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40 Ideas That Changed Music | PART 4 (Of 4)
Milestones From The History Of Recording & Production
Our series concludes with the 10 most significant technological developments that have shaped — and continue to shape — everything we hear.

Music Business Mar 2026
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GPU Audio update their SDK
Latest model offers real-time GPU-powered source separation
GPU Audio have announced that their SDK (Software Development Kit) has now been updated to support the latest graphics cards from NVIDIA and AMD, along with another significant development.

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KAMILLE & Spike Stent to receive MPG Awards
Inspiration & Icon gifted awards announced
The MPG have announced that KAMILLE (Camille Purcell) and Spike Stent will receive this year's Inspiration and MPG Icon Awards respectively.

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40 Ideas That Changed Music | PART 3
Milestones From The History Of Recording & Production
Our countdown of the most influential music tech breakthroughs reaches the Top 20.

Music Business Feb 2026
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AI & Music Tech In 2026
Are Musicians & Producers Embracing These Tools?
We asked music professionals how AI is changing their world.

Music Business Feb 2026
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2026 SOS Awards: THE RESULTS
Chosen By The Readers Of SOUND ON SOUND
The SOS Awards celebrate innovation and contemporary design. Congratulations to all the Winners, as well as the very worthy close contenders in each category who have been awarded our Highly Commended accolade.

Reviews Feb 2026
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A statement from Native Instruments
CEO addresses pre-insolvency news
Native Instruments' CEO, Nick Williams, has just released an official statement regarding the company's pre-insolvency filing.

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ACE Studio and EASTWEST Sounds partnership
AI technology to integrate with EastWest’s virtual instruments
Bringing together ACE Studio’s AI-based performance technology with EastWest’s established range of professional virtual instruments.

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Reason Studios join LANDR
Popular DAW platform acquired by music creation platform
Reason Studios have announced that they have teamed up with LANDR, a move which the two brands say will “redefine the future of music creation”.

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Linux Audio Conference 2026
18 – 20 June 2026, Maynooth University, Ireland
The Linux Audio Conference, or LAC, is an international conference dedicated to free/open-source software for music, audio and other media where GNU/Linux features as the main creation platform.

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40 Ideas That Changed Music | PART 2
Milestones From The History Of Recording & Production
We continue our countdown of the most significant technological breakthroughs in recording history.

Music Business Jan 2026
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AI and Music Tech in 2026 | SOS Podcast
The Sonarworks Survey
Helmuts Bems, Co-Founder and CEO of Sonarworks, discusses the findings of their recent AI survey. The conversation explores differing industry perspectives on generative versus assistive AI and provides insight into the extent to which professional musicians are already adopting these emerging technologies.

Music Business Jan 2026
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Soundgas: John Paul Jones Studio Auction
Gear & instruments from British musician’s studio
Soundgas’ latest gear auction sees the company offer up a selection of gear sourced from the studio of legendary British musician John Paul Jones.

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Fairlight 50th Anniversary
In celebration of an iconic company
December 2025 marks the 50th Anniversary of the founding of Fairlight in 1975 by Kim Ryrie and Peter Vogel, who along with a number of original staff members, have gathered in Sydney to celebrate this milestone year for Australia's pioneering music technology company.

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UMG & Splice to collaborate on AI tools
Development roadmap now underway
Universal Music Group (UMG) and music-creation platform Splice have agreed to collaborate on joint exploration of the next generation of AI-powered music-creation tools for musical artists.

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Soundgas’ December Gasaway now live
Win a Roland RE-301 Chorus Echo
Soundgas have announced that their second monthly Gasway prize draw is now live and open for entries until 7 January 2026.

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LEADER: Assisted Living
Sam Inglis
We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run. In the near term, my feeling is that the bigger transformation will be the quiet one wrought by assistive AI.

People Dec 2025
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40 Ideas That Changed Music | PART 1
Milestones From The History Of Recording & Production
To mark Sound On Sound’s 40th anniversary, we have put together a list of 40 milestone developments from the history of recording and production, which we’ll be counting down over the next four issues.

Music Business Dec 2025
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Manchester Music City publish grassroots venue report
Highlighting the cultural & economic importance of music venues
Manchester Music City have published a landmark report that aims to help strengthen the city’s grassroots music venues.

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Free download: First issue of Sound On Sound!
Celebrate 40 years of SOS and see where it all began...
We are offering a free PDF download of our very first edition, originally published in October 1985.

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Sonarworks & SOS AI Survey
Chance to win calibrated Sennheiser HD 650s
Sonarworks and Sound On Sound are inviting producers, engineers, sound designers and creators worldwide to take a short 5–8 minute survey on how AI is changing music.

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