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What is spatial audio? Everything you need to know about music's big 3D breakthrough

Once limited to cinemas and sophisticated soundsystems, spatial audio is bringing immersion to every-day listeners

IKEA and Swedish House Mafia’s turntable set to hit stores next month

The OBEGRÄNSAD collection includes over 20 other items

New software Chosen Masters is semi-automating music mastering online

Allowing users to master their music online, using semi-automation to “bring music to life”

Volta Create launches update, enables high-quality visual creation for all

No matter the budget or skill level of the artist, the new version has everyone covered

"It's good to have no rules": How TQD made comeback track 'There 4 U'

TQD's first single in five years is sending clubs and festivals into a frenzy

New AI app claims to be able to help rappers produce verses

Will iRap be the secret to producing the next great MC?

Drake is the most Shazamed artist of all time

The rapper has surpassed 350 million Shazams - and ‘One Dance’ has 17 million alone

Music hardware manufacturers WMD to close production this year

The company named “the state of the world” and “global parts shortages” as reasons for its closure

5 of the best budget alternatives for hardware studio kit

Wanting to get your studio up and running but intimated by costly kit? We spoke to Reverb's production expert Fess Grandiose to find some economical substitutes

New app makes you prove “you’re a fan” in order to buy gig tickets

Fave uses a rank-based system to allow users to unlock tickets and perks by proving themselves "super fans"

Iconic 90s MP3 software Winamp is making a comeback

Time to crank up the Windows '98 and lets rip some CDs

The 5 pieces of kit every hardware musician needs, according to an expert

Trying to set up a studio and don't know where to start? We sat down with Reverb's production expert Fess Grandiose to work out the fundamentals

Reddit user turns old PC keyboard into MIDI controller

Each of the keys trigger a different note

Kobalt Music pulls 700,000 tracks from Facebook and Instagram

Read the music publishing company’s statement on this action here

Yamaha’s TurnT transforms your smartphone into a turntable

Featuring a portable speaker and a stylus, the concept could bring the "vinyl experience" to mobile

Balenciaga launches "Speaker Bag" in collaboration with Bang & Olufsen

Bringing a whole new meaning to "portable" speaker

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

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

Heardle, the music Wordle, has been obtained by Spotify

The streaming giant has purchased the online teaser game for an undisclosed amount

Ableton co-founder Robert Henke thinks we should ditch vinyl and "fully embrace CDs"

Henke labelled vinyl as a "huge waste of energy and resources"

Here’s the DJ setup that was seen in the season finale of Stranger Things

The turntables featured in a pivotal transition scene in the finale