Alcover, musician Linda Briceño, producer Andrés Saavedra, and musician Nicolás Junca from the band Monsieur Periné; and superstars such as Juanes, Chayanne, and Prince Royce have previously served as the spokesperson for the award."Listen to Janette Mata’s award-winning song “Triste Despedida”here.The post BMI Foundation Names Janette Mata as 2025 peermusic Latin Music Award Recipient first appeared on Music Connection Magazine.

Investors bet $800M on rocky StubHub IPO as regulators close inUPDATED: The long awaited StubHub IPO hit the market today, marking a defining moment for the secondary ticketing industry. Priced at $23.50 per share, the offering raised nearly $800 million and gave the company a valuation of about $8.6 billion. By day's end shares were down 6.4% below the IPO price.
The post Investors bet $800M on rocky StubHub IPO as regulators close in appeared first on Hypebot.

Smooth! Non-Planar 3D IroningIs 2025 finally the year of non-planar 3D printing? Maybe it won’t have to be if [Ten Tech] gets his way!
Ironing is the act of going over the top surface of your print again with the nozzle, re-melting it flat. Usually, this is limited to working on boring horizontal surfaces, but no more! This post-processing script from [Tenger Technologies], coupled with a heated, ball-shaped attachment, lets you iron the top of arbitrary surfaces.
At first, [Ten Tech] tried out non-planar ironing with a normal nozzle. Indeed, we’ve seen exactly this approach taken last year.  But that approach fails at moderate angles because the edge on the nozzle digs in, and the surrounding hot-end parts drag.
[Ten Tech]’s special sauce is taking inspiration from the ball-end mill finishing step in subtractive CNC work: he affixed the round tip of a rivet on the end of a nozzle, and insulating that new tool turned it into an iron that could smooth arbitrary curvy top layers.
One post-processing script later, and the proof of concept is working. Check out the video below to see it in action. As it stands, this requires a toolhead swap and the calibration of a whole bunch of new parameters, but it’s a very promising new idea for the community to iterate on. We love the idea of a dedicated tool and post-processing smoother script working together in concert.
Will 2025 be the year of non-planar 3DP? We’ve seen not one but two superb multi-axis non-planar printer designs so far this year: one from [Joshua Bird] and the other from [Daniel] of [Fractal Robotics]. In both cases, they are not just new machines, but are also supported with novel open-source slicers to make them work. Now [Ten Tech]’s ironer throws its hat in the ring. What will we see next?
Thanks to [Gustav Persson] for the tip!