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The world has changed. Pop and rock music is no longer exclusively youth‑focused. In 2025, the average Sound On Sound reader is as likely to be figuring out how to spend their retirement as they are to be entering college.

I challenge anyone to show me a magazine that evokes such passion from its readership as Sound On Sound...

To mark Sound On Sound’s 40th anniversary, we have put together a list of 40 milestone developments from the history of recording and production, which we’ll be counting down over the next four issues.

Digital modelling has become so powerful that you might think there wasn’t much mileage left in the idea of analogue emulation. If you can accurately mimic some piece of vintage gear in a few lines of code, why bother developing and building complex analogue circuits to do the same thing?

When did the idea of being able to operate purely in the digital realm become a reality?

Paul White and Hugh Robjohns address some of the most frequently-asked questions about home studio recording and production. 

Is there a productivity crisis in music? The PR material put out by some software companies suggests so.

My early introductions to electric guitar came via the big‑box VHS cassettes we rented from the video store for our family movie nights.

Bethia Beadman has toured with Courtney Love and worked on Nigel Godrich’s ‘From The Basement’ sessions with guests including Radiohead, PJ Harvey, and The Stooges. She's also a formidable artist in her own right, with the excellent Tchad Blake‑mixed track ‘Kitten Feel’ just released as we go to press.

The invitation to meet Solid State Logic’s new Oracle console at Real World Studios arrived the day I finished Joe Boyd’s book And The Roots Of Rhythm Remain. That might not sound like much of a coincidence, but bear with me...

Born in Cairo, Egypt, Nadah El Shazly is now based in Montreal. Her recent album Laini Tani blends Egyptian improvised music, manipulated vocals, deft electronic production and acoustic percussion.

As any professional musician, composer or producer will attest, when you take the leap to the professional domain, everything changes.

One of the central figures behind XAOC Devices' success is Maciek Bartkowiak, a veritable heavyweight in electronic instrument design and a charming fellow to boot.

Disiniblud are producers, composers and multi‑instrumentalists Rachika Nayar and Nina Keith, whose self‑titled debut LP is released this July on Domino imprint Smuggler’s Way.

My early musical experiences included a university course in electronic music as well as playing guitar in various garage...

Thoughts from our Leader on the launch on 19 June 2025 of SOS FOR ARTISTS.

Some people see modelled equipment as a lacklustre substitute for the real thing. Others view it as an amazing opportunity for modern musicians to access vintage gear...

Refreshingly shrewd and not a little iconoclastic, Ross Fish founded Møffenzeef Mødular with all the creativity and risk you might expect, given the modules in the Møffenzeef range.

I’ll never tire of scanning through a press release to see if a new product could slot into my studio workflow.

Los Angeles‑based Aron Kobayashi Ritch first fell in love with production in a friend’s father’s garage studio, recording local bands while skipping school to assist at the legendary Sound City Studios with engineer David Boucher

In October, this magazine turns 40, and it says a lot about SOS that despite having been part of the team for two‑thirds of that time, I’m not even close to being the longest‑serving employee.