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Is Suno pulling a SpaceX?
The UK put £45 million behind grassroots venues, Suno hired toward an IPO amid massive copyright exposure, and iZotope left Native Instruments for Boris FX.
Copy plugin slots and Waves scanning
Hold Control (macOS) or Alt (Windows) to copy a plugin slot while dragging, copy slots between dime[ms] and dime[tt] chains, and scan Waves plugins correctly.
Tours continue to be cancelled left and right. What's next for live music?
High-profile tours caught "blue dot fever," generative AI lawsuits stacked up across labels and unions, and Angine de Poitrine packed the Montreal Jazz Fest.
Native Instruments was bought. What will happen to our plugins?
inMusic acquired Native Instruments, Spotify began optional AI credits, and YouTube Music tied Tencent as the second-largest paid streaming service.
Inside the TRUMP AI ACT and what it means for musicians
The TRUMP AMERICA AI Act would lock down training data and voice likeness, while IFPI reported global recorded music hitting $31.7 billion — with growth outside North America and Europe.
Keyboard input restored
Fixes an issue that prevented keyboard input in the plugin UI.
Slot hover, text fields, and dime[mb] linear phase
Plugin slots no longer jump in front of the UI on hover, text fields skip OS spell-check, and dime[mb] gains lower linear-phase latency plus a Windows toggle fix.
Inside Spotify's $11B payout and Live Nation's settlement
Spotify paid out $11 billion in 2025 royalties, Live Nation settled its DOJ antitrust case without a breakup, and DistroKid was reportedly shopping a $2 billion sale.
Logic Pro AudioUnit scanning
Fixes a longstanding bug that prevented many AudioUnit plugins from being detected when a scan was started from Logic Pro.
Preset recall and dime[mb] crossover input
Stops DAW preset recalls from showing empty plugin slots as loaded, and restores reliable keyboard input for dime[mb] crossover values.
Sidechain alignment and a refreshed UI
Aligns hosted-plugin sidechain timing with the input, refreshes the UI, and stops stereo plugins from loading into dime[ms] mid/side slots.
The downfall of Native Instruments?
Native Instruments entered insolvency proceedings in Germany, and Fender pushed further into interfaces, speakers, and headphones after buying PreSonus.
VST3 scanning and UI resizing fixes
Resolves a VST3 scanning issue and a bug that could break UI resizing.
Spotify's top 5 of 2025… were released in 2024?
Spotify's 2025 top five was dominated by 2024 releases, Suno raised $250 million at a $2.45 billion valuation, and a Jorja Smith soundalike sparked a voice-rights fight.
Life of a Showgirl Records. The Online Fight for DJs. The AI Music Police.
Taylor Swift rewrote the Billboard record books with The Life of a Showgirl, streaming platforms fought over DJs, and labels rolled out AI fingerprinting to police mixes.
Spotify CEO Steps Down. AirPods Step Up. Touring Explodes.
Daniel Ek steps aside as Spotify CEO, AirPods Pro 3 raise the stakes for how most people hear mixes, and live touring hits record highs — but only at the top.
Activation fix and faster AudioUnit scans
Fixes activation failures for some users and speeds up AudioUnit scanning by skipping instruments and other non-effect plugins.
Scalable UI and offline-friendly activation
The dime plugins UI is now fully resizable, activation no longer needs a constant internet connection, and you can choose which paths the Plugin Finder scans.