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
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.
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
Replicants – Elektron Analog Rytm Sample Pack
Electro sounds for the Elektron Analog Rytm. Free your spirit.
Long Reads
Gear Predictions For 2021
We cast our gaze into the future and predict what hardware releases await us in the coming year.
Passing Notes
Generating Chords and Melodies with Random MIDI
In this sequel to our Passing Notes article about auto-generated parts, we use Live’s Random MIDI device to generate a long chord progression and two melodic leads.
News
Fold And Corsica Studios Among 135 Venues Saved By Culture Recovery Fund
135 UK venues will receive support from the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund.…
News
August’s Best Music
Another month and another round-up of some of the best techno, house and electronic music released in August.…
Long Reads
2020: Our Best-Read Technique Articles Of The Year
We look back at the most popular Attack tutorials and how-tos of the year.
Interviews
Fabio Boxikus from Gegen
For December’s feature interview we spoke with Fabio Boxikus, promoter of Berlin’s infamous Gegen, a queer sex positive…
News
Eventide Release Pendulate, A Free Synth Plug-In With a “Chaotic” Oscillator
Pendulate’s oscillator generates waveshapes based on the movement of a double pendulum while its effects emulate numerous Buchla Series 200 modules.
Gear/Software
Werkstatt-01 And CV Expander
Is it really possible to get the coveted Moog sound for around £200? Darren Selement investigates the Werkstatt-01 and finds out.
Columns
2020 A Year In Dance Music. Pt. 2: Plague Raves – Watch Like Nobody’s Dancing
We continue our review of 2020 in dance music, with the second half of a year in which DJs tragically…
News
Algoriddim’s Neural Mix Pro Can Isolate Vocal, Instrument and Drum Stems
Neural Mix Pro’s ‘real-time music source separation’ could be the next technological stepping stone for extracting acapellas and other musical parts from audio for sampling.
News
Nine Inch Nails’ Alessandro Cortini Is Selling His Rare Buchla 406 Synth
The Italian synth enthusiast’s facebook post simply states “If you know what this is and you’re interested, DM me!”
Long Reads
2020: A Year In Dance Music Part 1 – Through The Haunted Mirror
We look back at the year in dance music through the twisted prism of social media.…
Long Reads
2020: The Year In Gear
We look back at a year of music technology and pick our favourite pieces of hardware.
My Studio
Hugo Paris
Hugo Paris, AKA Dave Maclean from Django Django has just released ‘Music Saves The World’ in collaboration with house don…
News
NTIA Report Puts Forward Plan For Nightclub Reopening In UK
Face coverings on the dancefloor and security patrol are amongst the list of measures proposed by the NTIA for a…
My Studio
Risa Taniguchi
She’s just dropped her three track acid-flavoured techno EP ‘Rockim’ on Kneaded Pains and has recorded for Clash…
The Best...
The Best Holiday Gifts For Producers
In this holiday edition of Best Of, we round up the most drool-worthy gifts of the 2020 season.
News
MOD Devices Release The MOD Duo X Audio Processor, Promising A “Modular Universe At Your Fingertips”
The MOD Duo X features over 400 plug-ins, MAX/MSP effect compatibility, desktop software for modular-style patching, MIDI Sync and more.
News
ROM Expansion Enhances Roland TR-707 With Samples From The TR-808, LinnDrum And More
HKA Design’s update adds eight sound banks of iconic drum machine sounds to the TR-707 and 727.
Long Reads
Classic Tracks: Public Enemy – Black Steel in The Hour of Chaos
In this latest excerpt from Classic Tracks, Richard Buskin takes a deeper dive into the Bomb Squad’s production techniques…
Synth Secrets
Modulating Vocal Textures With Wavetable Synthesis
In this installment of Synth Secrets, we’ll be layering a pad with slow and melodic vocal textures in Ableton’s powerful Wavetable synth.
Track By Track
Mr Beatnick
Genre-straddling UK producer Mr Beatnick released his second album, ‘Honeycomb’ in June this year. It’s an enticing journey…
News
Help Secretsundaze Survive The Covid-19 crisis
Over £40,000 has already been raised to support and save Secretsundaze.…
Gear/Software
Novation AFX Station
Novation’s Bass Station II gets a new name and new look. Is it more than just the Analord’s New Clothes?
Track By Track
15 Years of Lazy Days
Fred Everything’s deep house label Lazy Days are celebrating 15 years at the forefront of an ever-changing scene…
News
How High is Your Roland IQ Winners Announced
It’s time to announce the winners of last month’s Roland interactive and immersive experience. Read on to see…
News
Korg Unveil the Next Generation Volca Sample
Korg have added more memory, features, and connectivity options to their internationally acclaimed compact sampler.
Gear/Software
UDO Audio Super 6
Does UDO’s Super 6 hybrid polyphonic synthesizer live up to the hype? Bruce Aisher finds out.
Gear/Software
Waves CLA Epic
Waves’ latest effects plugin combines four delays with four reverbs. Is more necessarily better?
News
Count Shelly, British Sound System Pioneer, Has Died
Count Shelly, Pioneer of British Sound System culture has died aged 88.…
