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There are many benefits to modern recording technology, but for our Editor In Chief one of the greatest remains the sheer convenience of being able to open a project and pick up exactly where he last left off.

Tired of derivative movie sound design? Console yourself...

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...

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’  

In any area of technology, the only thing that you can depend on being consistent is the presence of change.

 Alex Millar is currently working as a stage manager at festivals throughout the UK.

This month, Years & Years, Labrinth, Galantis, Fetty Wap, Major Lazer & DJ Snake and Classic Mix, Alanis Morissette 'Ironic'.

Ever since audio recording was invented the recordings themselves have been tied to a physical format that, despite its physical failings, has given us some kind of psychological reassurance in the longevity of those recordings.

This month's selection includes: Philip George, OMI, Wiz Khalifa, James Bay, Sia and the Classix Mix - Shania Twain ‘You’re Still The One’.

Location sound recordist Robin Bigwood offers an insight.

Paul White discusses the differences between what measures well on test equipment and what sounds good.

This month's selection include Ellie Goulding, Beck, The Book Thief soundtrack from John Williams, Jess Glynne and that all time classic mix, James Brown 'I Got You (I Feel Good)'.

Joseph Dobson gives us an insight into a day in his technical support shoes!

In this video interview we meet the so-called “Einstein of live recording” to talk production, drum processing and when (and when not) to quantise.

Guitar synthesizers have been around since the mid-1970s but have never really captured the imaginations of the majority of guitar players.

When a whole composition can be pieced together in a matter of minutes using tempo-sync’ed samples and a bunch of exciting effects and drum loops, it makes learning to play an instrument seem like a endless trudge...

After last month’s Leader column outlining the difference between products we’re asked to buy and products we actually need, I realised I’d missed out the really big one.

This month tracks from Kendrick Lamar, Roseanne Cash, Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney, Chick Corea and our Classic Mix - Miles Davis, 'So What'.

The tyranny of distance is real, and many musicians want to overcome it.