SoundCloud partners with copyright enforcer, AIAIAI introduces modular headphones and Google offers a tour of the iconic Abbey Road studios.
Google Presents: Inside Abbey Road. Google opens the doors to Abbey Road with their interactive virtual tour Inside Abbey Road, which makes it possible to explore the rooms, discover stories and play with innovative equipment inside the iconic British recording studio where The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Michael Jackson produced some of their most influential tracks and albums. Watch the promo video above, and try it out for yourself here.
AIAIAI Introduces modular headphones. An evolution from the popular TMA-1 family, AIAIAI‘s TMA-2 Modular is a headphone system based on modular technology, allowing you to build and adapt the interchangeable system from scratch or customise the setup for various applications, from DJing and studio use to casual listening or being on the move. Watch the intro video above, and find out more here.
SoundCloud Partners with Copyright Enforcer. SoundCloud has announced a new partnership with content tracking company Zefr, which currently works with YouTube to help identify songs on the platform and enforce copyright. There are few details as to what the companies plan to do together, but users worry it could mean stricter copyright enforcement and more ads on SoundCloud. Find out more here.
A Top 40 Vinyl Chart. The vinyl revival prompts the Official Chart Company to begin weekly vinyl singles and albums charts, ahead of this year’s Record Store Day and eight years on from the all time low of UK sales – just 205,000 LPs in 2007. Read The Guardian‘s full story here.