Latency can turn your hardware heaven into a confusing and frustrating hell – especially with Ableton Live. We look at some strategies to get your MIDI and audio all synced up.

For this May the Fourth, we put the spotlight on the synthesizers and other gear that played a part in the sounds of Star Wars.

Getting drum machines and hardware sequencers to play nice with your DAW isn’t hard but you have to know the proper settings. In this Hardware Focus, we find out what’s up with sync.

In the last article, we covered what modular synthesizers are and how they work. In this article, let’s dig…

In part 1 of our new monthly modular series, LeoMakes starts from…

Ever felt overwhelmed by patches, cables, beeps and squeaks? Been wondering what the difference is between a VCO and a…

Take advantage of all that hardware synths have to offer by using one as an external effects processor. We show you how with IK Multimedia UNO Synth Pro and Ableton Live.

Pitch can be a powerful tool for creating tension in a breakdown. We use Zplane’s ElastiquePitch 2 to transform a vocal sample into a riser.

08s have come a long way since the release of the drum machine. See how to use the 808-derived basses in Capsule Onyx to create multi-layered basslines for three bass music genres.

In this new Beat Dissected we program a Nu Disco groove in the style of Purple Disco Machine and Never Dull.

In this installment of Beat Dissected we program a percussion-driven house beat and use stereo width techniques to add character to the drums.

In this latest Beat Dissected, we put together a Brazilian bossa n ova-inspired beat with acoustic and percussive textures.

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.

We show you how to make a gritty lo-fi analogue synth lead in the style of Mac DeMarco.

The pads in 808 State’s genre-defining ‘Pacific State’ are no doubt at the top of the list of the most iconic sounds in dance music. In this Synth Secrets, we replicate the Mancunian quartet’s synthesis secrets.

We put Paul Woolford’s jungle remix of ‘Delicate Limbs’ under the microscope and see what makes it hit so hard.

In this Deconstructed we examine how the arrangement of The Prodigy’s ‘Out Of Space’ helped elevate it from warehouse slammer to chart-topper.

This time in Deconstructed, we dive deep into Drexciya’s ‘Black Sea’ to discover the intricacies of the arrangement in this classic slab of Detroit techno.

In this latest Passing Notes we take inspiration from the Yasuke soundtrack and explore ways to incorporate traditional percussive elements into modern productions.

In this installment of Passing Notes we look at how you can use simple key selection to give your low end a boost.

In part two of this installment of Passing Notes, we break down three more Daft Punk basslines while noting composition and arrangement tricks that the iconic duo applied regularly in their productions.

“The original bass part was played in by hand after two days’ sleep deprivation, only to be reprogrammed later on…

The Breakdown is a regular series in which we analyse the production and composition of key tracks. Dave Clews…

Dave Clews breaks down one of Sam Shepherd’s most celebrated releases.…

In our latest video tutorial on YouTube, we show you how to use Patterning 2, a drum machine app made…

In our latest YouTube video, we show you how to program a beat using the Korg SQ-64 – Korg’s…

In our latest video on YouTube, we asked Kédu Carlö to show us how they use the MPE feature…

We scour our mailbox for the most deserving recipient of the Attack readership’s collective advice in the first experiment…

We scour our mailbox for the most deserving recipient of the Attack readership’s collective advice in the first experiment…

We scour our mailbox for the most deserving recipient of the Attack readership’s collective advice in the first experiment…