Ins & outs

SOUNDLOUD Even if you’re just posting snippets on SoundCloud, you still want them to sound as good as possible, so the platform’s new automatic mastering feature – you can select from various options as you upload – seems very handy. On the downside, it costs $4.99 per track.

ANIMAL CROSSFADER With Covid-19 sweeping the real world, many have chosen to escape it in Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons life sim. In fact, singer-songwriter Tove Lo even went as far as playing a DJ set in the game, inviting six fans to her island for the show. How sweet.

PLUGGED IN AND AMPED Amped Studio hit a major milestone recently, as it became the first browser-based online DAW to support standard VST plugins (as far as we know). The functionality is limited at this stage, but this could be a first step towards a different way of making music in the future...

ENNIO MORRICONE RIP

Surely every musician can take something from the work of Ennio Morricone, the legendary Italian movie soundtrack composer who died in June at the age of 91. His Spaghetti Western and other great film scores have set a benchmark that others will struggle to match. .

REVERB RISE

Reverb is one of the most popular places to buy/sell music gear online, but sellers will be disappointed to hear they’ve just hiked selling fees from 3.5% to 5%. %. Reverb argue that they intend to make “further investments on behalf of its sellers”.

SLOW IT DOWN

Like a bit of DnB to get you ‘in the mood’? You may be in the minority, as it turns out that (probably not massively scientific) research shows that the most popular BPM to have sex to is a more pedestrian 119bpm. We’re worn out thinking about it...