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1 day ago

San Jose's Ton Freq Studios continues indie analog tradition | Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly

Tone Freq Studios captures pristine acoustics and emphasizes analog warmth, creating a tactile space that values collective experiences over the convenience of digital recording methods.
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fromThe Verge
1 day ago

The Korg Handytraxx Play finally got me learning to scratch

The Korg Handytraxx Play enables easy scratching and sampling in a compact, portable design.
#vinyl-records
fromConsequence
2 weeks ago
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Vinyl Sales Eclipse $1 Billion in 2025 for First Time

Vinyl record sales exceeded $1 billion in 2025 for the first time, driven by 19 consecutive years of growth and dominated by Taylor Swift's overwhelming market share.
fromArchitectural Digest
7 months ago
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The Best Vinyl Record Storage for Design Aesthetes

Store vinyl upright in sleeves, never stack or touch grooves, and keep records off the ground to prevent scratches, warping, and dust.
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fromInsideHook
1 week ago

From Our EIC: The Recipe for a Perfect Listening Room

Limited space for record collection causes anxiety and prompts thoughts of an ideal listening area with upgraded components.
Music production
fromConsequence
2 weeks ago

Vinyl Sales Eclipse $1 Billion in 2025 for First Time

Vinyl record sales exceeded $1 billion in 2025 for the first time, driven by 19 consecutive years of growth and dominated by Taylor Swift's overwhelming market share.
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fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago

Rebel Audio is a new AI podcasting tool aimed at first-time creators | TechCrunch

Rebel Audio launches an all-in-one podcasting platform to eliminate barriers for first-time creators by consolidating recording, editing, publishing, and promotion into a single tool.
fromWIRED
1 week ago

Our Favorite Turntable Is $51 Off Before Record Store Day

The AT-LP120XUSB features basically everything you could want from a modern, upgraded turntable. The built-in phono preamp lets you easily swap the turntable from your headphones to your speakers without any extra steps or hardware.
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Media industry
fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago

Substack launches a built-in recording studio | TechCrunch

Substack launches Recording Studio, enabling creators to pre-record and publish videos with built-in editing, clip generation, and thumbnail creation tools.
E-Commerce
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
3 weeks ago

How music technology is changing the modern retail store - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Physical retail stores are transforming into experience-driven spaces where strategic audio systems and environmental design significantly influence customer behavior and brand perception.
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fromTechCrunch
1 week ago

Google launches Lyria 3 Pro music generation model | TechCrunch

Google released Lyria 3 Pro, allowing users to create longer music tracks with enhanced customization and control compared to Lyria 3.
#podcast-marketing
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fromThedrum
2 weeks ago

How to Produce a Break-Through Podcast for Your Brand

Podcasts reach 144 million U.S. monthly listeners by 2026, with 43% of decision-makers consuming thought leadership via podcasts, making them essential for brand strategy despite quality concerns in the market.
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fromThedrum
2 weeks ago

How to Produce a Break-Through Podcast for Your Brand

Podcasts reach 144 million U.S. monthly listeners by 2026, with 43% of decision-makers consuming thought leadership via podcasts, making them essential for brand strategy despite quality concerns in the market.
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fromThedrum
2 weeks ago

How to Produce a Break-Through Podcast for Your Brand

Podcasts reach 144 million U.S. monthly listeners by 2026, with 43% of decision-makers consuming thought leadership via podcasts, making them essential for brand strategy despite quality concerns in the market.
Podcast
fromThedrum
2 weeks ago

How to Produce a Break-Through Podcast for Your Brand

Podcasts reach 144 million U.S. monthly listeners by 2026, with 43% of decision-makers consuming thought leadership via podcasts, making them essential for brand strategy despite quality concerns in the market.
Vue
fromHackernoon
3 weeks ago

SkyReels-V4 Fixes the Most Uncanny Part of AI Video: Bad Sound Sync | HackerNoon

SkyReels-V4 integrates video and audio generation into a unified multi-modal model, addressing the historical separation of these capabilities in AI systems.
fromThe Verge
1 week ago

The secret story of the vocoder, the military tech that changed music forever

The vocoder was never supposed to be a revolution in music. Its development began a century ago, when an engineer at Bell Labs was looking for a simpler way to send phone calls across copper telephone lines.
Music production
Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

A secret-ish Japanese-style listening lounge just opened inside the Hollywood Palladium

The Hollywood Palladium opened Vinyl Room, a 1970s Japanese hi-fi inspired lounge offering dinner, drinks, and vinyl DJ sets for concertgoers before or after ticketed events.
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fromWIRED
3 weeks ago

These Fender Mix Headphones Come With Modular Parts for Easy Repairs

Fender's Audio Mix headphones feature fully replaceable and swappable parts, including the battery, with customizable colors and materials, offering a modular alternative to disposable wireless headphones.
fromDEV Community
2 weeks ago

I Built a 100% Private, On-Device AI Audio Stem Splitter (No Servers!)

If you've ever used tools like PhonicMind or LALAL.AI, you know the drill: Upload your MP3. Wait in a queue. Pay for "credits" or high-quality downloads. Your file sits on someone else's server. For musicians, producers, or just karaoke fans, this is slow and privacy-invasive.
Music production
fromwww.nydailynews.com
1 month ago

Rihanna sparks new music buzz with recording session video

I still have to go to the studio after this and I have to make a Mardi Gras costume for my son after the studio. Longest day ever. Just after 2:30 a.m., Rihanna can be seen hard at work in the studio, with the session going on well past 5 a.m.
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fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 month ago

These $40-$299 Cassette Players Just Crushed Spotify's Algorithm - Yanko Design

Cassette player searches have surged over 1,281%, driven by millennials and Gen Z seeking deliberate listening experiences away from algorithmic playlists and infinite streaming options.
fromEngadget
3 weeks ago

Tembo might just be the world's cutest drum machine

The company says it designed Tembo to "enable everyone to create music from the very first touch." Co-founder David Davidov that most instruments take "so long to get to the fun part" and that Musical Beings wanted to "help people experience music as something they do, not just something they listen to."
Music production
fromeLearning Industry
1 month ago

How To Remove Background Noise From Video: Best Practices For Professional Content

When professionals talk about how to remove background noise from video, they are really talking about improving the audio track of a video so the speaker's voice is clearer, more consistent, and easier to understand. Background noise refers to any unwanted sound that competes with the main voice, like air conditioning hum, office chatter, keyboard typing, traffic, or the low hiss created by recording equipment and compression. In video production, background noise removal is about reducing distractions so the listener can focus on the message.
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Music production
fromThe Verge
3 weeks ago

Yamaha launches Creator Pass for music makers and podcasters

Yamaha launches Creator Pass, a subscription bundle combining music production and podcast tools from multiple partners at seven different pricing tiers ranging from $14.99 to $468 annually.
#ai-music-generation
Podcast
fromRAIN News
1 month ago

A landscape of listening

Podcasting in the U.S. continues significant growth, reaching diverse demographics—especially ages 25–44, males, Black and Hispanic listeners—with strong crossover between listening and watching.
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
4 weeks ago

modern audio player restores the physical form of music using disc-shaped cartridges

It's similar to a vinyl record, but the tracks are in a USB drive. It has no moving parts inside, so it's totally digital in how it stores sound. But it has a physical shape users can hold, flip over, look at, and collect, so in a way, the designer is asking: what if digital music had a physical body?
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#turntables
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fromThe Drum
2 months ago

Today's Office: Oliver Bruce on his sound-proof, distraction-proof podcast studio

A soundproofed, foam-lined podcast studio converted into an office improves focus and creativity compared with an open-plan glass office.
London music
fromBrooklynVegan
1 month ago

Soulwax are hosting Abbey Road Studio's first-ever rave

Soulwax will host Abbey Road Studios' first-ever rave on February 21, limited to 300 attendees reachable via a hotline; 2ManyDJs will perform.
Music
fromGSMArena.com
1 month ago

Google's Gemini can now create music

Google's Gemini now generates 30-second music tracks using Lyria 3, with SynthID watermark, automatic cover art, lyrics, and multilingual beta availability.
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fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

In a frenetic digital era, he's helping Angelenos rediscover the classic cassette player

A Highland Park boutique refurbishes and sells 1980s analog music gear, drawing millennials and older buyers seeking tactile cassette and boombox experiences.
Music production
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
1 month ago

electric guitar-shaped turntable spins vinyl records on frosted platter and wooden base

Clearaudio creates an electric guitar-shaped turntable honoring jazz artist Al Di Meola, featuring high-density wood fiber construction, frosted platter, and advanced vibration isolation through IMS light motor suspension with O-rings.
fromThe Verge
2 months ago

ElevenLabs made an AI album to plug its music generator

The Eleven Album aims to showcase "how artists can use AI to expand their creative range while maintaining full authorship and commercial rights," according to ElevenLabs. ElevenLabs is using the album to market its Eleven Music generator and Iconic Voices Marketplace platforms it launched last year, both of which are cleared for commercial use. ElevenLabs says that every artist on the project "produced a fully original track that blends their signature sound with the capabilities of Eleven Music,"
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fromLos Angeles Times
9 years ago

My Favorite Room: Eric Dane meets with his muse in his recording studio

It's purely a creative space. There are no deadlines. There are no have-to's. It's just something I do for me. When you design a recording studio, the first thing you want to do is treat the room to make sure the sound is good, so you're getting an accurate depiction of the music as it was played or recorded.
Music production
#vinyl
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fromEngadget
1 month ago

More Rode mics can now connect directly to iPhones and iPads

Rode's Wireless Pro and Wireless Go (third-gen) microphones can pair directly with iPhones/iPads via Bluetooth using the Rode Capture app, removing need for a receiver.
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from99% Invisible
2 months ago

Audio Flux - 99% Invisible

Audio Flux revives short-form experimental audio by providing biannual themed challenges that produce bold, three-minute stories and renewed visibility for the format.
#ai-in-music
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fromZDNET
2 months ago

Victrola just solved one of the biggest problems with your record player setup - here's how

Victrola Soundstage is a compact soundbase that sits under a turntable, providing wireless, vibration-controlled bass to replace bookshelf or tabletop speakers.
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fromRAIN News
1 month ago

Sony expands NYU audio facility

NYU's Sony-funded Audio Institute now has a dedicated Sony Audio Institute Studio, modernizing facilities and expanding research into immersive audio, machine listening, and music psychology.
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fromThe Verge
2 months ago

Roland's TR-1000 Rhythm Creator is the ultimate drum machine

The Roland TR-1000 combines analog circuits, digital synthesis, sampling, effects, layering, and a modern sequencer into a powerful but complex $2,699.99 drum machine.
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fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

Is AI Ruining Music?

Streaming economics, algorithmic recommendations, and generative AI commodify music, reduce artist revenue, and threaten creative control and discovery.
fromEngadget
2 months ago

Akai's MPC XL groovebox is the most powerful device the company has ever made

First of all, it offers four times the processing power of previous MPCs, which is enough to load up to 32 virtual instruments at the same time. This is assisted by a full 16GB of RAM, which is a whole lot in this era of AI tomfoolery. The XL can handle 16 audio tracks simultaneously. In my experience with previous units, this is more than enough for a full song.
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fromThe Verge
1 month ago

Ableton Live is adding audio streaming for real-time musical collaboration

Ableton's Link Audio enables real-time audio streaming collaboration over local networks but is limited to audio and has restricted device support.
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fromwww.engadget.com
2 months ago

JBL made a pair of AI-powered practice amps

JBL launched AI-powered BandBox Solo and Trio practice amps with onboard Stem AI for source separation, built-in effects, a looper update in October, priced $250 and $600.
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fromConsequence
1 month ago

Record Store Day 2026: The 45 Must-Have Releases

Record Store Day 2026 (April 18) features limited-edition vinyl, box sets, and specialty releases from major artists including Bruno Mars, Slipknot, Springsteen, and Bowie.
fromThe Verge
2 months ago

Roland's Go:Mixer Studio turns your phone into a mobile music studio

Roland now offers a more capable audio mixer for phones and tablets with the launch of the Go:Mixer Studio. The Go:Mixer audio interface lineup has always been a bit limited, better suited for scrappy live streams and capturing quick demos on their phones than professional recording. The Go:Mixer Studio is an attempt to actually reach that lofty goal, with more inputs and outputs, built-in effects, and up to 24-bit / 192kHz audio.
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fromEngadget
2 months ago

Roland's Go:Mixer Studio is an affordable but capable mixer for budding recording engineers

Roland just unveiled the Go:Mixer Studio, a powerful entry in the company's line of audio interfaces. This one promises to be a portable and affordable way to create high-quality recordings with a smartphone or PC. The biggest news here are the 12 input channels and six output channels. This means that users can record multiple instruments at once and even run the signal through outboard gear if so desired.
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fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
2 months ago

This retro-modern music player revives the hypnotic spin of cassette tapes - Yanko Design

For this time around, however, the concept player here stays within the audio listening gear domain; nonetheless, has clear signs of a TE-inspired design. The retro Bluetooth player is a music accessory that's reminiscent of the classic cassette tape player design, but on the inside, it's a modern music player that plays music wired or wireless. The aesthetics are purely for arousing the nostalgic feel of listening to music on a cassette player, while the audio is digitally played via a DAC for high-resolution output.
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fromWIRED
1 month ago

These Hackers Are Turning Dead Vapes Into Musical Synthesizers

We started from a very silly place,
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fromFuturism
2 months ago

Metal Band Releases New Album on N64 Cartridge

Last year saw the highest vinyl record sales since 1984, signaling a strong desire among music enthusiasts to return to a simpler time of physical media. Even cassette tapes are making a comeback, with major artists including Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift releasing their material on the iconic plastic, four-inch audio reels. Now, self-described "party slam" metal band Party Cannon is taking the nostalgia play - often framed as an act of defiance against greedy and AI-slop-infested streaming platforms - to a new level.
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fromPitchfork
1 month ago

RCA Relaunches Jive Records

RCA is reviving Jive Records as a standalone label, the company announced today (February 3). Former UnitedMasters executives Mike Weiss and David Melhado will serve as co-presidents of the revamped imprint. They'll run operations from Sony Music 's New York City headquarters.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Is this man the future of music or its executioner? AI evangelist Mikey Shulman says he's making pop, not slop

As the CEO and co-founder of the generative AI music company Suno, Shulman currently finds himself in the exhilarating if perhaps unenviable position of being simultaneously regarded as the architect of music's future and its executioner. Suno, which was founded just over two years ago, allows users to create entire songs with just a few text prompts. At the moment, you can't prompt it with the name of a specific pop star
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