Gear/Software
Newfangled Audio Generate
Generate, from Newfangled Audio and Eventide Audio, combines chaos, physics, and West Coast synthesis. Is this synth plugin more than the sum of its parts?
News
Arturia Announce PolyBrute, A Morphing Analogue Polysynth
The French brand’s follow-up to 2016’s MatrixBrute boasts polyphony, preset morphing and new options for modulation with expression.
News
Pioneer DJ Introduces The MPU-Powered CDJ-3000
Pioneer DJ’s latest DJ multi player features an MPU processor, a nine-inch touchscreen, and a number of overall improvements.
Gear/Software
Output Thermal
Output has hit another one out of the park with Thermal, an intuitive and inspiring multiband distortion plugin.
Hardware Focus
Programming FM Synthesis With The Roland TR-8S
Roland’s surprise firmware update has added FM synthesis to its already powerful drum machine. Let’s see how to make the most of it.
Attack Store
THE SECRETS OF DANCE MUSIC PRODUCTION – ATTACK MAGAZINE
Featuring 312 colour pages packed with technique, tips, illustrations and hands-on walkthroughs, The Secrets of Dance Music Production pulls together all you need to take a mix from concept to club-ready master, featuring a wealth of exclusive content from Attack’s award-winning team of writers.
£29.99
£27.99 Sale
ATTACK X SAM MOORE: ACID HOUSE T-SHIRT
This T-shirt made in collaboration with London-based illustrator and graphic artist Sam Moore is the perfect accompaniment to our 303 badges and our book A Brief History of Acid House. A little bit silly and light-hearted, this T-shirt is a nod to a glorious genre and time. Long live acid house!
£34.99
PEDAL CRUSH – KIM BJØRN AND SCOTT HARPER
Pedal Crush is a trip into the expansive, eclectic, and mesmerizing world of effects pedals. Bursting with color photos and illustrations, it systematically covers over 800 pedals – from vintage to cutting edge, from the essential to the exotic, from popular classics to boutique wizardry.
£54.99
£49.99 Sale
MAKE YOUR MUSIC MAKE MONEY – INSTANT DOWNLOAD
In Make Your Music Make Money, a brand new 238 page PDF (with instant download) book from Attack Magazine, we show you how, armed with nothing more than a laptop, some talent and a decent work ethic, you can write and record your music, create an international profile and access a worldwide sales infrastructure to make money and build a fanbase from day one.
£14.99
£11.99 Sale
BLIPBLOX BY PLAYTIME ENGINEERING
The Blipblox is a fully functional synthesizer designed for kids and kids at heart! Its unique physical design is easy-to-use and safe for children as young as 3 years old. Its professional features and nearly endless ability to create new sounds make it fun and captivating for everyone!
£189.00
THE PRODUCER’S MANUAL – PAUL WHITE
Featuring 350+ full-colour pages packed with pro techniques, practical photos, detailed illustrations and hands-on walkthroughs, The Producer’s Manual brings together everything you need to take a mix, from initial recording to final master.
£14.99
ADONIS – NO WAY BACK
From Chicago to the world, Adonis was just 19 years old when he crafted this huge Trax label hit "No Way Back" in. In this poster, artist Rob Ricketts has designed the famous pattern to "No Way Back" so you can now get the claps, clav and cowbell just right!
£13.99
EVERMIXBOX4 DJ SET RECORDER
The pocket-sized EvermixBox4 plugs into the back of your mixer and into your iPhone / iPad / Android smartphone, where the Evermix App allows you to record the set in super high quality. After your set, share to Mixcloud + Soundcloud or save to cloud storage locations such as iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive.
£109.99
DJ FACES: A JOURNEY THROUGH HOUSE MUSIC – JOS KOTTMANN
Twelve years in the making, over 100 portraits, 1000s of miles covered worldwide and one joint delicately rolled for Moodymann - DJ Faces is the definitive dance music family photo album.
£54.99
£44.99 Sale
Beat Dissected
Drunk Drummer-Style Grooves
In this latest Beat Dissected, we program a hip-hop beat with a drunk drummer feel inspired by J Dilla and more contemporary users of the technique like Flying Lotus and Kaytranada.
Long Reads
From Pedals To Plugins: A History Of Modulation Effects
The history of modulation effects is long and fascinating, stretching from the electromechanical devices of the 1940s up to our ultra-modern digital plugins.
News
Native Instruments Announce Maschine+, The First-Ever Standalone Version Of Their Flagship Groovebox
Maschine+ is the first embedded product from Native Instruments, bringing the company’s instruments, effects, and sounds into an entirely hardware-based workflow.
News
UDO Audio’s New Analogue-Hybrid Synthesizer, The Super 6, Hits The Market
The Super 6 is a 12-voice polyphonic binaural analog-hybrid synthesizer with replaceable wavetables.
The Best...
Ten Of The Best: Headphones For Music Production 2020
In this latest edition of our roundup series, we update our list of ten of the best studio headphones, from happily affordable to hardly obtainable.
Interviews
Laura Lewis-Paul: “The passion and the drive, that’s what keeps it going”
For the second of August’s The Business Of Music features, we speak with Laura Lewis Paul, founder and creative…
News
Fold And Corsica Studios Among 135 Venues Saved By Culture Recovery Fund
135 UK venues will receive support from the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund.…
Gear/Software
Akai Professional MPC Beats
Akai professional’s free MPC Beats DAW is great for beginners and experienced producers alike.
Interviews
Sisters Of Murphy: Róisín Murphy & Colleen Murphy In Conversation
This month’s feature interview is with singer, songwriter and Disco-Queen Róisin Murphy who’s about to drop…
News
Eventide Release Pendulate, A Free Synth Plug-In With a “Chaotic” Oscillator
Pendulate’s oscillator generates waveshapes based on the movement of a double pendulum while its effects emulate numerous Buchla Series 200 modules.
News
Algoriddim’s Neural Mix Pro Can Isolate Vocal, Instrument and Drum Stems
Neural Mix Pro’s ‘real-time music source separation’ could be the next technological stepping stone for extracting acapellas and other musical parts from audio for sampling.
Tutorials
Vintage-Style Analogue Warmth And Saturation
In this tutorial, we explore how to bring vintage hardware-style analogue warmth and saturation to your productions with plugins.
Synth Secrets
Mall Grab-Style Layered Pluck Lead
In this Synth Secrets, we create a Mall Grab-inspired layered pluck lead that emulates his fast-paced, rave-ready style.
News
Nine Inch Nails’ Alessandro Cortini Is Selling His Rare Buchla 406 Synth
The Italian synth enthusiast’s facebook post simply states “If you know what this is and you’re interested, DM me!”
My Studio
Hugo Paris
Hugo Paris, AKA Dave Maclean from Django Django has just released ‘Music Saves The World’ in collaboration with house don…
Deconstructed
Reese – Just Want Another Chance
Deconstructed is an ongoing series where we take apart the arrangement of a song to see what makes it work. This time, we’re looking at Kevin Saunderson’s Detroit techno classic, ‘Just Want Another Chance’.
Long Reads
Unlikely Moments In Dance Music History
Dance music and DJ history has been driven by disruptive technologies, revolutionary movements and pioneering people. We look at few…
News
NTIA Report Puts Forward Plan For Nightclub Reopening In UK
Face coverings on the dancefloor and security patrol are amongst the list of measures proposed by the NTIA for a…
News
MOD Devices Release The MOD Duo X Audio Processor, Promising A “Modular Universe At Your Fingertips”
The MOD Duo X features over 400 plug-ins, MAX/MSP effect compatibility, desktop software for modular-style patching, MIDI Sync and more.
Tutorials
Creating Dub Delays With Standard Plugins
In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through how to create dub-style dirty tape delays using standard plugins.
Columns
We Need To Talk About Plague Raves
As clubs in Italy and Spain close again amid rising COVID infections, Harold Heath wonders if it might be time…
News
ROM Expansion Enhances Roland TR-707 With Samples From The TR-808, LinnDrum And More
HKA Design’s update adds eight sound banks of iconic drum machine sounds to the TR-707 and 727.
Track By Track
Mr Beatnick
Genre-straddling UK producer Mr Beatnick released his second album, ‘Honeycomb’ in June this year. It’s an enticing journey…
Passing Notes
Kerri Chandler Chords: The Ultimate Guide – Part 2
In the second part of this two-part Passing Notes series, we break down advanced chord tricks used by one of the true pioneers of house.
Columns
Unconscious Racial Bias in the Electronic Music Scene
London’s Silverlining (aka Asad Rizvi) who is of mixed Indian and Pakistani origin, shares his experiences of the electronic…
News
Help Secretsundaze Survive The Covid-19 crisis
Over £40,000 has already been raised to support and save Secretsundaze.…
News
How High is Your Roland IQ Winners Announced
It’s time to announce the winners of last month’s Roland interactive and immersive experience. Read on to see…
Gear/Software
Knif Audio Knifonium
Just when you think every worthwhile synthesizer has been emulated for the plugin domain, along comes Knif Audio’s Knifonium to prove you very, very wrong.
Beat Dissected
Truncate-Style Melodic Percussion
In the latest Beat Dissected, we program a techno beat featuring melodic percussion inspired by Truncate’s ‘The Bell’.
News
Korg Unveil the Next Generation Volca Sample
Korg have added more memory, features, and connectivity options to their internationally acclaimed compact sampler.
