It is remarkable how music consumption behavior has changed in the last two decades: from the free offering of music via net labels and self-distribution to legal downloads and crowdfunding to streaming. As a survey by the Bitkom industry association

In addition to a new looper and multipad export, there are new DJ effects and a sound generator for synths and basses, which is probably Roland‘s response to Korg‘s KAOSS Replay. With the 4x4+1 pads, drums, sample chops and loops can be played intuit

Beat / Hi Vincent, great that you‘re back again – SUPERBOOTH is going into round six! For someone who hasn’t been attending the last five times, can you tell in a nutshell what the event is all about? Vincent / Superbooth is the world‘s biggest trade

The fact that you can make easy money with bot farms and the use of AI on Spotify is one of those urban legends that endure for a long time. There are certainly more lucrative business areas than streaming music. Plus, you still lose more than you pu

What do you get when a renowned software manufacturer and sought-after sound designers join forces? The impressive answer is the bass drum synthesizer PunchBOX, which combines the excellent drum modules and effects of D16 with the club-proven samples

With your new Mac and macOS, you are essentially perfectly happy and won‘t miss your Windows PC at all. However, an app that you absolutely need for work or training is, unfortunately, only available in a version for Windows and not for macOS. Has yo

The company emphasizes that musicians‘skills are the inspiration for algorithms. In practice, Natural Drums is a MIDI plug-in that is worth taking a closer look at. It generates drum patterns based on settings and does not (yet) have its own sound ge

The modular concept of the drum synthesizer makes no distinction between control voltage and audio signal. You can use the bass drum as an LFO or, conversely, route the LFO as a sounding oscillator to the audio output, or use the clock as a short per

Composing professional film music is a difficult task. In addition to musicality and creativity, a high level of technical knowledge has always been required - until now. The Score is an all-in-one scoring tool that covers a wide range of genres, sty

The PPG Wave series, Korg‘s DW series and the Prophet VS … friends of the dazzling synth sounds of the 80s are sure to get bright eyed at these names. These hybrids with digital oscillators and analog filters are legendary for their flowing pads, har

It feels like Liquid Drum & Bass has been around forever - and the genre is perfect for listening, dancing and floating at the same time. Our latest pack, compatible with Zampler and your MPC, features 91 fluid Pads, growling basses, soulful chords a

Tobias Fischer is your host for the Behind the Beat Podcast. Each episode features one of the most exciting producers of our time for an in-depth exchange. This episode focuses on techno icon Dave Clarke, whose early Red trilogy is at the core of a l

Whether it’s in films or series, in books or in music: nothing captivates us as much as gripping storytelling. In music production, it is the sound colors and arrangements that tell the story without words. This is where The Score comes in - a sampli

Beat / What does intelligence mean in relation to music? Hexorcismos / I think that the idea of ‘intelligence’ has to do more with the concept of labor and time. The time and decisions a musician spent making a composition or an artist an artwork, an

Korg seems to be returning to its older, but proven concepts. In addition to the new editions of the Micro-Korg and the KingKorg, the KAOSS pad also receives new honors. The Japanese introduced this innovative effects device, in which several paramet