Synth Secrets
Ambient Sound Design With A Moog Grandmother
Restricting yourself to one synth can be a great way to improve your synthesis chops. We use a Moog Grandmother and Ableton Live to build up an ambient song piece by piece.
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Tutorials
Dirty Disco Filtered Electric Piano
Get inspired by disco and funk and bake your own dirty, rezzy filtered Rhodes electric piano.
News
News Round-Up: 26/2/16
50% off Arturia’s new iOS beatmaker iSpark, new KordBot chord generator device reaches crowd funding target, Goldie awarded MBE…
News
News Round Up: 30/10/15
The mixtape that introduced America to Daft Punk, an early film of Bob Moog demoing a theremin and LEGO Minimoogs…
Tutorials
Nils Frahm-Style Polyrhythmic Arpeggios
In this tutorial we use K-Devices’ Max for Live device Hexo to generate stacked arp parts that contain multiple time signatures and constantly evolving movement
Tutorials
Making An Electro Track With Nothing But A Snare Sample
Flex your sound design muscles by restricting yourself to one sample for every element in a song.
News
News Round Up: 28/8/15
PRS set to take legal action against SoundCloud, Camel Audio Alchemy returns in Logic 10.2, Carl Cox says “Ibiza…
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News Round Up: 7/8/15
Beatport in controversial royalty freeze, 808 Day celebrations, and what are the audiophiles hearing?…
Tutorials
Using A Vocal Sample To Make Supporting Chords And Bass
We show you how to create useful MIDI note information based solely on an audio sample.
Tutorials
How To Bring Your Mix Alive With Bus Processing
We show you how to take your mix from dull to sparkle with bus processing plugins from the Arturia FX Collection 2.
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Ten Of The Best: Synth Mods
DIY or die. Sometimes the only answer is to take matters into your own hands. We’ve picked ten of…
News
News Round Up: 5/12/14
Richie Hawtin apologises for speaker incident, Cubase 8 announced, Robert Hood reflects on his career, and new synths from Arturia…
Passing Notes
Choosing The Right Key For Bass Weight
In this installment of Passing Notes we look at how you can use simple key selection to give your low end a boost.
Tutorials
Re-amping An Acid Bassline With Excite Audio’s Lifeline Expanse
We use re-amping techniques to add depth and vibe to a 303 bassline entirely in the box with Excite Audio Lifeline Expanse.
News
Behringer To Launch Analogue Polysynth
German manufacturer best known for low-budget effects and mixers set to launch analogue synth.…
News
News Round Up: 16/10/14
Bloc are back at Butlins, a chat with the CEO of Ableton, watch the 808 documentary trailer and LFO’s…
Long Reads
Get Your MicroFreak On: The Story Of An Unconventional Instrument
We spoke with Sébastien Rochard, Product Lead on the Arturia MicroBrute, on how the company’s trend-busting digital synthesizer went from idea to realization.
Long Reads
From Voder To OVox: A History Of Vocal Synthesis
In the first installment of a two-part story, we look at the evolution of vocal synthesis, from primitive speech-mimicking machines to modern software vocoders.
News
News Round Up: 3/10/14
The Inside Story of Primal Scream’s Screamadelica, HMV Stages £17m Comeback, Fabric Turns 15, and a Prophet VS for…
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News Round-Up: 25/4/14
A workshop with Mark De Clive-Lowe, a new Moog, the life and death of the mix CD, how Berkshire…
Gear/Software
Korg SQ-64 Poly Sequencer
Korg’s hardware sequencer seems to have it all but how does it perform in the studio?
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The Best Freeware Instruments
This month, we highlight the top seven free plugin instruments that you need in your music-making arsenal.
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News Round-Up: 31/1/14
More Roland AIRA details emerge, Burial posts a #selfie, a brief history of sampling and a closer look at new…
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Ten Of The Best: Hardware Drum Machines
We recommend ten of the best hardware drum machines available today, from brand new bargains through to money-no object…
Hardware Focus
Yamaha DX7
We take a deep dive into the history of the Yamaha DX7, perhaps the defining synthesizer of the 1980s.
Track By Track
Aleksandir – Skin
Just ahead of his debut album, ‘Skin’, on Omena Records, we caught up with Aleksandir and asked him to walk…
News
News Round-Up: 28/6/13
Our weekly review of the latest news in music and tech. This week: Daft Punk remix themselves, Arturia announces Pro…
Long Reads
Gear Predictions For 2021
We cast our gaze into the future and predict what hardware releases await us in the coming year.
Long Reads
2020: The Year In Gear
We look back at a year of music technology and pick our favourite pieces of hardware.
Features
2012: The Year In Dance Music
We take a look back at the highs and lows of 2012 in music and gear, pausing to reflect on…
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Marketing & Advertising With Attack Magazine
If you’re reading this, you might consider working with Attack Magazine. Read on to find out how we can…
Quizzes
Crossword #10 April 22
Aprils’ crossword is Ukrainian themed. How much do you know about Ukrainian music? Time to find out.…
Quizzes
How High is Your Roland IQ?
You have 15 mins to complete 14 practical tests for a chance to win £2,000 worth of Roland gear…
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Ten Of The Best: Headphones For Music Production
We offer a selection of our recommended headphones for studio use, picking out our top choices at a range of…
Long Reads
What Makes A Great DJ?
What makes a great DJ? Kristan Caryl asked a group of top selectors including Dave Clarke, Mr G, Mosca and…
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Ten Of The Best: New Analogue Mono Synths
2014 was an incredible year for analogue synths and 2015 looks set to deliver even more. We run through some…