72 Results for "Music"

GarageBand for iPhone X lets you control synths with facial expressions

With the latest update to GarageBand for iOS, Apple finally took advantage of the elaborate camera system it developed for the iPhone X to turn facial recognition into a music controller!

Flat pack musical products coming from IKEA and Teenage Engineering

Electronic music design and home design collide in a potentially interesting collaboration between fellow Swedes IKEA and Teenage Engineering. The FREKVENS collection coming to stores in about a year.

Can UVI Meteor make an impact on the modern rompler market?

Meteor is designed to bring the most content to producers and sound designers involved in film, games, music production and anything else in need of a variety of moods and timbres.

NAMM 2018: Heil Sound PR 77D mic looks great in purple

The Heil PR 77D is a dynamic mic designed for use in commercial broadcast, podcasting, studio and home recording. Heil Sound says the mic boasts a smooth and flat frequency response, among other nice things.

Teenage Engineering, smart speakers, China and cake

Teenage Engineering have been working with Chinese company Raven to produce artificially intelligent smart speakers the likes of which you've never seen. Currently, H and R only speak Chinese and love cake.

Chiptune fans! The Commodore 64 is back from the dead

An English company by the name of Retro Games Limited has embarked on resurrecting the Commodore 64 as a miniature computer with modern functionality like HDMI output and USB ports. While the SID chip is no...

The Zoom ARQ AR-48 Aero RhythmTrak is ready for lift-off

A cross between a disco lamp and an all-in-one audio workstation, the Zoom ARQ AR-48 Aero RhythmTrak is a production and live performance instrument that looks like something from a toy store...

Microsoft kills Groove Music Pass and pushes users to Spotify

In a deepening partnership between Microsoft and Spotify, Groove Music ceases it's Music Pass streaming surface and invites users to take their music catalogue to Spotify Premium.

TheoryBoard: colourful scale and chord generating MIDI controller

A very dull name for an awesome looking chord and scale generator. TheoryBoard is a MIDI controller that can generate every known chord to every known scale and let you play melodies without missing a note.

Apple iPhone 8 and iPhone X: full of potential for new music apps, but are they worth the upgrade?

Apple's new iPhones certainly look great in the hand, but do they offer any meaningful value to the discerning musician? Well, they do happen to pack some impressive and forward-looking technology, so...

TabBank: Write, save, and print guitar tabs on iOS

This week will see the release of a new iOS app for guitarists that need to create, curate and share their tablature, promising lots of handy features. Oh, and it's free, too...

Classic Machines: vintage drum machines for Cubasis 2.2

Steinberg's Cubasis for iOS get's an update to version 2.2 which introduceds in-app purchasing and a bundle of 10 Classic Machines 80's drum machine legends. It's also half price for a couple of weeks.

Why MP3 will be around for a long, long time

Fraunhofer say MP3 isn't dead, they've just grown apart, broken up over artistic differences and have run off with the children.

Superbooth 2017 Show Report: Why this is the most exciting music trade show on Earth

Here's a round-up of the cool things our resident synth specialist Robin Vincent found at the electronic music technology synth-fest that is Superbooth 2017.

Orange Dual Discrete OP-Amp: Must-have musical component or audio snake oil?

Designed from the ground up for musical applications!

Bergstok Music: Reversible modular guitars looking for backing

Not only can this Bergstok design be switched between a left- and a right-handed version in minutes, you can also swap out pickups with ease, too.

Sir David Attenborough’s adventures in World Music

Join Sir David Attenborough on Christmas day to hear his adventures in World Music that he collected over his many travels

Is Spotify about to buy Soundcloud?

A report in the Financial Times says that Spotify and Soundcloud are in talks about a potential buy out. How likely and how helpful is that going to be?

Has the iPhone 7 just killed music making on iOS?

The removal of the headphone socket from the iPhone 7 and the drive to a wireless future could spell disaster for the mobile musician.

How loud is your music? RTW release the MM3 MusicMeter

Supposedly at an affordable price, the MM3 MusicMeter is a new audio metering device designed for the music industry by renowned manufacturer RTW.

Is YouTube stealing my money?

Is YouTube putting out speculative Content ID claims to intimidate content creators into giving up their ad revenue?

Musikmesse 2016: The present and future of Europe’s biggest MI trade show

Musikmesse 2016 turned out to have a few highlights, as well as a few, well, lowlights. What was it like wandering around the show, and what future does Musikmesse have in the internet age? Our very own ...

Gothic Instruments’ DRONAR finds its place in Time and Space

Drown in the warm embrace of cinematic textures, sci-fi rumblings and atmospheric intensity

Music Man St Vincent Signature guitar

This new unique shape will divide opinion. However the specifications are all top notch.