Gear/Software
Yamaha Creator Pass Review: A Subscription Built For The Budding Bedroom Producer
Officially launched in beta at SXSW back in March, Yamaha’s first real play in software caught us off guard…
News
Dreamtonics Completes Its Trilogy With Instrument X
Dreamtonics completes its trilogy with Instrument X, a neural acoustic modelling platform for orchestral instruments…
News
CRSSD Festival Reveals Full Lineup for Fall 2026
CRSSD Festival has confirmed its complete lineup for its Fall 2026 edition, returning to Waterfront Park in San Diego on…
The Best...
5 Must-Watch Sets At CRSSD Festival Next Month
CRSSD Festival returns to San Diego’s Waterfront Park at the end of September, bringing another sprawling lineup across its…
Tutorials
Cleaning Up Vocal Rips With LALAL.AI Lynx
Grabbing vocal samples from the internet or vinyl? Here’s how to clean up voice rips with LALAL.AI and its new algorithm, Lynx, and use them in tracks.
Attack Store
Dance Music Producers’ Power Book Bundle
Get 2 best-selling music production books. Buy more, spend less.
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.
Max For Live: Chance Engine V2
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
Komplete 26: Pros, Cons & Best New Features
New name. New products. New owners! Is Komplete 26 the most significant Komplete update yet? …
Tutorials
Visualising Voices: Connecting TouchDesigner With Ableton Live
Explore how to bridge the gap between sound and sight using the powerful connection of Ableton Live and TouchDesigner. From…
News
Electronic Music Industry Reaches $15.1 Billion As Global Growth Accelerates
New IMS Business Report highlights rising revenues, expanding audiences and continued genre resilience in 2025.…
News
Save 25% On Ableton Live 12, Upgrades & Packs
Ableton has announced a limited-time promotion offering a 25% discount across Live 12, upgrades, and associated sound Packs. The…
Interviews
Expressive E – “We’re Not Trying To Replace Established Ways Of Working But To Extend Them”
Expressive E are set to overturn the industry (again) with Osmose CE, a controller version of the game-changing MPE keyboard.
Gear/Software
Expressive E Osmose CE 61 Review: Take Control
Expressive E has finally given us a MIDI controller version of their game-changing keyboard with Osmose CE. Does it still hold up?
News
U-he Announces Zebra 3
u-he has released the long-awaited Zebra 3. We first noticed it was in development way back in November…
News
Sounds Of KSHMR Vol.5, Alongside New Dharma Studio Label, Is Out Now
KSHMR’s Vol. 5 is currently rolling out on Splice in stages, with the full Complete Edition now available via…
Long Reads
Key Takeaways From IMS 2026
IMS has a way of compressing a year’s worth of industry conversation into a few days. Here’s what…
Show & Tell
Lady Tazz – “I Genuinely Believe In The Greater Collective”
Lady Tazz channels a cross-continental journey spanning Montreal, Bangladesh and Toronto into her uncompromising sound and Mind Medizin platform…
News
Echoe Launches Browser-Based Lossless Audio File Sharing Platform
Berlin-built tool by engineer Patrik Skoog aims to streamline file delivery, feedback, and versioning without compression or login barriers…
Gear/Software
A Tale of Two Expos: Our Report From The London Synth & Pedal Expo 2026
Thanks to a perfect storm of German federal administrative blunders, UK passport renewals, and the extortionately priced logistics of moving…
Interviews
Urs Heckmann – “What Most People Seek Is Authenticity”
u-he head honcho Urs Heckman talks use through the development of Zebra 3, staying relevant in an era of sample packs and AI, and weathering industry storms for 25 years.
Q&A
Eli Brown – “Jeff Mills & Carl Cox At Space Was A Gamechanger”
With a new release alongside Pan-Pot landing on his own label Arcane, Eli Brown steps into our Q&…
News
Akai Launches MPC Sample – The Most Classic MPC Design For Years
Akai Professional has announced MPC Sample, a compact standalone sampler that brings core MPC beatmaking features to a smaller, battery…
Columns
5 Ways Music Producers Can Stay Creative
Creativity isn’t something that you can turn on like a tap. Here are ways to stay creative even when…
Tutorials
How To Use MNTRA FLTRS
MNTRA FLTRS combines 37 filter algorithms with a unique, graphic-based macro system. Here’s how to get the most out of it.
Synth Secrets
80s-Style Tuned Percussion With Zebra 3
Our third 80s-inspired feature in a month… safe to say we’re fully immersed at this point. But when…
News
Baby Audio Introduces Grainferno Granular Synthesizer Instrument
New plugin turns samples into playable synth voices using high-speed granular processing.…
Top Tracks
Fenrick “I’ll Never Hate Music”
You probably know the name already, but what are Fenrick’s Top Tracks? We find out.…
Tutorials
Going Off Grid: What Is Swing And How To Add It
In this Tutorial, we show you the first steps in applying swing to your track.…
Interviews
Marian (BR): “Study The Roots Of House Music”
From early influences to Ibiza moments, Marian (BR) reflects on the journey so far.…
News
Frederic. Confirms 2026 Festival Appearances
Berlin-based DJ and producer outlines 2026 tour plans following the release of his recent EP, Rather Be With You…
News
Manifest Audio’s Polyfold: The Sequencer With (Over) 1000 Steps
In releasing Polyfold, a new Max for Live MIDI sequencer for Ableton Live, Manifest Audio have taken an ambitious view of what a sequencer can be. Framed as a “multidimensional sequencing system,” it steps away from the familiar comfort of 16-step grids and tidy four-bar loops, proposing something closer to an architectural framework for rhythm, melody, and harmony…
Gear/Software
XLN Audio DB-30 Drum Butter: Fry Up Your Drums
XLN Audio brings the magic of RC-20 to your drums with DB-30 Drum Butter, a drum bus multi-effect processor built around the idea that drums should be fun. Does it deliver?
Tutorials
MNDALA 2: Getting To Grips With The Animistic Sound Engine From MNTRA Instruments
Here’s how to get started with MANTRA’s MNDALA 2 sound engine and how to get the most out of it.
News
Eventide Revives Laurie Spiegel’s Music Mouse for Modern DAWs
Updated version of the 1986 software instrument brings mouse-driven composition to macOS and Windows. Music Mouse 2.0 adds…
News
UK Electronic Music Generates £2.47bn as Venues Continue to Close Fourth Industry Report Finds
The Fourth UK Electronic Music Report shows growth despite a 36% fall in nightclubs since 2020, with regional expansion and…
Podcasts
Brian D’Oliveira On Building An Innovative Plugin Company
Attack Editor, Eric Brünjes, caught up with Brian D’Oliveira, composer, sound designer, and founder of MNTRA Instruments, to…
Q&A
Red Axes: Biggest Frustration? “Opinions”
Tel Aviv duo Red Axes step into the iconic fabric presents series with a 16-track mix featuring A Guy…
News
You Can Now Build Your Own Plugins Without C++ Knowledge
A new open-source plugin coder simplifies development and lets music producers build custom plugins using natural language rather than…
