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Create Music Group (CMG) has acquired indie electronic label Monstercat. Founded in Waterloo, Canada, in 2011 and now with offices in Toronto and Los Angeles, Monstercat will continue to be operated by president Daniel Turcotte, vp Orri Sachar and director of finance Rob Hill. Monstercat founders Mike Darlington and Ari Paunonen will have advisory roles. The acquisition will provide Monstercat with access to CMG’s global infrastructure, media portfolio and capital — enabling it to offer more competitive deal structures and better marketing support while expanding its global presence. Beyond the acquisition, Create plans to invest an additional $50 million into…

Your vision for NI emphasizes innovation, accessibility, and collaboration. What does that mean in practice for our users? For us, innovation means giving creators new tools that are both powerful and intuitive – helping you unlock ideas you didn’t even know you had. Accessibility means breaking down barriers: price, platform, skill level, or hardware preferences. And collaboration is about building bridges – not just between people, but between platforms, tools, and technologies. A recent example is our expansion of the NKS (Native Kontrol Standard) ecosystem. With partners like Akai Pro, Novation, Nektar, Korg and M-Audio now integrating NKS into their…

Loopmasters has introduced a new value bundle featuring a collection of 3 sample packs geared towards house music production. The 90s Decade Bundle comprises Back To The Old Skool, Days of House, and Classic 90s House.Step back into the golden era of house music with this 90s Decade Bundle – three sample packs for just £20, packed with everything from soulful pianos and acid synths to vocal chops and jacking grooves!Inspired by legends like Derrick Carter, Todd Terry, and Roger Sanchez, this bundle delivers 3.4 GB of the raw energy and iconic sound of classic 90s house with a fresh,…

Cazzu has a lot to celebrate this week with the arrival of her debut studio album, Latinaje, on the Billboard charts. The album comes in at Nos. 4 and 48 on the Top Latin Pop Albums and Top Latin Albums rankings, respectively (charts dated May 10). Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “I’m a bit ignorant about managing badges or when one earns medals, it’s a strange feeling,” Cazzu tells Billboard. “But being on the charts makes me very happy because I think that basically determines that people are liking the album,…

As part of its “Mastering Month” promotion, Plugin Boutique is offering a 55% discount on MMultiAnalyzer by Meldaproduction, an effect plugin that offers advanced analysis to help you to discover problems in your mix with ease.MMultiAnalyzer is a unique multi-track spectrum, loudness and stereo analyzer and sonogram, which reveals problems and frequency collisions quickly, easily, and with astonishing accuracy.Just put an instance on each track in which you are interested and they automatically find each other and exchange their respective analyses. With unique features, such as normalization, super-resolution and de-harmonization, you can understand your audio material quickly and reveal those…

Sara Nix and Joe Mortimer have been named co-heads of creative at Capitol Music Group, based at the label’s iconic Capitol Tower in Hollywood. Nix joins Capitol after six years as executive producer at Partizan, the company founded by Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind director Michel Gondry. With nearly 15 years of global production experience, she has worked with artists like Pharrell Williams, Billie Eilish and Burna Boy, and directors such as Warren Fu and Ally Pankiw. Her portfolio spans music videos, branded documentaries and short films for major lifestyle and brand clients. Nix began her career in Amsterdam…

Kai Cenat may not have gone to the 2025 Met Gala’s main event on Monday, but that doesn’t mean his presence wasn’t very much felt. Cenat was invited to an afterparty by Pharrell, a co-chair for this year’s fundraising gala, resulting in a star-stacked stream during which the Twitch star very much appeared to make at least one new friend.“How the fuck did I get in here?” Kai asked chat at one point during the stream. Later, he repeatedly expressed shock about getting the chance to meet Future, notably with some assistance from Jaden Smith, by playfully boasting “Future knows…

Rihanna turned heads and turned the page on old drama at the 2025 Met Gala in New York City, where she reunited with Ciara in a warm, public moment that showed their years-old feud is officially history. The two stars posed together on the red carpet, smiling as Ciara gently placed her hand on Rihanna’s baby bump—a sweet gesture that said more than any tweet ever could. EVERYONE BE QUIET 😭 THIS IS A MOMENT IN HISTORY RIGHT NOW RIHANNA AND CIARA HAVE LINKED UP 😭🩷 pic.twitter.com/EnbFzqAetc— THUGGA (@THUGGABEY) May 6, 2025 If you weren’t on twitter back in its…

Plugin Boutique is offering an exclusive limited time discount on the TDR SlickEQ M (Mastering Edition) plugin by Tokyo Dawn Labs, an equalizer designed for the audio mastering engineer that delivers exceptional musical flexibility and audio fidelity.Behind an intuitive user interface hides as a staggering array of possibilities: A set of musical high-pass and low-pass filters including a low frequency “monoization” section offer detailed control over the signal bandwidth. Six powerful parametric filter bands give precise access overtone, timbre and the stereo image, and a sophisticated meta-filter offers direct and intuitive access to the brightness, hardness or equal loudness curve…

Phantom power is a +48V electrical charge sent through an XLR cable to power condenser microphones and active DI boxes. You need phantom power when using condenser mics, but not with dynamic mics. Be careful — phantom power can damage vintage ribbon mics if used improperly.   So you’re plugging in a microphone and see this little button: +48V. You pause. “Do I press it? Will it break something? Do I need it?” Let’s demystify what phantom power actually is — and when you should (or shouldn’t) use it.   ⚡ What Is Phantom Power? Phantom power is a +48…