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New Totem Compass device will help you find your friends at festivals

The "friend-finding" compass allows you to track down pals in a crowd, without the need for phone signal, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth

New Moog synth teased during Super Bowl Halftime show

YouTube personality Andrew Huang was spotted with the never-before-seen hardware during the show on February 11

Review: Urbanears Zinken

The headphones beloved by DJs are back and better

Algoriddim releases VR DJ programme for Apple's Vision Pro headset

Paired with new software from Algoriddim, users can perform a virtual DJ set to a crowd of dancing robots

Brian Eno to release second iteration of colour-changing LED turntables

A limited run of 150 turntables will be available to buy next week

Where You At launches at London venues Colour Factory, Night Tales and EartH

The friend-finding app allows people with no phone signal to communicate with each other via Bluetooth

TikTok is trialling a new AI music-making tool

AI Song makes music from TikTok users' text prompts, with three genres to choose from: Pop, hip hop and EDM

Korg reveals long-awaited microKORG successor, microKORG 2

Following on from the success of its mini synth, the new model has been updated for next generation users

DatPiff transfers "world's largest" collection of rap mixtapes to The Internet Archive

The mixtape app and website, which was rumoured to have shut down last year, has said it is securing its archive as it works towards "the next iteration of DatPiff"

Review: PreSonus Eris 4.5 Bluetooth speakers

PreSonus' new speakers feature precise frequency responses and remarkable stereo imaging, all packed into a small-but-mighty machine

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Music tech developer creates world’s “smallest and silliest” MIDI synth

The micro creation was invented by Mitxela, who also builds other miniature music gear

Study finds that ChatGPT is the most-used AI tool for musicians

A new survey by Pirate reveals that 30% of artists use AI for songwriting and composition

Moog introduces new "virtual studio" synth

Mariana is a duophonic soft-synth with a noise generator and additional sub-oscillator that is opmtimised for bass

TIDAL lays off 40 employees worldwide in move "away from music"

A leaked Slack conversation reveals that jobs in Europe plus North and South America were cut

Spotify to layoff 1,500 staff in order to “cut costs”

The global job axing will result in the loss of around 17% of Spotify’s staff

New survey finds that most music fans want restrictions on AI in music-making

The data reveals that 74% of fans believe AI should not be used to impersonate artists without their consent

Chosen Masters launches free merchandise maker for artists

The audio mastering company sets the bar higher by relieving artists of merch overheads

New TikTok feature allows you to save songs directly to Spotify, Apple Music and more

The video platform has teamed up with a number of streaming platforms for its new "Add Song" feature

Here's all the new features included in Ableton Live 12

Ableton has overhauled its arrangement and added new devices, including a range of new synths

AI music platform Soundful launches "Collabs" series featuring famous producers

The new series will capture the artists' "sonic DNA" to create unique, AI-generated tracks evoking their sound