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YouTube wants to benefit from AI-generated music without the copyright headaches
YouTube's new principles for AI-generated music welcome the technology, but also play nicely with labels protecting their copyrights.
Jon Fingas08.22.2023
Scientists recreate an iconic Pink Floyd song by scanning listeners' brains
The research looked at how brains interact with music.
Sarah Fielding08.16.2023
This free plugin uses AI to generate music samples from text prompts
The devs behind AI-based sample editing software Samplab are back with a free VST3 plugin that generates samples from text prompts. The appropriately-named TextToSample is a plugin that opens inside your DAW, allowing you to type, say, “bubbly synth melody” to create a, well, bubbly synth melody.
Lawrence Bonk08.01.2023
TikTok expands its music streaming service test to Australia, Mexico and Singapore
TikTok has started inviting users in Australia, Mexico and Singapore to participate in a closed beta test for its new music streaming service, according to TechCrunch and CNBC.
Mariella Moon07.19.2023
Jony Ive's first post-Apple hardware project is a $60,000 turntable
Jony Ive's design agency LoveFrom helped refine Linn’s Sondek LP12 for a 50th anniversary edition. The turntable will set you back quite a bit, though: it costs $60,000.
Kris Holt07.08.2023
Sphere testing its giant LED video dome in Las Vegas
The Venetian Resort has started testing a massive 16K sphere that will define the most lavish concert venue in Las Vegas.
Jon Fingas07.04.2023
Tidal is increasing its HiFi plan to $11 per month
Starting on August 1st, an individual Tidal HiFi membership is going up by $1 to $11 per month in the US, while the family plan will run you $17 per month, an increase of $2.
Kris Holt07.04.2023
Spotify reportedly wants to add full-length music videos to its app
Spotify is considering adding full-length music videos to its streaming service.
Jon Fingas07.01.2023
Hulu is streaming Bonnaroo this weekend for the third year in a row
Bonnaroo takes place this weekend and, as with the last two years, you can watch the festival from the comfort of your home on Hulu. Through Sunday, the streaming service is offering two channels of live music coming to you from Manchester, Tennessee.
Kris Holt06.17.2023
Sennheiser SoundProtex Plus review: Concert earplugs that don't kill the vibe
Sennheiser's latest product is designed to protect your hearing without completely sacrificing sound quality, so we put them to the test at concert.
Billy Steele06.15.2023
Instagram adds music and translation to its Notes feature
Instagram's Notes feature, which lets you post a status update for your friends, is getting an upgrade. It now lets you share song clips and translate other users' notes.
Kris Holt06.13.2023
Paul McCartney is using AI to create a final song for The Beatles
Paul McCartney is using AI to turn a John Lennon demo into one last song for The Beatles.
Jon Fingas06.13.2023
Ubisoft's Rocksmith+ guitar-learning app is finally coming to iOS and Android on June 9th
Ubisoft is bringing its guitar-learning app to mobile devices later this week. Rocksmith+ will be available on iOS and Android on June 9th, nine months after the service landed on PC.
Kris Holt06.07.2023Hitting the Books: How music chords hack your brain to elicit emotion
In their new book "Every Brain Needs Music," Dr. Larry S Sherman and Dr. Dennis Plies, a music professor at Warner Pacific University, explore the fascinating interplay between our brains, our instruments, our audiences, and the music they make together.
Andrew Tarantola05.21.2023
Apple now helps you discover concerts in Maps and Music
Apple now helps you find hot concert venues in Maps, and find upcoming shows in Music.
Jon Fingas05.16.2023
Sonos is ending support for local file playback on Android
Sonos will soon end support for a feature that allows users to stream files stored locally on their Android devices directly to its speakers.
Kris Holt05.16.2023
Google opens up access to its text-to-music AI
Google is offering anyone the chance to try its text-to-music AI, which is called MusicLM.
Kris Holt05.11.2023
A robot puppet rolled through San Francisco singing Vanessa Carlton hits
In 2002, pop star Vanessa Carlton and her piano "made their way downtown" through Newbury Park in Los Angeles. Twenty-one years later, a team of hobbyist roboticists have brought Carlton’s music to the streets of San Francisco.
Andrew Tarantola05.10.2023
Spotify reaches more than half a billion users for the first time
Spotify added 26 million users in the first three months of 2023, 15 million more than it had expected.
Kris Holt04.25.2023
Boss' Gigcaster mixers are designed for live music streaming
Boss has unveiled audio mixers that are tailor-made for livestreaming music.
Jon Fingas04.20.2023