The Secrets of Techno Production, a comprehensive 218-page paperback, is now available! Covering techno from its roots to the present day, this highly anticipated follow-up to The Secrets of Dance Music Production offers in-depth insights into the evolution of one of the most influential genres in electronic music
We are excited to announce that The Secrets of Techno Production is officially available. After its successful pre-order launch at ADE 2024, the title is now in stock at Attack Magazine’s US and UK warehouses, with global shipping available.
The long-awaited follow-up to Attack’s renowned The Secrets Of Dance Music Production, The Secrets of Techno Production, is the ultimate guide for creating top-quality techno music. This comprehensive 218-page book offers exclusive content from Attack’s award-winning team, covering everything you need to produce all forms of techno. Plus, it includes over 1GB of audio samples and additional project files, making it an essential resource for both beginners and experienced producers.
Featuring artist insights from:
- 93 Sovage
- 999999999
- Alan Fitzpatrick
- Cressida
- Dave Clarke
- Deepak Sharma
- Denise Rabe
- DVS1
- Florian Meindl
- Francois X
- Helena Hauff
- Hemka
- Indira Paganotto
- Jamaica Suk
- Ken Ishii
- Len Faki
- Lucinee
- Manni Dee
- Metapattern
- Minuit Machine
- Nina Kraviz
- Noemi Black
- Par Grindvik
- Perc
- Pfriter
- Raven
- Regal
- Risa Taniguchi
- Rudosa
- Samantha Togni
- Sara Landry
- Selective Response
- Shinedoe
- Simina Grigoriu
- Strinner
- Vlaysin
- Wehbba
All styles covered, from techno’s Detroit roots to its many variations, including ambient, dub, acid, warehouse, melodic, modular and bang-up-to-date commercial mainstage.
Deep-dive walkthroughs for 40+ iconic beats, basslines and synth sounds from scratch. Next-level tips and techniques on programming, sound manipulation, effects and mixing.
Content Overview
Chapter 1: Starter for Ten – The Techno Toolkit
DRUM PROCESSING 1: TONE
The frequencies that make up a sound and how filters, EQ, and distortion can shape them.
DRUM PROCESSING 2: SHAPE
How a sound’s frequencies change over time, and how envelope settings and compression can be used to shape transients.
DRUM PROCESSING 3: SPACE
Reverb, delay, chorus – and how ambience impacts individual sounds and full mixes.
SAME DRUMS, DIFFERENT BEAT
Three simple beats crafted from the same vanilla sounds.
LAYERING DRUMS
When to layer and when not to layer, using EQ and time-based processing. But beware of that phase!
PROGRAMMING A BEAT
The first steps in beat creation are choosing sounds, velocity programming, quantisation, groove and swing.
REFINING THE BEAT
Taking our beat to the next level by adding detail, tidying frequencies and processing the bus.
PARALLEL PROCESSING
Three approaches to this powerful technique: signal duplication, bus compression and parallel saturation.
MULTI-BAND PROCESSING
When to split a single sound or full mix, and three approaches to using this next-level tool.
FM SYNTHESIS
Dozens of sounds in this book use FM synthesis. Here’s our beginners’ crash-course on carriers and modulators.
Chapter 2: Beats
- Minimal techno
- Detroit techno
- Processed techno
- Deep techno
- Hard techno
- Mainroom techno
- Dub techno
- Warehouse techno
- Schranz
- Birmingham techno
- Melodic techno
- Psychedelic techno
- Broken beat techno
- Electro-infused techno
- Modular techno
- Experimental techno
- Bleep techno
- Acid techno
- Deep minimal techno
- Ethereal dub techno
- Industrial techno
- Motor city techno
Chapter 3: Sounds
BASSLINES
- Programmed riff
- Sampled bassline
- Resampled noise bass
- Stab bass
- Step-sequenced bass
- Reese bass
- Sub bassline
- Wavetable mod bass
MUSIC & SYNTHS
- Dub techno chords
- Rave chords & stabs
- Techno leads
- Step-sequences
- Atmospheric FX
- FM atmosphere
- Textural drone
- Arpeggios
- Techno pads
- Techno vocals
- Movement & change
Chapter 4: Deconstructed
JOEY BELTRAM – ‘ENERGY FLASH’
Beltram’s breakthrough classic – dark, tough and moody – is a track of three parts with solid production, simple but hypnotic programming and a ‘jam’-style arrangement.
UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE – ‘THE FINAL FRONTIER’
Ploughing its own furrow, ‘The Final Frontier’ is at the same time energetic, relentless, idiosyncratic and melancholy. It may be dance music, but not as you know it…
OC & VERDE – ‘MAGICIANS OF THE GODS’
Techno-style drum programming and composition with peak-time builds and drops – an arrangement perfectly crafted for the big-room.
PAULA TEMPLE – ‘RAGING EARTH’
Part dancefloor-accessible techno and part soundtrack, ‘Raging Earth’ is massive in every way and a serial breaker of arrangement rules.
Paperback, 218 pages. The Secrets of Techno Production Book comes with over 1GB of audio samples and project files.
