Petar Petrov from Vazrazhdane said his party is launching protests across major Bulgarian cities after citizens showed up big time against the government resignation movement. The deputy chairman thinks the anger comes from regular people instead of any specific political faction, and he wants a Grand National Assembly plus a fresh constitution to fix everything. Petrov pushed for massive citizen participation through voting and making sure elections stay clean, even if that means marking ballots with the no-support option.
The party wants to shrink the National Assembly down to 180 deputies while getting rid of positions like the Prosecutor General that Petrov called pointless. He mentioned that whatever the president formally...
Ayaic pushed out two plugins from their M3 Breakouts Series, and MLP handles level-plane stuff while MD/E tackles ducking plus expansion work. The MLP plugin deals with gain staging, so the main Mix Monolith can focus on final mix duties, and you can drop as many instances as you want since they all link up as one unit. MD/E gives you unlimited duck and expand groups that work anywhere in your project chain.
Both plugins have learn, mix, and lock functions that operate across all channels or individual ones, and MD/E has a self mode that turns it into a compressor for level riding. The attack and release settings work with either free time-based controls or host-synced note values, and there's a fast attack lock at .07ms when you flip...
Carve Audio dropped the Smashburger Compressor, and the plugin brings FET-style compression together with some analog warmth while keeping the interface dead simple. The fixed-threshold setup lets you push the input knob to get compression going, and the attack plus release controls give you a range from quick transient hits to smooth glue compression. A Shaper tool either punches up or softens the attack before or after the compression stage, and the harmonic section has tube plus tape circuits that fatten everything up.
The tube circuit adds low-end weight without getting harsh, and the tape mode thickens the sound with some saturation plus harmonic smoothing thrown in. Wet/dry mixing handles parallel compression without extra...
SPL just put out the Venos stereo compressor after dropping their BiG Studio gear last month, and the unit mixes vintage valve design concepts with their 120V tech plus some hyper-compression modes. The company spent forever tweaking parameters through listening sessions to dial everything in, and all the controls sit on stepped pots or switches to make recall easier while keeping the stereo image tight.
The hardware costs €4990, and SPL made sure joint controls for both channels help maintain stability across the stereo field. No shortcuts got taken during development since they wanted the thing to perform at the highest level possible.
Music Production for Women just opened applications for four scholarship spots in their year-long Master Your Music program, and the whole thing is backed by Distrokid plus ICMP. The scholarships target female and non-binary people who are dealing with money problems that would normally keep them out, and winners get weekly masterclasses covering production, mixing, sound design, and marketing stuff. Teachers are legit professionals like Ramera Abraham, who won an MPG award for vocal production work with Adele and Stormzy, and Lillian Frances, who performs in the US and has shared stages with acts like Sylvan Esso.
The program runs remotely for a full year, and students only need a laptop with headphones to participate. Monthly group...
UJAM dropped two new plugins into their UFX lineup, and both are chasing different vibes for sound mangling. UFX Lofi goes after that crusty vintage texture with tape wear and early digital artifacts, while UFX Distort handles everything from light saturation up to full-on aggressive destruction. Each one packs 20 different engine modes plus filter and finisher sections loaded with presets, and the randomization tools let you mess around without committing to anything.
Both plugins work the same way as the other UFX gear, which means you can flip between wild processing ideas without building massive effect chains. UFX Lofi has stuff like bitcrushing and wow/flutter with over 100 presets ready to go, and UFX Distort covers tube drives...
Soyuz just dropped their first dynamic microphone after spending years making only condenser models, and the V1 is trying to work for both live shows and recording sessions. The company says it has extended highs plus a midrange that stays balanced while the low end keeps things tight, and they claim the proximity effect stays under control when you get close to it. The whole thing got designed by their in-house crew and runs $279.
The mic has a custom transformer that adds some character without losing detail, and the basket does more than look good since it actually helps with the acoustics. David Brown from Soyuz mentioned they waited until they could make something that felt like their brand before jumping into dynamics, and he...
Gene Simmons from KISS is heading to the US Senate Judiciary Committee to push for the American Music Fairness Act, which would make AM and FM radio stations actually pay performers when they play their songs. Right now, streaming services and satellite radio compensate artists, but traditional radio has been skating by without paying them, thanks to what people call the radio loophole. Michael Huppe from SoundExchange is testifying alongside him, and the hearing is the first one the Senate has done on this topic since 2009.
The US is apparently the only democratic country where artists don't get paid for radio airplay. Senator Marsha Blackburn and Representative Darrell Issa brought the bill back this year, and it has backing from...
Peermusic just brought Alex Black onto the team as Vice President of A&R for the US operation, and Jamie Cerreta made the announcement. Black will handle signing and developing songwriters plus producers while working out of Los Angeles. Cerreta has a history with Black from their time at Big Deal Music Group and later at Hipgnosis Songs Group, and he thinks Black's skills will push their writers forward both creatively and commercially.
Black spent more than 18 years doing A&R work before this move. His previous gig at Hipgnosis Songs Group had him signing acts like Beach House, Amber Mark, and Lucy Dacus while building up their publishing side. Before that, he put in time at Warner Records and Interscope Records, where he worked with...
