New and Noteworthy: Issue 43
👋 Welcome to the 43rd issue of New and Noteworthy, a collection of interesting ideas and projects from the world of music and audio.
Research
Commissioned by Pro Musik (a German organisation representing freelance musicians), a study looking at the impact of alternative payment models in music streaming.
Around the web
Inside ABBA’s live residency. Whatever you think of their music, the holographic show is impressive:
Holograms of each member created by Industrial Light & Magic
Housed at ABBA Arena (a custom venue outside London) outfitted with 291 speakers, LED screens, and seats 3000 people
There are 600 tons of equipment above the crowd
500 moving lights are mapped to 30,000 points in the area to create the illusion of a real-life band
It cost approximately £140M to develop
1.5M tickets sold with an average price of £84. The production has been sold out every night for 15 months.
Listening and watching
Escape Wheel - Emeralds
Castle Song - Green-House
Something Out of It - exael
Not All Who Wander Are Lost - shinetiac
110 Dudes - Danny Daze
Fiat Lux - Stijn Hüwels
Two Distant Leads - Murlo
Things we’re interested in
Podcast: Zelda: A Beep to the Past
Demystifying game audio mixing
Wavcity - open-source audio editor in the browser
Podcast: A conversation with legendary sound designer Mark Mangini (Indiana Jones, Star Trek, Dune, Mad Max Fury Road) Related: Twenty Thousand Hertz count down six favourite moments from his career and discuss how these sounds were made.
Question
Are modular synths too expensive?
