Attack Magazine

Inspired by the swung grooves that have travelled from home studios and pirate radio to global festivals, let’s see how to make tight, timeless 2-step beats. UK garage has seen a big resurgence, with names like Sammy Virji playing Coachella. But UKG is a broad umbrella, spanning US imports like Todd Edwards’ Sample Choir E.P , homegrown 4-4 bassline bombs like Ripgroove , soulful 2-step like Movin...

VocAlign 7 is the latest version of the popular and long-running vocal alignment software. It’s as good as you expect, but does version seven bring enough new features to the table to make it worth the upgrade? Since 1995, Synchro Arts have been making vocal alignment a little easier with VocAlign. The industry standard software is now up to version seven with what Synchro Arts is calling the bigg...

Build a sound inpired by the pumping harmonic drone from LCD Soundsystem's Someone Great with u-he's Diva, then put it to work across several genres. If you’ve followed some of the recent Synth Secrets you’ll know that we love versatile patches. In other words, sounds that – with just minimal tweaks to the envelope or notes – can be used for a range of different genres or parts in an arrangement....

A hands-on sampler and sequencer built with Richie Hawtin, the Bullfrog Drums wears "educational" lightly and delivers serious performance power. I've spent thirty-odd years now making noise with devices for a living, mostly in rooms with too many cables and not enough natural light. This one has Richie Hawtin's name attached to it, and Richie Hawtin's name is attached to a lot of things; he doesn...