Oct 27, 2026
How Streaming Royalties Are Paid: Pro-Rata vs User-Centric
Streaming pays from a shared pot, not from the artists you played. Here is how pro-rata, user-centric and artist-centric payouts work, and what changed in 2024.
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Oct 25, 2026
Hi-Res Audio Explained: Do 24-Bit and 192 kHz Matter?
What sample rate and bit depth really measure, what blind listening tests found, and when 24-bit/192 kHz helps in the studio but not on your headphones.
Oct 17, 2026
How a Vinyl Record Is Made, Cut, Pressed and Played
Follow a record from lacquer cut to stylus: how grooves hold stereo sound, why the RIAA curve exists, and why vinyl sales just passed $1 billion again.
Oct 8, 2026
How Music Recommendation Algorithms Actually Work
How streaming services pick your next song: collaborative filtering, audio analysis, skips as signals, and practical ways to steer your recommendations.
Oct 6, 2026
How Lossy Audio Compression Works: MP3, AAC and Opus
Learn what MP3, AAC, Opus and FLAC actually throw away, why you rarely hear it, and how to run a blind test to find the quality you can truly hear.
Sep 30, 2026
How Loudness Normalization Ended the Loudness War
Streaming services now level every track to a target like -14 LUFS. Here is how that ended the loudness war and what it means for how music is mastered.
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