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We asked dozens of professional mixers, producers, designers and audio engineers to tell us what Sound On Sound magazine means to them.

It’s hard to believe that Sound On Sound is now 30 years old! When the magazine started in 1985 MIDI was still a new technology, but software sequencers sync’ed to tape via SMPTE were soon to change the landscape of recording beyond recognition...

TV composers won’t change the world — but the fact that we’re needed at all can be significant.

As studios have had to adapt to new business models, so have the people who design them.

Three things stand out about 1985: Mario and Luigi took the world by storm, Back To The Future hit cinemas for the first time, and Sound On Sound celebrated its inaugural issue.

SOS Reviews Editor Chris Korff tackles the 80s!

This month we feature Walk The Moon, Jason Derulo, Jack featuring Justin Bieber, Tinie Tempah, Muse and our Classic Mix: Glenn Gould, Bach’s ‘The Goldberg Variations’