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Editor In Chief Sam Inglis has been with Sound On Sound for more than 24 years, rising through the SOS staff ranks until in 2020 he took over the Editor In Chief hotseat from Paul White.
Sam is a recording engineer, producer, songwriter and folk musician who studies the traditional songs of England and Scotland, and the author of two books: Neil Young's Harvest (Bloomsbury, 2003) and Teach Yourself Songwriting (Hodder, 2006).
As well as writing, Sam can be found presenting SOS Podcasts and SOS TV YouTube Exhibition Videos on our channels.
With their latest model, Audeze aim to solve one of the harder problems in headphone design.
IK bring one of the West Coast’s iconic studios to your DAW in new detail.
When the hills are alive with the sound of music, it’s up to us to record it.
In this in-depth interview, company head Phil Dudderidge and Head of Product Will Hoult talk to SOS Editor in Chief Sam Inglis about the history of the ISA preamp circuit, explain what makes it special, and lay bare the intensive development process behind the first ISA audio interface.
As well as linking to their FT1 hardware, Freqport’s FT1-EMU plug‑in now also mimics it.
The new MacBook Neo is the most intriguing product Apple have launched for years. For less than the price of most iPads, you’re getting a ‘proper’ Mac that can run the software we’re all familiar with.
Yamaha’s new audio interface is not quite like anything else on the market.
This innovative open‑back design aims to bridge the gap between headphone and speaker listening.
Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best, and tilt EQ is a good example. If you haven’t encountered it before, it’s a way of adjusting the entire frequency balance of the programme material.
These audio examples accompany the May 2026 Sound On Sound feature about recording outdoors.