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.
Gear/Software
Korg MS-20 FS
Korg finally release the full-size version of their classic monosynth, the MS-20. Can it still hold its own amidst the clones and competition?
Track By Track
Change Request – Theoretical Certainty LP
House producer and DJ Andrew Emil aka Change Request dropped his Theoretical Certainty LP, so we thought we’d get…
News
Roland’s TR-8S Update Adds An FM Synthesis Engine And New Effects
Roland has released the version 2.0 update for the TR-8S, bringing FM synthesis, new effects and a reload function to the company’s flagship groovebox.
Tutorials
Lush Vocals with Waves CLA EchoSphere
In this short tutorial we use Waves’ new slap delay and plate reverb hybrid plug-in to give life to a dry acapella sample.
The Best...
The Best AI-Assist Plugins
In this Best Of roundup, we take a look at the top five music plugins incorporating artificial intelligence.
News
Dave Shelton, Founder of Legendary Chicago Club, Medusa’s, Has Died
Dave Shelton, founder of the all-ages Chicago nightclub, Medusa’s, has died aged 64.…
Job Envy
Allan Siema
Allan Siema is an artist manager at Simple Complex Music, co-founder and publicist for music platform Fave Sounds and…
Tutorials
Squarepusher-Style IDM Beats With Output Arcade
In this tutorial, we program an IDM beat by using Output’s notorious sampler to slice up drum breaks and modular loops.
News
WIN A RECORDING SESSION AT METROPOLIS STUDIOS WORTH £12,000!
Win a 3 day all expenses paid trip to London worth a whopping £12,000 which includes a recording session…
Interviews
Muallem: “In dance music, it’s hedonistic – but it’s also business”
For the first of this month’s The Business of Music interviews, we speak with Muallem, booker and one of…
News
2021 Winter NAMM Show Cancelled
The biggest gear event of the year will be replaced by a virtual ‘Believe in Music’ week.
Q&A
Effy
2020 breakthrough artist Effy drops her fourth release of the year, her relentless tech-workout ‘Bodied. We caught up with…
Deconstructed
Lone – Dragonrush
Every month in Deconstructed we examine the arrangement of a successful dance track. This time, we tear down Lone’s throwback head rush of a tune, ‘Dragonrush’.
News
DJ Erick Morillo arrested and charged for sexual battery
DJ Erick Morillo has turned himself in after allegations of sexual battery on a woman.…
News
Eventide Releases ShimmerVerb, A “Massively Lustrous” Reverb Plug-In
Eventide continues its series of H-series hardware effect emulations with ShimmerVerb, combining reverb with parallel pitch shifting.
Columns
If Streaming Isn’t Going Away, Can We Make It Fairer?
We recently published a column about Spotify’s new pay-to-play initiative. This week we’re looking at what…
Beat Dissected
Bicep-Style Breakbeats
In this new Beat Dissected, we program a breakbeat inspired by Bicep’s trance-break hybrid anthem ‘Atlas’.
News
Saffron Launches Digital Members Club to Tackle Gender Imbalance in Music Tech
Saffron has launched a digital subscription platform, Saffron Members, for womxn to connect and learn in the world of music…
News
Akai MPK Mini Mk3: The “World’s Best-Selling” USB MIDI Keyboard Controller Gets A Reboot
The new MPK mini has a slick new look and a slew of new features aimed at solidifying its reputation as the MIDI Swiss Army knife.
Passing Notes
Auto-Generated Parts With Follow Actions
In this new Passing Notes, we use Ableton’s Follow Action and Random MIDI features to produce a Leftfield-style drum pattern, a complex bass line and an endless chord progression.
Tutorials
Compressing Reverbs For Clarity
In this quick tutorial, we demonstrate how to use compression to get a big reverb without the wash.
News
Engine DJ’s New Update Brings Soundcloud Go+ and Beatport Link Streaming to Denon DJ Products
Engine OS v1.5 also features a new Quick Source Menu, making it easier to switch between various sources including all supported streaming services.
Show & Tell
Ooft
Glasgow’s Ali Herron (Rapture, Delusions of Grandeur and Wolf Music) has just dropped his excellent deep house and slo…
Columns
DJ Mag Top Oh My God Are We Really Doing This Again
The news this week has been full of illegal ballots, voter fraud, recounts and rigged counts – yes that’s right…
Interviews
Robert Hood: “Give that machine a heart”
Robert Hood’s ‘Mirror Man’ album drops later this month on Rekids. We spoke with the Detroit techno legend about…
News
Black Junglist Alliance launches community portal, BJA TV
The Black Junglist Alliance has set up a community portal to unite Black artists in the world of jungle and…
News
£500 Million Culture Recovery Fund Includes Dance Music Events
New guidance confirms that dance music events will be eligible to receive grants from £500 million relief fund.…
Track By Track
Eats Everything
Eats Everything is back with his biggest release to date – an 8 track EP for the eighth release for his…
Long Reads
Making A Synth From Scratch – Sonicware Liven 8bit warps
Creating a new synthesizer is a long journey full of challenges, deadlines and pressures. We talked with Japanese boutique instrument company Sonicware about the process behind the making of their new synthesizer, Liven 8bit warps.
News
WHO Relief Fund Raffle Winners Announced
It’s time to announce the winners of our WHO relief fund raffle. Read on to see if it’s…
