Business
Native Instruments Announces New Investment Partnership
A majority of shares in Native Instruments have been purchased by tech investment firm Francisco Partners.
Native Instruments
Music Production
Butch Vig Goes Native at United
Native Instruments recently teamed up with drummer/producer Butch Vig at United Recording to record a variety of kits and one-shots for Butch Vig Drums.
Business
Sound Travels Aims to Circumvent Pandemic
The Sound Travels team describes how the COVID-19 crisis served as the impetus for the remote hire platform for the music industry. “Sound Travels started as a job market and it’s turned into almost a social justice platform, so...
News
‘Floodlines’ Podcast Tracks Tragedy in New Orleans
Sound designer David Herman uses local sounds in creative ways to tell the story of Hurricane Katrina in the eight-part podcast "Floodlines."
Music Production
College Senior Produces Viral Virtual Musical Collaboration
In an effort to bring her community together during the coronavirus crisis, Shelbie Rassler had the idea of recording the Bacharach/Hal David song “What the World Needs Now Is Love” with her friends. The clips that make up the...
Events
PL+S 2020: Sample Music Festival to host pro DJ zone
"Music-making with turntables, controllers and digital pads is just as creative"
Studio
Spitfire Audio and Saffron present womxn in audio event on November 9
The event will include workshops, interactive presentations, practical demonstrations, discussion, and networking, catering to both entry-level and professionals in the music tech sector
Blogs
Software Tech: The Services Industry?
Craig Anderton ponders whether the music software industry will take the services route to offset maturing sales.
Recording
Yeasayer Takes a New Approach to Recording
By Steve Harvey. The acclaimed experimental rock band returns with Erotic Reruns, its latest self-produced album, which was almost entirely tracked, overdubbed and mixed at the home studios of its three core members.
Studio
New TRAKTOR DJ 2 enables streaming and mixing SoundCloud tracks
This new accessibility comes from a collaboration between SoundCloud and Native Instruments
Gear and Technology
Native Instruments Debuts Komplete Audio 6 Interface
Native has introduced the next generation of its six-channel audio interface.
Recording
Gold Diggers Reinvents the Destination Studio
By Steve Harvey. Nestled in East Hollywood at a notorious site, Gold Diggers has opened as a boutique hotel, club and music recording facility masterminded by L.A. nightlife impresario Dave Neupert and Kingsize Soundlabs' Dave Trumfio.
The Wire
PARALLAX Kontakt Bass Engine
London, UK (September 6, 2018) – Drumsound & Basslione Smith proudly presents PARALLAX, a brand new and revolutionary bass engine Now, Native Instruments Kontakt users have access to a wealth of brand new bassline design and manipulation tools created...
Recording
Software Tech: The NKS 2.0 Spec—Controller Salvation?
By Craig Anderton. Whether NKS has value depends on how you plan to use it, and what updates may be forthcoming.
Blogs
Software Tech: The Year of the Platform
By Craig Anderton. Given the pro audio and music industry’s relatively small slice of the economic pie, a platform makes sense. Products need staying power that allows amortizing development costs over as long a time as possible—and the longer...
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