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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.
Producer, sound designer and composer Jonathan Snipes talks about his work with experimental hip-hop group Clipping, sharing an inside look at their unique production process, before showcasing five modules in an exclusive live performance.
Producer, songwriter and multi‑instrumentalist Dimitri Tikovoï joins Kevin Paul to discuss his creative approach to recording and production, delving into his work with bands like Placebo.
Remember the nu‑disco tune we wrote last month, using the loops and instruments in SOS For Artists? Now it’s time to flesh it out, mix it and master it...
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.
Audient’s black box demonstrates that speaker calibration can be just as valuable in a stereo context as it is for immersive audio.
Podcasting and vlogging have given high‑quality dynamic microphones a fresh lease of life, so how does the Audix PDX520 fit into that landscape?
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.
KRK’s affordable Kreate speakers offer plenty of bang for your buck!
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?
This clever dual‑engine effects pedal offers ambience for days!
Solid State Logic once again raid their archive of preamp and EQ designs to put together a high‑powered input channel.
If you’ve always wanted an overdrive or distortion pedal featuring two fully independent channels with exactly the same facilities, here it is!
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!
Sonarworks and Sound On Sound are inviting producers, engineers, sound designers and creators worldwide to take a short 5–8 minute survey on how AI is changing music.
VEMIA will be holding their 61st gear auction between 1 and 8 November 2025, with any remaining gear being offered again at a 10% discount (or more) as part of their Second Chance Sunday event on 9 November.
The latest arrival to Sound Particles’ product range introduces a new software synthesizer based on the same technology as their innovative SkyDust instrument.
Following longstanding requests from third-party developers, the framework now offers support for the MIT Open Source License model, as well as benefitting from several improvements to its Software Developer Kit (SDK).
SSL 360 V2.0 provides UC1 users with enhanced integration with Avid’s Pro Tools, delivers some significant functionality updates for UF8 and UF1, and introduces monitoring enhancements for the company’s SSL 12 and SSL 18 interfaces.
Based on modular systems from the likes of Serge Tcherepnin, Random*Source and Buchla USA, MAP is described as a sound design playground for artists who see synthesis not as programming, but as exploration.