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Bass · 39 stories, +32 vs last week

Bass: 39 stories in seven days, +32 on the week before.

GuitarsCar Bomb bassist John Modell on how a support slot with Meshuggah went from band joke to reality Guitar World

IndustryDJW Audio releases free open-source DW-303 bass synthesizer MMR

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Lighting&Sound AmericaLive & DJYamaha Corporation to Acquire Disguise Yamaha Corporation has decided to acquire media-server specialist Disguise , which has been a standard brand used in concert touring, theatre, and other live events.

Lighting&Sound AmericaLive & DJSingularity, UK Firm, Launches PENpal, Cybersecurity for Lighting Networks The UK firm Singularity has launched PENpal, a cybersecurity device for entertainment lighting networks.

Lighting&Sound AmericaLive & DJJerry Harvey Audio Launches Universal Plus, Bringing Custom Personalization to Universal-Fit IEMs Jerry Harvey Audio (JH Audio) announces Universal Plus, a new personalization program bringing many customization options available for JH Audio custom IEMs to its universal-fit range.

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Guitar WorldGuitarsCar Bomb bassist John Modell on how a support slot with Meshuggah went from band joke to reality Car Bomb have never been particularly interested in doing things the conventional way. Since releasing their debut album in 2007, the Long Island outfit have carved out a reputation for some of the…

Magnetic MagazineLive & DJJoey Daniel Explains Why Better Producers Listen Differently I think one of the easiest ways to limit yourself as a producer is to listen exclusively to the type of music you’re trying to make.

Magnetic MagazineLive & DJRelinquo Explains How He Developed His Cinematic Techno Sound I think one of the harder things about developing your own sound as an electronic music producer is figuring out which parts of your musical interests deserve to become permanent features of your…

Magnetic MagazineLive & DJemesh Takes Hypnotic Techno Into Spiritual Territory on Purkana Antonio Muñoz has spent decades exploring electronic music from several different perspectives. He began DJing in Spain during the late 1980s, eventually performing at Madrid venues including Mondo…

SynthtopiaSynthsBehringer Opens New AQ64L 64-Pad MIDI Controller To Custom Firmware Behringer’s AQ64L is an 8×8 RGB clip-launch controller with dedicated Ableton Live and FL Studio integration.

Music ConnectionIndustryAssignments: Noémie Lambert Head of TuneCore, France TuneCore TuneCore—part of Believe, the Paris-based global artist development company—has named Noémie Lambert as the company’s new Head of TuneCore, France.

Digital Music NewsIndustry‘Peanuts’ Music Copyrights Owner Lee Mendelson Film Productions Settles Infringement Suit Against ‘Snoopy & The Great Mystery Club’ Publisher GameMill Photo Credit: COSMOH Six months later, Peanuts music owner Lee Mendelson Film Productions (LMFP) and video game publisher GameMill Entertainment have settled their copyright dispute.

SynthtopiaSynthsDJW Audio Intros DW-303, a Free Open-Source TB-303-Style Synthesizer DJW Audio's DW-303 is a free, open-source TB-303-style bass synthesizer featuring circuit-modeled sound generation, a 16-step sequencer, 64 patterns and support for multiple plugin formats and…

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Three pins, and nearly every signal in this business passes through them.

The magazine is named after the cable: the microphone in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX run that fires the lights. Studio, stage and rig share the same cable. Most magazines pick one of the three. This one covers all of it, because the people we read do too — the engineer mixing a record on Tuesday is on front of house by Saturday.

More than three hundred sources, in sixteen languages: makers and their release notes, reviewers who put a hand on the thing, studios and touring crews, the producers and collectives surfacing this month and the scenes they came out of. Synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lighting. What the trade is talking about is counted and plotted. The editor's letter has just started; it will find its rhythm.

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