Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
Cakewalk closes and with that development of Sonar DAW Music software company Cakewalk closes for good. Hailing from Boston in the USA, Cakewalk is one of the oldest music software companies. They are most known for producing the digital audio workstation (DAW) Sonar, which sprang to life in 1987 as a software MIDI sequencer, also […]
Scientists can change your music taste with magnetic stimulation One’s music taste is usually rather concrete, barring certain experiences that may change it. These are experiences like breakups, discovering new music, or simply just growing up, and now scientists from McGill University in Canada have added another game changer; magnetic stimulation. I’m not talking about […]
Science reveals song emotion can be detected from first few notes Science confirms the detection of song emotion from hearing the first few notes. It may be something we intrinsically know, but now a scientific study confirms it. You hear a song and can immediately tell whether it is going to be happy or sad- […]
Could new startup company UnitedMasters replace record labels? Could new startup company UnitedMasters replace record labels? UnitedMasters is a startup with financial backing from the likes of Google’s Alphabet and 20th Century Fox. You may be wondering what this company has to do with the music industry and how exactly they are going to weed […]
Mihalis Safras has been accused of plagiarism by multiple producers Mihalis Safras is facing accusations of plagiarism by producers who trusted him. As a producer, you are very well acquainted with the sounds you produce, so when blatantly hearing said sounds in someone else’s music you really take note. And yes, it may be hard […]
While the cat’s away, the Amazon AI speaker will play [on its own] One man’s Amazon AI speaker, Alexa, decided to groove out in the wee hours of the morning. Besides being a sentence I never thought I’d right, it sounds like a possible comedy script for a film. But this plot is actually the […]
BjÖrk wants you to by her new album with cryptocurrency BjÖrk goes the cryptocurrency route, urging fans to buy her new album using this new technology. BjÖrk has always been on the cutting-edge of fashion, music, and even just in terms of being. Now she has become one of the first major artist’s to encourage […]
Cakewalk Momentum is an app that lets you sync song ideas across devices Keep your song ideas safe with Cakewalk Momentum. Cakewalk takes the term ‘a walk in the park’ to an aurally tasty cloud-like new level. As most musicians and producers know, time, or the lack thereof, is a major hurdle in making music. […]
Can the AudioCoin cryptocurrency be the answer to music royalties? AudioCoin cryptocurrency is the latest ploy regarding fair payment in the music industry. With rights, streaming, digital downloads and all these new forms of buying music, it’s become a cacophony regarding payment. Imagine a world where these payments can be automated and perfectly tracked. Artists […]
Google Pixel 2 collaborates with Boiler Room for AI music experiment The Google Pixel 2, along with the larger Pixel 2XL was released widely last week. Along with Google’s second instalment phone came updates such as edge-to-edge screens, squeezing the phone to active Assistant, AR stickers and an improved camera. The phone has received radiant […]
