60 Days Of Field Recordings @ Free To Use Sounds

Free To Use Sounds launched the 60 Days 60 Sound Libraries campaign, releasing a new sound library every day until May 20th, 2021. Some libraries are completely free to download and others are priced at $3 or more (pay what you want). Free To Use Sounds is a project by Marcel Gnauk. He travels the…

Pioneer DJ Announces VM-50, VM-70 & VM-80 Active DJ Monitors

Pioneer DJ has today announced a new range of active DJ monitor speakers, the VM-50, VM-70 and VM-80s. These are bi-amped class D two-way active speakers with built-in DSPs, and are differentiated from each other by their bass speaker sizes and amp power: They come with 5.25″, 6.5″ and 8″ woofers respectively, with 30W, 40W…

Pulsar Modular updates Lunar Lander to v2.1

Pulsar Modular has announced that Lunar Lander, the 3-in1 audio effects plugin, combining analog BBD delay, Plate Reverb and Class A and A/B saturation has been updated to v2.1. … Read More Read the full story

Function Loops Releases FREE Trends 2021 Sample Pack

Function Loops releases Trends 2021, a free sample pack with over 300 audio files in WAV format. The company has also launched the Easter sale with a sitewide 50% OFF discount. Trends 2021 is the latest label sampler from function loops. It’s a 700 MB download containing over 300 free audio samples and loops across…

MuToools MuLab 8 & MUX 8 Are FREE To Use (Limited Time Only)

MuTools set the MuLab 8 modular digital audio workstation and the MUX Modular 8 plugin as free to use for a limited time. The developer provided temporary user keys that will unlock the software for free. These keys will expire at some point (unofficially, they will probably remain valid for a few months). More info…

How to make IDM and Slice Breaks with Output’s Arcade

After a few years away from the platform, Attack is returning to publishing content on YouTube. Our new video runs you through how to slice breaks and produce IDM inspired by the timeless Squarepusher. We’re hoping to offer increased more value to you guys, our loyal readers, by producing video content after 6 years away…

Basic Channel-Style Dub Techno

In this installment of Beat Dissected we continue our exploration of dub techno and program a beat in the style of Basic Channel, the duo that pioneered the genre. When Basic Channel’s Phylyps Trak album was released in 1993 a new sub-genre of techno was born. The thumping fast Roland TR-909 beats had brought the…