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With their latest Quantum interface range, PreSonus have swapped Thunderbolt for USB. Do they still maintain the same advantages?
There are many great virtual drum instruments around, but sometimes it’s best to create your own!
In Reaper, I matched the fader levels and flipped the polarity of the new track. I should hear nothing when both tracks play, right? But I don’t. Why not?
Can SOS recommend a good first microphone for a student studying music?
Powerful, creative tools lurk beneath these plug‑ins’ playful graphical interfaces...
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars. While the original Poiesis Cello was impressive, Poiesis Cello 2 takes things further while retaining the ethos of the original and still remaining affordable.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Vessels presents a broad range of hardware synth‑based timbres alongside variously patinated and ‘distressed’ re‑amped and re‑recorded sounds.
A hit movie about the world’s greatest rock band turns conventional ideas of audio restoration on their head.
This modern take on a vintage germanium preamp offers bucketloads of character.
Impact XT is now right at home in Studio One's MIDI editor.
Colombian‑born Ela Minus was studying jazz performance as a drummer at Berklee College Of Music when she got a taste for electronic music.
Problem solving seems to find its way into so many of the things I do, and I’ve come to realise that rather than being a burden, it gives me a huge amount of pleasure.
This all‑in‑one symphonic package offers an easy way to create orchestral arrangements. Distilled from seven large Synchron collections with no loss in sound quality, the library comprises two string ensembles, brass, woodwinds, ethnic winds, percussion and harp playing all the essential orchestral articulations.
This UREI‑inspired compressor includes some useful features for modern hybrid studios.
These audio examples accompany our review of Polyverse’s Filterverse plug-in from SOS April 2025 edition.
These audio examples accompany the ‘Depth Of Field’ workshop article from SOS April 2025 issue, discussing the use of three reverb treatments.
These three audio files demonstrate various elements of the Modulator-based synth pad sound-design process that I describe in the main SOS April 2025 Cubase workshop article.
Composer, pianist and producer Martin Kohlstedt talks about his approach to combining piano and electronic instruments, improvisation in the studio and on stage, plus the work he is doing to reduce the carbon footprint of touring.
From busking to barbecues, gigging with no mains power is now an affordable reality. We check out the current options.
Join us for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the Dune: Part Two soundtrack with legendary mixing engineer Alan Meyerson.