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MOD SUN signed a long-term record and publishing deal with Big Noise Music Group. The label will partner with MOD on all of his publishing and recording endeavors, writing sessions and collaborations. He will also have access to Big Noises various verticals, including: gaming, animation and education awareness. "The team at Big Noise believes in me and didnt make me sacrifice one thing to get the record deal of my dreams," said MOD SUN. "We see the world through the same lens. We can all feel ...

NI & iZotope join forces Audio processing and restoration experts iZotope and software instrument veterans Native Instruments have joined forces, and are now part of a new Audio Creator Group backed by investment firms Fans of both companies software neednt worry about changes to their hugely successful product ranges — the press release tells us that “There will be no structural changes to either entity, with both continuing under the same leadership, and with the same established teams...

Native Instruments and iZotope have joined forces to create an umbrella group focussed on "new creative possibilities for musicians, producers, and audio engineers".  The new allegiance will see both companies continue to operate under their own brands, with no structural changes to either organisation. The new group is backed by Francisco Partners, who acquired EMH Partners majority shares in NI back in January this year. EMH also remain part of the new group. Mark Ethier, co-founder and CEO...

iZotope and Native Instruments unite to form new music tech group 11th March 2021 iZotope and Native Instruments have teamed up to form a new music technology group. The new alliance, backed by Francisco Partners and EMH Partners, is designed to ‘shape the future of music making and audio production’. iZotope and Native Instruments will continue to operate independently with no structural changes to either company. Mark Ethier, co-founder and CEO of iZotope, and Constantin Koehncke, CEO of ...

NAMM 2021: Spitfire Contemporary Drama Toolkit Published 21/1/21 Expressive instrument aimed at TV and film composers Spitfire Audios quest for dominance of your sample drive continues, with todays launch of the Contemporary Drama Toolkit. Designed in collaboration with composer The Halcyon, The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance, among many others), Contemporary Drama Toolkit (hence CDT) comprises 72 instantly playable patches and 44 patch combinations, which Spitfire are tout...

(1) Francisco Partners to invest significantly in Native Instruments, the Berlin-based global leader in digital music creation software and hardware, acquiring a majority shareholding from EMH Partners and the Founding Shareholders, with both remaining significant minority shareholders This investment is meant to continue Native Instruments strong thought leadership in digital music creation and expand the companys product offering to create the end-to-end user centric platform for the music cr...

Native Instruments Maschine+ Is the Maschine+ the standalone music‑making box you’ve always dreamed of? The arms race of beat production workstations has come full circle. In 2009 the first Maschine took cues from Akai Pro’s MPCs, but by moving all the hard work to an attached computer NI opened up the scope of what was possible. Maschine had access to processing power and plug‑ins, and could slot into the DAWs that had become the primary workspace for many producers. Akai found themsel...

Spitfire Audio Releases DRUMLINE Spitfire Audio tells us that they have worked with world champion drum corps The Blue Devils to create the essential cinematic ingredients of their latest ORIGINALS library, DRUMLINE. This is their press release in full... Spitfire Audio is proud to announce availability of DRUMLINE -- the eighth release in its ongoing ORIGINALS series of instant library tools with the same outstanding recording quality as the full-blown blue-chip libraries with which it has ...

Daryl Worthington , December 18th, 2020 09:21 Daryl Worthington brings the year in cassettes to a close, with 2020’s best tapes, and the year’s best tape label Mariam Rezaei What’s the point of releasing music on cassette in 2020? It’s a dated format and surely we could all be doing something better with our time in a year marked by tragedy. Clearly spouting off nonsense about better art being made in times of adversity isn’t the answer. It’s inaccurate, a gross disservice to thos...