Sound On Sound LIVE free with latest issue of SOS

The September 2005 UK/EU edition of SOS is on sale from Thursday the 18th of August and includes the free quarterly Sound On Sound LIVE supplement, packed with live sound gear news, reviews and techniques.

The 50-page supplement features new product news, rigorous road-tests of PAs, mics, mixers and other crucial on-stage gear and informative features on how to succesfully record a live band and the ins and outs of wireless mic systems. Elsewhere, our continuing PA Basics series offers plenty more tips and tricks, plus there's the chance to win a pair of Turbosound active PA speakers worth over £3000!

The September 2005 UK/EU edition of Sound On Sound LIVE is available from WH Smith and all leading newsagents from Thursday 18th August 2005.

Here's a full list of the features and reviews appearing in the latest LIVE supplement:

For a gigging band, a live album is a good alternative or addition to a studio recording. We take you through the background to making successful concert recordings and discuss various different approaches to capturing the live band experience.

You might well use radio-mic or in-ear monitoring systems for your gigs, but you may not be aware of the specialised management that makes it possible for us to use the radio frequency spectrum for live sound. We go behind the scenes, and also report on changes to frequency management that could affect you.

Live sound engineering isn't rocket science, but there are plenty of unexpected situations that can trip you up if you're not prepared. Avoid at least some of the pitfalls with our handy guide to what to do - and what not to do.

Why buy separate FOH and monitor mixing consoles? With the dual-purpose GL2400 you can just mix and go...

Mackie have followed up their successful SRM450 active PA speaker with a smaller sibling that's even easier to cart about and can turn its hand to a multitude of live sound tasks.

Australian mic manufacturers Rode have an enviable reputation for quality studio mics. Does their very first capacitor designed specifically for stage use live up to the company name?

These have to be two of the cheapest dynamic mics on the market. But are they an unmissable bargain or a false economy?

Wireless mics are becoming cheaper all the time, as shown by this new LD range available with hand-held mics, in lapel and headset format, and for guitars.

Achieving the right foldback mix for the performers on stage is a perennial live-sound problem. But what if you could simply hand each performer a mixer and let them create their own balance?

These active speakers look much like other similar plastic PA speakers - but the big difference is that you won't have to stretch your own plastic too far to buy a pair, as they come in at around half the price of most of their competition.