Vinyl fans rejoice: Discogs finally has a dedicated mobile app, “Currently, buying stuff will redirect you to the mobile website, but Discogs’ aim for this was to just get the application out as fast as possible and add more features later based on feedback. The site hopes to officially launch it early next year and is leaning pretty heavily on its community for feature requests and the like.”
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Record label co-owner is credit to spirit of Lafayette: “Lucius A. Fontenot is a photographer, artist, co-owner/partner at Valcour Records. He is cool, generous about the talents of others and very creative.”
Get an old-school sound with AudioThing’s Vinyl Strip plugin: “Many producers spend hours trying to imbue their tracks with authentic old-school flavour, but AudioThing might just have simplified the process with the release of its Vinyl Strip plugin.“
Like records? Here’s advice from a vinyl enthusiast: “When I worked at the Electric Fetus, it was a genuine pleasure to talk with people about vinyl and why it is so magical. I talked to people who had been collecting for years, but also to youngsters who were just starting out their collections. People were definitely passionate, whether it was because of nostalgia or claims that vinyl sounds better.”
