News
Teenage Engineering Release OP-XY
A follow-up to the OP-Z in a smart-looking black monochrome finish has been unveiled, and it comes…
News
Splice Announces New Sample Partnership With Alissia
The library behemoth, Splice, and GRAMMY®-nominated producer Alissia are set to release six curated sample collections presented as “Alissia…
News
Anthony Godfather Announces World Tour
Dubbed ‘The Father’ of Latin tech by Mixmag, Anthony Godfather is heading out on the road.…
Tutorials
The Theory Of Techno Pads (Part 1)
In an excerpt from our new book, The Secrets of Techno Production, we dive into the theory of techno pads…
Synth Secrets
The Baddadan Synth Bass Sound
The sound of the summer. We retrospectively look at the Baddadan horn synth bass that continues to rumble dance floors…
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.
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.
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
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.…
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.
Job Envy
Allan Siema
Allan Siema is an artist manager at Simple Complex Music, co-founder and publicist for music platform Fave Sounds and…
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…
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
2021 Winter NAMM Show Cancelled
The biggest gear event of the year will be replaced by a virtual ‘Believe in Music’ week.
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.…
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
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.
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…
Hardware Focus
Roland System-100
In our latest Hardware Focus, we take a look at Roland’s 1975 semi-modular behemoth, the System 100.
Gear/Software
Modal Electronics COBALT8
Modal’s latest is a virtual analogue poly that aspires to reinvent the aesthetic of traditional analogue sound.
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.
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.
Columns
Swimming Against The Stream
Spotify announced their latest mad plan ‘Amplifying Artist Input in Your Personalized Recommendations’ this week. Harold Heath shares some fair…
News
October’s Best Music
It’s that time again when we round up some of the best house and techno released last month: turn…
Show & Tell
Ooft
Glasgow’s Ali Herron (Rapture, Delusions of Grandeur and Wolf Music) has just dropped his excellent deep house and slo…
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…
Gear/Software
Native Instruments Maschine+
With Maschine +, Native Instruments cut the computer tether to offer a premium DAWless beat-making experience—but is it worth the price?
Tutorials
Mono-Safe Stereo Width
In this tutorial, we look at three techniques that will ensure that your wide mixes still sound good when collapsed to mono.
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.…
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…
Track By Track
DJ E-Clyps
DJ E-Clyps’ third album, ‘Vintage Future II’ drops today. We got him to talk us through it, Track By…
Synth Secrets
Supermassive Pads With Valhalla
In this Synth Secrets, we create an ambient pad full of modulation and character using Valhalla’s free Supermassive reverb and delay plug-in.
News
Sequential Adds User Wavetable Import To Pro 3 Monosynth
Sequential this week announced a significant enhancement to their acclaimed Pro 3 multi-filter monosynth — support for user-created wavetables.
