: "Kobalt Music Publishing, a company that represents and collects royalties on behalf of music makers in Europe, says its customers brought in an average of 13 percent more revenue from Spotify than iTunes over the first quarter of 2014, reports The Wall Street Journal. "

Labels: apple, audio, distribution

Apple updates iMovie and GarageBand for OS X Yosemite with new features and design | 9to5Mac: "Apple has pushed out updates for iMovie and GarageBand to add compatibility with OS X Yosemite and add new features for both apps. GarageBand 10.0.3 introduces a new Bass Amp Designer, tweaks to the zoom function, a new template for recording vocals, and other changes."

Labels: apple, audio, garage band

Apple and U2 reportedly working on ‘secret project’ to bolster music sales | 9to5Mac: "According to TIME, U2’s partnership with Apple goes far beyond a free album in your iTunes library, much to the chagrin of some users. The group is reportedly working with Apple on a ‘secret project’ to rejuvenate digital music scales."

Labels: apple, audio

Movie: Roli's Seaboard keyboard is a new beginning in music: "Lamb's own contribution to this new generation of instruments is the Seaboard, a piano keyboard with soft, pressure-sensitive keys that allow musicians to alter the pitch, volume and timbre of notes in real time."

Labels: audio, recording

Feature: High-resolution audio - MacNN Forums
We recently attended a Sony launch event for its new high-resolution audio range and where Sony audio guru and Chief Sound Engineer Koji Nageno was on hand to explain the benefits of high-resolution audio. "

Labels: audio, engineering

Paris Based Artist Benoit Jammes Has Some Nostalgic Love For Cassette Tapes | Magnetic Magazine: "Just discovered the work of Paris based artist Benoit Jammes and love his series of cassette tape art. "

Labels: audio, cassette tapes, indie labels, mixed tapes

Free Download: Tensnake “Essential Mix” Plus New Tour Dates | Magnetic Magazine: "Tensnake took over the prestigious responsibility of hosting BBC Radio One’s Essential Mix last week. "

Labels: audio, electronic

Apple patent could bring polyphonic tuning to Logic Pro: "The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday granted Apple a patent for polyphonic note detection, or the ability to parse out single pitches and tones from a plurality of voices, a technology that may make its way to an expected version of the company's Logic Pro music editing software."

Labels: audio, electronic

iPhone Apps Update - Readability, Meetup, CloudClipboard | MacNN: "StepPolyArp 2.0 ($12) - StepPolyArp is a a MIDI step polyphonic arpeggiator for the iPad that is capable of transmitting MIDI information to a Mac or PC, which can then be used in combination with any sequencer, virtual instrument, or MIDI synthesizer. The v2.0 release includes a new MIDI engine that features improved accuracy. The update also offers automatic chaining patterns, an internal sound bank, an improved undo manager, and iOS 6 support. "

Labels: audio, electronic, experimental, producing, recording, retro

Rogue Amoeba outs Fission 2 audio editor with new UI | MacNN
Rogue Amoeba have updated their lossless (but basic) audio editor Fission to version 2.0, now with a refreshed user interface, expanded saving options (including new lossy and lossless formats), support for multiple windows, unified modes, an added batch converter tool and other new abilities"

Labels: audio, electronic, engineering, producing, recording, workstation