Music Production
Polo & Pan Are Selling Their Personal Collection of Vintage Audio Equipment
Out with the old and in with the new—French electronic music tandem Polo & Pan are cleaning house, making space in their studio for fresh gear and audio equipment. Now, fans can head to the official Polo & Pan Reverb shop to purchase instruments from the duo’s treasure trove of vintage audio equipment. The instruments for sale were “pivotal” to the production of many of their hit songs, including “Tunnel” and “Ani Kuni,” a member of Reverb’s team tells EDM.com. Perhaps most notably, a pair of Universal Audio Urei 1176 compressors is available. They have been used to create almost all of the Polo & Pan tracks. Among Polo & Pan’s gear for sale is a pair of Universal Audio Urei 1176 Rev.H compressors. Polo & ...
Thieves Steal Over $15,000 Worth of Studio Gear From Techno Artist
After over $15,000 worth of music production equipment was stolen from his studio, Argentinian-born techno producer Pfirter has launched a campaign to replace the gear. The DJ, whose real name is Juan Pablo Pfirter, took to social media to announce the “particularly devastating” theft. He says he returned from a weekend on tour to find out his home and studio had been robbed. “I can’t explain how it feels to come back to your place and see that all the essential material things are gone,” said Pfirter, who also runs his own record label, MindTrip. “This is particularly devastating for me as I’m still recovering from the difficulties of being a DJ/producer during the 2 years of the pandemic, which also led to not having my studio or home insured....
American Girl’s New Doll Inspires Young Women to Learn Electronic Music Production
There’s a new American Girl Doll in town—and she produces electronic music. The beloved toy brand has released its “Girl of the Year” for 2023, a 12-year-old Indian girl named Kavi Sharma who enjoys songwriting and performing. In addition to the doll herself, you can purchase her vibrant performance outfit and a number of music-related items from her collection. The bedroom studio kit includes a microphone, drum pad, pair of drumsticks, headphones and a tiny synthesizer that plays six different tones. It also features a faux laptop with a screen displaying a DAW (digital audio workstation). Inclusivity is a key component of the American Girl brand, which has developed dolls with rich backstories and personalities for almost 40 years. The company produces dolls representing many...
Skrillex’s Lifetime Streams as an Engineer, Songwriter and Producer Exceed 18 Billion
It’s no secret Skrillex is a wearer of many hats. But now there’s data to illuminate just how far his reach on streaming services goes. According to new data provided exclusively to EDM.com by Muso.AI, we’re now able to confirm that Sonny Moore’s lifetime streaming numbers are well into the tens of billions. It goes beneath the surface level numbers, however, considering Muso.AI is an artificial intelligence-driven aggregator and validator of musician credits in all creative disciplines. This means the company is capable of empowering artists to track their credits in incidences where they were fulfilling the role of a music producer, audio engineer, songwriter and other roles. Skrillex performing with From First to Last. Carl Pocket For that reason, it&#...
Gryffin Wants the Grammys to Add a “Best Dance/Electronic Producer” Category
Will we start to see more Grammy Award opportunities for electronic music producers in the future? Since the Recording Academy announced the addition of five new competitive categories back in June, there’s reason to believe more distinctions and amendments could follow. Dance music superstar Gryffin, who recently released his scintillating sophomore album, hopes the Academy will create more Grammy Award opportunities for the genre’s producers. “I would like to see the Recording Academy add Best Electronic/Dance Producer,” Gryffin told Billboard. “Due to the nature of dance/electronic music, most artists [nominated] are producers, and it would be incredible for the Recording Academy to recognize the producers in the space who are innovating and pushing the gen...
AI-Powered Stem Creation Company AudioShake Wins Big at 2022 Music Tectonics Conference
Lose contact with your mix engineer? AudioShake’s got you covered. Picture this: you get hit up by a music supervisor at Netflix. They want to use your track, but they need the stems in six hours. You recorded it three years ago and don’t have a way of contacting the engineer who has the stems. So you have to pass on the opportunity, costing you tens of thousands of dollars in sync licensing fees and future performance royalties. That’s where AudioShake comes in. Powered by artificial intelligence, the AudioShake platform gives musicians the ability to create stems out of a single audio file in a number of formats, like MP3, WAV or FLAC. The program then works its magic to produce high-quality stems of the song’s various elements, like guitar, vocals, syn...
Teenage Engineering Unveils Intricate Choir of Wooden Vocalizing “Doll” Synths
Teenage Engineering is bringing the vocal range of a full choir to your home studio. The Swedish hardware company has always been forward-thinking when it comes to production functionality and design, like their portable pocket synth series and Record Factory, the company’s at-home solution for allowing musicians to print their own 5″ vinyl records. Now, the developer has returned with a new studio weapon, the Teenage Engineering Choir. The choir consists of an eight-piece set of crafted wooden “dolls,” each equipped to “sing” with its own unique vocal pattern. Each doll was created with the influence of a specific musical culture in mind and when placed together, they are capable of recognizing each other in the space. They can then deliver harmonized performances. Scroll to Continue Reco...
This Innovative Music Production Tool Turns Your Voice Into MIDI In Real Time
Having the right tools and processes that allow for frictionless output of creative ideas is paramount to any musician’s workflow. This notion is a key pillar of London-based Vochlea Music, an audio company empowering creatives with Dubler 2. The advanced voice-to-MIDI desktop application uses the most intuitive instrument of all, the human voice, to effortlessly print musical ideas into MIDI. Dubler 2 is a standalone app which connects to any DAW. It comes with a game-changing “MIDI Capture” AU/VST plugin, which musicians can utilize to produce and manipulate vocal-driven beats without even touching a keyboard. It’s important to note that Dubler 2 is compatible only with dynamic microphones. After you’ve connected your mic (the same way you would an external ...
Ableton’s Mobile App, Note, Has Arrived
Digital audio workstation Ableton has launched Note, a brand new mobile application on iOS. It’s available now for $5.99. According to Ableton’s website, “Note is a place to start ideas, experiment with sounds, and find direction. As part of your regular music-making routine, it can help you hone the skill of starting or ease into a creative headspace at the start of a session.” Note comes built-in with drum kits, melodic instruments and a variety of synths, but users are also able to record their own sounds in to craft their own library. While it’s significantly cheaper than the desktop version of Ableton, it’s also not a replacement. Ableton’s full suite is built into the desktop software. Scroll to Continue Recommended A...
Slice Up Drums With This Pizza-Inspired Beatmaking Plugin
Software is the lifeblood of today’s music creator economy, and the new Beat Scholar plugin is innovating drum sequencing for a new generation of producers. The plugin incorporates a unique system of pizza-like buttons, which allow users to more granularly and flexibly program their drum hits than ever before. The plugin allows users to create their own unique sequences with varied denominations between one and 42. With the simple click and hold of the mouse, users can “split pizzas” and drag sounds into their workspace. The program includes a sampler and a master effects area for good measure. At more advanced levels of the tool, the unique layering of tracks additionally allows producers to combine two different time signatures within the scope of a single ar...
How Did Four Artists Release Music On the Same Day With the Same ’90s Sample?
Four dance tracks, four different artists, released by four different labels—all on the same day. This is the eyebrow-raising phenomenon that was spotted during this week’s Friday deluge of new music. Campbell’s “Beat Goes On (To The Brain),” Spencer Ramsay’s “Beat Goes On (DNB Flip), Chapter & Verse’s “The Beat Goes On” and Cody Wong’s “Beat Goes On (La Di Dadi Di Mix),” comprised the medley of songs all found to be using the same catchy vocal sample. The sample goes back to a 1997 release by The All Seeing I, “Beat Goes On,” a cover of Sonny & Cher’s 1967 song of the same name. In a TikTok video posted by British DJ and radio host MistaJam, the track’s original vocal hook, ...
“Women in Music Tech” Summit to Offer Free Masterclasses, Workshops, Networking Events
“The journey of an independent artist can often be a lonely one,” Music Production for Women (MPW) affirms on their website, “in which it is difficult to know exactly how to move forward to give your music the best chance of success.” That’s why the British organization is hosting a two-day summit, “Women in Music Tech” designed to train and empower the next wave of female and non-binary musicians. Scheduled for October 15-16 and free for all to attend, the event will livestream a variety of workshops, masterclasses and networking sessions to participants in more than 120 countries. “I’m hoping we can inspire any attendees who may have wanted to produce but felt intimidated by it, to take their first steps in the field,” ...
