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Stable Diffusion, generative AI tool, now available in public release

The "hot s***", open, purportedly ethical generative text-to-image AI generator has now moved from invite-only contexts and Discord to full...

Soundwide = NI + iZotope + Brainworx + Plugin Alliance – what to know, what to grab for free

Music merger and acquisition season continues. The latest development is the addition of Brainworx and Plugin Alliance to the conglomeration...

Endlesss collaboration app is free, but you get tokens and NFTs and metaverse in the deal

Endlesss, the collaborative jamming and cloud-based looper led by artist/dev Tim Exile, is removing its paywall. But that "free" model...

ROLI hits reboot, files for administration, as it shifts to beginners and subscriptions

ROLI has filed for administration and will reboot as beginner-focused Luminary as the company struggles with losses. A portion of...

All the Apple Event news: More M1, Podcast Subscriptions, and don’t lose your keys

In a lovely contrast to “everything’s delayed because chip shortages” and “everything is a subscription,” it’s refreshing to hear Apple...

Native Instruments and iZotope now sister companies, with backing from Francisco Partners

Make no mistake - music production is attracting investors. Just weeks after announcing it was acquiring a majority stake in...

Teenage Engineering are going deeper into consumer design, with startup Nothing

It's like something out of a William Gibson plotline. Nothing is headquartered in London and will make ... something. And...