Here’s a sneak preview of Audiobus 2, with developer Sebastian Dittmann, at the 2014 NAMM Show. Audiobus 2 will be capable of running as many apps in parallel or in series as your device can handle – multiple, independent pipelines with as many inputs, filters or outputs as you like in each. via Audiofanzine [Synthtopia]

Elektron shared on Facebook today that they got busted by the NAMM ‘Audio Police’ for being too loud. The NAMM Show has roaming monitors with decibel meters, tasked with keeping the show’s ambient noise level from getting completely out of hand. The Sound Violation Notice warns vendors that their exhibit has exceeded the show’s sound level…

Pixies know they can pack venues with their time-honoured tunes alone. Albums like Come On Pilgrim, Surfer Rosa, and Doolittle made them a mainstay in the mid-1980s, and brought fans back out in droves when they reunited in 2004. But Boston’s alternative trailblazers weren’t satisfied resting on their laurels. This last year saw the release…

Joe Smith, recipient of the Billboard’s inaugural Clive Davis Visionary Award, discussed his views on power — “when you make decisions that affect a lot of people” — the changing rules of the music game, why he couldn’t sign the Grateful Dead today, moving on from his career and much more. [Billboard]

Weve been following the development of this awesome plugin from concept to finished product and the result is truly inspiring. Zen beat maestro BT has partnered with the geniuses at iZotope and together they have created something very musically powerful. This course created exclusively for us by the always informative and totally entertaining Bill Burgess…

At the 2014 NAMM Show, we had the chance to talk with writer Mark Vail, who has written extensively for Keyboard magazine and is the author of two books found in a lot of keyboardists’ libraries, Vintage Synthesizers & The Hammond Organ: Beauty in the B. Vail was carrying a proof copy of his latest book, The…

Once again folks will try to predict the outcomes at the Grammy Awards, and once again these people will fail miserably. I wouldn’t know personally because I spend my time being a degenerate gambler on the traditional pastimes: horses, sports, lawn mower races. But if you were interested in taking a stab at the highly…

“I had gotten into music by accident.” In a conversation with Shirley Halperin, music editor for The Hollywood Reporter, Clive Davis, the legendary music executive and Chief Creative Officer of Sony Music, reflected on his early years: first as a struggling college student and later when a serendipitous turn of events led to him taking…

J. Cole delivered a powerful and touching speech dedicated to one of his dear icons Nas in a small room of close friends and acquaintances of Nas himself . Nas was seated in the table just in front of the podium at Vibe magazine’s Awards ceremony during the Grammy Weekend Festivities. via HollywoodToday [Real Talk…

NAMM 2014:Dave Smith and the Prophet 12 Desktop We talk [SonicState]