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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!
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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…
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Juicy Romance Joins Boiler Room’s Hard Dance Tour
On the back of a new EP, Drink the Juice, Juicy Romance has joined Boiler Room’s Hard Dance Tour…
Deconstructed
Model 500 – ‘No UFO’s’
In our new book on techno production, we break down iconic techno arrangements to uncover what makes them timeless. Juan…
News
Attack Mag Releases The Secrets Of Techno Production Book
The Secrets of Techno Production, a comprehensive 218-page paperback, is now available! Covering techno from its roots to the…
Attack Store
The Secrets of Dance Music Production
The world-leading book on dance music production. Comes with samples too.
Dance Music Producers’ Power Book Bundle
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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.
Show & Tell
Raw Ideology: “Gaming Is The Ultimate Artform”
Raw Ideology might be well known already to fans of hardstyle techno but what makes him tick is more than…
Synth Secrets
Making Com Truise Style Basslines With MiniFreak V
MiniFreak V is a new addition to Arturia’s V Collection X. We have the physical counterpart let’s load…
Interviews
Yasmine Rasool – Head of Programming XP Music Futures
At XP Music Futures 2023, we spoke to Yasmine Rasool, Head of Programming, about the job, the region and more…
News
Beatport Launches BPXX: Celebrating 20 Years of Dance Music and DJ Culture
To celebrate 20 years in dance music, Beatport announces BPXX, including a new web experience and an initial program of…
The Best...
The 10 Best Hardware and Software Releases of the Year
From synths to effects, grooveboxes to pedals, here are our favorite music production releases of 2023.
The Best...
The 13 Best Electronic Music Tracks Of The Year
The annual thankless and impossible task is upon us. Here are 13 tracks we really got into this year.…
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CRSSD Festival Announces Lineup for Spring 2024 Edition
CRSSD Festival returns with its Spring 2034 edition featuring Armand Van Helden, Astra Club, Black Coffee, Dixon and more.…
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Beatport Announces New President & CRO
The Beatport Group has announced the promotion of Matt Gralen to President and Helen Sartory to Chief Revenue Officer at…
Gear/Software
Vocal Reverb by Antares
Antares, best known for Auto-Tune, has released Vocal Reverb. Can artificial intelligence speed up the process of creating the…
Interviews
5 Mins With Satoshi Tomiie At XP Music Futures 2023
Straight from his modular workshop at this year’s XP Music Futures, we caught up with house legend Satoshi Tomiie…
News
Køzløv Is On Tour In Europe This Month
Catch the rising techno star Køzløv’ across Europe this month.…
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Giordani, Brown & OFFAIAH Join Forces On Drumcode
The seminal Swedish label run by Adam Beyer is gearing up to release a collaboration with Layton Giordani, Eli Brown…
The Best...
Ten of the Best Abandoned Plugins
From an early NI emulation to trackers and more, some of the best soft synths and effects ever made are now lost to the inexorable march of technology.
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Artcore Launches A New Online Marketplace
Artcore has launched a new online marketplace for artists and independent labels to sell their music. There’s an added…
Show & Tell
Salvione: “When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it”
As 2023 draws to a close, we asked a few artists to summarise their year via their favourite YouTube videos…
Show & Tell
A.ON – “Frank Zappa Helped Create The Label ‘Parental Advisory'”
As 2023 draws to a close, we asked a few artists to summarise their year via their favourite YouTube videos…
Columns
The Subtle Evolution of Selling Out
Selling out, patronage, sponsorship and endorsement – all equal the same thing – financial reward. But are artists getting paid to feature…
Long Reads
Has Techno Lost Its Groove?
Is reducing techno down to 15 or 30-second social media clips, changing the direction of techno production? Is it…
Show & Tell
Ornery: “Monocle…It’s Always A Great Read’
As 2023 draws to a close, we asked a few artists to summarise their year via their favourite YouTube videos…
Podcasts
Pig Room Podcast EP 7 – Rebekah
Attack Editor, Eric Brünjes, sits with Rebekah for 45 minutes on techno today, her studio processes, and to discuss…
Interviews
Fumio Mieda, The Father Of The Korg MS-20
Longtime Korg engineer Fumio Mieda has had a massive but largely unappreciated influence on dance music. We spoke to the 83-year-old about designing the MS-20 and Jimi Hendrix’s favorite effect, and more.
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OFFAIAH To Release Harry Romero Remix
The Xmas season might be a quiet moment for most, but OFFAIAH is steaming ahead with a Harry Romero remix…
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Ableton Live 12: What’s New?
Ableton has announced the upcoming release of Live 12, a major update that should keep a wide range of musicians…
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Minimal Audio Release Swarm Reverb
Minimal Audio has released a new reverb plugin, Swarm Reverb.…
My Studio
Alinka – “Sorry For Not Trending”
Berlin based Alinka shows us her playful but well-stocked studio.…
Q&A
Machine Woman – “Research & Understanding Will Get You Far”
Machine Woman recently featured as Attack’s Track of The Week in our newsletter. She’s also a massive supporter…
Introducing...
Ones To Watch: 3 New Producers Using Pirate Studios
Having developed into far more than a forward-thinking rehearsal space business, Pirate is home to a wealth of exciting…
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Tomi & Kesh Announce New EP on wAFF’s Nature Imprint
The German duo are also booked to make their BPM debut with a busy schedule for 2024 lined up.…
