Photographs and talk by Pogus Caesar on behalf of Friends of Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

Pedal power revolution set for the West Midlands.

Ride with Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity in the Midlands’ biggest cycling event.

£15,000 raised for Birmingham Children’s Hospital.

Volunteers recently helped rejuvenate a garden for pupils at Broadmeadow Junior School in Kings Norton.

Romanian-born musician to head Birmingham's world-famous orchestra.

Award-winning singer joins stellar line up for 2020 Fest.

"Inspirational" ambassador for young people going for gold at European Games.

Festival marks thirtieth birthday of community group.

50 reasons why the region is a global centre of innovation.

Collaboration targets new sales with boost for the retail sector.

Agency celebrates contract win by spending two weeks driving electric.

Cadbury World unveils a series of family fun events throughout 2020.

West Midlands Railway reminds passengers to make only essential journeys this Easter.

Sir Howard Elton, confidante of the football world and its poverty-stricken players, sits down with disgraced FIFA boss Septic Bladder. < /strong>

Jessica Harris casts a worried eye on what lies in store.

Charity challenge aims to help local community work.

Richard Lutz tours the geometry of a grey Evenlode valley.

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Milestone marked by new productions.

Acclaimed local writer added to theatre board of directors.

Health journalists are being urged to join some of the leading writers in their field for a major industry event at Coventry University later this year.

Town Hall the venue for inaugural quiz night.

New factory built homes revealed at Port Loop.

Solihull development to inject over £1.3 million into local services.

A negative list will clearly spell out what’s not allowed, allowing other activities to resume.

The capital infusion comes at a time when risk capital investment activity has almost ground to a halt because of the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, which, in turn, has forced vertical ecommerce companies such as Nykaa to conserve cash, given the steep plunge in discretionary spending by consumers.

The company had recently contributed Rs 15 crore to PM CARES Fund.

Expressing the sentiments of the industry, the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) said the 'logout' movement cemented the belief that the industry needed to take back control.

It further said that although 2020 is a lost year, in terms of trade, India can think long-term and build relations so that it can occupy the space vacated by China.

In a letter to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday, CAIT had urged the government to allow traders to pay salaries as per a mutual agreement between the employer and the employee or allow them to pay 30 per cent of the salary to meet their livelihood needs.

He said the position of MSMEs was "worst" as they were now engaged in a "battle for their survival".

A negative list will clearly spell out what’s not allowed, allowing other activities to resume.

Sugar Bytes has released an iPad version of its Looperator 16-step sample slicer and creative multi-fX sequencer. The wide range of effects, its quick and intuitive interface and extensive randomization make it easy to design subtle rhythmic enhancements or impressive effect pyrotechnics. Looperator chops up your audio and turns it into something new. In the […]

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Impact Soundworks has launched its free video series Impact Soundworks Academy, delivering lessons and tutorials on a wide range of music production, composition, and business topics, created by professionals and experts. The series aims to give you immediate, practical, and actionable knowledge you can use to improve your music, your workflow, and your career. In […]

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ADSR Sounds has announced its latest sound pack hellofi, a collection of samples and Serum synth presets with an upbeat take on lo-fi and indie pop. Take a deep breath and lets the vibes hit you like sunlight through an open window. ADSR’s latest Indie Lo-Fi offering –hellofi, brings together a colourful collection of beats […]

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The Unfinished has launched the Humankind 2020 promotion, a collection of limited edition charity synth soundsets. For those who don’t know, Humankind is a collection of synth soundsets (of 64 patches each), with 50% of the proceeds going to charity. This time around I have chosen The Trussell Trust, a wonderful charity who help provide […]

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Rob Papen has announced the release of the Quad software synthesizer in VST, AU and AAX plugin formats for Windows and Mac. The sonic palette is huge, through the vast modulation possibilities that QUAD has to offer. The sound sculpting tools start in each Oscillator and are the Phase Distortion and WaveShaper. These tools are […]

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Freaky Loops has released a new sample pack titled Hip Hop Paradise, a collection of loops and samples for new and old-skool Hip Hop productions. Contains a variety of fresh and inspirational sounds; from wonky drums to hiphop melodies, smokey basses to shimmering instruments sounds, punchy snares to inspirational combi files, percussions, vox, fx and […]

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ADSR Sounds has announced a flash on the Underground Master Bundle, a collection of 10 sound packs from Chop Shop Samples for only $20 USD. Get down and dirty in the studio with over 3,500 samples and loops for Deep Tech, Minimal, Tech House, Techno and House! Featuring Drum loops, vocal loops, bass loops, synth […]

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Sonarworks has announced SoundID Listen, a desktop application that brings personalized sound to anyone listening to their headphones on Mac or Windows, using their perfect personal sound profile called SoundID. SoundID represents a paradigm shift in audio quality, moving away from the traditional one-size-fits-all approach, to personalizing sound for everyone as an individual. SoundID unlocks […]

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Luftrum has announced that its Lunaris Pads Instrument is now available with a rent-to-own option. There has been rising interest in a rent-to-own option of Lunaris and we have also granted a few one-off requests for this. In these uncertain times, we want to open it up for all our customers, and empower you with […]

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Numerical Audio has announced availability of the MM-1 Mute Master app for iOS, a unique AUv3 effect plugin designed to create automated or generative arrangements by automatically mixing multiple tracks inside a DAW. MM-1 allows you to create modular style arrangements where individual tracks are brought in and out based on a set number of […]

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Sound Magic has announced the release of Neo Erhu, a hybrid modeled virtual instrument featuring an enhanced version of the Erhu aka Chinese violin. Neo Erhu uses Music Domain Synthesis, a new technology that can create a digital instrument from scratch, removing the limitation of sampling and modeling. Through Music Domain Synthesis technology, Neo Erhu […]

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Triple Spiral Audio has announced the release of Paradox Lost Redux, a unique Kontakt instrument library by Beautiful Void Audio based on strange, beautiful, and bizarre soundscapes, drones and “simple” tones. At times the sounds capture a fitting, paradoxical cross between evolving and static, beautiful and dirty, dark and light. Some sounds will seem familiar […]

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Wally Cescato is offering a collection of 640 patches for the Trans Computer Maschine VST instrument as a free download to help you in these difficult times of lockdown. They are intended for normal keyboard playing, without using the sequencer section and most of them use just two oscillators. That’s because they date back to […]

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EarthTone has announced the release of its sample pack Anatolian Cura, a collection of professionally played and recorded traditional cura melodies. “Cura” is a stringed Turkish folk instrument and most commonly played in Anatolia. The smallest member of the baglama family with the highest pitched sound. It has only three strings, small body and short […]

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VST Buzz is offering a free download of the Sibilance plugin by Waves Audio, a clever, fast, powerful de-esser specifically designed for vocals and voiceovers. Sibilance allows precise identification of unwanted sibilant sounds such as ‘s’ and ‘sh’ with exceptional quality, allowing you to make your vocals brighter without harshness. Powered by Waves’ innovative Organic […]

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Reason Studios has announced the release of version 11.3 of Reason, bringing the famed Reason Rack as a native AAX plugin to Avid Pro Tools music software. The announcement was made by Mattias Häggström Gerdt, Reason Product Manager, and underscores the company’s ongoing commitment to the Reason platform of instruments, plugins and music production software. […]

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Impact Soundworks’ Andrew Aversa has published the second video in the Music Business 101 series of tutorial videos, taking a look at how you can make money with your music. The video is part of the Impact Soundworks Academy, which delivers lessons and tutorials on a wide range of music production, composition, and business topics, […]

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