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Everyone knows that sound engineering can be a lonely pursuit, but a new online service called Balanced Connections...

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UK company Polar Lo-Fi have announced two effects pedals to be released in the third quarter of 2014. Polar Lo-Fi’s...

I have several cassette tapes of concerts and recitals recorded when I was at music college in the '70s, which I want to transfer to CD, cleaning up the recordings in the process.

Is it worth using 96kHz or 192kHz sampling rates? Or do they just mean that my interfaces have exciting-looking numbers...


These affordable speakers perform admirably for their price, and also offer Bluetooth remote control via a free iOS app.

Audio-Technica's AT2020 USB cardioid has been upgraded; how does it fare?


Managing mains power distribution in a project studio can be frustrating. Simple plug-boards are cheap and easy, but professional rackmounted mains distribution units (MDUs) allow neat centralised cabling.

It's not often SOS readers get to mix a session tracked at Abbey Road — and when they did, the results were surprising!

Born of the fertile late‑'80s Manchester music scene, 808 State's 'Pacific State' was a landmark in British house music.

Cubase offers several different ways to take advantage of your master keyboard's knobs, buttons and faders.

Very few monitor controllers deliver all the functions our Technical Editor deems essential. This one does — and at an attractive price, too.

Formal education has many benefits, but to become a successful engineer, you need more than a degree alone.

Effects veterans Eventide aim to let singers in to the pedalboard party, with this cunningly designed effects-routing and switching box.

The success of Disney's Frozen underlines the importance of music in film, whether it be as songs or soundtracks.

Korg and littleBits have joined forces to make what's basically analogue Lego. What's not to like?

If you've read up on what was shown at NAMM earlier this year, you might wonder where there is for the industry to go next.

Do these hand‑made, single‑driver speakers sound as good as they look?