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My first experience with distortion was with guitar pedals. There was something amazing about physically stomping on a device...

Teno Afrika, aka Lutendo Raduvha, is one of South Africa’s fastest‑rising electronic music stars. 

Could live streaming open up fresh worlds for your music?

Spatial audio needs to offer more than just an iterative improvement — and if that’s going to happen, producers and musicians are the people who need to make it happen.

The electric guitar — has there ever been an instrument so identified with rebellion, with danger, with transgression?

How bad will the cost of living crisis get? Energy prices are forecast to rise by hundreds of percent this autumn. Inflation...

Are manufacturers becoming more willing to pursue original design concepts?

Malena Zavala pauses her cross‑cultural synth‑guitar pop career to answer SOS's nine core production questions...

Sometimes you need to free yourself from the reign of the click track and headphones...

For Elton John, sorry seemed to be the hardest word. For the sound engineer, it’s something we all have to say sooner or later...

Live sound has been a fascination of mine ever since I did my first live sound job at a pub in Cambridge back when I was at college and around 18 years old.

Engineer Shuta Shinoda faces the SOS nine-question treatment...

I write this column with two recent events in mind. One is the sad passing of legendary synthesist and composer Vangelis. The...

The state of flow is a term used in different practices ranging from sports to the creative arts, but what does the state...

German DIY electronics whiz Moritz Klein and Erica Synths founder Girt Ozolins explain the motivation behind their mki x es.EDU collaboration.

Composers Michelle Birsky and Kevin Henthorn speak to us from their studio space in Los Angeles...

What can audio equipment manufacturers do to minimise their impact on the environment? We look for answers in the forests of Finland.

When I started my musical career in 1968, playing live was all there was. My first band Uriel lived for the moment when...

The idea of paying to ‘own’ software has always been problematic. What exactly is it that you possess?

Modern, computer‑based music technology has revolutionised home production. For all the positives, though, one downside...