Category: Music

Twitch offers streamers a way to safely use licensed music

[ad_1] Twitch streamers are no strangers to DMCA music claims. Over the summer, the platform acknowledged a flood of takedown requests for older videos, which could’ve potentially put streamers in jeopardy of consequences under Twitch’s content policy. The company has offered a library of free-to-use tunes for years, but using a song from one of […]

Spotify makes it easier to add people to collaborative playlists

[ad_1] For obvious reasons, remote collaboration is now more popular than ever. Spotify is taking note. Today, it’s rolling out a few changes to make its Collaborative Playlist feature even easier to use. You’ll now see an “Add User” button in the playlist header, so you can quickly add contributors. The header will also show […]

Roland’s synth engine comes to mobile devices with the Zenbeats 2.0 app

[ad_1] Roland has rolled out an upgraded version of its cross-platform digital audio workstation app, and it comes with several feature and workflow enhancements. The biggest addition to Zenbeats 2.0, though, is ZC1, which brings the company’s Zen-Core synth engine to mobile. Roland launched Zen-Core back in January, offering musicians a synth system that works […]

Deezer’s country selector lets you listen to music and podcasts like a local

[ad_1] When you switch countries, your language settings won’t change as well, so need to worry about getting lost in the interface. Besides localized recommendations for music, podcasts and audiobooks, you’ll see any local shows that are set to take place in that country. You can switch regions through Deezer’s settings menu. The feature is […]

The Grammy Museum built a streaming service to share its archives

[ad_1] In the coming weeks, we can expect content starring Quentin Tarantino, Barbara Streisand, Alan Menken, Bright Eyes, Tame Impala, Rufus Wainwright, Panic! At the Disco, X Ambassadors and more. The service will cost $2.99 per month or $29.99 for a full year. If you’re not sure which to commit to, you can opt for […]

YouTube Music will suggest songs to make your playlists even better

[ad_1] There’s a real art to building playlists — especially ones you plan to share with other people. Picking the right songs and finding the perfect flow isn’t always easy though. To help you out, Google is employing its AI smarts for a YouTube Music feature called assistive playlists. It’ll look at the name of […]

Native Instruments crams its powerful music-making software in a standalone groovebox

[ad_1] The same workflow from that desktop app is carried over to the standalone groovebox, so you should be able to seamlessly bounce back and forth between the two depending on your mood. When in standalone mode the Maschine+ will be able to run a whole bunch of plugins from the Komplete library, including softsynths […]

Teenage Engineering’s next product is probably a Bluetooth speaker

[ad_1] When Teenage Engineering started teasing it was working on a “magic apparatus,” people got understandably excited. After all, this is the company that has released some of the most offbeat but capable synths (and IKEA products) in the last couple of years, and it said it had been working on this device for the past […]

KeyStep Pro Review: A near-perfect MIDI controller for hardware synth fans

[ad_1] It’s also worth noting that there are a lot of shift functions on this keyboard. Most of them are clearly labeled and self-explanatory, but it will take a while to commit them to muscle memory. All but one of the 37 keys has a shift function. As do most of the buttons. The most […]

Diplo previews his new album in the meditation app Calm

[ad_1] This year has been a roller coaster of emotions for a variety of reasons, and as such apps for mental well-being have been in the spotlight quite a bit. Calm, one of the most popular meditation and sleep apps out there, scored a somewhat unexpected bit of exclusive content — massive electronic musician and […]