Category: News

Pensado’s Place Web Series and Vintage King Audio Launch Gear Expo 2013 in L.A.

Approximately 1,000 attendees from 14 countries gathered on a hot and humid Saturday (July 20) in Los Angeles for the inaugural Gear Expo 2013. Presented by online music production series “Pensado’s Place” and Vintage King Audio and staged at the latter’s Sunset Boulevard facility, the daylong expo (10am-4pm) treated attendees to interviews featuring leading producers,…


Drake & Chris Brown Win Lawsuit

Drake and Chris Brown can both rest a little easier regarding their 2012 nightclub brawl. A $16 million lawsuit filed against the two stars over the fight that occurred at W.i.P. nightclub has officially been dropped by a New York judge. Greenhouse, a nightclub across the street from W.i.P., filed a lawsuit against the two…


5 Reasons Why Album Apps Will Fail

  It seems that all the hype coming from the recent Jay-Z Magna Carta Holy Grail album release has dissipated now that that everyone has actually seen what all the hubbub was about. Most of the heat from the release came from the fact that the artist made a deal with Samsung where the company purchased one million digital albums…


Mutable Instruments – Braids Heavy Modulation Wavetable Overview

This overview is an exploration into the versatility of the Braids’ wavetable synthesis using heavy modulation. The Timbre, Color, FM, Trigger inputs are being fed intense modulation. If you want to hear specific waveforms, they are all timestamped on Youtube in About/Show More. All the waveforms are timestamped on the YouTube page. The basic waveforms…


Avicii’s ‘Wake Me Up’ Smashes 267,000 First-Week U.K. Sales, Robin Thicke Bows Atop Albums Chart

Swedish DJ-producer Avicii has smashed the record for the U.K.’s fastest-selling single of 2013, debuting at No. 1 yesterday (July 21) with nearly 267,000 sales of “Wake Me Up” (Positiva/PRMD). It deposed Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” (Interscope/Universal), featuring TI and Pharrell Williams, after five aggregate weeks at the top, but Thicke’s album of the same…


Paul McCartney, U2, Bruce Springsteen Join Call for Pussy Riot’s Release

Paul McCartney, U2 and Bruce Springsteen are among dozens of artists who have signed an open letter with Amnesty International calling for Pussy Riot’s release. The organization told The Associated Press that more than 100 musicians have joined the cause, which also includes Adele, Radiohead, Madonna, Yoko Ono, Patti Smith, Sting and Ke$ha. The group…


The Jacko-pot: Family alrady dreaming of AEG Live suit’s billions

The Jacksons are already counting the billions they’re convinced they’ll get in their wrongful-death suit against concert promoter AEG Live. Family sources said matriarch Katherine, 83, and her children, Rebbie, 63, Jermaine, 58, and Randy, 51, have been meeting regularly at a secret location in Beverly Hills to discuss how to divvy up the loot….


Diddy Attempts To Revive MTV Model In A World That’s Moved Past It

Rapper/entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs is set to launch a new cable music channel in December called Revolt TV, which will be available on both the Comcast CMCSA +0.75% and Time-Warner networks. According to various interviews, Diddy’s vision for Revolt is that it look more like MTV used to (playing music videos and being music-centric) rather…


The Analogue Solutions Station X Synthesizer

  Here’s a quick demo of the Analogue Solutions Station X, a mini-modular analog synthesizer: Station X Features: Pure analogue voice circuitry Fully patchable Compact modular synth Available as a module (without case) Plenty of modulation possibilities Rugged steel construction. MIDI In for software sequencer / keyboard control. Station X is available for £449 via Analogue…


J.Cole Apologizes Over Autism Lyric

J.Cole recently found himself on the wrong side of The Anti-Bullying Alliance. On Drake’s song  ”Jodeci Freestyle”, he spit: “I’m artistic, you niggas is autistic, retarded”. Shortly afterward, the group launched a petition requesting the lyric be removed. This evening, Cole addressed the situation and apologized for his insensitivity via his blog. Recently there’s been a…