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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Aria Vocalscapes contains some beautiful content performed by classical soprano Emma May Price.
SSL’s PureDrive preamps bring the sound of their Origin console to a new audience.
Growing up in the western Mexican city of Guadalajara, Eduardo De La Paz didn’t have many opportunities to learn the craft of recording and production. He has since made his own name as a formidable mixer, and in the process founded a studio.
Toontrack get gritty with their Dark Industrial expansions for EZdrummer and EZkeys.
These short audio files accompany the Cubase workshop that appears in SOS June 2024.
Audio examples to accompany our review of the Saturn 2 multi-pattern Large Diaphragm Condenser microphone by Sontronics.
Quite a few engineers who work with bands like driving their drum submix into fairly heavy compression, but whenever I try doing this it seems like I end up losing the low‑end weight from my kick drum...
Last year I watched Almost Famous, and that film made me realise something incredibly sad: I’d never heard anything on vinyl.
Does knowing about production change the way we engage with music?
Arturia's, Frédéric Brun, talks about the company's eventful history, taking in highlights such as the innovative MiniBrute, the epic PolyBrute and the company's first stage keyboard, the new AstroLab.
Eddie Bazil gives us three masterclass pointers on constructing beats, incorporating useful tools such as Drum Replacement software and pre-constructed Loops...
With new and improved instruments, Arturia’s one‑stop synth shop is better value than ever.
Cinesamples’ subscription package promises an awful lot of bang for your monthly bucks.
Strokes has evolved from a clever MIDI sequencer to a sophisticated and original instrument in its own right.
We throw some shapes with the powerful new sound‑design options in the Sampler Track.
Does a modern hardware MIDI controller with the ability to add your own features sound too good to be true?
Can plug‑ins ever match the sound of outboard and an analogue console? Our unique comparison recreates a 48‑channel hardware mix using software alone.
Over the years, David Kosten has helped create many weird and wonderful sounds, and selects ‘Seal Jubilee’ by Bat For Lashes as a favourite.
When the opportunity came to work with his childhood heroes Judas Priest, Andy Sneap didn’t just engineer and produce — he also mixed, mastered, and became the band’s touring guitarist.
A much‑loved creative distortion plug‑in is back from its sabbatical, and it looks like the break has done it good!