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The groundbreaking responsible AI tool to launch as paid add-on for Spotify Premium users. Fans will be able to create legal AI remixes

The Swedish streaming giant Spotify has inked a deal with Universal Music Group (UMG) that will enable users to create AI covers and remixes of songs from participating artists and songwriters.

The new tool will launch as a paid add-on for Spotify Premium subscribers and, once tracks have been created, all Spotify users will be able to stream them. However, Spotify has not yet revealed any details about the AI technology that will be used in the new feature, nor mentioned a launch date.

“Solving hard problems for music is what Spotify does, and fan-made covers and remixes are next,” Alex Norström, Spotify’s Co-CEO said in a statement. “What we’re building is grounded in consent, credit, and compensation for the artists and songwriters that take part.

“Through each technological transformation, we have worked together with Sir Lucian (Grainge, Chairman & CEO of Universal Music Group) and his team to evolve the music ecosystem into a richer, more beneficial experience for fans and a more rewarding outcome for artists and songwriters.”

For his part, Grainge said in his statement: “The most valuable innovations in the music business always bring artists and fans closer together. That principle is at the heart of this pioneering AI-enabled superfan initiative, which is designed to support human artistry, deepen fan relationships, and create additional revenue opportunities for artists and songwriters… this initiative is firmly artist-centric, rooted in responsible AI, and will drive growth for the entire ecosystem.”

Participation will be opt-in, with the tool available only for songs from artists and songwriters who have agreed to take part. So, whilst it might well generate a whole avalanche of AI slop, at least it would be legal AI slop that the original artists are being paid for.

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CDM shared this audio demo of BattleFX, a free multi-effect plugin from Unfiltered Audio.

Here’s what the developer has to say about it:

“BattleFX was created to satisfy the common request of a dedicated plugin for the send effects in Battalion. The famous “Shatter Delay” and “Headspace Reverb” can now be used on any track. We have included a fully-featured set of mix controls, as well as Solo and Mute, so that you can hear or use each portion individually. Included is the Maximize and EQ section from the Master portion of Battalion, which have quickly become a signature sound of the device, and something fans have requested to use elsewhere.

Versatile enough to be used as both a utility-tool and full creative effect, it is the right squad-partner to keep always at your side in the field and trenches.

In addition, we have added a system for automatically choking the delay and reverb buffers at repeating intervals, including a Euclidean pattern knob. These can be tempo synced or free, controlled independently on reverb and delay, and even nudged slightly off of the beat in either direction. You can use this to create complex, organic ducking patterns, especially in conjunction with a noisy input and the Maximize knob turned up.”

BattleFX is available now for Mac and Windows as a free download.

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midiphy has updated the firmware for its zetaSID chiptune synth Eurorack module to add a new bassline synth engine.

In the video demo, above, two zetaSIDs linked via phybus create the stereo bassline, using the latest firmware.

New in firmware v1.5:

• zetaSID bassline engine: 303-style 16-step sequencer, eight patterns per channel, per-step note / octave / gate / slide / accent /
• one freely assignable parameter, two LFOs and an additional envelope with curvature
• three new input sockets per module: SEQ STEP, SEQ RESET, SEQ PATTERN. Splice them through phybus and your modular drives the sequencer directly with clocks, sequence reset triggers and pattern select CVs
• pair two zetaSIDs over phybus for a true stereo bassline patch that stays step-locked
• non-bassline feature: individual instrument attenuation for drum engine
• non-bassline feature: 180° screen rotation support (mount your zetas upside-down, if you want :-))

The zetaSID is available now for 199.98 €.

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