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You can get superb results from a free soft synth or a £100 mic, but confident mixing decisions still require a high‑quality monitoring system in a decent acoustic environment.

Mexican‑Canadian songwriter and producer Andrea Rocha was classically trained and has worked with some of pop’s brightest stars, including Ellie Goulding, Gabrielle Aplin and Becky Hill.

Our ears are so used to hearing music made in recording studios that it can sound quite different to hear something that was recorded with an ambience...

There’s something inspiring about stories of unexpected success, and by ensuring the quality is there, we can at least open up the possibility of success.

It was roughly a decade after moving to the UK from West Tokyo in 2004 that Japanese producer and artist Koichi Yamanoha came up with the kaleidoscopic mix of folk, art‑rock and psychedelia he calls Grimm Grimm.

If you were to ask me which electric guitar I most pick up when I play for pleasure, not work, I do have an answer, absolutely and definitively.

Patriotism doesn’t always come naturally to Britons, but if anything can provoke a swell of national pride, it’s our track record in mixing console design.

American musician and technologist Corry Banks, aka Bboytech, is the driving force behind Modbap.

“I have an impulsive streak,” confesses Puerto Rican‑Italian artist Becca Mancari. That impulsive streak brought Mancari to Music City around a decade ago, and it was in Nashville that they met a host of future collaborators.

The Nagra VI is a visually stunning, operationally simple, and a technologically versatile 8‑track digital audio recorder, derived from a long genealogy of superb‑sounding and beautifully engineered machines...

Most DAWs give you the power to control the volume of recorded audio on a per‑clip level — and with this power comes immense creative potential!

Arushi Jain has toured the world over as Modular Princess, with a critically acclaimed brand of electronic composition infused with the influence of Hindustani classical music.

Creating an environment where artists can flourish means building trust, understanding people and valuing everyone’s input.

Norwegian artist and producer Live Sollid began her musical journey in the world of jazz, but is now exploring the outer reaches of progressive electronica and experimental pop...

Meet the producers, engineers, songwriters and musicians featured on this month’s Sound On Sound front cover.

When Catherine Marks asked me to be a part of this special issue of SOS, I was honoured to be included among this awesome community of women.

Up‑and‑coming engineers and producers deserve protection from exploitation, discrimination and sexual harassment.

Catherine Marks, Executive Director of the Music Producers Guild, explains the motivation behind this 'Change Makers' themed SOS edition.

Take control over probably the single most important factor in delivering a good performance: the cue mix.

A formidable and wildly-dressed character, Kabeaushé produces an eccentric blend of pop, hip‑hop and electronica on his latest album The Coming Of Gaze.