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April 2019 Magazine Contents

SOS (US Edition) April 2019

Reviews: Solid State Logic SiX (cover) • Polyend/Dreadbox Medusa • Waldorf Quantum • Arturia KeyLab MkII • Genelec S360 • JoeCo Cello • FabFilter Pro-L 2 • Synchro Arts Revoice Pro 4 • Korg Konnect PA • PreSonus Atom • Luke Audio AL-Y56 • Rode RodeCaster Pro • Overstayer 8755DM • Warm Audio WA73-EQ and more.

Techniques + People: Inside Track: Queen 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Soundtrack • Foals • Mix Rescue: The Vietnam Flashbacks • Session Notes: Multi-purpose Recordings • Studio SOS... plus DAW workshops.

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    Antares Auto‑Tune Access

    Formats: Mac & PC VST & AAX; Mac AU

    Antares' Auto‑Tune needs no introduction, and the company have now launched a super‑simple version that is more...

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    Arturia KeyLab MkII

    Controller Keyboard

    Arturia take their KeyLab controller keyboard range to the next level.

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    Eventide Instant Phaser MkII

    Formats: Mac & PC VST & AAX; Mac AU

    Eventide have long offered a plug-in version of their 1972 Instant Phaser hardware, and now they've revisited it to add both new capabilities and the ability to 'age' the circuity by introducing modelled component value drift.

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    FabFilter Pro-Q 3

    Formats: Mac & PC VST & AAX; Mac AU

    The third major update to Pro‑Q is packed with functionality, and the headline feature this time around is dynamic equalisation.

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    FabFilter Pro‑L 2

    Mastering Limiter Plug-in

    FabFilter have reinvented their Pro‑L limiter for the new world of loudness normalisation.

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    Genelec S360

    Active Monitors

    Genelec's latest monitor is a flexible beast, designed for the large multi-speaker setups that are needed in VR and immersive audio. But does this versatility come at the expense of its usefulness for conventional music mixing?

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    JoeCo Cello

    USB2.1 Audio Interface

    JoeCo's debut desktop interface combines high sound quality, robust engineering and some unusual features.

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    JST Billy Decker Bus Glue

    Plug-in Suite

    Billy Decker's signature plug-in collection is aimed at those who'd rather get things done than get into the details.

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    Korg Konnect

    Mini PA System

    Korg's new mini PA is as versatile as it is compact and portable.

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    Leapwing Audio StageOne

    Formats: Mac & PC VST & AAX, Mac AU

    StageOne is a plug-in designed to manipulate stereo imaging, by extracting a signal that corresponds to what we hear as the 'phantom centre' and processing this independently of the rest.

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    Loudspeakers For Music Recording And Reproduction

    (Philip Newell & Keith Holland: 2nd Edition) Book Review

    The first edition of Loudspeakers was published in 2007 but now, with the much revised and expanded second edition, we have reason to give it the formal SOS review treatment...

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    Luke Audio AL-Y56

    Valve Microphone & Capsule Set

    Luke Audio's new valve microphone provides three classic capsule options at a highly affordable price. Is it too good to miss, or too good to be true?

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    Modwheel Bass Banjo

    Kontakt Instrument

    Bass Banjo is based on a bespoke instrument originally built by one of Modwheel's founders, David Donaldson, together with collaborator Stuart Porter, for performance duties with an outdoor marching band...

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    Nobels ODR-Mini

    Overdrive Pedal

    The ODR‑Mini is essentially a slightly tweaked version of Nobels' ODR‑1 overdive pedal (by all accounts extremely popular with Nashville musicians), with true bypass and a tightened low end, but squeezed into a mini‑format case.

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    Overstayer 8755DM

    Stereo Modular Channel

    Overstayer's versatile stereo processor offers endless ways to manipulate — or obliterate — any input signal!

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    Patch & Tweak

    Book Review

    The team behind Push Turn Move shift their attention to modular synthesis.

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    Phoenix Audio Nimbus

    Active DI Box

    The transformerless, Class‑A DI input circuit from Phoenix Audio's DRS2 mic preamp has spawned a range of dedicated active DI products, the latest being the single-channel Nimbus DI.

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    Polyend/Dreadbox Medusa

    Synthesizer & Sequencer

    The Medusa combines analogue and digital, synthesizer and sequencer — and even throws in a controller for good measure.

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    PreSonus Atom

    Pad Controller

    The PreSonus Atom offers hands-on control and tight integration with their Studio One DAW.

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    Rode RodeCaster Pro

    Podcast Studio Console & Audio Interface

    The RodeCaster Pro is a one‑stop shop for creating high‑quality podcasts.

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    Roland VT-4 Voice Transformer

    Vocal Processor

    From the classic vocoders of the '70s through to the hyper pitch-corrected pop vocals of the last decade, Roland's VT‑4 can do it all.

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    Solid State Logic SiX

    Analogue Mixing Desk

    It may be the smallest mixer they've ever made, but the SiX shares more than just heritage with SSL's legendary large-format consoles.

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    Soundiron Rhythmic Odyssey

    Kontakt Instrument

    Rhythmic Odyssey represents a collaboration between Soundiron and the highly regarded UK-based percussionist David Oliver to develop a virtual instrument built around live percussion performances.

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    Steinberg Groove Agent 5

    Virtual Drummer Instrument

    How do you improve on the ultimate drum studio? Steinberg attempt just that with the latest version of Groove Agent.

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    Synchro Arts Revoice Pro 4

    Automatic Pitch & Time Alignment Software

    The latest version of Synchro Arts' Revoice Pro brings many new features, including improved algorithms and deeper DAW integration.

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    Unorthodox Audio St James The Great Organ

    Kontakt Instrument

    This Kontakt instrument has been built from samples of the 19th‑Century English pipe organ installed in the church of St James The Great in Snitterfield, Warwickshire...

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    Waldorf Quantum

    Polyphonic Synthesizer

    Waldorf's new flagship synthesizer is complex, versatile and hugely ambitious.

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    Warm Audio WA73-EQ

    Microphone Preamplifier & EQ

    Find out how just how well this vintage recreation compares with the original that inspired it.

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    Xvive U3

    Wireless System

    If you're looking to add wireless functionality to your favourite mic, Xvive's U3 could be just what you need.

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Techniques

Sound Advice

People

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    Foals: Yannis Philippakis & Brett Shaw

    
Producing Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost

    Foals' first foray into self-production yielded not one but two albums — but making them wasn't easy!

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    The Mix Review

    Commercial Productions Analysed

    We examine the production of some recent hits to help you brush up on your listening skills.

    People
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    Paul White in his studio, 2017.

    Wants Versus Needs

    Leader

    Over 10 years ago I started a leader column by saying: "The cold reality is that the musical hardware and software available...

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    Why I Love... The Album

    Michael Denny

    "Tracks in the context of an album can have a totally different effect in comparison to hearing those tracks in isolation..."

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Music Business

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    MOSH, São Paulo

    Studio File

    The largest country in South America, Brazil boasts a musical history like no other, spanning classical music, heavy metal,...

    Music Business
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