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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.
Releasesvia Image-Line
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.
Industryvia Chambers and Partners (GÖRG press release)
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.
Releasesvia Ableton Help Center
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.
Industryvia Microsoft Windows Experience Blog
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.
Releasesvia LALAL.AI
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