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.
Tutorials
Grime Synth Basics
As grime undergoes a major resurgence, we demonstrate how to create some of the genre’s staple synth sounds from…
Interviews
Jesse Rose
We caught up with Jesse to discuss his tribute to Thomas Bangalter’s Roulé label and the benefits of Los…
Synth Secrets
Pitched Percussion
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: 23/3/15
This week’s top mixes include Bicep’s Hot Tub Slamz II, Mr G’s funk influences, a 100% Prince…
Interviews
Kevin Saunderson
Attack editor Greg Scarth meets Kevin Saunderson to discuss the globalisation of dance music, hidden samples in Inner City records…
News
News Round Up: 1/8/14
Teenage Engineering’s $50 drum machine, interviews with RZA, Svengalisghost and ClekClekBoom and Baron Von Luxxury vs Warner Music.…
News
News Round Up 20/3/15
YouTube launches YouTube for Artists, Ableton publish a book on making music, Krystal Klear on club history, and Ultimate Breaks…
Beat Dissected
Garage Shuffle
In the latest Beat Dissected, we construct a shuffling garage beat laced with swing.…
Top Tracks
Alexis Raphael
The Londoner looks back at his formative musical experiences, from rave remixes of soap opera theme tunes through to analogue…
The Best...
Ten Of The Best: Analogue Mono Synths
From palm-sized powerhouses to reissued classics, join us as we run through our top analogue options at every price…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 16/3/15
This week’s top mixes include Fred P landing Butter Side Up, Uncle Dugs 100% vinyl 90s jungle, Kassem Mosse…
News
News Round Up 13/3/15
A global record store database, James Holden’s group humaniser, Juan Atkins explains missed shows, and Williams and Thicke fined…
News
News Round Up: 25/7/14
Understanding human hearing, J Dilla instruments to be displayed, Martyn’s 5 influential Ninja Tune releases and Pete Tong does…
Top Tracks
Chymera
From Nine Inch Nails and Ministry through to Nelly Furtado and air piano, the Berlin-based Irishman talks us through…
Synth Secrets
303-Style Arpeggiator In Sylenth
This month we’re creating an arpeggiated 303-style acid synth using Sylenth.…
Introducing...
Plugger
Newly signed to Davide Squillace’s This And That label, Plugger is a sonic experimentalist with a penchant for sampling…
News
Say Hello To The Modulus.002
This all-new hybrid from Britain raises the bar for the hardware synth renaissance.…
Tutorials
An Introduction To FM Synthesis
Often dismissed as overly complex, FM synthesis isn’t necessarily as difficult to get to grips with as its reputation…
Columns
Gregory Scott’s Kush Cafe: Saturation is the new black
Yes, saturation is a pleasing mix colouring tool, writes Gregory Scott, but its real genius is its ability to craft…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 9/3/15
This week’s top mixes include Nicky Siano live at the Gallery, a Vangelis primer, Sunday morning with Danny Daze…
My Studio
Pittsburgh Track Authority
“Plotting aggressive moves that lead to further world domination.” Yeah. We let PTA go wild with the studio tour.…
Columns
Thomas Cox: We Need To Talk About Vinyl
Vinyl sales are apparently on the up, but is the bubble in danger of bursting? Thomas Cox warns that dance…
Beat Dissected
Early 80s Groove
In the latest Beat Dissected, we explore the early 80s with a retro pattern based on classic digital drum machine…
News
News Round Up 6/3/15
Inside the bizarro universe of Italo disco, a documentary on disco pioneer Cerrone, and visualising rhythm with the ‘wheel method…
Q&A
DJ Sneak
“The worst gig I’ve ever played? Probably hasn’t happened yet. I could be stuck on some shit EDM…
Gear/Software
M-Audio Trigger Finger Pro
Another contender joins the crowded pad controller market. Greg Scarth checks out the new version of M-Audio’s ever…
Introducing...
Baum
Spanish house producer Baum introduces himself and shares his favourite gazpacho recipe.…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 2/3/15
This week’s top mixes include Secretsundaze dons making some magic, DVA’s Gem City part two, Slimzee’s hardcore…
Interviews
Matt Black In Conversation
In the second of our videos from this year’s London Electronic Music Event, Coldcut’s Matt Black reflects on…
Job Envy
Music Lawyer David Fenton
We spoke to the Musicians’ Union’s in-house solicitor David Fenton to find out how he ended up combining…
News
News Round Up 27/2/15
An ARP Odyssey comparison, secondary ticket market regulation, ruminations on the death of the album, and Apple acquires Camel Audio…
