Psycho Circuitry Debuts FREE Micro Xformer Saturation Plugin
Independent developer Psycho Circuitry recently released the Micro XFORMer, a flexible transformer saturation and distortion plugin.  The Micro Xformer+ and free Micro Xformer are available for Windows and Mac, although they have not yet been notarized by Apple. The paid version is available at an introductory price of $19, which is reduced from the list [...]
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OneShot drum sampler from Klevgrand Described as a their most ambitious instrument yet, Klevgrand's latest drum sampler comes packed with an array of mixing, routing and effects functions.

Study reveals how Spotify algorithms affect listening and discoveryA new study that analyzed 25.3 billion Spotify streams provides a look at how the streamer's algorithms work and how they are changing how music is listened to and discovered.....
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Redefining Record Labels starting with Purpose [Patrick Clifton]Why do modern record labels need to redefine their purpose and refresh their measures of success?.....
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MLC to distribute $400M more to Songwriters, Publishers after final royalty rate determinationThe MLC announced that songwriters and music publishers should expect additional payments for 2021-2022 from a total of nearly $400 million underpayments from Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, and other music streamers.....
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Logic Pro and GarageBand users: Cory Wong just launched a sample and loop-loaded Producer Pack – and you can get it for free nowApple has released a Producer Pack in collaboration with Cory Wong for both GarageBand and Logic Pro – and it’s available now for free.
The pack, curated with help from the Vulfpeck guitarist and producer, is available via all iOS versions of both softwares and is coming soon with an update for the Mac versions.

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This new pack contains over 300 loops, three drum kits, and a Live Loops grid which lets users jam with content provided by Wong himself.
“Some of the goals that I had for this pack are really showcasing how I think about rhythm section parts fitting together, and not just the arrangement of those instruments together but how those things can be sections in different songs,” he says.
“If creating music is intimidating to you, I would encourage you to just try putting things together. Just allow yourself to look at it as having fun. If it sounds good to you, then it’s good.”
He adds, “There are so many tools available to you, not just in this producer pack itself, but also just the effects that you can add to the loops that I made.”
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In other Apple news, the world’s first spatial and 3D AI DAW is coming soon to Apple Vision Pro. Immersive audio DAW developer Hit’n’Mix has announced that a dedicated version of its RipX spatial audio DAW will be launching for the new tool.
The DAW will offer integrated MIDI and audio functionality, advanced stem/instrument separation capabilities, direct customisation from AI Music Generators, and intuitive note-based editing with colour-coded visuals.
“One of our aims in recent years has been to not only create an AI DAW that simplifies and de-clutters the music-making experience but to also innovate within the fledgling virtual music-making space,” says Martin DAW, Hit’n’Mix CEO.
“So, whilst we are delighted that RipX DAW is gaining recognition as the best and only AI DAW of its kind, we are excited to announce that soon, with Apple Vision Pro, RipX DAW will also offer a completely new, interactive, compositional experience, giving users much more freedom to view and create music in their chosen surroundings – all utilising our unique, note-based Rip audio format.”
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Should you care about getting perfect recordings? No – MGMT’s debut album was recorded using a “really bad” interface with signal bleed between channels, and still sold millions of copiesWhile there’s still strong demand for a more imperfect vintage-style sound, these days, the recording industry idealises perfect-quality recordings, free of artefacts like tape hiss and signal bleed.
Naturally, the cleaner the signal, the easier it is to mix among other elements/instruments, but should producers really be that preoccupied with obtaining pristine recordings?

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MGMT’s 2007 debut album Oracular Spectacular is evidence that perfect recordings may not be as important as we think, at least from a commercial standpoint. The LP has sold well over a million copies, but its recordings are far from perfect, Andrew VanWyngarden and Benjamin Goldwasser recall in a new interview with MusicRadar.
They remember recording rough demos for the album with Dave Fridmann using a “really bad” digital interface, and ending up using some of them on the record’s final masters.
“When we were making our first record, we had rough demos recorded on a RadioShack microphone and a really bad digital interface that had signal bleed between the channels,” says Goldwasser. 
“We thought, surely Dave’s going to want to redo all of this, but he said, no, there’s a character about it that we’ll never be able to recreate if we try it any other way. That’s stuck with us alongside the same irreverence we had when we very first started the band.”

Imperfection is often the very lifeblood of some of the most well-known and revered tracks. While MGMT’s example above generally refers to low-quality recording equipment, there have been innumerous of actual mistakes making it onto record, and consequently contributing to the life of the songs.
The Police’s Roxanne is one such example; as the story goes, the atonal piano chord and subsequent laugh during the track’s intro was the result of Sting sitting on the piano and finding himself amusing. It added such character it was kept in, and the song is far and away one of the band’s biggest hits regardless.
So by all means strive for the best recordings you can, but don’t be so hasty to delete or write off takes if they’re not conventionally perfect. You might just be onto something.
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Orchestral Tools announce Arkanum Arkanum updates Orchestral Tools' Drones library with a collection of new patches made by the experimental musican behind the original release. 

These desktop lamps beam near-infrared light, in a bid to improve your moodAs humans spend increasing amounts of time indoors, we lose access to the sun’s natural benefits. Recognition of season affective disorder has grown accordingly. While the actual occurrence of the condition is low (around 5% — or 10 million or so Americans),  it’s led to increasing awareness of the sun’s impact on the production of […]
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AVA London 2024 The full line-up for this year’s AVA London event has now been announced, with electronic music and digital arts communities taking over a range of London venues.

How jazz samples can inspire your next track
The musicians behind the Signature sample label discuss the importance of jazz in today's music.

Google releases new open LLMs, Rivian lays off staff and Signal rolls out usernamesWelcome, folks, to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter covering noteworthy happenings in the tech industry. This week, Google launched two new open large language models, Gemma 2B and Gemma 7B, in its continued bid for generative AI dominance. The company, which describes the LLMs as “inspired by Gemini,” its flagship family of GenAI […]
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Getting It Done: The Week in D.I.Y. & Indie MusicThis week, our tips and advice for independent and do-it-yourself musicians looked at album covers in 2024, a Groover expansion, how to drive music promos, safely releasing a cover song,. Continue reading
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REWIND – New Music Industry’s Week in Review: Live Nation, Superfans, Concert Fraud & moreIt was a busy week by any definition, and the music industry was no exception, with Live Nation breaking records, a new UMG-backed Superfan hub, talk of AI copyrights, a. Continue reading
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MonkeyC release Rando software sampler Rando helps users to find inspiring new sounds by randomly combining samples from their existing libraries.