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Crafting a hit pop song hinges on many elements, but the sonic palette you choose is crucial. The right sounds can instantly elevate a track, adding depth, character, and that essential modern edge that defines the genre. Kontakt by Native Instruments is a software sampler that allows users to play, edit, and even build your own instruments using pre-recorded samples with a vast library of sample-based instruments from Native Instruments and third-party developers. A powerful tool for pop music production, Kontakt allows you to create melodies, and craft modern sounding tracks with ease. In this blog, we’re making the sound…

Samplestate has released a new artist series sample pack from Chris Scott aka Lexicon Avenue, one of the true pioneers of the underground electronic music scene.Providing access to his trademark sound, the royalty free Underground Progressive contains a collection of 280+ loops and one shots that showcases Chris’ talents in the studio.His productions and remixes under several aliases have featured on many of the best, and most revered major and independent labels, with many of his vinyl releases still very much in demand and commanding eye watering figures on resale sites such as Discogs.Samplestate is proud to present his first…

Morgan Wallen’s “What I Want,” featuring Tate McRae, blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The collaboration between the country and pop stars – from Wallen’s new album, I’m the Problem, which soars in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 2025’s biggest week by equivalent album units – is Wallen’s fourth Hot 100 leader and McRae’s first. She surpasses her prior No. 3 best set by “Greedy” in January 2024. In March, McRae notched her first Billboard 200 No. 1 with So Close to What; she’s the first artist this year to lead both lists…

Lese has announced an update to its freeware audio degradation plugin. Version 2 of Codec comes with some new features.Instead of adding vinyl crackles, guitar cabinet simulation, or cassette distortion, codec degrades sound in a more modern way, by utilizing a real-time audio coding standard (made for doing things like video calls) as a discrete audio effect.Changes in Codec v2.0Packet Disorder: Instead of packets just being fed into the internal decoder in their usual order, you can now increase the “disorder” control to shuffle the packets around, giving a much more disjointed sound.Noise: You can now add noise to the…

HYBE has disclosed the sale of its remaining 9.38% stake in rival SM Entertainment to Tencent Music Entertainment (TME), a subsidiary of Chinese tech giant Tencent. The deal, valued at approximately 243.35 billion South Korean won (approximately $177 million), involves the transfer of 2.21 million shares at 110,000 won per share and is set to close on May 30, according to a new regulatory filing. This transaction marks HYBE’s complete exit from SM Entertainment, a powerhouse K-pop agency behind acts like EXO, aespa and NCT 127. HYBE initially entered SME in 2023, acquiring a 14.8% stake from founder Lee Soo…

Migos official Instagram account was hacked in a bizarre move that appeared to be an attempt to extort a Bitcoin boss. AllHipHop.com Since 1998, AllHipHop.com has pioneered delivering Hip-Hop news. Get our daily email for exclusive, breaking news, and weekly digests, all curated for the true Hip-Hop enthusiast. Stay connected and informed with the heartbeat of Hip-Hop culture. Subscribe now! Subscribe Migos had their official Instagram account hijacked Tuesday (May 27) in an apparent strange and public attempt to extort Solana co-founder Raj Gokal for 40 Bitcoin—roughly $4.3 million. The compromised page posted at least seven images, including photos of…

Plugin Boutique is currently offering the TCS-68 Cassette Tape Channel by Fuse Audio Labs for just $19.99 until May 31, 2025. The TCS-68 Cassette emulates a single channel from the Tascam Midistudio 688, a multitrack cassette recorder that shaped the sound of countless 1990s demo tapes. We already covered two lo-fi plugins lately (Codec v2.0 and Tumult), so I wanted to add a tape-style lo-fi plugin to the mix. And while TCS-68 is not primarily a lo-fi processor, it recreates the subtle grit that feels nostalgic and sounds great in tandem with a plugin like Codec. I’ve owned several Tascam and…

Meldaproduction has launched a sale on its audio plugin that solves problems with phase cancellations when recording a single instrument using multiple microphones.MAutoAlign finds the ideal delays and polarity inversions automatically with the click of a button.Phase cancellation occurs whenever you record anything with more than one microphone. Some people ignore it and keep the tracks dull, some manually search for delays, and others let MAutoAlign do the job for them automatically and move on to the next activity.MAutoAlign is on sale for only 24 EUR / $27 USD until June 1st, 2025 (regular 49 EUR). It comes in VST/VST3,…

Sabrina Carpenter might be a pro at dominating stages in the real world, but now she’s set her eyes on the world of Fortnite, teaming up for their newly-announced Dance With Sabrina Jam Stage Experience. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Carpenter was initially welcomed into the Fortnite universe in early April, joining in for the festivities of Fortnite Festival Season 8. Her involvement has already resulted in a handful of her tracks being made available as part of the Season 8 Music Pass, with her outfits and instruments also being offered…

Samplab has announced the release of new audio plugin that analyzes any oneshot and recreates it using an on-device AI engine. Resynthesizer gives you full control to reshape your sounds and experiment with them in new and creative ways.The engine synthesizes the harmonic and percussive parts of your sample separately, giving you individual control over each. You can tweak parameters like the number of harmonics, apply drive, smoothen the sound, and fine-tune the character of both layers independently.You can drop in one or two samples, and Resynthesizer will automatically pitch them so you can play them as an instrument straight…