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Paul White and Hugh Robjohns pick their software and hardware highlights from the last 12 months.

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.

The MIDI protocol celebrates its 40th birthday this year, with SOS as official media partners for this year's MIDI Innovation Awards.

Paul White and Hugh Robjohns pick their hardware and software highlights from the last 12 months, plus feature some late arrivals.

Editor In Chief, Paul White, believes that if the manufacturers of studio hardware outboard equipment still want to be building it in significant numbers in five years' time, then a system similar to the one he proposes in this article is the only thing he can see that will keep them in the game. Read on...

Hard drives are getting bigger and that can only be good, right? Well, up to a point...

We explore the idea of understanding technology in terms of layers and abstractions, and how this makes it possible for a protocol like MIDI to be communicated via USB, Firewire and even Bluetooth.

Editor In Chief Paul White ponders a future full of virtual pop stars...

Despite rumours that Apple was on the lookout for a major audio company, Apple's buyout of German developers Emagic took us all by surprise...

Is Surround Sound and the DVD-Audio format all a plot to 'take the means of production away from the workers'?

The current extent of software piracy poses a serious threat to the economical stability of the software companies on whom we rely...

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.