As the music business continues to question the value coming back to rights-holders from YouTube, the movie industry just made a historic pact with the Google-owned giant….

Need to find an important piece of metadata for a particular recording? SoundExchange has announced the launch of an online tool for looking up the ISRCs, or International Standard Recording Codes, related to the nearly 20 million recordings in its database….

Attack has teamed up with some of the world’s best sound design companies and sample vendors to offer a series of free sample packs. The latest of our exclusive collections comes courtesy of CNTRL Samples. The generous guys at CNTRL Samples return to offer Attack readers a second collection of free samples. This 60+MB pack is all about…

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Doing a great job on a track’s mix and master can make a world of difference. It can make it go from OK to amazing.  In this article we’ll run you through essential tips and tricks to make your mixing and mastering awesome. First, we talk about sound sources, then about mixing and lastly we…

There are many definitions of audio mastering. Most commonly, though, the term mastering is used to refer to the process of taking an audio mix and preparing it for distribution. There are several considerations in this process: unifying the sound of a record, maintaining consistency across an album, and preparing for distribution….

The National Music Publishers’ Association’s (NMPA’s) settlement with Spotify — which Billboard has reported on previously — will include the streaming service paying $5 million in damages on top of the $16-25 million that the service owes music publishers and songwriters. (A source tells Billboard that the deal has yet to be signed.) Now publishers…

Sales of CDs in the US dropped by 31.5% in the first half of 2015, according to music industry figures….

Sony Music in Sweden has developed an app which the major says will fix transparent accounting issues faced by artists in the streaming age.  Former Spotify exec Michelle Kadir led development of the platform, which shows acts their daily royalty earnings – including information pertaining to their label advance….

Ableton Live course tutor Freddy Frogs gives you 30 unmissable Live tips for beginners and advanced users….