Comment / Opinion

When Catherine Marks asked me to be a part of this special issue of SOS, I was honoured to be included among this awesome community of women.

Up‑and‑coming engineers and producers deserve protection from exploitation, discrimination and sexual harassment.

Catherine Marks, Executive Director of the Music Producers Guild, explains the motivation behind this 'Change Makers' themed SOS edition.

A formidable and wildly-dressed character, Kabeaushé produces an eccentric blend of pop, hip‑hop and electronica on his latest album The Coming Of Gaze.

I believe SOS still stands out. If you look at its coverage of events like Superbooth, I think you can see that difference.

Take control over probably the single most important factor in delivering a good performance: the cue mix.

When our job involves a lot of sitting down, it’s up to us to inject some movement into our lives.

South African musician and producer Ross Dorkin has diligently cultivated his career as a producer and engineer specialising in spatial audio composition with Dolby Atmos, alongside his work as an artist.

One of my favourite musical sounds ever is the unscripted, unplanned, impossible‑to‑replicate sound of an orchestra setting up for a session.

The Superbooth show in Berlin has become one of the highlights of the electronic musician’s calendar, and for good reason.

If music be the food of love, shouldn’t we eat better while we’re making it?

Many of us dream of setting up a recording studio. But where do you start — and what’s it really like to run one as a commercial business today?

There’s a running gag in modular circles about how someone has just completed their system. But in a few days, maybe a week, other modules will start popping up out of drawers and things will change.

The MIDI protocol celebrates its 40th birthday this year, with SOS as official media partners for this year's MIDI Innovation Awards.

Born and raised in Colombia, engineer and producer Maria Elisa Ayerbe speaks to SOS about her career and influences.

As an immature, financially irresponsible man‑child with lingering delusions of rockstardom, I have a modest collection of guitars...

The economics of hardware goods are familiar, but how do manufacturers factor prices for plug-ins?

Mikado Koko is an off‑the‑wall thinker, with music to match...

Not all hardware loopers are created equal. This is quickly discovered when you dive deeper into creating sonic architectures...

Musician, sound designer, educator and all‑round electronic sound sorceress, Lisa Bella Donna has built a reputation for herself as one of the most eminent synthesists anywhere.