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.

Around a hundred and sixty sources, in English, Japanese, Spanish, German, French, Chinese and Italian: 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.

For each story: a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link out. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the maker or the photographer. A German review appears in German and a Japanese one in Japanese, as the writer published it; the link goes to the original.

Nothing is sold on this site. When a link leads to a shop, it is the maker's shop, not ours.

← XLR MAG Archive

Bedroom Producers BlogDAW & plugins

What BPB readers think about AI in music software

11.09

More than 2,000 BPB readers took part in our poll about AI in music software. I received 2,096 responses and 762 comments.

AI in music

Read at Bedroom Producers Blog ↗

One letter a week, starting soon.

Latest

What BPB readers think about AI in music software

Related

DAW & pluginsTuned launches its V2 vocal plugin bundle for $9.99 with “F*CK AI SLOP” campaign Bedroom Producers Blog

IndustrySuno sued by Elvis Presley rights-owners and Eight Mile Style Music Ally

IndustrySplice releases free AI-powered DAW built around its sample catalog MMR

Live & DJChasing Kurt on Rediscovering Their Sound, AI Vocals and the State of House Music Magnetic Magazine

Studios & prosI Vibe Coded Something, But I'd Never Sell It Production Expert

IndustryEminem’s Publisher Eight Mile Style Sues Suno Over Allegations of Copyright Infringement Digital Music News