Tutorials
Mixing Techno Drums With Excite Audio’s Lifeline Console
How can you get TR-909 samples sounding punchy and powerful? Console-style processing is an excellent way to add character and thump at the mixing stage.
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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
Win A Trip To Abbey Road With Audiotool’s Global Remix Competition
Audiotool, the free online line browser DAW, are running a global remix competition in partnership with the 2024 Esports World…
News
GPU Audio Announce A Free Suite Of Modulation Plugins
GPU Audio has announced the first release in their free beta suite of plugins. The Modulation Bundle, features a Chorus…
Gear/Software
Newfangled Audio Recirculate – More Than A Delay Plugin
Newfangled Audio, created by Eventide effects guru Dan Gillespie, has entered the spatial effects market with Recirculate. Could they have finally cracked the code for the perfect delay workflow?
Long Reads
Excite and Resonate: A History of Physical Modelling Synthesis
Once a niche form of synthesis, physical modelling is now growing in popularity, offering both highly realistic – and wildly novel – results.
News
Beatport Launches ‘Beatport Studio’
Beatport has announced Beatport Studio, a production membership consolidating various aspects of their growing producer ecosystem.…
News
FL Studio Introduces FL Studio 2024
The latest update to the much-loved DAW, FL Studio 2024 introduces many new features covering FL Studio and FL…
Gear/Software
Caelum Audio Choric: Not Your Old Man’s Chorus Plugin
Chorus effects are indispensable for doubling and adding stereo width but that’s all they can do, right? Caelum Audio’s Choric is here to prove that wrong.
Long Reads
GPU Audio Is Powering Plugins With Your Graphics Card. Is It Time To Finally Say Goodbye To Latency?
Constantly maxing out your CPU? GPU Audio is hoping to leverage your graphics card to speed up music production processing.
News
AlphaTheta Announces euphonia A Professional 4-channel Rotary Mixer
The first mixer to bear the AlphaTheta name and the company’s first-ever rotary unit.…
News
Polyverse Music Releases Filtron For Free
Polyverse Music has introduced Filtron, a free filter plugin.…
Gear/Software
UDO Audio Super 6
Does UDO’s Super 6 hybrid polyphonic synthesizer live up to the hype? Bruce Aisher finds out.
Gear/Software
Audio Technica ATH-PRO7X
Audio-Technica’s ATH-PRO7X headphones are the higher-end partner to the ATH-PRO5X. Ronan Macdonald puts them to…
News
Announcing The Winner Of The ABL3 303-Day Competition
It’s time to announce the winner of the Attack x Audiorealism 303-day competition. Read on to find out…
Track By Track
“How I Made ‘Where I End'” – Baltra Breaks Down His New Mixtape
Following the release of ‘Ted’ in 2019 and ‘Ambition’ in 2021 Baltra continues to evolve his sound with new mixtape…
Q&A
Claudio Ricci
“The Earth without art is just, ‘Eh’ “. Claudio Ricci takes on our quick-fire Q&A.…
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Ten Of The Best: Audio Interfaces
We pick our top audio interfaces, from small, affordable models aimed at beginners through to feature-laden pro choices.…
Introducing...
Sister Zo – “Give Yourself Fully To What You Love With Zero Expectation Of The Outcome”
Sister Zo has recently released her “Freak Shift” EP on the “3024” label. In support of her release, we asked…
Track By Track
Sandilé
Cologne-based DJ and producer Sandilé has recently put out the 4-track EP “Home Again 04” as her debut…
Interviews
KSHMR Reverb: “Trying To Close The Gap Between Producers And Plugin Developers”
Attack editor Eric Brünjes sat down with KSHMR to talk about his new reverb plugin ‘KSHMR Reverb’ and his…
Job Envy
Deron Delgado – Director of Operations & A&R At EMPIRE / Dirtybird
It’s been a while since we published a “Job Envy” feature, but we’re excited to bring the series…
Introducing...
Nikki Nair – “A Rub-A-Dub Soldier, Fighting To Keep The Rockers Alive”
DJ and producer Nikki Nair recently released his ‘The World Is Always Ending’ EP with Nala on Dirtybird records. We…
Tutorials
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.
Track By Track
How It Was Made: Go Hard or Go Hardcore Vol 1
Not for the faint-hearted, Go Hard or Go Hardcore Vol 1 is the first of four separate EPs, bringing…
Tutorials
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…
Introducing...
Furtive – The “Astronaut In A Pool Of Mermaids”
DJ, producer and DIY event organiser Furtive recently released their ‘Tephra’ EP on the label Mild Fantasy. We asked Furtive…
Gear/Software
Eventide SplitEQ: Is It A Genuine Game Changer for EQ Plugins?
We take a look at Eventide’s new and revolutionary EQ plug-in that introduces a transient-based approach to EQ’ing
Gear/Software
Expressive E Osmose: A Genuine Game-Changer
We finally have our hands on the Expressive E Osmose, a wonderful synth and performance instrument that fulfills all the…
Synth Secrets
Making Com Truise Style Basslines With MiniFreak V
MiniFreak V is a new addition to Arturia’s V Collection X. We have the physical counterpart let’s load…
News
AIAIAI Unveils The TMA-2 Studio and The TMA-2 Studio XE
6 years after releasing the TMA-2, Danish audio company AIAIAI has announced the TMA-2 Studio and TMA-2…
Advertising
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…
The Best...
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…