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Designed specifically for immersive formats, the BP3600 is a novel alternative to more familiar Ambisonic microphones.
These audio examples accompany the review in SOS November 2025 of the AudioScape ASA-6A, a lovely hardware valve compressor based on the classic RCA BA-6A design.
This month, Sound On Sound celebrates an amazing 40 years in continuous publication. To mark this momentous occasion, we’ve teamed up with some of our favourite brands to offer you a complete music production and recording studio, containing some of the world’s greatest gear, worth over £20,000$25,000!
These examples accompany my review of the T-Rex TwinBlaze pedal, published in SOS November 2025.
Sequential’s latest is a miniaturised, analogue, four‑voice polysynth inspired by the Pro‑One and Prophet lines. But does it still feel like a Sequential?
Even the very best gear will only ever perform as well as its surroundings allow. Getting the best sound out of your setup means paying some attention to the room itself.
If you’ve always wanted an overdrive or distortion pedal featuring two fully independent channels with exactly the same facilities, here it is!
This clever dual‑engine effects pedal offers ambience for days!
Compact and stylish, this console aims to cater for those working across the DJ, stage and studio worlds — and includes some novel performance features.
The problem of dialogue intelligibility has proven a stubborn nut to crack — but this new meter promises to make consistently clear voices easier to achieve...
Audiomodern’s Soundbox is a virtual instrument engine that combines depth with ease of use — and it’s free!
Old Blood Noise Endeavours describe the Bathing as a ‘liminal’ delay — a word I had to look up before writing this review! Not quite a delay, reverb, or phaser — rather, the Bathing straddles the boundaries between them.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. A versatile package that caters equally to players chasing classic Rhodes warmth or the grit and bite of a Wurlitzer.
Like a medieval cathedral, the Redshift 6 is a massively ambitious creation. There are other similarities too...
Twenty years since the launch of the original POG, the concept has been brought up to date, with features for guitarists and modular enthusiasts alike.
This diminutive module combines an envelope with a VCA to accept audio signals and render them, well, percussive.
A new German manufacturer takes aim at the microphone market, promising real innovation.
KRK’s affordable Kreate speakers offer plenty of bang for your buck!
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Soniccouture continually push the extremes of sound design, and Polarity Tension marks the first in a series of collaborations utilising their impressive new Polarity dual‑granular engine.
AudioScape’s take on the classic RCA valve compressor is much more than just a clone...