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If regular open mic nights aren’t quite right for the emerging army of knob‑twiddlers, loopers and beatmakers, where do we go to perform?

Today’s teenagers see nothing odd about playlisting The Beatles and Sinatra cheek by jowl with trap‑metal and drill. Music of the past is seen as a canon to be added to, not an embarrassment to be left behind. This seems to me a very positive change...

The SOS editorial team shared notes to come up with 21 ways you can greet 2021 with a better studio.

A Grammy‑winning engineer shares his secrets.

In our new monthly feature, we track down the new producers who are making waves and find out what makes them tick.

In this video, Editor in Chief Sam Inglis explains how to handle those awkward studio moments with tact and diplomacy, and emerge with your dignity intact!

There’s an element of art in the design of passive speakers that’s somehow diluted, lost even, once you put the crossover upstream of multiple power amplifiers...

For anyone who supplies or works in live sound, or the wider events industry, it’s been a disaster...

The SOS team pick their highlights from 2020's hardware and software launches.

A lot can happen in 35 years. Start the clock in 1914 and it’s a period that encompasses both World Wars, the Russian...

The EBow is a small plastic‑cased gadget, powered by a 9V battery, and when it’s hovered over a guitar string, it causes it to vibrate...

Romance isn't a concept often associated with music technology, but it definitely has a role to play. Only a ...

When a studio also has helpful staff, talented engineers and clued-up assistants, the whole experience is a joy.

Why is Sound On Sound publishing a major article about choosing an audio interface? Many reasons...

JBL Control Ones with dented grilles, sticky with fake blood, painted bright yellow for some forgotten scenery reason, are the unsung heroes of theatre audio delivery.

We all want our music-making tools to be intuitive. But what does that actually mean?

It's fair to say that keytars have had bad press over the years. It's my view that this malicious campaign was started by...

Headphones are now the primary means by which music is consumed. Some say this makes it desirable to mix and master on phones, too...

My confidence grew to the point that tackling surface-mounted components was not the horror I was led to believe...