Tech Prototype from Yamaha's Design Lab turns your smartphone into a record player "It’s like a record player, but it’s also not."
Features How NFTs are shaking up the music industry — for the good of both fans and artists Forget the shoddy ape drawings, through platforms like TokenTraxx music lovers and creators alike are finding new ground in the NFT space
Tech Balenciaga launches “Speaker Bag” in collaboration with Bang & Olufsen Bringing a whole new meaning to "portable" speaker
Tech New documentary looks at pioneering Chinese synths, including the Yema YM-8501 Dubbed an "instrument for the people", the Yema YM-8501 played a significant role in Chinese music history
Tech The AM Clean Sound x Keith Haring collection signal’s the artist’s club-loving spirit A clean-cut marriage of fashion & function for lovers of black gold
Tech New app wants to reconnect you with friends you made in the nightclub bathroom According to the app, 59% of people have given or received relationship advice in a club toilet
Asia News The world's first metaverse-enabled headphones are here Lecoo Tech revolutionises the bridge between audiophiles & NFT enthusiasts
Tech Student builds abacus-inspired synth for thesis, the Abacusynth Built for mathematical rhythms, the Abacusynth comes with a free plug-in version for Ableton Live
Tech New streaming app claims it will pay artists the equivalent of "500,000 Spotify streams" upfront The app is available for free on the App Store
Tech Moog has released a new build-it-yourself semi-modular synth Mavis costs $349 and has the brand's first-ever wavefolder
Tech Music could be archived for “10,000” years on new hard drive made from glass The new project, a collaboration between Microsoft and Global Music Vault, could be the solution to storing data for future generations to access
Tech Pioneer DJ launches new affordable mixer DJM-S5 This is the first Pioneer DJ mixer that can be powered via a USB connection to a computer
Tech What does the return of political ads mean for Spotify users? Political ads will be available on podcasts, but not for music streaming
Tech Pioneer DJ launches three new desktop monitors to DM Series range Prices range between £149 to £229
Global Bandcamp could see delayed payments to artists over court battle to keep Android payment system Android users will be able to continue making in-app payments as Epic Games and Google come to agreement
Tech Inventor creates cd-vinyl hybrid that sounds better “than any other format” Creator T Bone Burnett said it's the "first breakthrough in analog sound reproduction in more than 70 years."
Tech Arturia's latest V Collection 9 boasts 32 soft synths & instruments We're giving away the Arturia V Collection 9 to to five lucky Mixmag Asia readers
Global Apple discontinues the iPod after 21 years The original iPod was released in 2001 and had the capacity for 1,000 tracks — groundbreaking at the time
Tech SOMA Labs announce new microtonal synth built into wood The TERRA synth can make a range of digital sounds with 32 algorithms
Features Retail therapy: The future grail of technology in music Tomorrow’s music tech comes today & it looks avant-garde AF
Asia News SoundCloud has bought AI tech startup Musiio Musiio will “help to identify talent and trends ahead of anybody else”
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