Sound Magic has announced the release of Neo Erhu, a hybrid modeled virtual instrument featuring an enhanced version of the Erhu aka Chinese violin. Neo Erhu uses Music Domain Synthesis, a new technology that can create a digital instrument from scratch, removing the limitation of sampling and modeling. Through Music Domain Synthesis technology, Neo Erhu […]

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Ghosthack has announced the release of Tesseract Universal Cinematic Sounds, a huge 12 GB collection of samples and construction kits for filmmakers and music producers. Tesseract covers a wide range of different cinematic styles: No matter if you’re looking for some 80s synthwave in the style of Stranger Things, aggressive trailer music, dark horror sound […]

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Plugin Boutique has announced an exclusive sale on the Mandoline by Cinematique Instruments, offering a 30% discount on the virtual instrument featuring the sounds of a flat back soprano mandolin from Ireland, tuned like a violin in G-D-A-E. Our main focus was to create an Mandolin instrument which delivers a natural and organic feel. Our […]

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UVI has launched a sale on its String Machines 2 instrument library, offering 40% off on the warm vintage sounds from a collection of 62 string synthesizers. Over 60 string synthesizers spanning 50+ years of design innovation from around the globe have been carefully collected, restored and recorded to create one remarkable instrument: String Machines […]

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Wally Cescato is offering a collection of 640 patches for the Trans Computer Maschine VST instrument as a free download to help you in these difficult times of lockdown. They are intended for normal keyboard playing, without using the sequencer section and most of them use just two oscillators. That’s because they date back to […]

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STL Tones has announced the release of Mark Lewis Signature Preset Packs, available in plugin format through STL ToneHub, and also available for hardware units Kemper and Axe-Fx. Mark Lewis has engineered productions and/or mixes for artists such as Trivium, Whitechapel, DevilDriver, The Black Dahlia Murder, Havok, Bury Your Dead, Chimaira, August Burns Red, Unearth, […]

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Singomakers has released a collection of piano samples with Cinematic Piano Grace, a collection of sounds ready to add a cinematic touch to your productions. If you want to add some magical cinematic feeling to your music, doesn’t matter if it’s some addition for Drum & Bass Breakdowns, Chopped parts for Hip-Hop Beats, Chill, Psytrance […]

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Sonixinema has announced a sale on the Abstract steel percussion library for Kontakt, offering 30% off during the month of May. Abstract is a steel percussion library like no other. Recorded in exceptional detail and performed with a range of sticks, mallets, bows, this wonderful library features a range of energetic hits and abstract effects. […]

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Softube has launched a Mastering May sale, offering discounts on everything for your final stage, from quality compression to exquisite EQ, tasty tape to lovely limiting. The sale includes the Weiss series plugins, Chandler Limited Zener-Bender and Germanium Compressor, Drawmer S73 Intelligent Master Processor, Tape, and more. The mastering stage that can take a good […]

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Plugin Boutique has launched a sale on the Texture effects plugin with the heart of a synth by Devious Machines. Texture comes with over 340 inspirational in-built sounds to choose from, and you can also import any sample as a texture source with full access to Texture’s powerful granular synthesis engine. Part FX plug-in, part-synth; […]

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Cinematique Instruments has announced the release of its new Klang of the Month series free Kontakt instrument, Reverberated Strings. The instrument brings the sound of the reverb tail isolated from some recorded string instruments, resulting in a warm deep pad. Very often we think about what will it sounds when just playing the reverb of […]

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Plugin Boutique has announced a sale on Signum Audio, offering discounts of up to 60% off for a limited time. DSP engineering experts Signum Audio develop a range of high-end and highly intuitive plugins for advanced loudness analysis, limiting and normalisation. Save up to 60% off their entire range, exclusively at Plugin Boutique. The sale […]

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Plugin Boutique has published another Top 5 Friday video in which Tim Cant takes a look at some of the best plugins for producing EDM. If you want to get that polished, highly professional EDM sound, you’re going to need to use the right tools, and at Plugin Boutique, you can find some of the […]

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Samples From Mars has announced the release of a free sample pack with a collection raw vinyl and drum machines sampled into the Akai MPC2000XL. MPC2000 Snacks From Mars comes with 96 drum samples (24bit WAV), 6 pre-mapped drum kit instruments and 29 MIDI groove files. Snacks From Mars* is a new series dedicated to […]

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Synchro Arts celebrates its 2020 Queen’s Award for Innovation with a sale on its award-winning Revoice Pro 4 and VocALign Pro 4 products through May. Whether you’re in a big studio or working at home, Synchro Arts products not only help achieve polished and radio-ready vocals, they’ll save you countless hours of tedious manual editing […]

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Plugin Boutique is offering an exclusive 40% discount on the Session Keys Grand Y virtual piano instrument by e-instruments. Session Keys Grand Y captures the clear, transparent and dynamic sound of a Yamaha CFIIIS Concert Grand Piano. Rich overtones, sparkling high end, and a powerful bass are the tonal fingerprints of this outstanding Kontakt instrument. […]

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The Bob Moog Foundation has announced Moogmentum in Place, an upcoming series of fundraising live stream events. The performances will take place from May 9th-31st and will celebrate Bob Moog’s 86th birthday and the one year anniversary of the Moogseum, both of which occur on May 23rd. Moogmentum In Place will feature performances, musical and […]

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Plugin Boutique is offering a 40% discount on the Crystal EQ by Singomakers in an exclusive limited time sale. Crystal EQ is designed to instantly deliver clean and transparent EQ to your tracks. Crystal EQ features four adjustable frequency bands for precise equalization, as well as a high-pass and low-pass filter for additional EQ control. […]

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Eventide Audio has announced the release of its new dual-voice pitch shifter plugin for Windows and Mac. MicroPitch is the latest incarnation of an iconic effect originated by Eventide in the 1970s. With each generation, Eventide has added to, refined, enhanced and built on its legendary predecessors. MicroPitch is a fine-resolution pitch shifter providing effects […]

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Steinberg has announced the immediate availability of the Marco Minnemann Studio Drums expansion pack for Groove Agent. With over 4 GB of samples and 12 MIDI styles that were recorded and played in his studio in Los Angeles, Marco Minnemann Studio Drums features his 19-piece DW Purpleheart wood kit, comprising one kick drum, two snares, […]

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Splice has launched some new samples and presets on its Splice Sounds label. Mario Luciano Sample Pack Vol. 2 — Musician, composer, and arranger, Mario Luciano is back with his second volume of sounds for Splice. Using 100% all-analog keyboards, instruments, and vintage mixing equipment to craft his samples, you’ll find some truly unique gems […]

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Impact Soundworks’ Andrew Aversa has published the second video in the Music Business 101 series of tutorial videos, taking a look at how you can make money with your music. The video is part of the Impact Soundworks Academy, which delivers lessons and tutorials on a wide range of music production, composition, and business topics, […]

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iZotope has launched the limited time Music Maker’s Bundle, offering a collection of 8 creative and innovative plugins at 96% off the regular price. The Music Maker’s Bundle contains every iZotope Elements product for music as well as a huge selection of their most creative and innovative plugins. Kick start your creative toolbox and get […]

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Jakob Reinhardt has released the US Dream Guitar, a free Kontakt instrument library featuring the sounds of a rich clean American solid body guitar. The instrument library features 51 velocity sensitive pitches and unlocked Wav files are included for use in your favorite sampler or DAW. This is a sample library of a clean American […]

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Tom Wolfe has announced the release of Automaton for Zebra, a collection of 100 lo-fi robotic-style patches for the Zebra2 software synthesizer by u-he. Inspired by scores such as Tron: Legacy and Mr. Robot, Automaton is full of patches brimming with gritty, bit-crushed character. From crunchy percussion and tearing sequences, to crushed pads and soaring […]

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VST Buzz has announced a sale on the Palmary Collection by NoiseAsh, a bundle of 10 audio plugins providing endless possibilities for achieving the highest sound quality in your productions. “Palmary Collection” is an elite production tool series for producers / musicians / mixing & mastering engineers. With 10 outstanding plugins covering a wide variety […]

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Thick Sounds has released its new sample pack Jungle Colossus 2, a new collection of loops and samples for Jungle and Drum & Bass, Breakbeat, Dub, Reggae and beyond. Inspired by sounds of Benny Page, Congo Natty, Serial Killaz and Run Tingz to name a few, ‘Jungle Colossus’ is designed for producers who’s looking for […]

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Loops de la Crème has announced the release of a unique drum instrument that reproduces the sound of musicians grooving and improvising together. Magic 70s Drum Crew includes two separate full drum and percussion kits, and a big range of tasty sounds, including some wonderful congas. You get four percussionists (triangle, cowbell, tambourine and congas), […]

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Audio Plugin Deals is offering a discount of 80% on the Cinematic Keys sample library by Sample Logic for a limited time. Weighing in at over 8 GBs, CINEMATIC KEYS is a complete collection of 850+ traditional and mutilated Instruments & Multis derived entirely from recordings of keyboard instruments powered by Kontakt Player. CINEMATIC KEYS […]

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Karanyi Sounds has released its new sample library Budapest Abstract Marimba, a Kontakt instrument designed for creating fast sequences and inspiring tremolo beds for contemporary sound production. The library was created in collaboration with Nandor Weisz, who has been a percussionist at the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra for over twenty years now. Unlike traditional marimba […]

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Loopmasters has released its new sample pack Techno Oscillations, a collection of loops and samples by esteemed Techno guru Michal Jablonski. Filled to the brim with menacing audio tools, this collection is designed to build tension and cause sheer devastation in the dance. Michal has provided over 700MB worth of his freshest and most lethal […]

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KV331 Audio has announced the release of BigTone Club Construction Set, a preset expansion bank for the SynthMaster One software synthesizer instrument. Meticulously created by sound designer Nikolas Herz (BigTone), this bank features 60 presets for techno, tech house, deep house and melodic techno genres. The soundset includes: 5 Bass. 21 Drums. 2 Melodic Sequences. […]

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Singomakers has launched its new sample pack Drum & Bass Oblivion, a collection of loops and samples for classic drum and bass, liquid and atmospheric drum and bass to rolling, techstep and neurofunk. Drum & Bass is amazing music, often plunges us into Oblivion when listening. Sometimes it is just necessary to shut out everything […]

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Serato Studio pays homage to the classic 1990’s arcade fighter games with BeatFighter, letting you compete with beatmakers from across the world for ultimate victory in a global online tournament. Interactive, public judging via Instagram is to decide who takes the grand prize each month. “BeatFighter is a really epic combination of gaming and music […]

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Loopmasters has released the Guitar Bundle by Image Sounds, a collection of 4 guitar sample packs at a 60% discount. The bundle comprises Funky Guitar Vol. 1 and 2, Acoustic Guitar Vol. 1, and 60s Guitar Vol. 1, for a total of 1,883 guitar loops. Always loved songs like “Le Freak” and “Kiss”? Then Funky […]

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DDMF has announced the release of MagicDeathEyeStereo, a tube compressor with an integrated EQ circuit designed especially for mastering. A faithful emulation of their stereo master buss compressor and equalizer, MagicDeathEyeStereo is the second product of the ongoing collaboration with MagicDeathEye. We have taken everything we’ve learned from the first version and created a true […]

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Woodman’s Immaculate Maple Syrup Studio has launched WoodScaper 1.2, an audio effect that delivers classic guitar effects. Version 1.2 adds Next and Previous preset buttons and some more improvements and fixes. WoodScaper combines the 4 classic guitar effects into one unit : phaser, chorus/flanger, wah-wah and tremolo. Besides the familiar controls each effect has some […]

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Plugin Boutique is offering a 33% discount on two expansion packs for the Bass Master and Khords virtual instruments by Loopmasters. House Bass for Bassmaster features a fresh set of expertly synthesized audio parts, recorded direct via hi-end A/D converters and treated with hi-end analog modeled EQs, tape and pre-amps. Get ready for warm, fat […]

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The global spread of COVID-19 since January 2020 is resulting in a slowdown in economic activity across the world. The impact on India has been limited so far, however, increasing spread of the pandemic in the country over the last few days and the preventive measures being taken by the central and various state governments have severely restricted business activities.

Major mall operators in the country risk losing 20-25% of their annual revenue due to the shutdown, as per a report by ICICI Securities.

Precautionary measures such as fever screening, keeping adjacent seats in theatres vacant being considered. Currently, retailers selling discretionary products from apparel to lifestyle merchandise are not allowed to open stores.

In India, under traditional business interruption insurance policies, physical damage to property is the only criteria to trigger business interruption loss, while pandemics and epidemics are specifically excluded. Insurance companies, therefore, are refusing to accept any claims arising out of shutdown.

All malls have been shut since the lockdown began, and retailers in those malls are not in a position to pay rents because their outlets are shut. This in turn makes it difficult for the malls to pay the banks. About 85% of a mall’s revenue is dependent on rentals.

Emkay Global expects PVR and Inox Leisure to post steep year-on-year drop in revenues at 19 per cent and 24 per cent, respectively.

Around 75 retailers that operate 200 brands have written a letter to mall owners, seen by TOI, stating that revenue-share percentage should be a flat percentage depending on the category of stores. They suggested, for instance, revenue-sharing percentage for vanilla brands should be 10-12%, including common area maintenance (CAM), while for fast food brands and large format lifestyle stores, it should be 7-8%.

It can be noted that shopping centres and malls, which tend to attract a lot of crowds, have been shut since mid-March, much before the lockdown was announced and if the social distancing strategies continue post lockdown as well, such facilities are unlikely to open.

Last week, 195 retailers and restaurants including Future Group, Aditya Birla Fashion, Arvind Brands, Domino’s Pizza, Adidas and Levi’s wrote a common letter to mall owners for a “collaborative dialogue” between shopping centres and tenants.

Post lockdown relaxation, consumers say they will prefer buying items of need via local stores (instore or delivery) and ecommerce sites while only 4 per cent say will go to the mall to buy.

Top officials close to the development told ET that HUL will train a large set of advisors and beauty consultants, numbering about 1,500, to become entrepreneurs so that they can set up their own businesses.

SCAI, which counts Nexus Malls, Prestige, Infiniti, DLF and Lulu among its members, has also proposed using only 50% of the parking areas and not allowing any events and promotions to take place in the common areas to prevent large gatherings.