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US musician given 18-month prison sentence for US$8 million AI streaming fraud

Micheal Smith was found to have used bot accounts to generate "billions" of fake streams of AI music on platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music

The ambient one air quality monitor tracks pollutants in studio spaces

Designed for creative spaces, it measures CO₂, fine particles & lets you monitor changes in the air

Free app lets you avoid smart glasses-wearers in the club

ZuckOff, which uses Bluetooth to identify if a device is nearby, has already been downloaded by 6,000 people

Watch: How to DJ on the DDJ-FLX4

From layout basics to mixing tracks, here's the tutorial you need to get started using the gear from Pioneer DJ by AlphaTheta

Sound Check Vol. 1

Mixmag Asia's monthly column on the gear, software and sound shaping how music gets made and heard

Open-source LED synthesizer Patternflow lets you play light like an instrument

Created by Seoul-based artist SeungHun Lee, it has over 100 community-made patterns & is currently crowdfunding

AIAIAI & JJJJound announce Tracks headphones & UNIT-4 speaker collaboration

Both items, already recognised with design awards, arrive in a new yellow colourway for the collection

Sony Music sues Udio again, claiming infringement of 30,000 tracks to train AI

Sony alleges that the AI start-up copied thousands of songs without its permission

Oklou teams up with AIAIAI on limited edition headphone collection

The French producer's design input lands on the brand's TMA-2 & Tracks models

Akai's MPC One G2 packs 4 times the power into same frame

The new model retains the original's pads & touchscreen while increasing processing power, memory & audio track capacity

KORG's KAOSS Pad V lets you touch two affects at once

Keeping the series' iconic touchpad interface, it now comes with dual-touch operation, a rebuilt sampler with real-time overdubbing & dedicated Voice FX engine

AlphaTheta's new CDJ-1500X lets DJs play sets with just their phone

Packing flagship CDJ-3000X tech into a smaller frame, it also offers CoBeat; a new crowd-interaction service that puts song requests on screen

NTS & Atonemo launch radio player built around human-curated listening

Designed for "omakase listening", the device gives direct access to NTS's 16 Infinite Mixtapes & two live radio channels

New "ad and algorithm-free" social music app Corus has launched

The app will focus on peer-to-peer music recommendations of music and film

Spotify seeks to add festival livestreams to platform

The streaming giant has reportedly approached a number of live music promoters to build on its "super fan" offering

Richie Hawtin’s new drum machine can sequence pretty much anything

Bullfrog Drums by Erica Synths is fully sample-based, so your "drums" can be chord stabs, drones or abstract noise, with probability & micro-timing built in

Spotify faces backlash over launch of paid Premium AI remix tool

The platform’s co-chief said he wants Spotify to be “the one that’s legal” when it comes to AI features

Bang & Olufsen launch limited edition collaboration with Fragment

The Tokyo-based creative imprint by Hiroshi Fujiwara reimagines four products in its signature monochrome aesthetic

Symbol Audio & USM launch speaker collection built into modular furniture

The USM Speaker Module Collection comes with Sonos amplifier support & comes in 14 colour options

NOTHING announces Charli xcx as shareholder & first global brand ambassador

The British artist appears in the announcement wearing the brand's Headphone (a)

RND synth allows you to generate 4.29 billion sounds with just one button

"Most instruments are designed to give control; over pitch, over timbre, over time. Not this one," says co-creator Bambounou