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The UK Competition and Markets Authority is further investigating Fender Europe over allegations of online price fixing, sometimes referred to as Resale Price Maintenance.
Reverb, the online auction site for musicians set up by Chicago Music Exchange owner David Kalt., has been sold to Etsy for a reported $275 million. Kalt will step down as CEO, the site announced.
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Synth YouTuber and musician Oscillatorsink has released an online editor for the Korg Volca Drum digital percussion machine. It reveals all the parameters of this little box and is completely free.
Learning Synths from Ableton is a browser based interactive sound generating tool that takes you through all of the synth basics - and it's brilliant.
New World Music expansion packs and a bunch of acoustic drum kits have been added to your Roland Cloud account for instant download.
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Go to the website, design your dream MIDI controller using knobs, buttons and faders on a 4 x 4 grid and hit the order button. That's the plan and they are taking preorders on Kickstarter to make it happen.
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Finally all you Pro Tools users can get access to the wealth of instruments and classic synthesizer emulations from the RolandCloud as they introduce support for AAX.
Cakewalk unexpected rises from the ashes as Singapore based collective BandLab Technologies snaps it up from Gibsons fire sale of assets and intellectual properties.
Not content to own the streaming rights to all our music Spotify wants to own the tools that create the music. SoundTrap is a cool online DAW that runs on everything - I can see why they like it.
Pace have announced they are taking your iLok licenses online to the Cloud that never fails and a connection that's always on. iLok Cloud is the definition of optimistic software protection.
For an open-source synth running completely online, the Viktor NV-1 is impressively fully-featured with its three oscillators (with 6 waveforms each), noise generator, LFO, 2 envelope generators, LP filter...
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Elektron release price and shipping details on their Digitakt 8-track digital drum machine plus you get to play with it online in your browser. Pre-orders are open.
Piano Producer is an online service that offers 10 high-end pianos to make your MIDI piano track sound amazing.
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OMG! I've got a Roland SH-101, SH-2, Promars, System-100, System-1, and D-50 running in my DAW direct from Roland Cloud. And the biggest piano in the world. UPDATE: video demo of all the synths
A new web portal for selling, buying and servicing used consoles and controllers, 'Resurface', is launched. Can this service change the pro audio market?
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Fender's new online ordering and custom guitar service launches in the US. Now you can specify your dream instrument and have it delivered straight to your door – within limits so far.
