Comment / Opinion

Our resident specialist offers his demo diagnosis and prescribes an appropriate remedy.

One man is on a quest for the perfect all-in-one computer controller.

Would you rather have gear that can be upgraded at a sensible cost, or something that gradually becomes obsolete at no extra charge?

More thoughts on the state of the record industry and landing a job in a studio...

Is there a correlation between pottery and soft synths?

Listen online to the tracks whilst reading what music industry professionals think of the latest collection of SOS reader recordings.

Listen to these tracks from SOS readers and see whether you agree with the good Doctor's prognosis...

Replies from the editorial team to more of your valued feedback.

Last month's column aroused plenty of response so Paul continues his thoughts on whether guitars or keyboards are best-suited to being 'controllers'.

Soon all software could be FREE — like it or not...

Replies from the editorial team to more of your valued feedback.

Listen to these tracks from SOS readers and see whether you agree with the good Doctor's prognosis...

Isn't it time for the guitar to become the prime means of control for synthesizers instead of the keyboard?

Who really benefits from musicians' charity?

Replies from the editorial team to more of your valued feedback.

Think your own music is good? Listen to these tracks from SOS readers and see whether you agree with the good Doctor's prognosis...

Our esteemed leader speculates on the recently completed purchase of Steinberg by Yamaha, and what this might mean for musicians.

What if Macs and PCs had been around in Elvis's day?

Responses to recent articles from SOS readers.

If Apple and Norton can offer automatic updates, then why can't music software companies?

Why are we still in love with vintage synths when all they do is break our hearts?