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Google Artist Hub empowers indie bands, fills some of the MySpace-sized hole

Thursday, Nov 17, 2011Thursday, Nov 17, 2011 - by Pete Railton

Although we’re not so convinced about the new Google Music‘s prospects for taking on the all-conquering iTunes, we think Google could be on to a winner with its new Artist Hub …

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Android / Google / mobiles

Google opens up music streaming store, Brits not invited to the party

Thursday, Nov 17, 2011Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

Google has announced that their free music streaming service has jogged out of beta and is open to all – so long as you live in the States.

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Android / audio / mobile apps / mobiles

FL Studio music app gets ready for loop-loving Android fans

Tuesday, Nov 1, 2011Tuesday, Nov 1, 2011 - by Pete Railton

Android fans fed up with looking over their shoulders to hear the iOS crowd making sweet, sweet music on their devices can start to turn up the BPM with the …

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audio / broadcasting / portable / reviews

Make a great sounding recording booth on the cheap [video tutorial]

Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 - by Piers Gibbon - 1 Comment

If you make music at home or you want to put a voiceover onto your Youtube video you’ll know that recording the human voice in a normal room can sound …

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Android / audio / mobiles

HTC Sensation XE serves up 1.5GHz dual-core CPU and foot-tapping Beats Audio

Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

HTC has officially announced its Sensation XE handset and it looks rather a tasty number, sporting beefed-up specs and onboard Beats Audio for a funkier, phatter sound.

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audio / broadcasting / web

Silence inane BBC DJ blather with Britify Spotify playlists

Monday, Sep 12, 2011Monday, Sep 12, 2011 - by mike s - 1 Comment

If, like us, you love the music they play on BBC Radio 6 Music but can’t bear the incessant, irrelevant  blather generated by some of their  ‘personality’ DJs like Lauren “Tweet  Me” Laverne, …

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mobiles

Nokia invites you to create their next iconic ringtone and win $10k

Tuesday, Sep 6, 2011Tuesday, Sep 6, 2011 - by mike s

The old Nokia default ringtone is easily one of the most instantly recognisable mobile phone noises ever created, and although it has been tweaked a bit over the years, the …

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Android / audio / computing / gadgets / mobiles

All girl band create music with multiple Android handset instruments [video]

Tuesday, Aug 30, 2011Tuesday, Aug 30, 2011 - by Pete Railton

Seen playing live on a Chinese TV station is the Transformers Girl Band who make their music using curious instruments made from Android-powered tablets and smartphones.

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web

Spotify music streaming service finally launches in the US

Thursday, Jul 14, 2011Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

It’s taken them an eternity to get the service up and running in the States, but the music streaming service Spotify is finally heading to the land of hamburgers and …

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audio / gadgets

RIP MiniDisc as Sony says goodbye after 19 years

Friday, Jul 8, 2011Friday, Jul 8, 2011 - by Pete Railton

Sony have decided to retire its range of MiniDisc players this September, bringing to an end its association with the pioneering digital format it invented.

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Android / audio / mobile apps

Hound for Android app lets you voice search your favourite acts

Thursday, May 26, 2011Thursday, May 26, 2011 - by Lee J.

We’re big fans of the Soundhound app which lets you hold your phone up in front of a speaker and then have the app recognise the song for you. The …

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reviews

Tiger single bass drum pedal reviewed, proves fantastic value for drum botherers

Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - by mike s - 1 Comment

When we’re not hammering down on our keyboard we’re often to be found thumping away at our Pearl Traveller drum kit downstairs, and after a bizarre gardening accident destroyed our last bass drum pedal, …

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Android / Google / mobiles

Google launches Music Beta cloud service and a one-size-fits-all OS update

Tuesday, May 10, 2011Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - by Pete Railton

At Google’s big web developer-focused conference – known as Google I/O – the Android team threw around some impressive facts about the rise of Android and announced some interesting new features.

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Android / iPhone / mobiles

Spotify guns for iTunes with wireless iPod syncing and 50p MP3 files

Wednesday, May 4, 2011Wednesday, May 4, 2011 - by Pete Railton

We suspect that it may not be around for long, but Spotify has announced big changes that will put the popular music streaming service in direct competition with Apple’s iTunes.

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audio / portable

Olympus LS-20 PCM digital recorder packs dual mics and HD movie recording – full specs

Wednesday, May 4, 2011Wednesday, May 4, 2011 - by Pete Railton

Looking rugged and tough enough to survive gruelling field trips and repeated trips into the mosh pit is Olympus’s new LS-20 Linear PCM digital recorder recorder, offering  HD movie recording and “recording …

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