Track By Track
DESIREE Chooses Her Top Tracks
At CRSSD Festival in September we followed DESIREE into the Chapter One vinyl pop-up and asked her to select…
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.…
News
Ableton Launches Move: A Portable, Standalone Instrument for On-the-Go Music Creation
After various mystery marketing campaigns, the wait is over. Move from Ableton is here and it’s a long awaited…
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?
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.
Synth Secrets
Low-Slung Analogue Bass With U-He Diva
Synth Secrets is a series of programming tutorials in which we show how to make a range of classic and…
Gear/Software
Synchro Arts Revoice Pro 3
One of the leading vocal pitch correction programs gets a major update. Greg Scarth explores the creative potential of Revoice…
Beat Dissected
Synthwave Drums
In the latest Beat Dissected, we focus on retro-influenced sound design to create a synthwave groove.…
News
News Round Up: 23/10/15
George Clinton talks at Dimensions, Ibiza clubs to close at 6.30am next summer, the return of bootleg vinyl, and…
Top Tracks
Leftwing & Kody
“To see Jamie Jones playing my music for the first time and seeing the crowd’s reaction sent goosebumps all…
Beat Dissected
Linn LM-1 Beat
In the latest Beat Dissected, we create a full-bodied disco-style beat using Linn samples.…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 19/10/15
This week’s top mixes include Motor City Drum Ensemble at Dimensions, old and new sets from Ben UFO, Felix…
News
News Round Up: 16/10/15
The intersection of games and music, NI introduces third-party plugin support for the Komplete Kontrol, Ibiza’s water problem…
Gear/Software
U-he HIVE
U-he follow their fiendishly complex Bazille synth with a much more straightforward plugin. Greg Scarth puts HIVE to the…
Top Tracks
Ashworth
With his debut album forthcoming on Needwant, the London producer reveals his favourites and explains why he admires Levon Vincent…
Introducing...
Etcher
“These are great times for quality underground electronic music.” True-school Swedish acid from the man known only as Etcher…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 12/10/15
This week’s top mixes include Matt Walsh delivering percussive techno, a 90s cassette mix by Club 69 DJs, Zomby…
Deconstructed
Disclosure – Bang That
We deconstruct the arrangements of tracks to see what we can learn from their structure.…
Interviews
King Britt
Producer, DJ and all-round creative polymath King Britt has launched a new subscription service, offering an album a month…
News
News Round Up: 9/10/15
Benga speaks on mental illness stigma, The Black Madonna writes about the plight of small labels, and is reel-to…
Beat Dissected
Found Sound Groove
In the latest Beat Dissected, we show how mixing found sound elements with conventional drum hits can create a…
My Studio
dOP
The French trio show us around their awesome Berlin studio, which features the oldest drum machine we’ve ever seen…
Columns
Part-Time Punks: Are Amateurs Ruining Dance Music?
Thomas Cox argues that amateurism on multiple levels within the dance music industry traps us in a harmful cycle.…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 5/10/15
This week’s top mixes include Bicep Lifting You Up, 2-step and 4×4 with El-B, Kindness saying “Yoroshiku…
News
Novation Announce Circuit
Novation introduce new groovebox, Circuit, which features Ultranova-derived synth engine and 8×4 pads.…
Show & Tell
Teki Latex
There’s more to life than music. In the first of our new Show & Tell series, Sound Pellegrino’s…
Synth Secrets
80s Bass With Reveal Sound Spire
Synth Secrets is a series of programming tutorials in which we show how to make a range of classic and…
News
News Round Up: 2/10/15
Moog Mother-32 revealed, Roland officially release Boutique series details, Steve Albini slams dance music culture, and Blawan and London…
Job Envy
Promoter – Ajay Jayaram
Having learned his trade with a ten-year stint programming nights at London’s legendary The End club before setting…
Gear/Software
AIAIAI TMA-2
AIAIAI’s update to the much-loved TMA-1 headphones introduces class-leading customisation options. Greg Scarth puts them to…
Beat Dissected
808 R&B
In the latest Beat Dissected we create an R&B beat based on classic 808 hits but laced…
Synth Secrets
Warping Bass in NI Massive
Synth Secrets is a series of programming tutorials in which we show how to make a range of classic and…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 28/9/15
This week’s top mixes include Detroit’s Andrés on Balamii Radio, Clone’s Serge and Alden Tyrell on…
Columns
Gregory Scott’s Kush Cafe: Don’t Mix Ignorable
Mix brash, mix cheesy, mix bold or mix beautiful… mix however you like, but don’t mix ignorable, writes Gregory…
Top Tracks
Mahk & Morpheus
Fresh from collaborating for a single on Tiefschwarz’s Souvenir label, Mahk and DJ Morpheus join forces once more to…
News
News Round Up: 25/9/15
Leaked email reveals EDM payola, Frankie Knuckles’ record collection goes on display, Jeff Mills speaks out and Moog set to…
