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.
Gear/Software
AIR Vacuum Pro
AIR Music Technology’s reputation as a producer of high quality effects and virtual instruments stems from their early work…
My Studio
Strip Steve
Once we got over the disappointment of realising that his name’s not Steve and he doesn’t even strip…
My Studio
Julien Bracht
The live performance specialist shows us round his studio, featuring analogue synths, a selection of live percussion instruments and one…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 23/6/14
This week’s top mixes include TV themes by µ-Ziq, Rabit’s tuff jam session, Robert Hood rocking the boat…
Long Reads
The World’s Most Desirable (And Valuable) Electronic Music Gear
Greg Scarth shines a spotlight on some of the most desirable drum machines, the most sought-after synths and the…
Beat Dissected
Up-front Garage
Still one of our most requested genres, this instalment of Beat Dissected focusses on a future garage beat constructed from…
Features
Giles Smith’s Vocal Jams
To accompany our feature on the meaning of house we asked Secretsundaze founder Giles Smith to pick his favourite 21st…
News
News Round Up: 20/6/14
Three new littleBits modules, Chilly Gonzales’ Re-Introduction Etudes, the YouTube-indie label clash and The story of Tonka Sound…
News
News Round-Up: 27/9/13
Waldorf Pulse 2 finally arrives, Korg and Karenn go on tour, entrepreneur sells Molly water and Fabric have a 30…
Gear/Software
Korg Volca Beats, Bass & Keys
Korg’s new Volca boxes offer analogue drums and 303-style synth grooves at an incredible price. Do they live…
Top Tracks
Benny Rodrigues
From underground Rotterdam radio shows to Cape Verdean party anthems, the Dutchman talks us through his all-time favourites.…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 16/6/14
This week’s top mixes include Funkineven’s signature style, Oakenfold from Spectrum in ’88, Addison Groove’s Solid Steel…
News
Mixes of the week: 23/9/13
This week’s best mixes: the roots of dubstep, flutes, wedding bangers and a sex tape.…
News
News Round-Up: 20/9/13
Disclosure get overexcited, Major Lazer tell America to get real about drugs and Four Tet announces an 8am live show…
News
News Round Up: 13/6/14
A lecture with Dave Smith, Genelec’s green innovation, Bitwig discounts and a free channel strip plugin from Eventide.…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 9/6/14
This week’s top mixes include Pariah’s sonic ethos, El-B’s early dubstep flavours, fresh techno from R…
My Studio
David August
As he prepares for the closing party of Diynamic’s Sankeys residency, the classically trained producer shows us around his…
Q&A
DJ Yoda
We caught up with the cut and paste master at Lovebox Festival to put him through his paces with our…
News
News Round Up: 6/6/14
Watch Mumdance make a beat, check out details of a new drum machine from Acidlab and watch a Kerri Chandler…
Tutorials
Complex Arps
Arpeggiators aren’t just for simple chord parts. Bruce Aisher explores some more advanced uses.…
Interviews
Machinewerks: The Black Dog Branch Out
As South Yorkshire techno stalwarts The Black Dog launch a new hardware company, we asked Martin Dust to tell us…
Gear/Software
M-Audio Axiom AIR
M-Audio updates its controller keyboard range, introducing a new flagship. Is the updated automap feature an improvement? Yes… unless…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 2/6/14
This week’s top mixes include Metalheadz celebrating their 20th year, Artwork in the mix, rowdy atmospherics from Lawson Benn…
Beat Dissected
Raw French House
In our latest drum programming and sound design tutorial, we look back to the 90s heyday of Parisian house.…
Interviews
Dave Smith On Synth Evolution
When we were introduced to Dave Smith by his colleague Roger Linn we jumped at the opportunity to talk him…
Long Reads
What Makes A Great Label?
With more new record labels being launched than ever before, standing out from the crowd is crucial to success. But…
Video Tutorials
‘Your Love’ Synths Deconstructed
Marc Adamo walks us through the process of recreating the synth parts in Frankie Knuckles and Jamie Principle’s house…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 26/5/14
This week’s best mixes include Matthew Herbert in the British Library, Pezzner in the house, the return of the…
Interviews
Trevino
The man formerly known as Marcus Intalex talks to Greg Scarth about his move from drum and bass into house…
My Studio
Jacky 0
Cider, ethnic instruments and gummy bears. We take a look round Jacky 0’s Milan studio.…
News
News Round-up: 23/5/14
Soul II Soul in discussion, a biting satire of EDM, Twitter walks away from possible SoundCloud deal and a composer…
