Under the Reviews section of the search engine, you will find our vast archive of SOS Product Reviews (hands-on tests) and Previews dating back to January 1994. To help you make a buying decision, you can further refine your searches using the following REVIEW Subjects/Topics:

• Accessory  includes difficult-to-categorise stuff like DI boxes, mains leads, cable testers, and so on.
• A-D[/D-A] Converter
• Books/Publications
• Computer
• Computer Recording System  eg. Soundscape, Yamaha DSP Factory, Lexicon Studio and others.
• Drum Machine
• Effects  (hardware-only) includes multi-effects, reverb, delay, echo, flange, phase, ring modulation, harmonisers, pitch-shifters, vocoders etc.
• Electronic Drumkit
• Expansion Board  includes hardware boards for samplers, sound modules etc.
• Format Converter
• Guitar Amplifier
• Hardware Controller
• Keyboard  includes all instruments with a keyboard (synths, Mellotrons, home keyboards, organs) except where they are more accurately described as a 'Keyboard Workstation'.
• Keyboard Workstation  includes instruments like the Korg Trinity, Kurzweil K2000 etc that combine keyboard synths with onboard sequencers, sampling and such-like.
• Microphone
• MIDI Controller  includes MIDI guitars, wind controllers, fader-style control surfaces (like Steinberg's Houston) but not keyboards or complete electronic drum systems like the VDrum.
• MIDI File Player/Recorder  does not include hardware sequencers that permit MIDI data editing.
• MIDI Interface
• Miscellaneous  if you cannot find what you want in other Subject categories, then try here.
• Mixer  includes Digital, Analogue and Line-level hardware mixers.
• Modular Synth
• Monitors
• Patchbay
• Preamp  includes Mic Preamps and other kinds.
• Processor  includes hardware-based Voice Channels, EQs, Compressors, Gates, Enhancers, other dynamics processors, De-essers, noise reduction suystems etc.
• Recorder: Multitrack  includes all stand-alone multitrack systems ie. ADATs, Minidisc/Hard disk/Zip/Cassette multitrackers and reel-to-reel recorders. Systems that depend on computers, like Pro Tools or Soundscape, are found in the 'Computer Recording System' category.
• Recorder: Stereo  includes digital portables, DATs, MiniDisc, CD-R, CD-RW, optical and analogue 2-track recorders.
• Sampler  hardware varieties only; see 'Software' for soft samplers.
• Sample Shop  this is the umbrella title for the magazine section where we generally review Sample CD/DVDs, Refills etc.
• Sampling Workstation  includes device's where the emphasis is on sampling rather than sequencing.
• Sequencing Workstation  includes hardware devices like the MC505 that have sequencers plus sundry synths, controllers, effects but no keyboard.
• Sequencer: Hardware   includes analogue sequencers.
• Soundcard: PC
• Soundcard: PC/Mac
• Sound Module  includes all non-keyboard hardware devices (except PC soundcards) the principal function of which is to produce sound, whether by synthesis or sample playback. Modular Synths have their own category.
• Software  includes all computer software that is sold on its own, ie. sequencers, sound editing packages, plug-ins, audio-to-MIDI conversion, loop editing software, music scoring programs, soft synths/samplers, etc.
• Sound/Song Library   includes any product (MIDI Files, cartridges, voice cards, soundbank disks) that provides new sounds/patches for an instrument.
• Speaker Simulator
• Studio Power Amplifier
• Synchroniser