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, 26 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/behringer-jam-jam-play-keystep-style-sequencers https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/behringer-jam-jam-play-keystep-style-sequencers Behringer has put up product pages for JAM, a 32-key controller with a 64-step sequencer and CV/gate, and JAM PLAY, which adds 128 sounds and 10 drum kits. Behringer lists no price, and retailers have JAM at £89. It is a cheap way to sequence one modular voice, but it is not the hub for a whole rig that it looks like. Mon, 26 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers music-techbehringermidi-controllerssequencersmodulardawlessworkflows https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/novation-flpad-fl-studio-only-grid-controller https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/novation-flpad-fl-studio-only-grid-controller Novation's FLpad and FLpad Mini put 64 RGB pads on FL Studio's Channel Rack, with step sequencing and six months of FL Studio Producer bundled. The deep integration is the selling point and the catch, and the free software works more like a trial with a deadline than a gift. Mon, 26 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers music-techfl-studionovationcontrollersworkflows https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/granular-season-holodrift-grainwerk https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/granular-season-holodrift-grainwerk Blinksonic's HOLODRIFT (€119 launch price until 30 October, then €159) and Decent Samples' Grainwerk ($29 on sale, $59 list) both turn audio into texture. They are not the same tier. Grainwerk is the cheap, light, Linux-friendly way in. HOLODRIFT is a heavier performance instrument built around morphing between eight sources. Sun, 25 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers music-techworkflowsgranularpluginsblinksonicdecent-samples https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/vintage-synth-plugin-economy-v10f-decade https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/vintage-synth-plugin-economy-v10f-decade Audio Blast's V10F takes its cue from the Kawai 100F, the monosynth Vince Clarke had in early Depeche Mode, and launched at €77. Ebbandflow's deCADE packs 127 captured sounds from a dozen unnamed '80s synths into one sample-based instrument. One sells a synth's history and the other sells its sound, and buyers should know which one they're paying for. Sun, 25 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers music-techsynthspluginsvintage-emulationsample-librariesworkflows https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/soundcloud-moises-stems-mastering-publish-back https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/soundcloud-moises-stems-mastering-publish-back SoundCloud artists can now bring their tracks into Moises for stem separation, mixing, mastering, real-time collaboration and help from its "Moi" assistant, then publish the result straight back to SoundCloud. The loop is convenient, but the announcement leaves eligibility, pricing and the labelling of AI-generated parts undefined. Sat, 24 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers music-techworkflowssoundcloudmoisesstem-separationmastering https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/stem-separation-workflow-and-artefacts https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/stem-separation-workflow-and-artefacts A stem splitter doesn't recover the original multitrack. It estimates each part from the finished mix, and its mistakes come out as bleed and artefacts. This guide covers how the models got from Spleeter to Demucs to today's band-split transformers, why the errors happen, and a workflow that plans for them, keeps unreleased audio on your own machine and clears the rights before you release anything. Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:30:00 GMT We are the music makers stem-separationworkflowsmusic-techrightsprivacy https://wearethemusicmakers.co/best/best-ai-stem-splitters https://wearethemusicmakers.co/best/best-ai-stem-splitters We compared five stem splitters on what their makers publish about price, limits, formats, where your audio is processed and what happens to it afterwards. Nothing is scored until we've tested them. On paper, the biggest differences aren't stem counts. They're how much each "we don't train on your files" promise actually covers, and whether you can see the price before you sign up. Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:30:00 GMT We are the music makers stem-separationbuyers-guidemusic-techprivacy https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/apple-samplab-logic-pro-ai https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/apple-samplab-logic-pro-ai Apple bought assets from Samplab, a Swiss maker of AI audio-editing software, and hired some of its staff in June. The deal only became public on 19 Oct 2026 through a European Commission filing. Samplab's tools edited single notes inside chords, detected chords and split stems. Apple hasn't announced any Logic Pro feature, but the hire points to AI that edits what you played rather than writing music for you. Mon, 19 Oct 2026 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers music-techai-musicapplelogic-prodaws https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/mixroom-seed-korea-ai-co-producer-daw https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/mixroom-seed-korea-ai-co-producer-daw Seoul startup MixRoom has seed money from impact investor MYSC for a DAW whose AI edits, mixes and masters what you recorded, on your instructions. The pitch is "assistant, not generator". The open question is the next step, training its own mixing models on producers' decisions, which its current privacy policy and terms don't mention. Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers music-techaifundingdawprivacykorea https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/rocketship-predicts-song-audience-before-release https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/rocketship-predicts-song-audience-before-release Rocketship, which scores an unreleased track against a catalogue of past hits to profile its likely audience, has come out of beta with one free song per new user. The FAQ says your upload is never used to train AI; the terms and privacy policy make a narrower promise, and keep derived data indefinitely. Wed, 14 Oct 2026 06:30:00 GMT We are the music makers music-techai-musicmusic-marketingartist-rights https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/teenage-engineering-stop-making-synths https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/teenage-engineering-stop-making-synths Founder Jesper Kouthoofd told Highsnobiety he has told staff Teenage Engineering plans to stop making synthesizers, OP-1 included. No product has been discontinued and firmware updates are still shipping, so the real question for owners is what support looks like when the synths stop. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers music-techteenage-engineeringsynthesizersfirmware https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/google-flow-music-spaces-export-vst https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/google-flow-music-spaces-export-vst Since 6 Oct 2026, Google Flow Music lets producers describe an instrument or effect in plain language and load it into their DAW as a VST3 or AU plugin. It is macOS-only, limited to synth and effects processing, and runs inside a Google host plugin, which matters more than the launch framing suggests. Tue, 06 Oct 2026 03:30:00 GMT We are the music makers music-techgooglepluginsai-music https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/09/moises-studio-browser-collaborative-ai-workspace https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/09/moises-studio-browser-collaborative-ai-workspace Moises has turned its stem-separation app into a browser workspace with multitrack recording, MIDI, generated parts, private voice models and an agent, and is plugging the same tools into Fender Studio Pro, UA LUNA and SoundCloud. The training promise is unusually firm; the terms on outputs and storage deserve a closer read. Wed, 02 Sep 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers music-techai-musicmoisesbrowser-daw https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/08/stem-separation-locally-demucs-privacy https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/08/stem-separation-locally-demucs-privacy Demucs, the open-source separation model that came out of Meta's research lab, still runs well on an ordinary laptop. Here is how to install it from the maintained fork, what the quality trade-offs are, and why a demo or a client's session is better split at home than on a free website. Tue, 18 Aug 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers workflowsstem-separationprivacyopen-sourcemusic-tech https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/08/accessible-music-tech-2026-disabled-musicians-design https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/08/accessible-music-tech-2026-disabled-musicians-design Two NIME 2026 papers and Berklee's ABLE Assembly show where accessible instrument design is heading. Generative AI helped a disabled co-designer sketch a bespoke instrument but failed at physical fit, while a kit built from a generic gamepad, 3D prints and an old Android phone cost about INR 3,600 in rural India. Mon, 17 Aug 2026 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers music-techaccessibilitydisabilitynimeinstrument-designai https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/07/fl-studio-gopher-assistant-engineer https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/07/fl-studio-gopher-assistant-engineer FL Studio 2026 lets its Gopher assistant act inside a project, routing audio, setting levels and writing scripts, while coverage of the launch says it won't write melodies or chords, draw automation or pick presets. That line is the right one. The harder question is the request log Image-Line keeps, with no stated retention period. Thu, 09 Jul 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers music-techaifl-studiodawprivacy https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/07/native-instruments-inmusic-kontakt-licences https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/07/native-instruments-inmusic-kontakt-licences The sale of insolvent Native Instruments took effect on 1 July 2026: inMusic took the core business and Boris FX took iZotope. NI says existing licences are unaffected, but its products need online activation and its new owner has already cut staff, so producers should plan for the licence server, not the press release. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers industrymusic-technative-instrumentsinmusiclicensing https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/05/ableton-live-12-4-link-audio-stem-separation https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/05/ableton-live-12-4-link-audio-stem-separation Live 12.4, a free update for Live 12 owners, adds Link Audio for streaming sound between Live, Push, Move and Note over a local network, and lets Suite users separate stems from part of a clip. The networking is useful but fragile on Wi-Fi; the stem tools make pulling an acapella trivial, which is a clearance problem as much as a creative one. Tue, 05 May 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers music-techabletonstem-separationlink-audio https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/02/midi-2-0-windows-11-macos-explainer https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/02/midi-2-0-windows-11-macos-explainer Microsoft has built Windows MIDI Services into Windows 11, adding native MIDI 2.0, shared ports and app-to-app loopback, and macOS can already run Network MIDI 2.0 sessions. The plumbing is there. Most of the musical benefit still waits on DAWs and plugins adopting the new APIs. Tue, 17 Feb 2026 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers music-techmidiwindowsmacosdaws https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/02/lalal-ai-lyra-local-stem-splitting https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/02/lalal-ai-lyra-local-stem-splitting LALAL.AI's first plugin, launched in February 2026 and since expanded to seven stems on its local Lyra model, splits audio without uploading it. LALAL.AI admits Lyra gives up some quality against its cloud models, but for unreleased music, where the audio goes is a question worth asking of every AI tool. Tue, 03 Feb 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers workflowsmusic-techstem-separationpluginsprivacy https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/01/logic-pro-12-session-players-subscription https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/01/logic-pro-12-session-players-subscription Logic Pro 12 adds a Synth Player and Chord ID, assistive AI that plays your own chords back in a style you choose. The change that matters more for artists is Apple Creator Studio, the subscription bundle now sold next to Logic's one-time licence. Tue, 13 Jan 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers music-techlogic-proapplesubscriptions