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“I have an impulsive streak,” confesses Puerto Rican‑Italian artist Becca Mancari. That impulsive streak brought Mancari to Music City around a decade ago, and it was in Nashville that they met a host of future collaborators.

The Nagra VI is a visually stunning, operationally simple, and a technologically versatile 8‑track digital audio recorder, derived from a long genealogy of superb‑sounding and beautifully engineered machines...

Patriotism doesn’t always come naturally to Britons, but if anything can provoke a swell of national pride, it’s our track record in mixing console design.

Most DAWs give you the power to control the volume of recorded audio on a per‑clip level — and with this power comes immense creative potential!

Arushi Jain has toured the world over as Modular Princess, with a critically acclaimed brand of electronic composition infused with the influence of Hindustani classical music.

Creating an environment where artists can flourish means building trust, understanding people and valuing everyone’s input.

Norwegian artist and producer Live Sollid began her musical journey in the world of jazz, but is now exploring the outer reaches of progressive electronica and experimental pop...

Meet the producers, engineers, songwriters and musicians featured on this month’s Sound On Sound front cover.

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?