Industry Talk

Ivor Drawmer, audio electronics engineer and founder of British pro audio manufacturer Drawmer Electronics, has sadly passed away.

Everyone’s A Singer is an organisation that was established with the goal of promoting the benefits that singing and songwriting can have on a person’s wellbeing.

On 2 and 3 August 2023, Soundtoys will donate all of their sales proceeds to non-profit organisations providing relief to flood victims in Vermont, USA.

London-based pro audio retailer KMR Audio are urging manufacturers and the pro audio community to be on the lookout after a large number of microphones were stolen from their store.

The voting for this year's MIDI Innovation Awards will close on 21 July 2023 ahead of the jury deliberation.

Legendary mastering engineer Bob Ludwig has recently announced his retirement, along with the closure of Gateway Mastering Studios, the facility he founded in 1992.

G4M is a new musical instrument and technology brand that plans to offer a range of high-quality products to intermediate and professional musicians, producers and engineers.

Avid and Audiomovers have announced a partnership which will offer new and existing Pro Tools subscribers with free or discounted subscriptions to Audiomovers’ LISTENTO plug-in.

The Other Songs Live, which recently took place at the London Palladium, raised over £65,000 for The Brit School and Ivors Academy. 

Music Production for Women have announced the return of their popular event, which will offer a full day of in-person masterclasses for female and non-gender conforming musicians.

After three years of meetings and prototyping, The MIDI Association and AMEI have released updated specifications that define the architectural foundations for MIDI 2.0.

The Musicians’ Union have launched a new scheme in a partnership with Counterpoint Arts, providing refugee musicians with one a one-year MU membership at no cost. 

Source Distribution have announced that they have been appointed as the new UK and ROI distributors for Buchla USA’s Easel products.

The second annual Electronic Digital Instrument Summit brought together artists, performers, manufacturer and educators involved the electronic music community for a three-day event hosted at Berklee's Boston campus.

After having joined forces as a part of the Soundwide group in 2023, Plugin Alliance, Brainworx and iZotope are now all officially a part of Native Instruments.

The MIDI Association have announced that voting is now open for this year’s MIDI Innovation Awards, with the public able to vote for the best innovations in each of the five categories until 23 July.

PRS report that PPL support has generated £22 million for the UK music industry.