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
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…
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?
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…
Attack Store
Max for Live: Knob Studio
Knob Studio offers dynamic waveform manipulation and parameter mapping capabilities.
The Secrets of Dance Music Production
The world-leading book on dance music production. Comes with samples too.
The Producer’s Manual
Everything you need to take a mix, from initial recording to final master.
FinalFinal T-Shirt
A hilarious tribute to our never-ending battle with file naming chaos.
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
Max For Live: Travelogue
A Max for Live MIDI device creating a unique sonic journey with joyful surprises
Underground Resistance: The Final Frontier Poster
Anti corporate, political, powerful and progressive the power house of Jeff Mills, Robert Hood and "Mad" Mike Banks needs little introduction.
Replicants – Elektron Analog Rytm Sample Pack
Electro sounds for the Elektron Analog Rytm. Free your spirit.
Max For Live: The Spellbook
LFO inspired by sacred geometry, weaving nature's fabric into your projects
Passing Notes
Daft Punk Basslines: The Ultimate Guide – Part 2
In part two of this installment of Passing Notes, we break down three more Daft Punk basslines while noting composition and arrangement tricks that the iconic duo applied regularly in their productions.
Hardware Focus
Syncing Drum Machines And Sequencers To Your DAW
Getting drum machines and hardware sequencers to play nice with your DAW isn’t hard but you have to know the proper settings. In this Hardware Focus, we find out what’s up with sync.
Job Envy
Love Shodipe
Love Shodipe is a producer and engineer working at QMF (Quality Music Freak), a new outlet part of Spitfire Audio…
News
The Times: A New Fictional Novel Inspired by UK Club Culture
Inspired by the peculiarities and eccentricities of UK club culture, ‘The Times’ is a new book written by producer/DJ…
News
Win a Korg Volca Modular
We’re giving you the chance to win a Korg Volca Modular. Simply take part in a short survey for…
Track By Track
Moments In Time Vol.2 Various Artists
Released last month, Moments In Time Vol.2 Various Artists, is a stomping compilation of fiery techno. We asked the…
News
How to program electro like DJ Seinfeld
In our next Beat Dissected video, we show you how to program electro in Ableton Live in the style of…
News
Aphex Twin and ODDsound have released a plugin that “redefines musical tuning”
Designed to be at the centre of a microtonal studio setup, this collaboration between ODDsounds, a UK startup, and Aphex Twin should fire your music into a microtuning odyssey.
Synth Secrets
‘80s Post-Disco Funk Synth
We go back to the ‘80s and synthesize some polysynth licks inspired by post-disco heat from Larry Levan and the New York underground.
Tutorials
Mixing Microhouse
In the first-ever installment of our Mixing Demystified series, we mix a microhouse beat using Waves plugins in Ableton Live.
Video Tutorials
How to make IDM and Slice Breaks with Output’s Arcade
After a few years away from the platform, Attack is returning to publishing content on YouTube. Our new video runs…
News
Love Hultén unveils a stunning customised Korg Minilogue XD
Recently displayed on Instagram, this lovely custom Korg Minilogue XD job by Love Hultén is bound to set pulses…
Podcasts
“Change The Record” A New Podcast By Attack Mag
Change the Record is the inaugural podcast from Attack Magazine, hosted by Clara Löffler. Over the course of six…
Tutorials
Understanding Ableton Live 11’s New Spectral Effects
We get to grips with Live 11’s two new spectral effects and use them to process a breakbeat.
Video Tutorials
Bicep Style Breakbeats
After a few years away from the platform, Attack is returning to publishing content on YouTube. To begin with, we…
News
SoundCloud Announces Fan-Powered Royalties
Soundcloud has announced they are introducing fan-powered royalties where money made from listeners goes directly to the artists they…
Beat Dissected
Basic Channel-Style Dub Techno
In this installment of Beat Dissected we program a dub techno beat in the style of Basic Channel, the duo that pioneered the genre.
Long Reads
From Voder To OVox: A History Of Vocal Synthesis – Part 2
In this second part of a two-part series, we further explore the history of vocal synthesis, this time diving deep with the talk box and vocal pitch correction.
News
Eventide Rewinds Time With The Clockworks Bundle
Eventide are celebrating 50 years of audio goodness with the introduction of the Eventide Clockworks Bundle.…
Track By Track
Wayward
Wayward are dropping their debut album ‘Waiting For The World’ next month. We got Lawrence Hayes and Louis Greenwood…
Q&A
Dense & Pika
10 years deep in the game, Dense & Pika have forged a reputation for a smorgasbord of electronic sounds. Their…
Hardware Focus
Advanced MIDI Routing
MIDI routing can get cumbersome and complex. We untangle the cords and look at solutions for managing a studio full of MIDI gear.
News
Jeff Mills Releases Free Magazine The Escape Velocity
The techno icon has released his debut magazine The Escape Velocity and it’s free to read online.…
News
Ableton Live 11 is Now Available
With plenty of new features, Ableton Live 11 is now available. We take a brief look at what’s new…
Passing Notes
Daft Punk Basslines: The Ultimate Guide
In part one of this new two-part Passing Notes series, we break down the French duo’s bassline composition techniques to draw lessons from some of their greatest hits.
Deconstructed
Catz ‘n Dogz & Gerd Janson – Modern Romance
Deconstructed is a series where we break down the arrangement of a song. This time, we’re laser focussed on Catz ’n Dogz and Gerd Janson’s melodic house track, ‘Modern Romance’.
News
Daft Punk Have Split After 28 Years
Daft Punk, the Parisian duo responsible for some of the most popular dance music of all time, have announced their…
Columns
Yousef: “Logic and Brexit don’t go hand in hand”
Last week DJ and producer Yousef (Crosstown Rebels, Hot Creations etc.) spoke to a UK government cross-party round table…
My Studio
Quenum
Cadenza co-founder Quenum (Cocoon, Second State) is about to drop a three track underground house EP ‘Little Secret’ featuring…
Long Reads
From Voder To OVox: A History Of Vocal Synthesis
In the first installment of a two-part story, we look at the evolution of vocal synthesis, from primitive speech-mimicking machines to modern software vocoders.
News
Waves Release Vocal Bender – Real-Time Voice Manipulation
Waves has announced their latest plugin Vocal Bender, a zero-latency pitch and formant shifter that lets you manipulate vocals…
