[ad_1] Of course, the Katana keeps a lot of the other features that make is so easy to recommend. It still has switchable power for going from a full roar, to bed-room appropriate volumes (without changing the tone). And it still can connect to your computer over USB, where the Boss Tone Studio unlocks of […]
Category: Music
Tidal brings its streaming music and videos to Roku
[ad_1] For streaming music listeners who prefer Tidal and its commitment to high-quality lossless audio, now its experience is available via Roku. Subscribers can already access it on a number of home theater receivers and other equipment, and with Roku getting into the soundbar / wireless subwoofer game later this year, it makes sense to […]
Relive Yamaha’s synth history without leaving the couch
[ad_1] The site is broken out by decade, starting with one of the biggest — and biggest sounding — synths of the ’70s, the Yamaha CS-80. (Vangelis put its analog, 8-voice polyphony to work when writing and recording the score to Blade Runner.) The Yamaha DX7 leads off the ’80s; it used FM synthesis rather […]
YouTube Music counters Spotify with its own ‘Discover Mix’
[ad_1] The playlist contains 49 songs and has a retro neon logo much like YouTube Music’s “New Release Mix,” which itself corresponds roughly to Spotify’s “Release Radar.” According to the description, the music is “picked for you” according to your listening history, and updated every Wednesday. I didn’t get a chance to test it much […]
Erica’s modular synth helps you make music with preset cards
[ad_1] The system is otherwise highly flexible with 31 inputs, 20 outputs and seven switches. It includes a 2-3-4 step sequencer, a pair of VCOs (with a controller and VCA module), several mixers, a modulator, two ASR envelope generators, a lowpass gate and a BBD delay. You can also snag it in both a desktop […]
YouTube stops counting ad views in its top music charts
[ad_1] As Rolling Stone observed, the outgoing system effectively let companies pay to climb the charts. YouTube’s TrueView ads let marketers play shortened versions of videos that would count as views if you either watched for long enough or interacted with them. This let artists and labels game the system by purchasing enough ads to […]
Pandora’s new desktop app is now available on Windows
[ad_1] It offers access to all tiers of the service: free, Pandora Plus and Pandora Premium. You can use keyboard shortcuts to control playback and see notifications that detail the artist, song, and album title for whatever you’re currently playing. You can also use the Pandora Modes feature, through which you can customize the kinds […]
Spotify’s latest acquisition helps artists and labels hire studio talent
[ad_1] SoundBetter is a mix of LinkedIn and TaskRabbit for musicians. Producers, writers, mixers, mastering engineers, and session performers can form online networks with a free account. People who pay for a monthly subscription can access job boards and take a proactive approach, rather than hoping to be discovered in search listings. Musicians who are […]
Streaming dominates the music industry’s revenue
[ad_1] While it’s a relief to see the music industry avoid a full collapse after losing two thirds of its yearly earnings in the 2000s, artists certainly aren’t lining their pockets with earnings from streaming services. Spotify pays out roughly six to eight tenths of a cent per stream. This handsome sum is then divided […]
Spotify’s Android widget will return in a future update
[ad_1] When it first removed the widget, the company said, “We always take retiring features in Spotify very seriously.” It went on to justify the removal by noting people could access much of the same functionality through the operating system’s notification shade (pictured above). Of course, none of that helped to defuse the situation. In […]