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
Beatport Streaming Introduces Lossless FLAC Audio
Audio quality just got a big endorsement.…
News
Stay At Prince’s Home In Minneapolis
The legendary stars’ home will soon be available for rent on Airbnb.…
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.
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.
Interviews
Jas Shaw’s New Lease on Life, Touring and Techno
The month’s feature interview comes courtesy of Jas Shaw – one half of Simian Mobile Disco. Having been a mainstay…
Synth Secrets
Techno Synth Stabs
Synth Secrets is a series of programming tutorials in which we show how to make a range of classic and…
News
NAMM 2020: The Iconic Arp 2600 Returns
Following Jean Michel Jarre’s leak last month, the expectation was high that Korg was to reissue the legendary semi…
News
NAMM 2020: Korg Wavestate
With NAMM incoming next week companies are gearing up their new releases. One to get excited about is Korg’s…
Q&A
M.R.E.U.X.
“I have spent my entire life between synthesizers, vinyl and electronic drums.” M.R.E.U.X takes on our…
Reviews
The Best New Gear from Knobcon 2019
As electronic music instrument gatherings go, Chicago’s Knobcon is a modestly-sized affair compared to Superbooth and NAMM. But…
News
News Round-Up: 20/12/19
Tis the season of giving with freebies arriving from Arturia, Native Instruments and a new FM synth “Rsonik”. Mr Oizo…
Show & Tell
Third Son
There’s more to life than music. In our Show & Tell series, artists talk us through some of their…
Show & Tell
Modeselektor
It’s hard to imagine but there’s more to life than music. In the latest instalment of our Show…
My Studio
Soramimi
“The environment here is very sunny and airy, but my music is usually dark and dense – a contradiction I embrace…
News
Mac VS PC: Letters To The Editor
We received plenty of response to our Facebook post on the perpetual debate of Mac vs PC for the purposes…
News
News Round-Up: 14/12/19
Behringer teases their first Eurorack module and modular synth case. Blond:ish gets huge industry support for plastic initiative. Facebook…
Long Reads
Manila: Music is the Answer To Keep on Moving
As the club raids continue and the death toll rises as part of President Duterte’s ongoing drug war, Liz…
Passing Notes
The Chords and Arpeggios of Todd Terje
In this latest Passing Notes article, we take a better look at Todd Terje’s evergreen “Preben Goes to Acapulco…
Gear/Software
iZotope Neutron 3: Think Globally and Act Locally
This AI mixing assistance technology has been around for a while now. What does iZotope’s Neutron offer in its…
Track By Track
Plus 8: +8138
With our series Track by Track we invite an artist to break down their release… Track by Track. With our…
Interviews
Oscar Mulero – The Beauty of Leaving a Legacy
“How are things going now? Faster and more raw and not that sophisticated of a sound.” Madrid native Oscar Mulero…
News
Win a Pair of Headphones
Take part in a short survey for a chance to win a pair of headphones.…
Columns
When is a polyphonic synth not a polyphonic synth?
Here’s a question for you: when is a polyphonic synth not a polyphonic synth? Answer: when it’s a…
Tutorials
Programming and Layering Sliced Drum Breaks for Use in Techno
In this tutorial we’re going to explore how we can slice separate drum breaks, program, process and layer them…
Gear/Software
How Analogue is the Roland Cloud?
Adam Douglas finds out just how analogue the Roland Cloud is.…
News
The Best Black Friday Deals for DJs and Producers 2019
We round up the best Black Friday 2019 deals for producers and DJs.…
Introducing...
Eva Swan
“The kick is very important to me, it has to be strong, dark and full.” Belgian producer Eva Swan introduces…
Books/DVDs
Make Your Music Make Money: Understanding Royalties
Unless you’re a major-league DJ or spend your life on the road the largest chunk of a musician…
Tutorials
How to make an Acid House bassline
We show you how to make an Acid House bassline squeal using AudioRealism’s ABL2 – a Roland TB-303 clone…
News
Deezer Research announces Spleeter an AI tool that splits stems
Deezer Research, the research and development arm of French music streaming app Deezer, has announced Spleeter – an open source AI…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 18/11/19
This weeks mixes include Tim Sweeney for Beats In Space, DJ Voices for Truants and Chris Liebing’s AM/FM…
Introducing...
Hendrik van Boetzelaer
With a new squelchy, pulsating and genre blending EP recently released, Geneva based DJ and producer Hendrik van Boetzelaer, formerly…
Interviews
Matador
Matador opens up on his hybrid setup, owning exclusive vinyl and having a studio to match the seasons.…
News
News Round-Up: 15/11/19
No more Born Slippy. A new app from Jean-Michel Jarre. Fold’s license suspended. Black Spring shipping just in…
