
Studio SOS: Help With Guitars
The owner of an unusually bijou studio setup provides the chocolate biscuits this month, as the SOS team get busy helping to improve the performance of his gear and the sound of his recordings.
To find the exact phrase, put the words in quotes or join them together with a plus sign e.g. live+recording or "live recording".
To find, say, all live recording articles that mention Avid, enter: live+recording +avid - and use sidebar filters to narrow down searches further.

The owner of an unusually bijou studio setup provides the chocolate biscuits this month, as the SOS team get busy helping to improve the performance of his gear and the sound of his recordings.

Not content with offering some of the most fully-featured digital mixers in the world, Yamaha have now upgraded them, and are offering extra effects packs to further expand their capabilities.

Another selection of creative and time-saving tricks for Yamaha's fully featured hard disk multitracker.

Listen online to the tracks whilst reading what music industry professionals think of the latest collection of SOS reader recordings.

Listen to these tracks from SOS readers and see whether you agree with the good Doctor's prognosis...

The new Lute Hole soundhole covers from The Lute Hole Company offer an alternative way of reducing feedback in live situations, with less suppression of the acoustic guitar's natural voicing

During the recent London Guitar Show, Sound On Sound's Paul White, Hugh Robjohns and Dave Lockwood took seminar visitors through the products, processes and strategies for successful guitar recording in the home studio.

Steinberg have set a release date of June the 15th for version 2 of their sample-based software instrument The Grand

Live Set and Hammer are two new PC programs designed for use with Propellerhead Reason designed by Italian developers Petertools

A version 1.5 update to Arturia’s Minimoog V virtual synth is now available as a free download.

A new plug-in bundle from Dutch developer Audio Ease brings together three unique sound-shaping tools.


You probably know Allen & Heath as a studio mixer manufacturer, but they also specialise in high-end DJ mixing and processing. Now they have combined their studio and DJ expertise into a multi-mode analogue filter with sophisticated MIDI control.

Apple have long been criticised for charging a premium for their products, making the Mac platform a more costly choice than the alternatives. With the newly released Mac Mini, Apple hope to change this perception, but is there enough Mac in the Mac Mini to make it useful for musicians?

Although intended as an entry-level application to introduce new people to computer-based music making, Apple's GarageBand has received acclaim from beginners and professionals alike. We look at version 2, which adds score editing, multitrack audio recording, and more...

Large-diaphragm mics don't have to be bulky and unwieldy, as this compact new contender from Audix demonstrates.

So how is your plug-in band coming on, then? With a combination of Steinberg's Groove Agent and Virtual Guitarist plus Yamaha's Vocaloid, all that is required is a bass player. Enter, stage left, Bornemark's Broomstick Bass...

This slimline rack processor makes CEDAR's latest class-leading audio-restoration algorithms remarkably quick and easy to use.

The Who's final album with Keith Moon took almost a year to record and pushed the band to the limit. Engineer and producer Jon Astley tells the remarkable story behind Who Are You?'s title track.

Replies from the editorial team to more of your valued feedback.