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    Why I Love... Live Streaming

    Jyoti Mishra

    Could live streaming open up fresh worlds for your music?

    People Nov 2022
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    New Or Improved?

    Leader

    Spatial audio needs to offer more than just an iterative improvement — and if that’s going to happen, producers and musicians are the people who need to make it happen.

    People Nov 2022
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    Why I Love... Guitarists

    Jyoti Mishra

    The electric guitar — has there ever been an instrument so identified with rebellion, with danger, with transgression?

    People Oct 2022
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    Crunch Time

    How bad will the cost of living crisis get? Energy prices are forecast to rise by hundreds of percent this autumn. Inflation...

    People Oct 2022
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    Sam Inglis, new Leader photo landscape black t-shirt

    Price vs Progress

    Leader

    Are manufacturers becoming more willing to pursue original design concepts?

    People Sep 2022
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    Talkback: Malena Zavala

    Cross‑cultural Synth‑Guitar Pop

    Malena Zavala pauses her cross‑cultural synth‑guitar pop career to answer SOS's nine core production questions...

    People Sep 2022
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    Why I Love... Imperfections photo of vocalist singing into studio mic.

    Why I Love... Imperfections

    Daniel Lee Collins

    Sometimes you need to free yourself from the reign of the click track and headphones...

    People Sep 2022
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    Growing Bolder

    Leader

    For Elton John, sorry seemed to be the hardest word. For the sound engineer, it’s something we all have to say sooner or later...

    People Aug 2022
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    Why I Love... Live Sound

    Joseph Winters

    Live sound has been a fascination of mine ever since I did my first live sound job at a pub in Cambridge back when I was at college and around 18 years old.

    People Aug 2022
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    Talkback: Shuta Shinoda

    Engineer

    Engineer Shuta Shinoda faces the SOS nine-question treatment...

    People Jul 2022
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    Express Yourself

    I write this column with two recent events in mind. One is the sad passing of legendary synthesist and composer Vangelis. The...

    People Jul 2022
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    Why I Love... The State Of Flow

    Pasquale Abate

    The state of flow is a term used in different practices ranging from sports to the creative arts, but what does the state...

    People Jul 2022
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    Modular Profile: Moritz Klein & Girts Ozolins

    DIY Education

    German DIY electronics whiz Moritz Klein and Erica Synths founder Girt Ozolins explain the motivation behind their mki x es.EDU collaboration.

    People Jul 2022
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    Talkback: Michelle Birsky & Kevin Henthorn

    Post‑classical Melodies To Collaged Soundscapes

    Composers Michelle Birsky and Kevin Henthorn speak to us from their studio space in Los Angeles...

    People Jun 2022
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    The Sustainable Studio

    Part 1: Genelec

    What can audio equipment manufacturers do to minimise their impact on the environment? We look for answers in the forests of Finland.

    Music Business Jun 2022
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    Why I Love... Playing Live

    Dave Stewart

    When I started my musical career in 1968, playing live was all there was. My first band Uriel lived for the moment when...

    People Jun 2022
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    Paying Our Dues

    Leader

    The idea of paying to ‘own’ software has always been problematic. What exactly is it that you possess?

    People Jun 2022
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    Vangelis (1943 - 2022) - Obituary

    R.I.P. Evangelos Odysséas Papathanassiou

    We are sad to report the death of the Greek composer and electronic musician Vangelis, in Paris, from a heart attack brought on by complications of Covid.

    News
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    Why I Love... Handheld Recorders

    Michael Denny

    Modern, computer‑based music technology has revolutionised home production. For all the positives, though, one downside...

    People May 2022
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    Sam Inglis, SOS Editor In Chief.

    Second Fiddle

    Leader

    During his lifetime, Antonius Stradivarius made around 2000 instruments, but dying gave his productivity a real boost...

    People May 2022
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    Talkback: Noga Erez & Ori Rousso

    Collaborative Beat-making

    We put the desert island questions to this Tel Aviv-based dynamic, hip‑hop‑infused pop duo.

    People Apr 2022

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