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Introducing the Looper: Redefining Beat Creation
Make Music Instantly, Anywhere! Making music on your mobile just got easier. Our brand new Looper redefines mobile beat creation - a revolutionary new beat making instrument within our Mix Editor which enables you to be creative wherever you go. We took it for a spin around the city. Watch… Read more
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BandLab Update: Communities, Explore 2.0, iPhone X Support
TL;DR: Introducing Communities! Join a Community on BandLab. Find musicians to make music with, engage with other users, or discover new music on the brand new Explore page. The BandLab iOS app now has iPhone X support and a new Get Started screen with featured tracks and quicker access to… Read more
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Loops: Modern Hip-Hop & Vocal Chop Megapack
It’s looping time and we’ve got some fresh royalty free packs for you, straight from our in-house Sound Team! Get busy with our Modern Hip-Hop loop pack featuring warm 808 subs and Detroit style chord riffs, or why not add vox that rock from our Vocal Chop Megapack! Modern Hip-Hop… Read more
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Loops: Trip Hop & RnB
Think you know all about the clicks and clacks of hip-hop? Get provocative with our Trip Hop loops, or go back to basics with our RnB Essentials loop packs. Trip Hop Megapack Combine stark bass lines and pop digressions, pin it against a cosmopolitan backdrop, and let the atmospheric sounds… Read more
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Behind The Tech: The QA Team
Meet QA. Walk into our offices and you will see the BandLab - a laboratory style mix of teams. The Community team, Marketing team, the developers, and the designers all make up the perimeters of the office space, but at the centre of them all is the heart of what… Read more
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BandLab Update: FX, QR Code Scanner, Guitar Tuner
TL;DR: You can now tweak all parameters of effect settings on the BandLab web Mix Editor. Adjust delay times, reverb amount, EQ, gain and much more. 100% creative personalisation On every BandLab platform there are 37 different preset effects for guitar, bass and vocals. We’ve designed each of these individual… Read more
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Loops: Dubstep & Trap Pop Fusion
We’re here just in time with your next set of loops - hot and fresh out the Lab. Create your own drop with our Dubstep loops, or inspire grooves and moves with our Trap Pop Fusion loops. Also, check out Zeek - your loop maker & brainchild behind these jaw-dropping loops. Dubstep… Read more
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Meet The Team: Zeek
Sprawled over his deskspace, amongst basic office necessities, is a cacophonous array of sophisticated gadgets. Some he’s used, some he’s yet to, some he shares. That’s the first impression Zeek makes. His choice of band t-shirt for the day will be his second. From the Keith McMillen Instruments’ K-Mix, a… Read more
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Loops: Blues and Nu Disco
Turn it up a notch with this fresh set of loops crafted exclusively by the Sound Team here at BandLab! Rewrite disco’s legacy with our Nu Disco loops, or tug at heartstrings with the rousing Blues loops. Wanna win $500? Check out our Loops contest here! Blues Feeling the blues? Go… Read more
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Welcome to BandLab, Chew!
To our dear friends on BandLab, Today, I’m really pleased to announce a new and exciting development for our music community, introducing a new member of the BandLab family: performance livestreaming platform - Chew.tv. I also want to welcome the incredibly creative Chew users to the BandLab community – as… Read more
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Introducing the BandLab Link Analog
The future of music is truly mobile. In an ever connected world there are more ways than ever to create and be creative as a musician. The Link Analog brings a whole new level of quality to your music making. BandLab is a company made up of creators and musicians.… Read more
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BandLab Update: BandLab for iPad, Library, Playlists
TL;DR: The BandLab iOS app is now optimised for iPad! The new Library makes it easier to organise your projects, collaborations, collections and bands on mobile. Listen to curated playlists on your Feed and we’ve added a chromatic tuner to the iOS app + a chance to win $500 when… Read more
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Loops: Grime + EDM
Your creative-flow is about to take a step up! Check out this fresh set of loops crafted exclusively by the Sound Team here at BandLab. Be inspired by to create music using our Grime or EDM loops. Wanna win $500? Check out our Loops contest here! Grime With its origin a mashup… Read more
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BandLab Update: FX, Panning, 3D Touch, Multi-Track Recording
TL;DR: New to iOS & Android, vocal, guitar and bass effects + panning. The new tuner comes to Android; 3D touch shortcuts for iOS + record two tracks at one time on web with our latest update. Next-level Vocals. Instantly Recorded a rough vocal take? Improve the sound instantly by adding one of our killer FX. Vocal… Read more
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Loops: Future Glitch + 8-Bit
The latest loop packs have just dropped on BandLab. This week, let’s go all the way back in time. Get that 80s realness by checking out our 8-Bit sounds. Bring the nostalgia to your music as you emulate the birth of video game audio. Hit that 90s feel with our… Read more
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BandLab Artists of the Month: July 2017
Something for everyone. Check out our latest curated playlists. From catchy Hip Hop hooks to the 8-bit sounds of our favourite video games. We love featuring the best works from the community, so hit us up and we’ll check out your tunes! Listen to a sample of each playlist below,… Read more
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Loops: Indie + Industrial
We’re dropping some awesome loops this week. Whether you’re an indie darling or an industrial deviant, there’s something in it for you here. Indie Loop We’ve captured those elements that make an indie song. An easy combo of melodic guitar lines and alternative beats and samples are perfect for that… Read more
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BandLab Update: AudioStretch, Collections, Landscape Mode & Guitar Tuner
TL;DR: Integrated AudioStretch features on mobile; private Collections are now on all platforms; support for landscape mode on iOS and a brand new Guitar Tuner. Really faaaast + r e a l l y s l o w Transpose the key of your tracks. Toggle on the AudioStretch feature and… Read more
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How to use Loops
If you’re a budding songwriter or beatmaker you should be checking out our latest Loop packs for creating your next song. Think of them like, ‘a backing track for your tunes’ or ‘the missing member of your virtual band’. Check out this week’s featured Loop packs. As well as containing… Read more
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Inside Our Tech: Creating Loops & Sounds
Loops. Virtual instruments. Effects. They all form a core part of BandLab’s offering to music makers around the world. And there’s a whole lot of work that goes into creating each one, each done in house at BandLab HQ. Looking at loops. Our aim is to create loops that… Read more
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Meet The Team: Aqilah
Here at BandLab we take the time to get to know our people. In this series of posts we introduce some of our amazing staff. Meet Aqilah. Aqilah is our Community Support Representative for BandLab. We are always looking for good people, so if you are interested in joining our team you… Read more
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BandLab Update: Band Page, Collections, Reverse Audio
TL;DR: Check out the all new Band page; create trippy sounds with the Reverse audio feature on web + you can now search for Collections. Bands get a new look Your Band profile page is now more lit! Include more details about your band and your favourite genres by updating… Read more
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Behind The Tech: The Sound Team
Building a functioning DAW within the limitations of a web browser seems impossible, right? Even supporting the most basic functions, like importing and storing various audio formats, can be a huge challenge. But at BandLab, we’ve found that challenging the limitations can lead to the best discoveries, and ultimately, an… Read more
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High School Nation: Giving students the chance to make music.
We’re excited to announce a very special partnership with High School Nation. BandLab is proud to welcome students from 60 cities across America to join our platform, as we host the High School Nation 2017 Song Competition. What’s the deal? High School Nation is the USA’s largest secondary school touring… Read more
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New things you can do on BandLab
TL;DR: Global Player and Collections are now on ALL platforms. The iOS and Android Mix Editor just keep getting better + a new Feed, Library, Profile & Band page on web. Collections. Your playlists anytime, anywhere. Love a song? Now you can add any song on BandLab to your Collections,… Read more
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Inside Our Tech: UI/UX Design
Great products don’t happen overnight, nor are they developed in a vacuum. Great products are a result of well-orchestrated collaborations between many teams. Continuing on with our series of technical blog posts, we share the design process and how our UI team works closely with Development everyday to bring great… Read more
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Take Control of Your Music This March — Latest Product Updates on BandLab
TL;DR: Improvements on the Android Mix Editor, a new web Global Player, web Mix Editor improvements to saving and downloading + it’s now possible to block users! Android Mix Editor Improvements The latest update to the Android app includes HUGE improvements to the Mix Editor. You can now cut, slice,… Read more
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Meet The Team: Laurent, Web Technologies Lead
Here at BandLab we take the time to get to know our people. In this series of posts we introduce some of our amazing staff. Meet Laurent. Laurent is our Web Technologies Lead for BandLab. If you are interested in joining our team you can send a CV to hr@bandlab.com I’ve… Read more
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Our Biggest Product Update Yet! #EPIC
TL;DR: The all NEW Android Mix Editor is here + we’ve released iOS v4.3 and now post effects work on ALL platforms. NEW Android Mix Editor We’ve just launched a huge update on Android — the all new Mix Editor. We have put simplicity and intuitivity at the forefront of… Read more
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Inside Our Tech: A Serverless First Approach
At BandLab we specialise in orchestrating and automating highly available infrastructures. In this post we'll share some lessons learned from optimising DevOps and how that led the team to the Serverless Framework. Optimising DevOps Back in 2016 we acquired the iOS app Composr (designed and built by Nick Den Engelsman) which was fully EC2—Ruby… Read more
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New Year, New Features
TL;DR: AMAZING new editing features on BandLab; to make you the best songwriter/producer you can be! Plus exciting news about a new member of the BandLab family… AudioStretch! Vocal & Guitar Effects on iOS We've added new Voice and Guitar effects to the latest version of the BandLab iOS Mix… Read more
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Inside Our Tech: Moving fast… Without Breaking Things
At BandLab we are constantly building and experimenting with complex programming for all our web products. We are agile, able to move fast as a business, and if needed push updates multiple times daily. Finding the best way to solve any issues we may encounter and integrate this with our… Read more
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December New Features: iOS Improvements & More
TL;DR: We’ve brought improvements to the BandLab iOS app—like slicing, copy and pasting tracks, the new addition of Demo projects to help you as inspiration when you tap create. On web, you can now rearrange songs in your Collection, embed Shouts, and we’ve added brand new loop packs to our… Read more
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November New Features Update: Reach More Fans + More!
This month we have kept our usual lighting-pace in delivering new and exciting features. iOS users will see huge updates to the Mix Editor, merging 'pro' and 'simple' modes resulting in a faster and sturdier experience. As well as creating tracks on BandLab, make sure you are taking every opportunity… Read more
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BandLab Team: Meet Aki
At BandLab we frequently push features and delight in delivering the unexpected to our users. Of course there is a strong team behind this amazing product we are building and today we would like to introduce you to our Product Lead…. Akmal (a.k.a. Aki). From Uzbekistan to Singapore I joined… Read more
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New Features for October: Mastering
It’s been another busy month at BandLab HQ as we work to bring you phenomenal new updates on a monthly, weekly and daily basis. Just like you, we never stop working and creating - so for October here is a digest of our biggest feature updates this month! Read more
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BandLab Introduces Free Automated Mastering
We’re really excited to share the launch of our integrated algorithmic mastering tool, which empowers everyone to create perfectly polished, radio-ready tracks—fast, simply and most importantly—for FREE. Read more
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10 New Features for September
September has been a busy month here at BandLab HQ, here is a recap of all the amazing features we’ve added over the past month. We’ve built the following social features completely cross-platform—iOS, Android and Web—and we’re excited to tell you about them. Read more
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BandLab wins Microsoft Start-up Partner of the Year Award 2016
Awards are recognition that you're doing something right, and receiving the Microsoft Start-up Partner of the Year Award is a big milestone for the team here at BandLab. Read more
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Welcome to BandLab, MONO!
To our dear friends on BandLab, Today, I'm really pleased to announce something very special that’s been years in the making. No, it’s not wireless AirPods (the one for my left ear is already missing…) but—for musicians and creators—something even better. I’m delighted to welcome to the BandLab community a… Read more
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Hear from the Creators: Loops
Here at BandLab we listen closely to what our community has to say about our features and the product. Thanks to your feedback, we have gone away and made some changes behind the scenes and now we are proud to present to you lots of incredible new loops ready for… Read more
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16 Brand New Guitar and Bass Effects on BandLab
In music, necessity has always been the mother of invention. When musicians tire of the sounds of their instruments, they’re willing to do anything for a fresh new sound. Back in 1964, the Kinks even took to slashing their speaker cones with razor blades, looking for cool new sounds! Read more
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BandLab Welcomes Composr
Today, we welcome Composr and its users to the BandLab community! Composr is an iOS and web-based music collaboration app that’s all about recording music socially and collaborating with musicians all around the world. A goal that we share here at BandLab, too. Nick den Engelsman, founder of Composr, found… Read more
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Tree View—Watch Your Music Grow
BandLab isn’t just about sharing music, but also the way the pieces come together and how musical ideas grow. Whether it's the words before the melody, or the melody after the beat—it's all good! Read more
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I CAN MAKES MEWSIC?
For too long, we’ve all heard that the music industry is going to the dogs. So we decided to investigate further and, after many hours of exhaustive research, discovered that the interwebs are to blame. It’s all down to sharing, streaming and the general democratisation of available content, apparently. That… Read more
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Now You Can Share The Music You Love in BandLab Chat
We all want to share the music we love with other people. Now BandLab Chat enables you to directly share a track you’ve made (or found) with other users on BandLab—as part of a chat. Read more
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Our new web MIDI Editor. Every note, just where you want it.
BandLab introduces a web MIDI Editor—giving you even greater control of your music. Read more
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Android Users Now Have a Pro Mix Editor to Use Anywhere
If you like making music on your Android device, the latest BandLab Android update is going to make make it even more fun. Read more
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Inspiration is Now Even Easier to Find
We're very excited to introduce you to our new web-based Explore page. The latest improvement to the BandLab experience, this one’s going to make it even easier for you to find the musicians and the music you love. Read more
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BandLab Goes To WebAudio Hack Day!
On the 20th and 21st of November, the BandLab developer team took some time out of the office to attend DevFest.Asia—a week of events and talks aimed at the web developer community. Read more
