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• SubCulture Gives Baby Audio a New Low-End Processing Plugin

  14-07-2026 20:27 via magneticmag.com
  
  Baby Audio has just dropped their new plugin called SubCulture, a new bass enhancement plugin built around pitch-tracking low-end extension. The idea is straightforward: feed it a monophonic source, let the plugin detect the pitch of the incoming audio, and then generate bass reinforcement that follows the notes rather than sitting under the part as a fixed effect.That is important to consider because low-end tools can create as many problems as they solve.
  If a sublayer does not track the song
  
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• DaVinci EQ review: A flavor-focused quartz e-rig with a learning curve

  17-07-2026 22:10 via magneticmag.com
  
  Table of ContentsWhat is the DaVinci EQ Jacuzzi Collection?How does the DaVinci EQ design feel?Is the DaVinci EQ portable?How easy is the DaVinci EQ to use?Precision Temperature Mode vs Smart Path ModeHow good are the DaVinci EQ flavor and vapor quality?What is the best temperature for the DaVinci EQ?How long does the DaVinci EQ battery last?How do you clean the DaVinci EQ?Is the DaVinci EQ Jacuzzi Collection worth buying?When I first covered DaVinci’s move into dedicated concentrate devic
  
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• Fosi Audio ZH3 review: Is this $199 DAC and headphone amp worth buying in 2026?

  17-07-2026 21:41 via magneticmag.com
  
  Table of ContentsWhat are the Fosi Audio ZH3 specs and features?Do the Fosi Audio ZH3 bass and treble controls affect sound quality?The Fosi Audio ZH3 handles the main parts of a desktop listening setup from one compact box, and after spending time with it, I think that flexibility is the biggest X-factor that it brings to the table and the main reason newer and aspiring audiophiles should consider it. I can connect my computer through USB, run active speakers from the rear outputs, plug headpho
  
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• O’Flynn On Kairos, AI, And Why Music Still Needs The Long Way Around

  17-07-2026 19:14 via magneticmag.com
  
  O’Flynn (@oflynnmusic) returns July 17 with Kairos, his third solo album and a record that brings him back toward the sample-led, travel-driven process behind his 2019 debut Aletheia.
  Since first breaking through in 2015, the British producer has become a reliable name in UK electronic music, releasing across Blip Discs, Ninja Tune, and his own Hundred Flowers imprint while earning support from Four Tet, Ben UFO, Gilles Peterson, James Blake, and Bonobo. After Aletheia, 2021’s Talia,
  
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• How It Was Made: Waxman – Folklore Remix (Magnetic Magazine Recordings + Progressive House)

  17-07-2026 19:10 via magneticmag.com
  
  Waxman (@waxmanmusic) returns to Magnetic Magazine Recordings with his remix of Olendo’s “Folklore,” and this one dropped at a pretty meaningful point for the label as its 60th signing. He keeps the emotional core of the original in place, then reshapes it into a progressive house record with a slower sense of development and enough room for the melodic parts to unfold, which is such an ethos of his approach to production as a whole. It feels considered at every turn, especiall
  
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• ELEGOO’s emoji® Centauri Carbon 2 Combo Gets a Short World Emoji Day Price Drop

  17-07-2026 18:58 via magneticmag.com
  
  ELEGOO is leaning into World Emoji Day with a short sale on the ELEGOO × emoji® brand Centauri Carbon 2 Combo, a 3D printer built around an official emoji® brand theme.The product sits in a different corner of creator tech than the usual studio gear we cover, but the connection is easy enough to see. A 3D printer can live in the same workspace as a synth table, a DJ setup, a desk build, a cable-heavy writing room, or a merch corner. It is the kind of tool that can make small custom
  
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• How It Was Made: Ethan Ramos – Workaholic (Unleaded Records + House)

  17-07-2026 18:55 via magneticmag.com
  
  Ethan Ramos (@ethvnrvmos) opens a new chapter with Workaholic, the debut release on his new imprint, Unleaded Records. Known as one half of California house duo SHIFTY, this EP marks his first solo statement and introduces the label’s focus on groove-driven house music built around thoughtful songwriting and purposeful sound design.The title track grew out of a realization Ramos kept encountering throughout his career as an artist and entrepreneur. Constantly chasing progress can pull you
  
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• Abbreviated Is A Brand Bringing Affordable Nightlife Clothing For Shortkings

  17-07-2026 18:03 via magneticmag.com
  
  All imagery C/O AbbreviatedI will be the first to admit that I am over six foot, so far from a short king. But my best friend certainly is and he’s long complained about how hard it can be to find decent drip for going out clubbing in. Oversized shirts often run too long, wide trousers can bunch at the ankles, and many affordable summer pieces lean too far toward beachwear or athletic clothing and it’s nothing that shortkings need in their nightclub drip.
  So when I heard about a new
  
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• Rob Stillekens Shares How Longer Sets Changed His Approach Behind The Decks

  17-07-2026 17:47 via magneticmag.com
  
  Rob Stillekens (@robstillekens) returns to Sound D’Elite with Your Body, a two-track EP, and his first solo outing on the label after 2024’s collaborative I Feel It EP with Murphy’s Law. The Tilburg producer has been building steady momentum across the international circuit, with appearances at Mysteryland Festival, Free Your Mind Festival, and Hï Ibiza, while his releases have reached labels including Deeperfect, Altra Moda, and LTF Records. That background gives Your Bod
  
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• Bomber Jackets For Djs and Artists For Those Looking For Vibe and Function

  17-07-2026 15:53 via magneticmag.com
  
  Bomber jackets for DJs and artists are so in style these days, at least I feel, because the shape can handle several parts of all the different things we do every day (and late into the night, too, of course). They layer over an oversized shirt, leave room through the shoulders, and usually include enough pocket space for a phone, wallet, ear protection, and USBs (sometimes even headphones).This reminds me of the coverage I did on how to choose outfit pieces that fit your festival or club-cultur
  
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• BARELY ALIVE Proves Brostep’s Evolution Is Far From Over on ‘100% NO AI’

  17-07-2026 09:38 via magneticmag.com
  
  More than a decade after helping establish brostep as one of electronic music’s defining sounds, BARELY ALIVE are demonstrating there is still plenty of room for the genre to evolve. Their latest release, ‘100% NO AI,’ revisits the aggressive energy and intricate sound design that first introduced the duo to audiences while refining those ideas through years of production experience and creative growth.Instead of recreating the past, the seven-track EP expands upon it. Througho
  
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• BandLab Technologies Acquires Aiode, an AI Studio Built Around Licensed Musician Models

  15-07-2026 17:13 via magneticmag.com
  
  BandLab Technologies has acquired Aiode, an AI-powered digital music studio that lets producers bring licensed musician and style-based models into the music they are already making.The important part here is the licensing structure. Aiode says 100 percent of the audio used to train its proprietary models is licensed and traceable to its source. Models based on individual musicians are made with those musicians involved in the process and under their artistic direction.That gives the acquisition
  
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• Music Tectonics and Yamaha Music Innovations Fund Open Pitch Competition for Early-Stage Startups

  15-07-2026 17:08 via magneticmag.com
  
  Music Tectonics is opening its annual “Swimming with Narwhals” startup pitch competition for 2026, and this year the event has a new partner in Yamaha Music Innovations Fund.The focus is early. Companies can apply if they are no more than one year old, including teams still at the idea stage with a deck or teams that already have an MVP. That makes the competition less about polishing a mature company and more about getting new founders in front of people who can give feedback, capit
  
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• Audio Damage Tessera Turns Any Input Into Tuned Resonator Chords

  15-07-2026 17:01 via magneticmag.com
  
  Audio Damage’s new Tessera plugin is built around a simple idea that can get useful fast: feed it audio, then let 12 tuned resonators turn that source into pitch, chord movement, and rhythmic motion.That means a drum loop can become a ringing harmony, a guitar part can stretch into a pad-like layer, and a vocal can turn into a pitched resonant wash that stays in key. The important part for producers is control and combining tuning, resonator models, sequencing, and MIDI input, which makes
  
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• Sebastian Konrad’s Global Rise Through Music, Fashion and Culture

  15-07-2026 14:58 via magneticmag.com
  
  From residencies in Switzerland to performances across Europe, Asia and the Americas, Sebastian Konrad has built a career that extends beyond the traditional boundaries of the DJ booth. Rooted in house music and rave culture and shaped by a multidisciplinary outlook, the Swiss born artist is developing an increasingly impressive international presence.
  Electronic music careers rarely follow a straight line. For Sebastian Konrad, years spent building from Switzerland’s club scene towards in
  
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• EVGHENIIA Talks Hado, Flow State, And Staying Grounded Behind The Decks

  15-07-2026 00:32 via magneticmag.com
  
  EVGHENIIA’s (hi.iam.jay) Hado just dropped on SATYADGTL built around the Japanese idea of energy, vibration, and wave.
  The EP moves as a sequence rather than a loose group of tracks, opening quietly, turning inward, and then closing through a rework that gives the music a second life. That structure fits the way EVGHENIIA talks about DJing too, where the set is less about forcing a reaction and more about staying connected to the room long enough for the story to reveal itself.Satya &middo
  
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• The Midnight’s Tyler Lyle on Closing One Chapter, Finding Joy Again, and Why AI Isn’t Invited Into the Studio

  14-07-2026 23:49 via magneticmag.com
  
  Table of ContentsThe Midnight Album Review: Syndicate Time Machine Edition (Gold Vinyl Variant)Q&A Interview With The Midnight’s Tyler LyleCatch The Midnight on Tour this fallAfter more than a decade of building one of indie dance/synthwave’s most beloved catalogs, The Midnight are at an unexpected crossroads. Syndicate isn’t simply another album; it’s the last act of a creative arc that stretches back through Kids, Monsters, and Heroes. It’s also the first time
  
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• How To Define Success As A Music Producer In A Metrics-Driven Industry

  14-07-2026 23:46 via magneticmag.com
  
  Learning how to define success as a music producer gets easier once stream counts, social metrics, industry recognition, and support from influential people no longer serve as the main points of reference (A tough feat, I know). Those markers can undoubtedly create real opportunities, and thus they matter by default, yet they become dangerous when they start dictating creative direction.The workflow slowly shifts from serving the music to protecting the momentum around outside signals, and that
  
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• Cam Stockman is the sound of modern, vibrant house on “Mesmerize”

  14-07-2026 21:08 via magneticmag.com
  
  Potent and powerful house grooves from the future star Cam StockmanIf you wanted to draw a Venn diagram of everything that’s working in modern house music right now — the groove, the texture, the emotional undertow and the ability to grab atttention,beneath the club-ready surface — Cam Stockman would sit pretty comfortably in the middle of it. “Mesmerize,” out now via Three Six Zero Recordings, is the kind of record that makes that argument without ever needing to m
  
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• Novation Launchkey 88 MK4 Brings Full-Size Piano Control to the Launchkey Range

  14-07-2026 20:51 via magneticmag.com
  
  The Novation Launchkey 88 MK4 just dropped and has officially completed its Launchkey MK4 range, the largest keyboard controller in the series and the clearest option for producers, composers, and performers who want full-range playing without leaving the Launchkey workflow.The new model takes the DAW control, pads, encoders, faders, and built-in creative tools from the smaller MK4 controllers and places them around a custom-designed, 88-key semi-weighted keybed. That makes Launchkey 88 a differ
  
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• KORG NTS-4 Brings DIY Hardware Mixing to Compact Producer Setups

  10-07-2026 22:50 via magneticmag.com
  
  KORG’s NTS-4 Performance Mixer Kit feels aimed at a very specific producer problem: once a hardware setup grows past one drum machine and one synth, the mixer becomes the part of the setup that either keeps the session moving or slows everything down.The NTS-4 is a compact, self-assembled analog performance mixer designed for volcas, NTS instruments, desktop synths, Eurorack gear, and small live rigs. It is part of KORG’s Nu series, so it ships as a kit and can be assembled without s
  
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• QUIET HUSBAND On Why Generative Tools Cannot Replace Artistic Judgment

  10-07-2026 19:42 via magneticmag.com
  
  Quiet Husband’s, aka Richie Culver (@richieculver), The Architecture of Perception sits in the overlap between techno, painting, performance, and the way attention changes when you stay with something long enough. Richie Culver frames the record around a pretty direct comparison: tracks in a club can function like colors in a studio.
  Both are built through layering, contrast, texture, and intensity, but one disappears into the room while the other stays fixed on a surface.That idea makes s
  
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• James Bruner Steps Outside His Usual Writing Space on “OMG”

  10-07-2026 19:10 via magneticmag.com
  
  James Bruner’s “OMG” started as a writing risk. He and Shane Weisman wrote it back in 2024, and Bruner describes it as the first song they took on together. That first session ended up setting the tone for more music between them, which gives the single a little extra context beyond the usual one-off release push.The setup is simple: a guy sees a girl at a crosswalk and gets completely pulled in by that moment. That kind of idea can go flat fast if the writing leans too hard in
  
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• BAGO Brings Vocal Drum & Bass Back to Make Your Era With “Composure”

  10-07-2026 18:54 via magneticmag.com
  
  BAGO’s “Composure” works because it keeps the vocals at the center without over-softening the track. The drums roll, the low end moves, and the jungle influence sits close enough to give the record some extra character without pulling it away from a modern drum & bass setting.That is the part I like here. Vocal drum & bass can lose its edge quickly when the topline is treated as the whole point of the track. “Composure” keeps the vocal clear, then builds eno
  
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• Waxman On Why Better Music Matters More Than Faster Output

  10-07-2026 18:11 via magneticmag.com
  
  Waxman (@waxmanmusic) returns to Magnetic Magazine Recordings with a remix of Olendo’s “Folklore,” marking a meaningful release for the label on its 60th signing. Out now via Magnetic Magazine Recordings, “Folklore (Waxman Remix)” keeps the original’s emotional center intact while reshaping it into a progressive house record built for late-night sets and patient movement.
  Waxman is no stranger to well-crafted melodic and ambient vocal tracks, and this latest r
  
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• Sound Quelle Sets a Wider Melodic Progressive Direction on Higher Note

  10-07-2026 17:47 via magneticmag.com
  
  Sound Quelle has been closely tied to Colorize for years, and Higher Note gives that relationship another full-length statement. Out Friday, July 10, the 12-track album brings together solo productions and vocal-led collaborations, placing the Russian producer’s melodic, progressive sound in a broader context.The project follows Tarazed, his 2023 album on Colorize, along with recent singles including “Sunshine,” “Our Own Island,” “Resurrection,” “F
  
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• Ptelicans groove alongside Pastel and Nic Hanson on the delicious funk energy of “Driving Solo”

  10-07-2026 17:01 via magneticmag.com
  
  Ptelicans are creating a serious level of funk..There’s a particular kind of music that doesn’t ask anything of you except to move, and “Driving Solo” — the latest single from Franco-American duo Ptelicans, alongside Pastel and Nic Hanson — is a masterclass in exactly that. It’s the kind of track that makes the case for instinct over calculation, and it’s difficult to argue with the results.This release is the meeting point of Philadelphia-born voc
  
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• WonkyWilla Creates His Own Genre on the Four-Track ‘Disco Wonk EP’

  10-07-2026 06:05 via magneticmag.com
  
  WonkyWilla has never shown much interest in staying within the established boundaries of bass music. Across his latest project, the four-track Disco Wonk EP, that experimental mindset takes center stage as he transforms years of live development into the first collection of entirely original music from his fan-favorite Disco Wonk series.Previously represented through SoundCloud edits, flips, and dedicated live sets, Disco Wonk has gradually developed its own identity within the larger WonkyWilla
  
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• Jack Batt On Demo Submissions, Artist Identity, And Ophelia’s A&R Process

  10-07-2026 00:49 via magneticmag.com
  
  Jack Batt (@jackbattt) has spent just under five years as Label Manager at Ophelia, overseeing strategy, A&R, operations, distribution, marketing, and artist relations across one of melodic bass music’s most recognizable modern labels. His perspective is useful because he is not just talking about what makes a demo sound good in theory. He is dealing with the actual process of deciding what can fit into a release calendar, what has enough identity to matter, and what gives the Ophelia
  
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• Drakong The Challenger Brings Hall-Effect Sticks to a $34.99 Xbox and PC Controller

  10-07-2026 00:43 via magneticmag.com
  
  Drakong is entering the controller market with The Challenger, a wired Xbox and PC gamepad priced low enough to sit in the budget category, while still carrying several features players usually associate with higher-priced hardware.The new controller is officially licensed for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Windows 10/11 PC. It comes from Drakong, a gaming hardware brand founded by Hyperkin in 2025, and it gives the company a clear first move: offer drift-resistant sticks, rear buttons, textured
  
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