Three pins, and nearly every signal in this business passes through them.

The magazine is named after the cable: the microphone in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX run that fires the lights. Studio, stage and rig share the same cable. Most magazines pick one of the three. This one covers all of it, because the people we read do too — the engineer mixing a record on Tuesday is on front of house by Saturday.

Around a hundred and sixty sources, in English, Japanese, Spanish, German, French, Chinese and Italian: makers and their release notes, reviewers who put a hand on the thing, studios and touring crews, the producers and collectives surfacing this month and the scenes they came out of. Synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lighting. What the trade is talking about is counted and plotted. The editor's letter has just started; it will find its rhythm.

For each story: a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link out. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the maker or the photographer. A German review appears in German and a Japanese one in Japanese, as the writer published it; the link goes to the original.

Nothing is sold on this site. When a link leads to a shop, it is the maker's shop, not ours.

← XLR MAG Archive

Attack MagazineGear

Create Syncopated 2-Step Grooves Like A Pirate

10.20

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.

Read at Attack Magazine ↗

One letter a week, starting soon.

Latest

Create Syncopated 2-Step Grooves Like A Pirate

More from Attack Magazine on XLR MAG

GearWho’s Buying All These Vibe-Coded Plugins? Attack Magazine

GearManifest Audio Release Sonification Tools V3 As VST3, AU, And CLAP Plugins Attack Magazine

GearBen Turner: “It’s A Thin Line Between True Curation And Gatekeeping” Attack Magazine

GearHow I Play Live: Active Systems Attack Magazine

GearBeatport Launches Indie Tech Genre Category Attack Magazine

GearSynchro Arts VocAlign 7 Pro Review: Come Together Attack Magazine