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SOS staff respond to your feedback, criticisms and advice...

More musings from SOS's esteemed Editor In Chief, about our new Mix Rescue series.

Celebrated producer and engineer Roger Nichols begins his new Sound On Sound monthly column with the fruits of bitter experience archiving digital audio...

One man's burning devotion to vintage samplers serves as a cautionary tale...

Synth pioneer Don Buchla took issue with some points raised by our review of his 200e modular synth and felt them somewhat unfair — read on and you decide.

Our esteemed Editor In Chief got bored over Christmas so he decided to conduct a Studio SOS makeover on his own studio. Read all about it...

This reader ditched all his old synths and hardware in favour of a shiny new all-singing, all-dancing Music PC and soft synths. Does he now regret the decision? Read on...

Paul explores some of the thinking behind the introduction of our 'Mix Rescue' series.

How I learned to stop worrying and love distortion...

Fast-forward ten years to 2016 and Editor In Chief Paul White pens another thought-provoking leader column...

Your monitoring system is so important that it affects the entire development of your listening and engineering skills.

Is the modern sequencer/DAW user interface now crying out to be streamlined?

With interface standards and user requirements changing all the time, the audio interface marketplace is a volatile one. We catch up with representatives of eight leading manufacturers for the inside track on the future of audio I/O hardware.

Can manufacturers consider providing even the most basic of bags or cases for all those vulnerable small items of equipment?

As SOS starts its 21st year, Editor In Chief Paul White casts an eye over the past 20 years.

In a desert of noise, the personal MP3 player is an oasis of quiet...

SOS's Editor In Chief advocates that music computers should operate more like efficient secretaries than a Dan Brown novel...

Is music mastering an art or science?

Read what music industry professionals think of the latest collection of SOS readers' recordings.

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

Striking the right balance between simplicity of operation and powerful features is as elusive as it ever was...