Tag: music
Jammy’s new MIDI guitar can control all your virtual instruments
Since the MIDI standard was released in the early ‘80s, plenty of musicians have wanted to control electronically-generated sounds with a guitar. Goofy attachments have come and gone, and last year’s Jammy — a stringed MIDI controller that can be pl… Source
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Spotify’s web player works with Safari again
In 2017, Spotify’s Safari web player vanished without any explanation. Users were forced to use another browser or the native Mac app. Now, just as mysteriously, Spotify has added Safari back to its list of approved browsers. After almost three years… Source
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Every musician is basically a YouTuber now
Huddled inside a cluttered garage in Los Angeles, Grouplove tries to be itself. Keyboardist Hannah Hooper grins wide as she sings toward the smartphone, attempting to maintain some of the buoyant alt-rock band’s typical electricity, even as she’s squ… Source
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The first ‘AI Eurovision’ song contest winner was trained on koalas
Eurovision 2020 was unsurprisingly cancelled due to the pandemic, but AI has stepped in to fill its glittery shoes. Dutch broadcaster VPRO has just wrapped up a Eurovision-inspired AI Song Contest, with 13 teams from Europe and Australia training alg… Source
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Moog Subharmonicon review: An experimental synth with an iconic sound
Moog’s current lineup of semi-modular synths all have cute mother-themed names: Mother-32, Drummer From Another Mother (DFAM), Grandmother and Matriarch. But the newest entry — the $699 Subharmonicon — abandons that tradition, even though it’s part… Source
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YouTube Music will transfer your Google Play songs with one click
It’s been almost two years since YouTube Music launched as a full-fledged, paid competitor to Spotify and Apple Music. But even though Google positioned it as a replacement for its own Google Play Music service and something that could take on other… Source
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