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Tonight’s standout: ShinRonin is back as a free modular delay/filter. It’s gritty, flexible, and begs for a send on your stab bus. Plus: the E16 just learned to loop MIDI parameter moves, and Live 12.4’s effects got real upgrades you can hear fast.
📅 Today · Time-Sensitive
StereoVault stereo width tool
Per‑band widening, image rotate, and mono‑check in one spot — handy to spread pads or guitars while keeping subs straight, and cleaner than Haas tricks.
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E16 firmware 1.0 adds a real MIDI parameter looper ($499 / 449€)
You can record knob moves into loops, morph snapshots, and group encoders — perfect for hands-on CC modulation of your synths and FX without touching the DAW; the Lua SysEx tools are a bonus if you like custom maps.
Glasgow Underground is charting on both Beatport and Traxsource
Glasgow Underground appears on both stores' charts this week — 9 tracks on Beatport and 11 tracks on Traxsource (Nu Disco / Indie Dance, Melodic House & Techno, Tech House).
Producers: Two independent store charts agreeing on one label is stronger evidence than either alone — Glasgow Underground's current output is worth studying. DJs: Cross-store consensus travels: Glasgow Underground's releases are ranking with two different store audiences in the same week.
Producer radar: Brobot Records (Jackin House)
Brobot Records charted 4 Jackin House tracks from 4 different artists this week on Traxsource (also charting Jackin House on Beatport) — a broad roster rather than a single act.
Producers: If you make Jackin House, Brobot Records is worth studying — it is active in this lane, with 4 different artists charting in one week. DJs: Labels charting many artists at once surface new names first — Brobot Records's current roster reads as a scouting list.
Producer radar: Robsoul Recordings (Jackin House)
Robsoul Recordings charted 6 Jackin House tracks from 6 different artists this week on Traxsource (also charting Jackin House on Beatport) — a broad roster rather than a single act.
Producers: If you make Jackin House, Robsoul Recordings is worth studying — it is active in this lane, with 6 different artists charting in one week. DJs: Labels charting many artists at once surface new names first — Robsoul Recordings's current roster reads as a scouting list.
Producer radar: Large Music (Deep House)
Large Music charted 4 Deep House tracks from 4 different artists this week on Traxsource — a broad roster rather than a single act.
Producers: If you make Deep House, Large Music is worth studying — it is active in this lane, with 4 different artists charting in one week. DJs: Labels charting many artists at once surface new names first — Large Music's current roster reads as a scouting list.
🎯 Tonight's Move
Stop the rolling-sub drone: shorten notes + 30 ms release
Your rolling bass stops smearing into a sub drone so the low band grooves and the kick stays clear.
- 1. Duplicate your upper-bass MIDI to a new track; load a simple sine on a stock synth, playing the fundamental only.
- 2. Solo the lows on the master or the sub bus so you’re hearing just the sub band.
- 3. Shorten the sub’s MIDI note lengths so there’s space between hits; stop when the lows read as rhythm, not a drone.
- 4. If you hear clicks on low keys (E, E♭, D), lengthen the amp-envelope release—tracks that low might need as much as 30 ms.
- 5. Set up sidechain from the kick to the sub with your stock compressor so the kick leads.
- 6. Optionally, try a pluck-shaped decay on the sub and watch the envelope position (Vital/Serum show this); expect some lost weight and louder transient.
Stock path: .
Why it works: Space in the sub band restores temporal cues our ears need for groove, a release long enough for one cycle avoids clicks, and sidechain keeps kick and sub from summing into a blob. 🔮 Producer Horoscope (for fun) — Your snare will win the loudness war; your hats will file an appeal. Alright, back to the loop — print something you’ll still like tomorrow.
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