Synth Secrets
The Baddadan Synth Bass Sound
The sound of the summer. We retrospectively look at the Baddadan horn synth bass that continues to rumble dance floors…
Attack Store
The Secrets of Dance Music Production
The world-leading book on dance music production. Comes with samples too.
Max for Live: Knob Studio
Knob Studio offers dynamic waveform manipulation and parameter mapping capabilities.
The Producer’s Manual
Everything you need to take a mix, from initial recording to final master.
Max For Live: Chance Engine
Add controlled yet random fluctuations to your most important parameters
Max For Live: Mouth Play
Unconventional vocal shaping with a brass model or FM oscillator source
Replicants – Elektron Analog Rytm Sample Pack
Electro sounds for the Elektron Analog Rytm. Free your spirit.
Track By Track
DESIREE Chooses Her Top Tracks
At CRSSD Festival in September we followed DESIREE into the Chapter One vinyl pop-up and asked her to select…
Gear/Software
ModeAudio Airspace – Sky’s The Limit?
When is a reverb more than a reverb? We patrol ModeAudio’s brand new Airspace to find out more……
News
Doors Open Rebrands As Community Interest Company
The Resident Advisor jobs site has been overhauled, with a fresh rebrand plus a transition to a not-for-profit…
News
MeToo Music Premieres ‘When The Music Ends’ Highlighting Sexual Abuse Against Marginalised Communities in Nightlife
“When The Music Ends” is based on real-life accounts from anonymous contributors and follows the individual stories of three…
News
Ableton Launches Move: A Portable, Standalone Instrument for On-the-Go Music Creation
After various mystery marketing campaigns, the wait is over. Move from Ableton is here and it’s a long awaited…
Gear/Software
Audiomodern Soundbox Review: The Kontakt Killer?
Upstart plugin developer Audiomodern is challenging the hegemony of Kontakt with its new sampler, Soundbox. Is Audiomodern Soundbox good enough to dethrone the Native Instruments mainstay?
News
Korg Introduces The multi/poly – A Revolutionary Analogue Modelling Synthesizer
Combining the warmth of classic analogue sound with the versatility of digital technology, the multi/poly looks like a formidable…
Q&A
JKS – “The Importance Of Silence Is Underrated”
We caught up with JKS to put him through the paces of the quick-fire Q&A.…
Synth Secrets
Make Your Own Jungle FX
In this Synth Secrets, we’ll recreate some of the jungle’s most iconic and oft-used samples from scratch…
Beat Dissected
Hypnotic Techno Inspired by Phase Fatale’s ‘Love Is Destructive’
In this Beat Dissected, we’re making a hypnotic percussive heavy techno beat inspired by Berghain resident and BITE label…
News
Music Production For Women (MPW) Has Announced A Free 2 Day Course
Music Production for Women (MPW) has announced a two-day Women in Music Tech Summit on October 19th and 20th…
Columns
Aslice: The Inevitable End But Does It Have To Be This Way?
We spoke with DVS1 at IMS in 2022 about his new company Aslice. Two years later, it announced it’s…
Interviews
AIR TimewARP 2600 | Sonic Explorations with Lisa Bella Donna
In this short documentary, Lisa Bella Donna explores her passion for modular synthesis, the history of the ARP 2600 synthesizer…
News
Stay At Prince’s Home In Minneapolis
The legendary stars’ home will soon be available for rent on Airbnb.…
Q&A
Lacchesi: “Work Hard, Keep Your Head Down”
Ahead of his US tour, you can catch Lacchesi at Boiler Room Barcelona in October or at RSO, Berlin, next…
Interviews
Production Tips From 5 CRSSD Festival 2024 Artists
CRSSD Festival returns to the San Diego waterfront next month. We caught up with Rex The Dog, Azzecca, Narciss, Mathame…
Podcasts
Pig Room Podcast EP 10 – Kakul Srivastava CEO Of Splice
Attack Editor Eric Brünjes recently sat down with Kakul Srivastava, the CEO of Splice, to discuss the company’s…
News
Ruiner: A New All-In-One Sound Destruction Plugin
Ruiner follows closely on the heels of OSS, Song Athletics’ debut plugin, which was released earlier this year.…
News
Dockyard Warehouse Festival Adds Indira Paganotto To He.She.They. Line-Up
With limited tickets available, celebrate the future of techno with an epic daytime event during ADE 2024 on October 19th…
Introducing...
STEYA: “Relentless Techno Rollers…With The Right Amounts Of Punchiness”
As a rare new signing to Marcel Fengler’s IMF label, our ears were perked. It’s time to find…
Interviews
Atsushi Hoshiai: The Man Behind The TR-909
This is the story of the creation of one of the most famous drum machines of all time, the Roland TR-909.
News
Pulsar Audio Release Poseidon EQ Plug-in Inspired by Trident A-Range Console
Think of Poseidon, and you might think of the 1972 film, but think again. Pulsar Audio is turning everything upside…
Long Reads
Modulation Revelation: The Future of Sound Design?
Of all the powerful features of modern DAWs, modulation has recently emerged as an increasingly critical tool for producers, performers…
Q&A
Sara de Araújo: “Good Music Never Goes Out Of Style”
Sara de Araújo’s debut on Adam Beyer’s Truesoul, ‘Who Is?’, was released in July. We decided to…
News
Connecting Creators: LabelRadar Launches Artist Collaboration Network
LabelRadar’s new Artist Network, as part of The Beatport Group, enables musicians to connect and collaborate based on genre…
News
Manybeat Set To Tour US
Following his ‘Mentalidad Tour’, Manybeat is gearing up to tour the US.…
Tutorials
How I Play Live – Alejandro Mosso
In a new series for Attack, we ask live electronic music musicians how they do it. First up, Alejandro Mosso…
Track By Track
ARTCORE OffSonar VA Vol.2 (Part 2)
Part 2 of a special Track by Track examines the production techniques behind ARTCORE OffSonar VA Vol.2.…
