Companies like Apollo, Hercules DJ, Korg, BandLab and Boombox are narrowing the gap between Major Label recording and Home Project studios.
The latest advances in technology has made content creation more affordable than ever for aspiring artists and musicians to create professional content from anywhere. It doesn’t take a $10,000 mixing boards and $2,000 mics to get quality vocals and decent mixes in 2025.
Equipment manufacturers like Hercules DJ and Korg are creating products that incorporate smartphones and tablets as computing hubs for DJ and producer set-ups, while platforms like Bandlab, empower creatives to take control of their own careers without waiting for major-label deals or needing access to big recording studios. While newer apps like Boombox aim to provide a cloud storage platform strictly for musicians, the tools and services that were once only within the reach of big music studios are now equipping home recording studios to take over the entire creative process.
Hercules DJ, won the 2025 CES Innovation award for their new DJControl Mix Ultra which allows for wireless integration with the Algoriddim DJay app on smartphones and tablets.
While Korg, has introduced the NanoKEY Fold – a compact foldable MIDI controller that seamlessly integrates with their Korg Gadget app.
Bandlab is an all-in-one ecosystem that provides a recording studio, library for instrumentals and beat packs, which an accompanying social media platform – all within one app.
Splitter – the Stem Splitter tool works like it does in many other platforms, as many DAWs and audio apps have integrated the ability to separate the stems from audio files. All of them don’t work as well as others, with Bandlab being at the upper echelon of stem splitting results.
Mastering – there are even one-tap mastering tools, with 8 presets for popular genres of music in many Digital Audio Workstations like BandLab.
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Boombox – a cloud storage platform for musicians, aims to bring useful features and tools that creatives normally pay several sources for in one place.
You can also try out their beta tools at Boombox Labs – which includes creative tools like a Chord Progression Generator, Stem Splitter, and Songsmith – takes MIDI files, and analyzes them to create 16-bar arrangements.
Use our link to signup for Boombox and get an extra 2GB free on top of the 5GB for free accounts (7GB total for signing up!)
The reality is that while big recording studios appear to be going out of business, they are still being booked for mixing and mastering sessions. Technology has allowed many creatives to build small home studio setups, and utilize smarter budgeting by allocating pre-production and demo sessions themselves.
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