Beatport has launched Indie Tech, a standalone genre category with its own Top 100 chart, separating it from Indie Dance.

MPC Live III focuses on expression and speed with expressive MPCe™ pads and 8-core processing, Clip Matrix arrangement, step sequencing and DAW hand-off via 24-channel USB-C audio. Akai Professional ...

In this Deconstructed, we take a look at Joey Beltram’s smouldering techno classic, ‘Energy Flash’. In 1989, a 19-year-old Joey Beltram created a track that would help usher in a new, darker strain of ...

In the latest Beat Dissected, we explore the early 80s with a retro pattern based on classic digital drum machine samples. Beat Dissected is a regular series in which we deconstruct drum patterns, ...

Alphabetically? Chronologically? All thrown together in one massive folder called ‘Jamz’? We speak to some DJs about how they organise their music collections. Attack readers come from many different ...

How important are a few milliseconds? When it comes to sequencers, they can mean the difference between a perfect groove and a sloppy mess. We talk to drum machine pioneer Roger Linn to discover the ...

In this synth secrets, we use pitch automation and the analog-emulating qualities of Ableton’s newest synth to craft a bouncy synth stab patch. There’s just something about gliding pitch that works ...

Scaler 3 helps you write music. Chords, scales, basslines… the works. And it, erm… scales that assistance to your level. Total beginners can write musical compositions from scratch, no theory ...

Emulating classic synthesizers for plugins is something of a dark art. We talk to Cherry Audio to find out how they turned the rare Roland SH-5 into their newest plugin, SH-MAX. Cherry Audio has an ...

What do you get when you combine 808 and 909 analogue drum synthesis, SP-404MKII-style sampling, and input from Detroit legends like Underground Resistance? The TR-1000, a modern drum machine that is ...

u-he are makers of award-winning software synthesisers and effects including Diva, Repro-1, Zebra2, Hive, Bazille, Presswerk and Satin. In this Synth Secrets, we’re going to use KV331 Audio’s ...

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