SOUND ON SOUND
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.
At the start of a new academic year, how applicable is education for careers in the music industry?
As CEO of Universal Audio, Bill Putnam Jr has pioneered some of the most important innovations of the last 35 years. In conversation with SOS's Sam Inglis, he traces the Universal Audio story back to its founding by his father Bill Putnam Sr in 1958.
Can an 80‑year‑old mic preamp design still cut it in the 21st Century studio?
This remarkably purple mic pays visual tribute to Minneapolis’ favourite son, while drawing sonically on one of Berlin’s most celebrated historic designs.
High‑end analogue kit is still an important part of Universal Audio’s product range, and the latest additions are a trio of highly desirable studio mics.
Eventide’s unique, and uniquely versatile, hardware compressor has had a well‑deserved reissue, with sympathetic improvements to update it for the modern studio.
There’s more to designing a quality monitor controller than meets the eye — or the ear.
McDSP’s analogue plug‑in platform can now replicate the complex dynamic behaviour of tape.
David Bowie’s classic Ziggy Stardust album has been reinvented in three dimensions.