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New Update Brings Spatial Audio Support to Pixel 6 & Pixel 7 Series Phones

January 5, 2023

Photo Credit: Screen Post A new update for Pixel smartphones finally brings spatial audio support to a limited number of devices. Namely, the Pixel 6 and Pixel 7 series now supports the new feature–older Pixe... Read More...

Alpine Electronics Now Offers SiriusXM-Ready Aftermarket Units

Ashley King

January 4, 2023

Photo Credit: Alpine Electronics Alpine Electronics becomes the first aftermarket infotainment manufacturer with SiriusXM-ready tech. The company is introducing to new Halo floating touchscreen receivers–the... Read More...

Amazon Music & Fraunhofer Partner for Immersive Sound While Driving – CES 2023

Ashley King

January 4, 2023

Photo Credit: André Luís Alves Campos Amazon Music and Fraunhofer are partnering to reveal 360-degree immersive sound while driving at CES 2023. Fraunhofer IIS is the primary developer of the MPEG-H 3D Audio... Read More...

Gift Guide For Music Makers and Music Lovers

Noah Itman

December 20, 2022

Image: https://pixabay.com/photos/christmas-gift-new-year-holidays-3015776/ As we close out 2022, I wanted to share a handful of items that I personally got some enjoyment out of. We're cutting it close on ti... Read More...

pCloud Is Unlocking High-End Collaboration Tools for Smaller Teams and Studios

Paul Resnikoff

December 15, 2022

Photo Credit: pCloud With pCloud’s signature one-time payment, pCloud’s ‘Family Plan’ streamlines collaboration efforts for music production groups, recording engineers, and musicians. The company boasts an ... Read More...

VEVA Sound Is Partnering With Universities to Help the Next Generation of Musicians Prevent Missing Credits and Unmatched Royalties

Paul Resnikoff

December 8, 2022

Photo Credit: Thomas Crabtree The music industry’s much-discussed credits problem has caused musicians to miss out on billions in owed payments. Now, VEVA Sound is partnering with universities to help the nex... Read More...

Warner Chappell Music Opens New Studio in Barcelona

Ashley King

November 23, 2022

Photo Credit: Warner Chappell Music Warner Chappell Music has opened a new songwriting studio in Barcelona, Spain. The new studio is run by Cristian Cabrera Viñas, Senior A&R Director at Warner Chappell ... Read More...

pCloud Is Angling to Become the “Dropbox Killer” for the Music Industry — With Critical Differentiating Features

Paul Resnikoff

November 21, 2022

pCloud is targeting serious music clientele with collaboration, encryption, and metadata. The company is introducing unique features like a native music player, previous file-version access/reverting, metadat... Read More...

The Music Industry Is Moving at a Million Miles Per Hour — Is GPU Audio Building the Engine to Power It All?

Paul Resnikoff

November 10, 2022

By offloading CPU loads onto the Graphical Processing Unit, GPU Audio is placing a powerful and underexploited parallel processor at the center of music production. The shift could have massive implications f... Read More...

Spotify Finally Got Around to Redesigning Its Apple Watch App

Ashley King

November 10, 2022

Photo Credit: Spotify Spotify finally realized its barebones Apple Watch app experience is hurting more than helping. The streaming giant redesigned the app with new features. The Spotify Apple Watch app bef... Read More...

Meta Says AI-Powered Audio Codec Offers 10x Compression Over MP3

Ashley King

November 3, 2022

Photo Credit: James Owen Meta has announced an AI-powered audio compression method that supposedly delivers ten times better compression than the MP3 format. The audio compression method is called 'EnCodec,'... Read More...

A Quick Buyer’s Guide to Acoustic Guitars — Here’s What to Know

Ashley King

November 3, 2022

Photo Credit: Evgeniy Konev Whether buying your first acoustic guitar or your tenth, the decision is always unique to the sound you want. Have questions? Check out this acoustic guitar buyer's guide with some... Read More...

Is Noise Cancelling Bad for Your Ears?

Harman Professional Solutions Announces Flux Acquisition, Says the Purchase ‘Opens Many Opportunities for Future Integration’

FL Studio Teams Up With Murda Beatz for Exclusive Sound Kit — 9th Wonder, Slushii, Alex Lustig Also On Deck

Federal Judge Tosses $32.5 Million Sonos Verdict Against Google: ‘It Is Wrong That Our Patent System Was Used in This Way’

Chartmetric Launches ‘Shortlists’ to Simplify and Centralize Insights Management

New Update Brings Spatial Audio Support to Pixel 6 & Pixel 7 Series Phones

Alpine Electronics Now Offers SiriusXM-Ready Aftermarket Units

Amazon Music & Fraunhofer Partner for Immersive Sound While Driving – CES 2023

Gift Guide For Music Makers and Music Lovers

pCloud Is Unlocking High-End Collaboration Tools for Smaller Teams and Studios

VEVA Sound Is Partnering With Universities to Help the Next Generation of Musicians Prevent Missing Credits and Unmatched Royalties

Warner Chappell Music Opens New Studio in Barcelona

pCloud Is Angling to Become the “Dropbox Killer” for the Music Industry — With Critical Differentiating Features

The Music Industry Is Moving at a Million Miles Per Hour — Is GPU Audio Building the Engine to Power It All?

Spotify Finally Got Around to Redesigning Its Apple Watch App

Meta Says AI-Powered Audio Codec Offers 10x Compression Over MP3

A Quick Buyer’s Guide to Acoustic Guitars — Here’s What to Know