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Talkback: Billy Nomates
Combining deft production and fluent beat‑making with no‑holds‑barred spoken word and singing, Bristol’s Billy Nomates, aka Tor Maries, has enjoyed a fast ascent to cult success.
Why I Love... Compact Discs
I bought my first CD player in 1984. I had been lusting for one since I first saw/heard the new format three years earlier,...
Gear Of The Year 2022 | Podcast
Paul White and Hugh Robjohns pick their hardware and software highlights from the last 12 months, plus feature some late arrivals.
Look Sharp
Many years ago, a manufacturer who shall remain nameless sent us two iterations of their new product...
Talkback: Authentically Plastic
Ugandan producer and performance artist Tayo Alemi, aka Authentically Plastic, creates experimental electronic music.
Why I Love... Distortion
My first experience with distortion was with guitar pedals. There was something amazing about physically stomping on a device...
Talkback: Teno Afrika
Teno Afrika, aka Lutendo Raduvha, is one of South Africa’s fastest‑rising electronic music stars.
Why I Love... Live Streaming
Could live streaming open up fresh worlds for your music?
New Or Improved?
Spatial audio needs to offer more than just an iterative improvement — and if that’s going to happen, producers and musicians are the people who need to make it happen.
Why I Love... Guitarists
The electric guitar — has there ever been an instrument so identified with rebellion, with danger, with transgression?
Crunch Time
How bad will the cost of living crisis get? Energy prices are forecast to rise by hundreds of percent this autumn. Inflation...
Price vs Progress
Are manufacturers becoming more willing to pursue original design concepts?
Talkback: Malena Zavala
Malena Zavala pauses her cross‑cultural synth‑guitar pop career to answer SOS's nine core production questions...
Why I Love... Imperfections
Sometimes you need to free yourself from the reign of the click track and headphones...
Do I Need A Ribbon Microphone?
In this occasional series of Sound Advice articles about buying gear for your studio, we'll be looking at a different piece of studio equipment and trying to help you decide if you really need it.
Growing Bolder
For Elton John, sorry seemed to be the hardest word. For the sound engineer, it’s something we all have to say sooner or later...
Why I Love... Live Sound
Live sound has been a fascination of mine ever since I did my first live sound job at a pub in Cambridge back when I was at college and around 18 years old.
Talkback: Shuta Shinoda
Engineer Shuta Shinoda faces the SOS nine-question treatment...
Express Yourself
I write this column with two recent events in mind. One is the sad passing of legendary synthesist and composer Vangelis. The...