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.
Synth Secrets
8-Bit Video Game Samples
In this Synth Secrets we’ll be creating a variety of 8-bit video game loops and textures using the Kingston Chip Synthesizer in the Korg Gadget 2 app.
Long Reads
Do DAWs Really Have Their Own Sound?
We attempt to answer the question that has plagued music production for years: do DAWs sound the same or do they indeed imprint a sonic signature on your music?
News
Police Claim Illegal Raves Bankrolled by Drug Dealers
Police say that DJs are being bankrolled by gangsters to organise “festival-sized” raves across the UK this summer.…
News
Roland Adds Four Classic Synths To Zenology
Roland has announced that it is bringing emulations of four of its classic synths to Zenology and other ZEN-Core Synthesis instruments.
Gear/Software
Newfangled Audio Generate
Generate, from Newfangled Audio and Eventide Audio, combines chaos, physics, and West Coast synthesis. Is this synth plugin more than the sum of its parts?
Interviews
Damian Lazarus: “Out of economic hardship and difficult times – that’s when the best art is made”
For this month’s feature interview we talked with Damian Lazarus, DJ, producer, label boss, A&R and farmer…
News
June’s Best Music
June 2020 was a great month for new, quality house and techno music. We’ve gathered together a few of…
News
The Cause Nightclub Announces Plans for a New Warehouse Unit to Aid Social Distancing Measures
Tottenham nightclub, The Cause, is adding a three-storey 5,000-square-foot room, named “The Theatre”.…
Gear/Software
Output Thermal
Output has hit another one out of the park with Thermal, an intuitive and inspiring multiband distortion plugin.
Hardware Focus
Programming FM Synthesis With The Roland TR-8S
Roland’s surprise firmware update has added FM synthesis to its already powerful drum machine. Let’s see how to make the most of it.
News
Trax Records Facing Lawsuit Brought by Artists Larry Heard and Robert Owens
Larry Heard and Robert Owens are suing the Chicago house label for $1 million ‘unpaid’ royalties.…
Job Envy
Ken Liu
Ken Liu is a graphic designer – “the creative department for small companies like record labels that don’t have a…
Beat Dissected
Drunk Drummer-Style Grooves
In this latest Beat Dissected, we program a hip-hop beat with a drunk drummer feel inspired by J Dilla and more contemporary users of the technique like Flying Lotus and Kaytranada.
Long Reads
From Pedals To Plugins: A History Of Modulation Effects
The history of modulation effects is long and fascinating, stretching from the electromechanical devices of the 1940s up to our ultra-modern digital plugins.
News
Dreadbox’s Typhon Synthesizer To Pair Analogue Circuitry With Digital Effects
Dreadbox has announced the Typhon, a portable analogue synthesizer with digital effects from Sinevibes.
News
Block 9 Releases Documentary About Glastonbury’s First Gay Nightclub, NYC Downlow
Watch the story of Glastonbury’s legendary queer club in Meat Rack, a new short film released by Block 9…
The Best...
Ten Of The Best: Headphones For Music Production 2020
In this latest edition of our roundup series, we update our list of ten of the best studio headphones, from happily affordable to hardly obtainable.
Interviews
Laura Lewis-Paul: “The passion and the drive, that’s what keeps it going”
For the second of August’s The Business Of Music features, we speak with Laura Lewis Paul, founder and creative…
Reviews
Dance Music Documentaries
If you’ve got some time on your hands, there’s a wealth of good quality documentaries about dance music…
News
Output’s Thermal Promises Interactive Distortion
Output, makers of granular processor Portal, are back with Thermal, which they’re billing as an “interactive” distortion plugin.
Gear/Software
Akai Professional MPC Beats
Akai professional’s free MPC Beats DAW is great for beginners and experienced producers alike.
Interviews
Sisters Of Murphy: Róisín Murphy & Colleen Murphy In Conversation
This month’s feature interview is with singer, songwriter and Disco-Queen Róisin Murphy who’s about to drop…
News
iZotope Stutter Edit 2 Redesigned With More Effects, New UI
Stutter Edit 2 from iZotope gets a redesign, with new effects, a new look, and an auto mode.
News
Nightclubs to stay closed as lockdown measures lifted in UK
Boris Johnson has announced that from July 4th, hotels, pubs, libraries and hairdressers will be allowed to reopen in the…
Tutorials
Vintage-Style Analogue Warmth And Saturation
In this tutorial, we explore how to bring vintage hardware-style analogue warmth and saturation to your productions with plugins.
Synth Secrets
Mall Grab-Style Layered Pluck Lead
In this Synth Secrets, we create a Mall Grab-inspired layered pluck lead that emulates his fast-paced, rave-ready style.
News
Buy and Sell Plugin Licenses for Free with Knobcloud
A new website enables users to list their unused audio software licenses on the database and purchase plugins for discounted…
News
Classic Tracks – The Real Stories Behind 68 seminal Recordings
New in the Attack Store is “Classic Tracks – The Real Stories Behind 68 seminal Recordings” by New York Times best…
Deconstructed
Reese – Just Want Another Chance
Deconstructed is an ongoing series where we take apart the arrangement of a song to see what makes it work. This time, we’re looking at Kevin Saunderson’s Detroit techno classic, ‘Just Want Another Chance’.
Long Reads
Unlikely Moments In Dance Music History
Dance music and DJ history has been driven by disruptive technologies, revolutionary movements and pioneering people. We look at few…
News
East London’s Rave Radio Pirates Documented
A social history project in East London has produced a map showing the exact location of the area’s pirate…
