Long Reads
10 Key Moments in Music Production History
Here are ten times that companies took chances on new tech and producers abused it in the name of fresh sounds.
News
Splice Adds Country Music To Splice Create
Country techno might just be on the horizon……
News
Trifecta by Manifest Audio: Multitimbral Polyrhythmic Arpeggiator with Auto-Hocketting
Designed to arrive at uniquely interwoven patterns, Manifest Audio delivers a truly unique sequencing arpeggiator…
News
Experience The Secrets of Techno Production: Berlin Book Launch Next Week
Join us at Torte Bar on January 14th for an evening of workshops, networking and techno.…
The Best...
The 10 Best Secret Sauce Plugins Of 2024
Here are our choices for the 10 best secret sauce plugins of 2024, apps that can turn a blah track into a banger – and four of them are free!
Attack Store
Dance Music Producers’ Power Book Bundle
Get 2 best-selling music production books. Buy more, spend less.
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.
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
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.
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.
News
David Lee drops ‘Joey Negro’ DJ alias
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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.…
Beat Dissected
Armando-Style Acid House
In this new Beat Dissected, we program a vintage acid house beat inspired by Armando’s classic ‘151’.
Gear/Software
Pioneer DJ CDJ-3000
With the CDJ’s ubiquity in clubland, and at this price point, it was always going to create a stir…
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
Gear/Software
Korg Volca Sample2
Korg has updated its popular Volca Sample with USB sample import. But is it enough to justify the price bump?
Columns
The Unsung Synth Influence Of Eddie Van Halen
Eddie Van Halen may have been known as a guitarist but his synth work also had a lasting influence on a generation of kids raised on MTV.
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…
Passing Notes
Orchestral Techniques from Jeff Mills’ Amazon (Blue Potential Version)
In this new Passing Notes we use Spitfire Audio’s new Originals orchestral instrument plug-ins to recreate two sections from the Detroit Producers’ collaboration with a live orchestra.
The Best...
Ten Of The Best: Wavetable Soft Synths
In this instalment of Ten Of The Best, we run down the top, must-have wavetable soft synths available.
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.…
News
September’s Best Music
We take a look through some of the very best techno, house and electronic music released in September.…
Gear/Software
ASM Hydrasynth Desktop
ASM’s all-digital Hydrasynth is packed with features and is certainly impressive on paper but does it live up to its promise?
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.…
My Studio
Cora Novoa
Established Spanish DJ, producer and ‘Seeking The Velvet’ label founder Cora Novoa recently released her ‘The Hive’ EP on Vitalic…
Tutorials
Tuned Metallic Delays
In this tutorial, we look at how to add metallic delays to a break, and then tune them to match the key of the track.
Gear/Software
Solid State Logic SSL 2+ Offers Analogue Warmth Appeals to Musicians and DJs alike
The iconic Solid State Logic has always been known for its incredible but pricey analogue and digital audio mixing consoles…
News
Eventide Releases Undulator Plug-In, Commits Proceeds to Social Justice Organizations
Eventide has released a plug-in version of the classic tremolo effect from the iconic H3000 Harmonizer and has pledged all proceeds to the NAACP and EJI.
News
Jeff Mills Releases Every Dog Has Its Day Volume 9
The ninth instalment of Jeff Mills’ Every Dog Has Its Day series will be available on July 16th.…
Quizzes
Crossword #2: Acid House
Time on your hands? You don’t have to be in retirement to enjoy this classic format as we present…
Passing Notes
Parallel Chords
In this new Passing Notes we focus on the technique of parallel chords, which are one of the tried and tested means for catchy progressions in dance music.
Top Tracks
Alinka
Alinka’s space-age techno EP ‘Control Transmission’ just dropped on Crosstown Rebels, so we got the DJ & producer…
News
NI Launches “Community Drive” Charity Sound Pack to Raise Money for COVID-19 Relief
Native Instruments’ launches “Community Drive” charity sound pack to raise money for COVID-19 relief
Tutorials
Reamping In And Out Of The Box
In this tutorial, we look at how to use the technique of reamping to add size and weight to dry sounds—both inside and outside your DAW.
Interviews
Stephane Clavel, Virtual DJ: “We’re a start-up, we don’t have job titles!”
Stephane Clavel is the founder of Virtual DJ, the DJ software company and joins us for the second of this…
Long Reads
The Revolution Will Be Digitised: 25 Years Of The MP3
The 14th July 2020 is the 25th birthday of the MP3. We spoke with artist and curator Dr John Kannenberg…
