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EP-1320 Medieval from Teenage Engineering Teenage Engineering's new EP-1320 Medieval instrument heads back to the Middle Ages, packing in everything from multi-sampled hurdy-gurdies to sword and arrow sound effects.

Drake just dropped 100GB of unreleased content – and it gives you a peek into the sound of Abbey Road StudiosDrake has once again surprised the music world with his latest content drop, offering fans a glimpse into his creative process at the legendary Abbey Road Studios via 100GB of unreleased content.
This treasure trove, available on the newly launched website 100gigs.org, includes unreleased tracks, demos, and exclusive behind-the-scenes footage. It also marks the first major release from the Canadian rapper following his ongoing feud with Kendrick Lamar.
The pair have been trading diss tracks for the last couple of months, with Drake only featuring on tracks like Snowd4y’s Wag Gwan Delilah and Gordo’s Sideways during this period.

READ MORE: The beat for Kendrick Lamar’s Drake diss Not Like Us was created in 30 minutes

With the new drop, fans now have an epic 100GB worth of fresh material to explore. Among the highlights of Drake’s latest release are three brand-new songs: It’s Up, featuring the dynamic duo of Young Thug and 21 Savage, Housekeeping Knows, a collaboration with Bitch From Da Souf rapper Latto, and a new Drake track titled Blue Green Red.
Beyond the music, fans can also dive into intimate studio sessions from the iconic Abbey Road Studios as well as from Barbados, alongside a variety of never-before-seen video content. In a moment that epitomises the behind-the-scenes chaos of music production, we see Drake’s producer, Noah “40” Shebib, working on tracks at Abbey Road before he accidentally knocks out the power for the audio interface running Pro Tools.
In short, it’s a lot of footage for a lot of stuff. Drake and his label OVO Sound have also shared screenshots of the site via their socials, inviting fans to dig away at the media dump.
Check out the new tracks via Drake’s new “plottttwistttttt” Instagram account below.

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Tornado Cash sanctions effective, reveal Ethereum weakness: NY FedCooperation with the US Treasury sanctions on Tornado Cash was strongest at the user level and weaker further along the settlement chain.

Tascam announce DA-3000SD master recorder Tascam have unveiled an updated version of their flagship two-channel master recorder and A-D / D-A converter unit.

Techstars is laying off 17%, ending its J.P. Morgan-backed programsTechstars is cutting 17% of its staff and will end its $80 million J.P. Morgan-backed AdvancingCities program once the fund is completely deployed.
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FLOSS Weekly Episode 795: Liferay, Now We’re Thinking With PortalsThis week Jonathan Bennett and Doc Searls chat with Olaf Kock and Dave Nebinger about Liferay! That’s a Java project that started as an implementation of a web portal, and has turned into a very flexible platform for any sort of web application. How has this Open Source project turned into a very successful business? And how is it connected to most iconic children’s educational show of all time? Listen to find out!

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Compiling Four Billion If StatementsWith modern tools, you have to try very hard to do something stupid, because the tools (rightly) recognize you’re doing something stupid. [Andreas Karlsson] can speak to that first hand as he tried to get four billion if statements to compile.
You may ask what state space requires four billion comparisons to evaluate? The answer is easy: the range of an unsigned 32-bit integer. The whole endeavor started with a simple idea: what if instead of evaluating whether an integer is even or odd with a modulo or bit mask, you just did an if statement for every case? Small ranges like 0-10 are trivial to write out by hand, but you reach for more automated solutions as you pass 8 bits and move towards 16. [Andreas] wrote some Python that outputs a valid C program with all the comparisons. For 16 bits, the source only clocks in at 130k lines with the executable less than 2 MB.
Of course, scaling to 32 bits is a very different problem. The source file balloons to 330 GB, and most compilers barf at that point. Undeterred, [Andreas] modified the Python to output x86_64 assembly instead of C. Of course, the executable format of Windows (PE) only allows executables up to 4 GB, so a helper program mapped the 40 GB generated executable and jumped into it.
What’s incredible about this whole journey is how performant the program is. Even large numbers complete in a few seconds. Considering that it has to thrash 40 GB of an executable through memory, we can’t help but shake our heads at how even terrible solutions can work. We love seeing someone turn a bad idea into an interesting one, like this desoldering setup.

Sony unfazed by streaming music revenue growth slowdown in calendar Q2Sony says it's now expecting the music market to grow at mid-to-high-single-digit rates
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NAMM "Bonzai Beat" Features Betty BennettBetty Bennett, president, CEO and one of the founders of Apogee Electronics, joins Bonzai Beat for a look into the world of pro audio. With 30 employees and a 40-year history of being in business, Apogee develops professional audio devices, from mics to audio interfaces. For young professionals who are interested in exploring the field, she offers insights into the types of roles that she values at her company, shares an intern success story, and pinpoints some of the things that make a great team.

Visit here: https://www.namm.org/blog/apogee-betty-bennett-talks-pro-audio-career-opportunities

Mr. Bonzai is an award-winning photographer, author, and interviewer. He has written more than 1,000 articles for pubs in the United States, Europe, and Asia, and has published numerous books, including Studio Life (Mix, 1984), Hal Blaine and The Wrecking Crew (Mix, 1992), The Sound of Money (Focal, 2000), Faces of Music (Cengage, 2006), Music Smarts (Berklee Press, 2009), John Lennon's Tooth (BookBaby, 2012) and the forthcoming Record Plant Diaries. http://www.mrbonzai.com

NAMM is a not-for-profit association with a mission to strengthen the $17 billion music products industry. NAMM is comprised of approximately 10,400 member companies located in 104 countries and regions. NAMM events and members efforts to promote the pleasures and benefits of music, and advance active participation in music making across the lifespan. For more information about NAMM, please visit https://www.namm.orgThe post NAMM "Bonzai Beat" Features Betty Bennett first appeared on Music Connection Magazine.

Alix Kram appointed Head of Marketing at Universal Music Publishing Group in new global roleKram is a former Netflix and Warner Music Group exec
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Alternative Social Media apps for Marketing MusicWith every musician using Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube to market music, it can be smart to add some alternative platforms. Don't miss these alternative social media apps for marketing music to tens of millions of fans.
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DJ Fresh: “We don’t want the music industry to end up in the hands of technologists who don’t care about music”While there’s never been a better time to be a music consumer – basically all the music you could ever want to listen to is available at, at most, a couple of clicks – this is not without its drawbacks. 
Perhaps the most glaring is that artists are struggling to be fairly compensated for their music by the tech giants who have ushered in this golden age of music consumption. For example, it was recently revealed that Spotify CEO Daniel Ek earned more in the past 12 months alone than any artist ever has on the platform.

READ MORE: Daniel Ek confirms “deluxe version” of Spotify is coming soon with high-resolution audio

And while tech giants tend to be consumer-problem solvers by nature, they aren’t always sympathetic to the fields they so often disrupt.
As producer and AI startup founder DJ Fresh explains in a new interview with MusicTech, there is a real danger of the music industry ending up “in the hands of technologists who don’t care about music”.
It’s why he chose to create Voice-Swap, an AI voice modelling service aimed squarely at music producers.
He explains: “There is a feeling, within the company, that we are fighting for the cause of artists,” says DJ Fresh, real name Daniel Edward Stein. “And not just artists; we respect the importance of labels, rights holders, distribution companies. Basically, we don’t want the music industry to end up in the hands of technologists who don’t care about music.”
Stein says that in the midst of the global AI boom – which is affecting the music industry in so many ways – Voice-Swap aims to keep things ethical, and ensure fairness between artists and labels.
“Some of the less ethical people just view this as a gold rush,” he says. “They don’t really care if they mess things up because they’ll just jump on the next tech fad in a few years time.”
He goes on: “However, a lot of the people involved in Voice-Swap have had long careers in the music industry and we care a lot about our reputations.” Such professionals at Voice-Swap include Benn Jordan, Declan McGlynn, Michael Pelczynski, Ausrine Skarnulyte and Nico Pellerin, among others.”
For more information, head to Voice-Swap.
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Why Musicians Need a Team to Succeed: Avoid Career SabotageMusicians need a team to succeed, but too often, the artists themselves or their immediate team sabotage their careers.
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Twitch launches 808 Live, an eight-hour programming track featuring “all-star” DJ lineupTwitch has partnered with Roland for the creation of 808 Live, an exclusive eight-hour programming track with an all-star lineup of DJs.
As we reported back in June, Twitch has become the first major service to provide a home for DJs to legally livestream using a vast library of popular music due to partnerships with major labels like Universal, Warner, Sony, and plenty of indies too.

READ MORE: “Human-created works must be respected”: 50 major music tech brands sign Principles for Music Creation with AI

Before this, DJs on Twitch were facing takedowns due to copyright issues. Now, streamers will pay a percentage of their earnings from a stream to rights holders. The amount will vary slightly depending on which monetisation methods streamers use. Twitch will split the cost with them 50/50 but to start with, the platform will cover “more of the cost”.
The 808 event will be showcased across Twitch, reaching a global audience of music enthusiasts, coinciding with Twitch’s launch of its DJs Category. 808 Live is part of a 24-hour programming block to launch the category on 808 Day, 8 August.
808 Live features appearances by legendary artists such as Grandmaster Flash, DJ Roueche (Official DJ of the Los Angeles Lakers), Skratch Bastid, DJ Melo-D, DJ Bella Hue, and more. Roland Lifestyle will also host a special launch event at The Spotlight LA on 808 Day with Roland DJs starting at 10pm PDT.

Among other 808 festivities, Roland has also joined forces with footwear brand New Balance for a snazzy pair of 808-themed sneakers. The shoes come in a sleek black colour, with accents of orange, yellow and white reflecting the aesthetic of the famed drum machine.
The shoes are also launched in partnership with skateboarder Tiago Lemos, who says that hip-hop and the sound of the 808 has been the “soundtrack” of his skating journey.
Find out more about 808 Live and other 808 Day news over at Roland.
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