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.
I recently purchased a Stagg microphone and a Joemeek VC3Q recording channel and initial trial uses have really impressed...
I'm looking for a decent microphone for my small studio, which is based around a Korg D8 eight‑track digital...
I have been recording tracks on my computer's hard disk for two years, but I now realise that the results are less than...
I am thinking about upgrading the audio setup of my computer system (G3/300 tower with 92Mb RAM). I am looking at the MOTU...
Writing the words to songs is often thought of as a process of pure intuition, but there's a lot more to it than that. In the first part of a new series, Sam Inglis suggests an alternative way of going about it.
I am interested in purchasing a vocoder plug‑in. I am currently running Digital Performer v2.7 on a 450MHz...
I have been studying Windows 2000, with great interest, as I have been evaluating the pros and cons of an upgrade. Do you...
What's the difference between an audio CD I have burnt on a CD‑R and one that is produced 'professionally' at a...
Ken Nelson favours the old school of recording, based around clean signal paths, live playing and analogue tape — but that hasn't stopped him working with some of the hottest new bands in Britain. Among them are Coldplay, whose debut Parachutes album crashed straight into the charts at number 1. Sam Inglis finds out how it was recorded.
Since UK garage emerged from the underground last year, record companies have been scrambling to sign up the stars of the latest Big Thing. Foremost among these is Mark Hill, who, as well as being one half of Artful Dodger, has also produced Craig David's hit single and debut album Born To Do It.