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?

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…

Stay At Prince’s Home In Minneapolis

The legendary stars’ home will soon be available for rent on Airbnb.…

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…

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…

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…

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Colin Benders – “I used to be a trumpet and flugelhorn player”

“The PMCs are flush-mounted in my studio for maximum sonic yield. I almost cried the first time I switched…

Make A Glitch Inspired Beat Using Loopcloud

In this new Beat Dissected we use Loopcloud samples to program a drum break with glitched effect loops and a vocal acapella. 

Danny Goliger Dec 21 Chart

Top ten for December from producer & DJ Danny Goliger featuring Overmono, Kessler, Forest Drive West, Elkka and more.…

Martyn Bootyspoon Dec 21 Chart

Top ten for December from producer & DJ Martyn Bootyspoon featuring Binary Digit, Annweiler, VTSS, Joy Orbison and more.…

Feeling Out Of Place: Qrion On Making Her Way In The States

Stepping out of her comfort zone, from Japan to the US, Momiji Tsukada, aka Qrion, has had to battle significant…

Lo-fi House Using The New Retro Fi Plugin From Waves

We use Waves’ new lo-fi chain plug-in, Retro Fi, to add warm analogue-style textures and character to a house beat.

Spitfire Audio Releases Abbey Road Two: Iconic Strings

Spitfire Audio has teamed up once again with Abbey Road to release Abbey Road Two: Iconic Strings.…

The “Greatest Groove Machine” Robbie Shakespeare Has Died

Prolific Jamaican duo Sly & Robbie’s Robbie Shakespeare has died in Florida, age 68. Known for his smooth, infectious…

How To Make A Synthwave ‘Laser Gun’ Bassline

In this Synth Secrets, we show you how to create an analogue bassline inspired by Trans-X’s synth-pop classic, ‘Living On Video’.

Turning Hardware Synthesizer Feedback Into Transitions And Risers

In this Synth Secrets, we don our lab coats and do some experiments with two IK Multimedia UNO Synth Pros, using internal feedback to generate transition effects.

What Is The Groove Chord? Adding 7th SUS 13 Chords To Your Tracks

In our latest YouTube video, we take you through what 7th Sus 13 (add 9) chords are, how to use…

Manifest Audio Unveil Octopulse & Global Hub While Updating All Max Effects

With a bevy of updates and two new devices, Manifest Audio reveal a full-fledged workflow ecosystem of generative MIDI effects and creative tools…

Rethinking Compression: 3 Techniques You Should Be Using

There’s more to compression than just clamping down on dynamics. We show you three ways to expand your compression toolkit.

Massive Chords With Chord Voicings Across Synths and Ensemble Strings

In this new Passing Notes we spread chord voicings across multiple synths and instruments to create a powerful progression.

Elisa Bee Dec 21 Chart

Top ten for December from Sardinian producer & DJ Elisa Bee, resident on Raheem Radio & releases on Unknown to…

Change The Record Episode 4: ‘Turn The Tables’ – A DJ Cookbook

In Episode 04 of Change The Record, we sit down with James Martin and Gabriella D’Annunzio. James recently released…

Wez Saunders – Managing Director At Defected Records

For this month’s Job Envy feature, we sat down with Wez Saunders, the managing director at Defected Records.…

Adding Quality And Clarity To Your Mix with Oeksound’s Soothe2

We put Soothe2 to the test on the stems and mix bus of a deep house track.

Slam – Dec 21

Top ten December tunes from Slam featuring Slam and Amelie Lens, Antigone, Geerson and more.…

Rebekah Announces ‘End The Silence’ GoFundMe Campaign

Rebekah, who announced the #Forthemusic campaign in the summer of 2020, has announced a GoFundMe Campaign to raise funds for…

How to Improve The Sound Of Your Home Studio

It’s important to learn how to sound treat a home studio. In this piece, we’re going to look…

Creating House Piano Chords with Toontrack’s EZKeys

Nothing screams classic house music more than house piano chords. In this tutorial, we show you how to make classic…

Jozef K – Dec 21

Top ten December tunes from Jozef K featuring Johannes Motschmann, Julien Brecht, Adam Ten and more.…

Taos

We sat down with Fabian Appolaire aka TAOS ahead of his release ‘Reflections’ on Pont Neuf records.…

The Biggest & Best Black Friday Deals For Producers

It’s Black Friday again. Time to look behind the sofa for every spare penny as there are some massive…

Wrong-Speeding: A Brief History Of Records That Sound Good At The Wrong Speed (Part 2)

The second part of our investigation into records that sound good at the wrong speed, focusing on New Beat and…

‘Lady of The House’ Is Out Now

Originally announced earlier this year, Lady Of The House is now available.…

Plastician Nov 21

Top ten November tunes from Plastician featuring Gina Breeze, Plastician, Interplanetary Criminal and more.…

Honeysmack

“Why the fuck are people still asking which one is the closest to the original (TB-303). Are people conducting…

Using Bi-Polar Distortion On a Bassline With Rift by Minimal Audio

In this article, we are using a bass hit one shot in Ableton Live and applying modulating filters plus bi…

Eventide SplitEQ: Is It A Genuine Game Changer for EQ Plugins?

We take a look at Eventide’s new and revolutionary EQ plug-in that introduces a transient-based approach to EQ’ing

Maelstrom Nov 21

Top ten November tunes from Maelstrom featuring Air Max ’97, Paula Temple, DJ Stingray and more.…

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