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IAN HABGOOD: Theme Park Music
Readerzone
Another SOS reader reveals their personal studio set-up.
Published September 1999
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Sam Inglis
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.
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Spectral Audio Neptune
Analogue Synthesizer
Swiss synth manufacturers Spectral Audio continue their journey into retro space with a new analogue monosynth, the Neptune. Sam Inglis finds out if it's out of this world.
Published August 1999
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Damon Albarn's 13 Studio
Tom Girling & Jason Cox
Having decided to construct a studio for their own use, Damon Albarn of Blur and his collaborators Tom Girling and Jason Cox chose to create an environment as unlike a typical commercial studio as possible. And then they fitted it with perhaps the most bizarre assortment of equipment ever collected together...
Published August 1999
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Reproducing Theremin Sounds Using A Synthesizer
Sound Design
The theremin is one of the oldest electric instruments around, and its distinctive sound is instantly recognisable. However, real ones are hard to find, and even harder to play. Sam Inglis tries to work out a way of cheating.
Published June 1999
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LAWRENCE RAY: Back To Base, MP Records & Blue Water Studio
Readerzone
Interview with Lawrence Ray from Back To Base in his Blue Water Studio.
Published June 1999
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STEVE LEVINE: Recording Get Your Act Together
Interview | Producer
Every week, BBC1's new Saturday night show Get Your Act Together takes an aspiring singer or group and attempts to transform their musc, image and performace, to turn them into true professionals — in two days. Among the eminent record producers chosen to work their magic on these acts is Steve Levine, who talks to Sam Inglis about the unique challenges involved.
Published April 1999
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Dave Eringa: Recording Manic Street Preachers
Track: 'If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next'
The first single from the Manic Street Preachers' This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours album entered the UK charts at no.1 — even though the band had adandoned their traditional power‑chord approach in favour of acoustic guitars, string machines and unusual synth effects. We talk to Dave Eringa, the producer who oversaw this successful change of direction.
Published April 1999
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Sounding Off: Bad PR In The Music Business
Sam Inglis
The music biz is a notoriously difficult one, but you might think that at least the people who get paid to work for you are on your side. Sam Inglis says it's even worse than you thought.
Published March 1999
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Roland VK1 (Retrozone)
Drawbar Organ
Sam Inglis roots around in the dustbin of history and fishes out one of the few Roland analogue instruments you can still afford without a second mortgage. Does it deserve to be rehabilitated?
Published January 1999
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Do I Need A Ribbon Microphone?
Sound Advice
In this occasional series of Sound Advice articles about buying gear for your studio, we'll be looking at a different piece of studio equipment and trying to help you decide if you really need it.