https://wearethemusicmakers.co/latest Music tech and AI in music: the news that matters, what we think about it, and a directory of the tools. en-us Mon, 09 Nov 2026 13:00:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/vinyl-sounds-better-than-digital-myth-check https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/vinyl-sounds-better-than-digital-myth-check Vinyl is selling more than it has since 1984, and plenty of fans say it simply sounds better. On the numbers that measure accuracy, CD-quality digital wins comfortably. What people hear as "better" is a real, chosen sound, not a more faithful one. Our verdict: misleading. Mon, 09 Nov 2026 13:00:00 GMT We are the music makers format-myth-checkvinylaudio-formatslistening https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/what-is-an-audio-codec https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/what-is-an-audio-codec An audio codec is the method that encodes sound into data and decodes it back for playback. MP3, AAC and Opus throw information away to save space; FLAC compresses without losing any. Streaming services pick different ones. Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:30:00 GMT We are the music makers format-referenceaudio-formatsstreaming https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/export-bounce-render-explained https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/export-bounce-render-explained Export, bounce and render all mean turning your project into a file: the DAW plays every track through its effects and writes the result as audio. Bounce usually means printing a mix or a track, render is the processing step, and export is the menu that does both. Pick WAV for masters and stems, MP3 for sharing, and MIDI to move notes to another DAW. Sun, 01 Nov 2026 15:30:00 GMT We are the music makers daw-101dawbouncingstemsaudio-formatsai-daw https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2025/09/spotify-lossless-what-to-deliver-masters https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2025/09/spotify-lossless-what-to-deliver-masters Spotify Premium now streams up to 24-bit/44.1kHz FLAC. Whether your listeners hear your real master depends on the file you hand your distributor, and some distributors still cap uploads at 16-bit. Wed, 10 Sep 2025 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers workflowsspotifyaudio-formatsmasteringdistribution