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What’s Up With Filters? A Practical Guide To Synthesizer Tone Control

We break synthesizer filters down, from cutoff to key tracking, 2-pole to multimode, bandpass to SEM.

When Is An Arp Not Just An Arp? 3 Modern Arpeggiators To Elevate Your Arp Game

Modern arpeggiators are complex and powerful. Here’s how to use three of them in techno productions.

Step-by-Step Guide: Adding Audio Playback to Your PDF Documents

Labels receive hundreds of promos every day. Some of these tips might help improve the submission process.…

How To Choose The Best Amplifier For Your Hi-Fi Speakers

With a wealth of options to choose from, we help you choose the best amplifier for your hi-fi speakers…

The Theory Of Techno Pads (Part 1)

In an excerpt from our new book, The Secrets of Techno Production, we dive into the theory of techno pads…

How I Play Live – Alejandro Mosso

In a new series for Attack, we ask live electronic music musicians how they do it. First up, Alejandro Mosso…

5Ways To Use Pulsar Massive By Pulsar Audio

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Mixing A House Track With Channel Strip Plugins

Is it possible to get a solid mix done with just channel strips? We use Waves’ SSL EV2 plugin and find out.

The Beginners Guide To The TR-909

If an original TR-909 unit is out of your price range, Roland’s digital recreation, available through Roland Cloud…

Overmono-Style Pads With Roland Cloud Juno-106

It’s not just the lies that are good. Dial in classic and surprisingly thick pads with the Roland Cloud Juno-106 emulation.

Five Plugins, One Chain: Creating A Reverb Effect With A Variety Of OneKnob Plugins

Single knob-style plugins can be convenient for quickly adding effects but can they be used in a more creative way? We string together a chain of Waves OneKnob plugins and find out.

Mixing A Breaks Track Using Waves’ Gold Plus Subscription

Is it possible to mix a song using just Waves’ Music Maker Access subscription service? We find out.

Using PlayStation Impulse Responses With FabFilter Pro-R 2

From Call of Duty to Fifa, PlayStation has been a staple in most of our lives for 30 years. But…

Make An Italo Bassline With Chance Engine

Chance Engine is a Max for Live device designed to add controlled yet random fluctuations to the most important…

Making Your Own Techno Kick Mix Chain Using Waves’ StudioRack

Using Waves’ free StudioRack plugin, we show you how to build up a go-to kick chain with compression, saturation, EQ and parallel processing.

Create Organic Sounding Tracks Using Toontrack’s EZDrummer

In this tutorial, we’re going to use Toontrack’s EZDrummer to add an organic flair to your house tracks…

How AI Sound Matching Does More Than Just Find Sounds Quicker

Sound matching technology can be a boon for workflow, but there are other, hidden advantages behind using AI for sample…

Making Moves: How To Pack Your Studio Equipment For A Smooth Relocation

Moving the studio doesn’t need to be complicated. Here are some tips for safely and securely getting all your…

The Ultimate Delay Guide

Delay may not be as complicated as some other kinds of effects but there’s still a number of things to keep straight. We take the guesswork out of choosing the right

How Gain Staging In Your DAW Can Help Keep Your Mix Clean And Punchy

In this gain staging walkthrough, we show you step by step, how to improve your mixes, keeping them clean and…

How To Use A Sequencer With Catalyst

There are a tonne of sequencers out there. How does the new CATALYST stack up with the rest?…

How To Use MPE With Chordjam 1.5

We use Chordjam alongside Live’s Wavetable to make a pitch-bending synth progression. Chordjam has recently been updated to…

Five Key Production Thoughts with Hybrasil

Inspired by the city where he now lives, Berlin, Hybrasil’s latest album is a rolling thunderous techno odyssey. We…

Dirty FM Bass

We continue our exploration of FM synthesis techniques with a variation on a dirty, LFO-modulated bass sound.…

Make Lo-Fi With Pastels By Lunacy Audio

In this tutorial we’re going to use Pastels, a brand new CUBE expansion pack, to make lo-fi house…

A Look At Synth Modulations For Beginners

Using the modulation matrix in Wavetable in Ableton Live to help bring a track alive.

Reese Bass Redux

We go back to basics with the iconic Reese bass sound, demonstrating some simple techniques before moving on to a…

FM Electric Piano

Moving forward with our examination of FM synthesis, we show how to create a classic electric piano patch in NI…

Sequencing a Chord Progression With WaveDNA’s Liquid Music

In this tutorial, we show you how to sketch out compelling chords without any music theory knowledge.

10 Common Modulation Routings Using Ableton’s Wavetable

Learn how to set up 10 of the most common modulation routings in Ableton Wavetable.

Complex Arps

Arpeggiators aren’t just for simple chord parts. Bruce Aisher explores some more advanced uses.…

Quantisation & Velocity Editing Basics

Quantisation and velocity editing allow us to correct inconsistencies in our beat programming, but when should we use it? Bruce…

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