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Point Blank Tutorial: Spitfire Audio’s Cairo Breaks Down His Trailer for GAIKA’s Sound Pack War Island

In this tutorial, Cairo shows how he scored the trailer for the Spitfire Audio and GAIKA sound library, War Island. War Island features GAIKA‘s signature...

This evergreen breakbeat hardcore missive influenced the likes of The Prodigy and the whole of the early UK rave scene. Ben Murphy charts its story...

“I saw that record go from street level and get bigger and bigger, and there was no video for it, no promotion, nothing,” says Renegade Soundwave’s Danny...

Vintage '90s images taken from old free party events

In the summer of 1989, DiY collective — one of the first house sound systems in the UK — emerged onto the rave scene. In this excerpt taken from founding member Harry Harrison's book, Dreaming in Yellow, he discusses DiY's role within that movement, and the importance of free parties during the '90s rave scene

Much has been written and debated over the years about just why the concept of a ‘free’ party was so important. Much more than simply...

DJ Mag’s Solid Gold series revisists and examines the ongoing significance and influence of inspiring electronic albums throughout history. In our latest edition, DJ Mag’s...

By the time James Murphy made it to the studio to record LCD Soundsystem’s second album, he’d already been a live sound engineer, a bouncer...

Almost exactly 21 years after its release, Stardust’s ‘Music Sounds Better With You’ is getting the re-release treatment. Bruce Tantum explores the legacy of one...

This feature was originally published in 2019.It wasn’t meant to be a hit. It wasn’t even planned to be released. But when Alain Quême, a...

Sónar Festival founder Enric Palau looks back at the event’s first quarter of a century with DJ Mag’s Sónar veteran Ben Osborne...

From 17th from 20th July, Sónar, one of the world’s leading festivals of electronic music, art and technological innovation, will return to Barcelona for its 25th year, and...

FREE PLUGINS, SOUNDS AND ONLINE COURSES

Just over a month ago, Native Instruments launched the newest version of their flagship Maschine controller, the MK3. The latest upgrade represents the biggest leap...

The Korg Kaoss Pad technology is now available at almost half the price with the introduction of the new mini-KP multiple effects unit.

For those who couldn't quite afford one of the coolest effects unit's on the planet, Korg have followed up the recently released Kaoss Pad 3...

Get the new effect free for a limited time only...

Sugarbytes plug-ins are back!

Sugarbytes make the amazing Cyclops bass plug-in which is featured on many dancefloor fillers and is many a producer’s go-to soft synth for dynamic basslines. With this great heritage it's no surprise that their Turnado plug-in has won the hearts of many dance music producers. Turnado is a tasty multi-effect tool, designed especially for real-time audio manipulation. It’s a great performance tool as well as perfect for studio applications

Recreating that fat, gritty analogue sound

Waves is a name known to all but the greenest of studio dilettantes as producing some of the finest studio effect plug-ins known to humankind.

DJmag is swallowed into the audible vortex that is the new Kaoss pad 3 and pulled out the whole with some frontline reports from Product.01

When the original KP (Kaoss Pad) landed it split the music tech world in two, some saw it as a mere toy, while others embraced...

Controlled Kaoss

Korg is looking to create maximum Kaoss with its all-new KP3+ flagship effects unit...

FREE PLUGINS, SOUNDS AND ONLINE COURSES

Last month DJ Ravine and Ben Bristow, Point Blank’s lead DJ instructor, joined forces to discuss the five key mistakes made by DJs today. These ranged...

We find out the Israeli melodic techno artist's favourite piece of studio kit

Knee Deep In Sound and Be As One alumnus, Magit Cacoon's weaving techno is coated in her reverbed, delayed and effected vocals, providing an ethereal...