The music tech giant is also marking its 30th birthday by launching three more of its Expansions sound packs Native Instruments (NI) has launched a major free update for its hybrid Maschine 3 beat-making and production software. The update introduces a new trio of creative sequencing tools: a random note generator, a Euclidean sequencer [...]
Every year on the 9th of September, the electronic music community does something it almost never does: agrees on something. The Roland TR-909 gets its annual moment in the sun, and for good reason. Without it, house and techno as we know them simply do not exist. So in the spirit of the occasion, here [...]
The four-channel unit features onboard Stems, integrated DMX lighting control and new multi-zone performance pads. Denon DJ has launched the PRIME 4 G2, a four-channel, four-deck standalone DJ system. The successor to the original PRIME 4 introduces 16 velocity- and pressure-sensitive MPCe performance pads, which use 3D sensing to combine Hot Cues, Stems, [...]
The Queens space will eject and may permanently ban anyone caught carrying or wearing the devices. BASEMENT, the New York techno club, has banned smart glasses. The team made the announcement last Thursday, August 27th, via Instagram. The post explained that the rule applies to anyone bringing smart glasses into the venue, not [...]
Beatport has become the latest platform to draw a line on AI-generated music, expanding its partnership with the fraud detection firm Beatdapp to identify machine-made tracks before they reach the store. Under Beatport’s updated content guidelines, tracks that are wholly or mostly generated by AI will no longer be permitted. Rather than pull them [...]
AI Watchdog stems from an investigation from The Atlantic into AI data training. The Atlantic has unveiled a new tool that allows artists to check whether their works are present in data sets used for AI training. Compiled by researcher Alex Reisner, AI Watchdog draws on four giant datasets spanning millions of songs [...]
The new unit has many features from the flagship CDJ-3000X unit in a more compact design intended for smaller booths and at-home setups AlphaTheta has announced a new multi player, the CDJ-1500X. The new unit from the tech giant packs many of the same features from its flagship CDJ-3000X into a more compact design intended for smaller booths and [...]
The digital music store is introducing transparency labels and removing fully AI-generated music Traxsource is introducing labels to differentiate music made entirely by humans or with AI assistance. The digital music store will implement “Human-Made” and “AI-Assisted” labels for music available on the platform from 1st July, while fully AI-generated music will be removed from the [...]
The venue, which features a bespoke Hatchett Sound rig, is a first-of-its-kind for the city A new hi-fi listening bar, Music Room, is set to open in Belfast. The space will officially launch on Wednesday 1st July. Situated on Church Street, the project has been conceived by local DJ and creative OJ Wilson, and [...]
A free mobile app wants to help you practice beatmatching by ear. Described as a “game and training tool for DJs”, Beatmatch PRO challenges users to match the tempos of two tracks by ear as accurately as possible, with each attempt scored out of 100%. The app centres around a daily challenge mode, where all [...]