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.
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.
Track By Track
Paul Cut
French DJ and producer Paul Cut released his ‘Le Bal des Douaniers’ album earlier this year, a feast of precisely…
News
Pioneer DJ Release Limited Edition Version Of The DDJ-SB3
The DDJ-SB3-S features silver-colored aluminum jog wheels with a matching body and it will only be available in specific regions.
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…
News
Primal Scream singer Denise Johnson has died
Denise Johnson, who sung with Primal Scream and New Order, has died aged 56.…
Columns
Summer In The Hamptons
Have we, with a little help from the Chainsmokers, a Goldman Sachs CEO and a plot to hawk hand sanitiser…
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
Theoryboard Wants To Be Your Springboard To Advanced Music Theory
The Theoryboard is a 96-pad controller that aims to overcome the obstacle of music theory knowledge during production.
News
Behringer Shares First Images of Eurorack-style ARP 2500 Clone
The latest from Behringer is a clone of the ARP 2500 analogue synthesizer made up of Eurorack-compatible modules.
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
David Lee drops ‘Joey Negro’ DJ alias
The artist formerly known as Joey Negro announced on Facebook yesterday that he will no longer be using the artist…
News
Labelism is New App That Allows You To Discover Music Via Record Label Data
A new label-based music discovery app, Labelism, is available for download on August 6th.…
Deconstructed
Joe Smooth – Promised Land
For this month’s Deconstructed, we take apart the arrangement of a deep house vocal classic, Joe Smooth’s ‘Promised Land’.
My Studio
Richard Devine
A real treat for gear heads this month as we take a look around the fabulously well-specc’ed studio…
Interviews
Lindi Delight, De Light Management: The Business Of Music
In the first of this month’s The Business Of Music features, we speak with the head of De Light…
News
Akai Professional Roll Out New DAW MPC Beats
Akai Professional has cemented its place in the DAW club, with the new MPC Beats boasting a 2 GB sample library, 3 new plug-in instruments and 80 FX plug-ins
Interviews
North Street Collective: “The Spirits In The Air”
From his role in X-Press 2, Black Science Orchestra and The Ballistic Brothers to his many solo projects, Gentleman…
Tutorials
Filter Fills
In this tutorial, we program a chord stab and look at how to use advanced filter modulation to create dynamic effects in a breakdown.
News
Marea Stamper has changed artist name to The Blessed Madonna
The artist formerly known as The Black Madonna has changed her DJ alias to The Blessed Madonna following an online…
Job Envy
Robb McDaniels
For this month’s Job Envy feature, we spoke to the Robb McDaniels, CEO of the world’s largest online…
Long Reads
Sound System Revolution
Marcus K. Dowling takes a look at the influence of West Indian sound system culture on the birth of the…
Hardware Focus
Integrating Hardware With Ableton Live
Hardware is fun, but how can we get it to play nicely with our DAW? In this Hardware Focus, we look at getting started with integrating hardware into your computer-based setup.
News
Soundcloud Launches Instant Mastering Feature
Soundcloud launches Dolby-powered automated mastering for $4.99/track, claims new service can identify details, unique sections and musical transitions.
News
Inner City release first album in 28 years
Inner City return with their first album since 1992, We All Move Together.…
Interviews
Tatsuya Takahashi: “I just tried to design products to be the best I can imagine them”
Synth designer Tatsuya Takahashi spoke to us ahead of his talk at the music conference, Most Wanted.
Beat Dissected
Armando-Style Acid House
In this new Beat Dissected, we program a vintage acid house beat inspired by Armando’s classic ‘151’.
News
Spotify Expands to Russia and Twelve Other Countries
Spotify’s expansion into Russia and twelve other countries brings the streaming platform to 92 markets worldwide.…
