Author/musician Craig Anderton is an internationally recognized authority on musical technology. He has authored over 40 books, mastered hundreds of tracks, worked on over 20 albums, played… Read More Read the full story

Rawoltage releases Bad Contact, a freeware VST plugin that emulates bad cable connections and malfunctioning knobs. Bad Contact is a simple, compact noise-based effects unit. If you always wanted your virtual instruments to sound more analog and vintage, this plugin might make you reconsider your priorities. Most engineers and producers have felt their skin crawl…

In our latest video tutorial on YouTube, we show you how to use Patterning 2, a drum machine app made by Olympia Noise Co. Patterning 2 is a powerful and impressive drum machine app. It’s circular interface is fairly unique as well as user friendly and in this tutorial, we show you how to use…

Originally unveiled earlier this year, SEEDJ has now announced that its digital accelerator is available in beta version. SEEDJ is a new DJ academy app launched earlier this year. The app is a subscription-based “digital acceleration” app that promises to put emerging DJ talent in “direct contact with the leading labels and management agencies, offers…

Lee Ann Roberts continues to be one of the brightest sparks in techno. The Amsterdam based producer/DJ welcomed Attack into her dining room studio to give us a tour of where the sounds are cooked up. Having just released a lo-fi techno single on her new NowNow records, Lee Ann Roberts has continued to develop…

AudioThing has updated Outer Space to version 1.3.2. Changes: Added: macOS 11 Big Sur support (Universal 2 Binary). Added: Light and Dark UI mode. Added: Option to enable… Read More Read the full story

Plugin Boutique is giving away Freak ($29 value) from Native Instruments with every purchase this month. The giveaway will be available throughout September and comes with the usual guidelines. Your purchase can’t be a FREE product, and you can’t pay 100% with a voucher or virtual cash (anything under 100% is fine). Freak delivers what…

MFreeformAnalogEQ ($59 value) from MeldaProduction is FREE with every purchase at ADSR Sounds. The giveaway will be available with qualifying purchases throughout the month of September. MFreeformAnalogEQ (usual value $59) takes a different approach to equalization. Rather than using bands to adjust the EQ, you can custom draw any frequency response that you want. The…