Music Tech

Live Event Audio Platform Mixhalo Announces $24 Million Series B

December 14, 2021

Sting, who's used Mixhalo at his Las Vegas residency shows, performing live. Photo Credit: Raph_PH Live event audio company Mixhalo – which was founded by Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger and his wife, violini... Read More...

VEVA Sound Partners With PPL, MLC, Jaxsta, NSAI, The Creative Passport & More to Dramatically Expand Song Credits Collection

Paul Resnikoff

December 8, 2021

Building upon its pioneering efforts to improve music credits – and eliminate unmatched royalties – at the label level, VEVA Sound has inked partnership agreements with the PPL, the MLC, and more as part of a... Read More...

PlayTreks NFT Marketplace Aims to Revolutionize the Crypto Space

Ashley King

November 8, 2021

Photo Credit: PlayTreks Data analytics platform PlayTreks already provides insight into content platforms like streaming services, social media, and other content sharing. By analyzing data gathered on those ... Read More...

Amazon Music Brings Spatial Audio Support to Any Headphones — Here’s How It Works

Ashley King

October 21, 2021

Photo Credit: Amazon Amazon Music Unlimited now supports spatial audio streaming to any headphones. Amazon says users can use their current headphones to experience spatial audio on the iOS and Android apps.... Read More...

Apple Debuts AirPods 3 With a Brand-New Design and Spatial Audio Support

Ashley King

October 19, 2021

Apple revealed a newly redesigned AirPods 3 this week – with support for spatial audio. The new AirPods 3 design is modeled after the AirPods Pro, with shorter stems. The design sits more in-ear and includes... Read More...

Las Vegas’ Park MGM Opens a 5,200 Seat Theater Retrofitted With Dolby Atmos

Ashley King

October 14, 2021

Photo Credit: Park MGM The former Park Theater is now equipped with Dolby Atmos for live music performances. Dolby Laboratories teamed up with MGM Resorts International to retrofit the 5,200-seat theater for... Read More...

AI-Powered Snafu Records Raises $6 Million From Investors Including ABBA’s Agnetha Fältskog

Dylan Smith

September 22, 2021

The team behind Snafu Records. Photo Credit: Snafu Records Building upon a nearly $3 million funding round from February of 2020, AI-focused record label Snafu Records has officially raised another $6 million... Read More...

FUGA Says Its The First B2B Distributor to Automate Spatial Audio Delivery to Apple Music

Ashley King

September 16, 2021

FUGA has announced automated delivery of spatial audio tracks to Apple Music – one of the first B2B distributors to do so. Downtown Music Holdings acquired FUGA in 2020, and it works with more than 800 music... Read More...

Clubhouse Embraces Spatial Audio — But Does It Matter?

Ashley King

August 30, 2021

Photo Credit: Prithivi Rajan Clubhouse has announced support for spatial audio to make its group conversations feel more life-like. "When you're in the audience, you'll not hear the people around you in 3D,"... Read More...

The Spatial Audio Revolution Is Coming — Netflix and HomePod Support Incoming

Ashley King

August 20, 2021

Photo Credit: Charles Deluvio The spatial audio revolution is coming as Netflix embraces the technology on iOS. All compatible content on Netflix will play with spatial audio support on iPhone and iPad devic... Read More...

Beatles Producer Giles Martin Says Apple Music’s Spatial Audio Album Doesn’t Sound Right

Ashley King

August 1, 2021

Photo Credit: Fedor Beatles producer Giles Martin says one of the band's albums doesn't sound quite right in spatial audio. Speaking in an interview with Rolling Stone, Martin says Sgt. Pepper's Loney Hearts... Read More...

Apple Music Spatial Audio and Lossless Streaming Now on Android

Ashley King

July 25, 2021

Photo Credit: Shri Apple is bringing spatial audio and lossless streaming to its Android app. The two new features launched in June on iOS devices, but now Android users can listen. At launch, users can list... Read More...

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Live Event Audio Platform Mixhalo Announces $24 Million Series B

VEVA Sound Partners With PPL, MLC, Jaxsta, NSAI, The Creative Passport & More to Dramatically Expand Song Credits Collection

PlayTreks NFT Marketplace Aims to Revolutionize the Crypto Space

Amazon Music Brings Spatial Audio Support to Any Headphones — Here’s How It Works

Apple Debuts AirPods 3 With a Brand-New Design and Spatial Audio Support

Las Vegas’ Park MGM Opens a 5,200 Seat Theater Retrofitted With Dolby Atmos

AI-Powered Snafu Records Raises $6 Million From Investors Including ABBA’s Agnetha Fältskog

FUGA Says Its The First B2B Distributor to Automate Spatial Audio Delivery to Apple Music

The Spatial Audio Revolution Is Coming — Netflix and HomePod Support Incoming

Beatles Producer Giles Martin Says Apple Music’s Spatial Audio Album Doesn’t Sound Right

Apple Music Spatial Audio and Lossless Streaming Now on Android