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In defence of the iPad.

This month featuring 'Pompeii' by Bastille, 'Let It Go' by Idina Menzel, 'Strong' by London Grammar and the most classic of classic tracks from 1971, Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway To Heaven'.

When it comes to music technology, truth can be stranger than fiction.

This month albums from Ad Asteris, Glass Ankle, Pierre Shlimon, Marvin B Naylor, The Evolutionaries, Kenwood Anderson and As Follows.

We investigate an experimental system that promises to retrospectively add Yamaha CS80-style expression control to any keyboard.

When computers first came on the scene, many musicians were scared away by the apparent complexity and retreated to their cassette Portastudios.

I'm writing this column in February, and here in the UK, half the country seems to be flooded — so terms like 'SOS' and 'Rescue' have taken on a far more serious connotation.

This month we discuss tracks from Disclosure, Naughty Boy, Tom Odell and our Classic Mix is Bonnie Raitt's 'I Can't Make You Love Me' from 1991.    

You can't please all of the people all of the time. Even when they are on the same production team.

This month we review to music from Gertrude,Tycho, Richard Pinhas, Daniel Trigger, Contemporary Dead Finnish Music Ensemble, Andrew Maxwell Morris, Michael Lee and Rebecca Shearing. 

Want to be a superstar DJ? Join the queue.

If you've read up on what was shown at NAMM earlier this year, you might wonder where there is for the industry to go next.

This month's tracks from Miley Cyrus, One Republic, Black Sabbath and our Classic Mix - ZZ Top "Gimme All Your Lovin'' from 1983.

There's a place for art in almost everything — even music for TV.

This month we review to music from Young Peculiar, The Situation, Vincent Pierce Smith & Karttikeya, Mark Barnwell and Christian Gregory.

SOS reader Paul Wavell discribes his journey through the history of Apple computers from the Lisa to iPad.

This month we comment on releases from Testing Tomorrow, Clemistry & Audnoyz and Emiliano Cannavò.

The creative process is about serendipity, spontaneity, accident and chance. It’s about defying convention, standards and the dreaded ‘best practice’.

I'm writing this column in January just before setting off for the NAMM show in California, which is perhaps the highlight of...

This month tracks from Jason Derulo, Martin Garrix, Eminem and our Classic Mix: The Beatles' Yesterday from 1965.

What does the world of sports broadcasting offer the budding sound engineer?