First participants confirmed through the Birmingham Weekender in Digbeth Open Call.

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Dave Woodhall wonders whether football and footballers are getting an unfair press.

Million pound transformation project helps entrepreneurs launch Warm Beautiful Homes.

Midlands leaders encourage businesses to join search for global investment.

Birmingham entrepreneur to back prestige ceremony.

Solihull development to inject over £1.3 million into local services.

Dave Woodhall on Villa's annual defeat at home to Manchester United.

Dave Woodhall gets Wilde about Villa's FA Cup defeat.

Aston station adoption planting project helps local people grow.

£25 million awarded in 25 years.

Volunteers prepare and deliver meals during Ramadan.

Online platform launched to help charities source local furloughed workers as volunteers.

Thousands of people standing outside the vends across the city said they had been trying to access the website since Thursday but decided come out and queue up for their turn when the online link didn't open. Delhi government officials confirmed the website crashed due to heavy rush and the glitch was being fixed.

The company had recently contributed Rs 15 crore to PM CARES Fund.

The company will continue to strictly comply with all government rules while reopening and running operations at the store. The company plans to reopen first 50 stores by 10th May, 2020.

Deals on grocery and FMCG had evaporated days before lockdown in March last week when panic buying had started.

“The idea of store-on-wheels is that customers should not feel suffocated that they can’t go out and shop, and feel the same pleasure right at their doorsteps,” said Vishnu Prasad, managing director of Future Lifestyle Fashions that owns Central and Brand Factory.

“The idea of store-on-wheels is that customers should not feel suffocated that they can’t go out and shop, and feel the same pleasure right at their doorsteps,” said Vishnu Prasad, managing director of Future Lifestyle Fashions that owns Central and Brand Factory.

Ueberschall has announced the release of Latin Brasil Beats, a new title in the Multitrack Drum Loop Series which provides the authentic vibrance and groove of Latin rhythms. The library is built from 10 GB of sample data and contains more than 3,800 individual loops divided into sixteen performance-based folders. Each folder features multiple parts […]

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Toontrack has announced the official list pricing information for EZbass as well as a new video presenting an in-depth look at the features of the program. As announced earlier, EZbass will be available on May 19th and is Toontrack’s highly anticipated bass software instrument as well as the next core title in the company’s widely […]

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Arovane has announced the release of the Spectral 2 soundset, a fresh collection of 64 sounds for the popular Serum wavetable synthesizer by Xfer Records. The pack comes with 35 customized wavetables and 20 samples for the noise oscillator. Available for 19 EUR, Spectral 2 includes: 20 pads. 16 plucks. 13 soundscapes. 6 sweeps. 4 […]

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BOOM Library has announced the release of its brand-new software plugin Grip, a collaboration with Pole Position Production. Grip lets you create dynamic and authentic skids, bumps, friction, rolling noises and much more with a variety of wheel configurations, ground materials and perspectives. Load Grip in your DAW of choice and design tyre and chassis […]

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Sugar Bytes has released an iPad version of its Looperator 16-step sample slicer and creative multi-fX sequencer. The wide range of effects, its quick and intuitive interface and extensive randomization make it easy to design subtle rhythmic enhancements or impressive effect pyrotechnics. Looperator chops up your audio and turns it into something new. In the […]

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Looptone has released its new sample library for epic-scale trailer soundtrack production Leviathan Hybrid Trailer, a collection that combines orchestral and electronic sound design techniques. The pack is aimed at anyone looking to evoke that modern trailer sound, be it for actual soundtrack scoring or as a flavor enhancer in dance and pop production. This […]

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W.A. Production has released its new audio plugin Punchy Worm, a one-knob punch and saturation effect with a dancing worm. At W.A. Production they’re serious about music and over the last few years, they’ve created many top-quality plugins with finely tuned controls and pro studio features. But sometimes they just like to go a bit […]

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Impact Soundworks has launched its free video series Impact Soundworks Academy, delivering lessons and tutorials on a wide range of music production, composition, and business topics, created by professionals and experts. The series aims to give you immediate, practical, and actionable knowledge you can use to improve your music, your workflow, and your career. In […]

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Native Instruments has announced the release of three expansions for its Massive X flagship software synthesizer. Rush, Pulse, and Scene each contains 150 presets for the synth tailored toward a certain sound, created by expert sound designers who were involved in the development of Massive X and the creation of its factory library. Made for […]

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ADSR Sounds has announced its latest sound pack hellofi, a collection of samples and Serum synth presets with an upbeat take on lo-fi and indie pop. Take a deep breath and lets the vibes hit you like sunlight through an open window. ADSR’s latest Indie Lo-Fi offering –hellofi, brings together a colourful collection of beats […]

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Erica Synths is one of the few manufacturers that uses vacuum tubes in its Eurorack modules — and those who are familiar with tube-based modules know that tubes can push the sound to extremes, or transform it into deep and saturated tones. Three new Fusion series modules have been announced: Fusion VCF3
, Fusion Modulator 
and […]

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The Unfinished has launched the Humankind 2020 promotion, a collection of limited edition charity synth soundsets. For those who don’t know, Humankind is a collection of synth soundsets (of 64 patches each), with 50% of the proceeds going to charity. This time around I have chosen The Trussell Trust, a wonderful charity who help provide […]

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Rob Papen has announced the release of the Quad software synthesizer in VST, AU and AAX plugin formats for Windows and Mac. The sonic palette is huge, through the vast modulation possibilities that QUAD has to offer. The sound sculpting tools start in each Oscillator and are the Phase Distortion and WaveShaper. These tools are […]

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Plugin Boutique has announced a sale on the Perfect Room plugin by Denise, offering a 64% discount on the reverb effect plugin with a unique algorithm that enhances natural character and coloration. Classic algorithmic reverb plugins use a combination of short feedbacking delays to create the illusion of reverberation. These delays cause unwanted metallic resonances […]

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Resonate Sound Design has announced the release of a new preset expansion pack for the popular Serum wavetable synthesizer by Xfer Records. Cyber delivers over 120 fresh presets. If you create trailer, cyberpunk, dark synthwave, darkwave or similar genre music, then this is the preset pack for you…not that you can’t use these for a […]

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Plugin Boutique has launched a sale on Sonarworks Reference 4, offering 20% the sound calibration software for a limited time. Reference 4 removes unwanted coloration from studio speakers and headphones. Sonarworks is on a mission to ensure everybody hears sound the way it was meant to be. Across all devices. Calibrate sound on your current […]

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Denise has launched its new audio plugin God Mode, introducing a new push-pull technology that gives you full control over what frequencies to saturate and distort. God Mode features a node EQ graph and linear phase filters that allow for unlimited options to shape the coloration of your sound. The God Mode makes use of […]

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Freaky Loops has released a new sample pack titled Hip Hop Paradise, a collection of loops and samples for new and old-skool Hip Hop productions. Contains a variety of fresh and inspirational sounds; from wonky drums to hiphop melodies, smokey basses to shimmering instruments sounds, punchy snares to inspirational combi files, percussions, vox, fx and […]

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Mammoth Audio has made available a free lite version of its Density cinematic toolkit for Native Instruments Kontakt. “It’s a tough moment in our history, but one positive has been producers getting back into music making with the spare time. We want to gift the creative community with something which would inspire them to stay […]

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LFO Store has announced the release of 50 Analog & Ambient Sounds, a collection of patches for the iconic Korg M1 synthesizer and music workstation from the 90s. It sounds fantastic but many of the sounds was overused in years & we didn’t find any modern recreations around the globe. So we made a challenge […]

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No Dough Music has announced its new online House/Techno/Electronic music production hub The Archive, which features content from all of No Dough’s current sample packs repackaged with loads of new features. The Archive will offer sound packs, Ableton projects, production technique and how to blogs, podcasts, interviews, and video content. Available now, Underground Electronics is […]

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Tracktion has announced availability of Waveform Pro, the eleventh version of the affordable, award winning, fully featured digital audio workstation. Designed for the needs of modern music producers, this deeply capable DAW is a suite of tools that is powerful, intuitive and very user friendly. The latest evolution includes new features developed to harness the […]

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Audio Plugin Deals has launched a sale on the Fresh+Dark Bundle by Sampletraxx, offering over 80% off on a collection of three sample libraries. Powered by the full version of Kontakt 5.8, this bundle features the latest sample libraries from SAMPLETRAXX: BRAAMS vol. 2, Rituals and Antisystem. This bundle is perfect for horror, sci-fi and […]

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Sonixinema has announced the launch of the Sound of a Brighter Future Composing Competition, an opportunity to share your positive outlook and win store vouchers. Positivity, hope, and unity are surrounding us like never before. It is allowing us to experience life in a new way, and is the perfect time to do what we […]

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UVI has announced that its BeatHawk music app for iOS is available as a free download for a limited time. BeatHawk is a complete portable music production studio for iOS. Create beats, sample, layer melodies, sequence, mix, arrange and perform songs with a blazing-fast workflow and sleek hardware-inspired user interface. It comes packed with high-quality […]

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Spitfire Audio has announced a new LABS series instrument titled Tundra Atmos, featuring atmospheric textures. While on various shoots in the Northern hemisphere for Albion Tundra, we captured the natural sounds of near-silent environments — lava flows in the volcanic hinterlands of Iceland, a lapping Scottish loch, and a dense Estonian forest — treated and […]

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Ugritone has announced the release of Dazuul, a simple, but powerful de-esser effect plugin for Windows and Mac. The plugin is designed to fix problems with sibilants and remove even the strongest of Es’s with vocal clarity staying intact. While essentially a De-Esser plugin, Dazuul retains the natural sound, not just harshly compressing the content, […]

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Vocal Presets has released Stargaze, a collection of vocal presets for the Auto-Tune 8 and Auto-Tune Pro vocal processor plugins by Antares. Deep, Dark, Twisted… Stargaze is our most aberrant vocal preset yet. Hard smashing limiters combine with soul crushing saturators to turn your vocals into that bold authority you need to command your audiences […]

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Impact Soundworks has announced the release of a new sample library with a collection of modern electronic sounds. Cyclops includes over 1,000 one-shots, drum loops, MIDI files, and over 350 presets for the Serum synth by Xfer Records. The library includes drums, playable 808s, arps, basses, leads, pads, poly keys, plucks, fx, and more. This […]

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NatLife Sounds has returned with another batch of Sylenth1 sounds with Sylenth1 Trance Essentials Vol. 3, a collection of 64 presets made specifically for Psy, Progressive and Uplifting Trance. The sounds were created by talented Trance producer Soundbreeze. Soundset contains the most memorable Leads, Pads, Plucks & Basslines patches for Sylenth1. In this pack we […]

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COVID-19 has deeply impacted the livelihoods of countless musicians all over the world, causing them to cancel performances and lose other sources of income. To help offset this hardship, Polyverse Music has created a platform for supporting and raising financial aid for performing artists. Polyverse.TV is a livestream-powered fundraising initiative to support independent artists impacted […]

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