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Emerging technology has left the DAW at a crossroads. A combination of legacy code, compatibility restrictions and a user base who expect their favourite tools to remain familiar has left music-making software lacking innovation. As the pandemic, cloud-computing and generative AI shift expectations of how music-making tools should look and feel, Declan McGlynn asks: will the DAW adapt or die?

Open a DAW from the year 2000 and it’s highly likely you’ll recognise the vast majority of the features — both functionally and visually — from any...

Waves Online Mastering

Waves Audio — one of the biggest names in the plugin world — has launched an online mastering service powered by AI. The new service...

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Sampling has been a central pillar of music production in the 30-odd years since MPCs hit the shelves, crucial to the development of hip-hop, breakbeat, house, jungle, and countless splinter styles across the dance spectrum. In the decades since, ever-shifting technology has slowly vaporised the analogue world that sampling was built from. Here, Chal Ravens asks: how is the culture of sampling evolving?

The sounds of this summer were an infinity mirror of summers past, from the charts to the rave: the freak funk of Rick James, the...

AI-generated Drake and The Weeknd track not eligible for Grammy after all, Recording Academy clarifies

The AI-generated track that replicates Drake and The Weeknd's vocals will not be eligible for the upcoming Grammy Awards, despite recent comments from the Recording...

AI-generated Drake and The Weeknd track eligible for Grammy, Recording Academy says

A track featuring AI-generated replicas of Drake and the Weeknd’s voices has been submitted for Grammy consideration, says the Recording Academy.


‘Heart on My Sleeve’...

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An AI vinyl digging tool for Discogs has been developed by UK label and collective Timehri.


The Timehri Dig Assistant is described as "a sophisticated...

Google is working on software to turn brain scans into music

Google has unveiled new technology that will allow people to turn brain scans into music.


The development follows a research project involving the multi-national company...

Make a video of yourself dancing from just one photo using new AI app

A recently launched AI app can create a video of you dancing from one single photograph.


The Disentangled Control for Referring Human Dance Generation in...

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AI-created music is now eligible for nomination at the Grammy Awards, according to recent guideline changes.


Last month, The Recording Academy announced a series of...

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Little Simz has shared an interactive music video for the new single, ‘Gorilla’. Watch the video below.


Directed by Dave Meyers — known for his...

Giorgia Angiuli KAYLA AI headband

Italian live artist, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Giorgia Angiuli has launched a bluetooth-enabled device designed to "enhance physical and mental wellbeing with sound". 


The project, KAYLA...

Spotify AI

Spotify’s AI DJ has launched in the UK and Ireland, after having arrived in the US and Canada earlier this year.


Available to premium users...

Frank Ocean fake AI music

A number of fake, AI-generated songs credited to Frank Ocean have sold online for thousands, raising more concerns about the impact of artificial intelligence on...

Spotify AI DJ

Spotify has launched an AI DJ function with "stunningly realistic" voiceover. This latest development allows users to listen to bespoke selections tailored to their tastes...

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VirtualDJ has released the latest version of its flagship software with an upgrade of its stem separation engine that promises “studio-like quality”.


The AI-powered stem...

Premiere: Jaymie Silk ‘Temptation’

Jaymie Silk will release a new EP, ‘Rub Music Vol.1: Artificial Realness’, this month via Brussels’ Pelican Fly label. Listen to ‘Temptation’ below. 


Following his...

iZotope

Audio technology experts iZotope has announced the arrival of RX 10, the industry standard in audio repair. Ozone 10, its flagship mastering suite, which aims...

An AI-powered virtual rapper, FN MEKA, has been signed to Capitol Records

Capitol Records has signed an AI-powered virtual rapper named FN MEKA. He's already released his first single for the major label called 'Florida Water'; listen...

Conversations around automation and DJing are tried-and-tested comment triggers — the ubiquity of the tedious ‘press play’ criticisms and ‘sync button’ debate attest to that. But...

In part two of this series, we explored the impact of AI in the studio, with assisted mixing tools from iZotope, right up to full-on...

Already part of some major DAWs including Logic Pro, AI and machine learning is becoming a staple of music studios through technology from assisted mixing and search...

In part one of our AI Futures series, we discussed the looming threats and opportunities around ‘deepfakes’ or style transfers using AI. We spoke to...