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Think your own music is good? Listen to these tracks from SOS readers and see if you agree with the good Doctor's prognosis...
It may be Swiss, but there's nothing cheesy about the idea of a synth that lets you rekindle your rusty analogue programming skills. Paul Nagle dons his boots and goes hiking through the peaks and troughs of the ProTone's analogue waveforms...
When different parts compete in a mix, it isn't always easy to decide what's most important. We take you through some strategies to achieve better separation of parts for a clutter-free mix.
It lacked most of the features we'd expect from even a basic synth, but this rare Italian keyboard had a charm all of its own.
After 17 years mixing almost everything that came out of Jam & Lewis's Flyte Tyme Studios, there's very little Steve Hodge doesn't know about making R&B records work.
This month, the SOS team help out with the acoustics at Ultravox and Band Aid star Midge Ure's personal studio.
Are you about to buy an expensive stand-alone sampler? Think again. If you have a PC, you already own much of the technology required for sampling. Panicos Georghiades puts the case for 'soundcard and PC'-based sampling systems, and compares four popular soundcards.
Will Mowat made his name first as a sequencer expert and then as a writer with Soul II Soul. As a world music producer, his recent projects provide inspirational examples of how to combine performance with programming and overcome the limitations of a bare-bones budget.
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.
Paul White caught up with Bill Katoski at a recent trade fair, where they discussed the ideas and influences behind KAT's range of innovative percussion controllers.
Jez Wilkinson - Aerosolik Records
Flo Rida and T-Pain scored a massive worldwide hit with 'Low' — but only after it received the attention of Miami's star mixer, Fabian Marasciullo.
From humble beginnings, Diane Warren has gone on to write hundreds of hit songs. Her secrets? Hard work, good titles... and no time wasted cleaning her writing room!
Paul White continues his introduction to sampling with a look at some of the extras, accessories and peripherals that you might need in order to get the most out of your new purchase.
Martin Russ considers some ways of realising sound synthesis on your Mac using system or third-party software, and concludes his look at the PCI buss.
Analogue warmth seems to be the Holy Grail in these digital days. But what is it, why does it hold such appeal, and how can you use it to enhance your recordings?
Rather than rack up their recent flagship Virus Indigo, Access have made the Virus Rack a lower-spec version at a keen price. Gordon Reid considers whether this Virus is still infectious...
Software instruments are now becoming commonplace, but it's still an ambitious software developer who attempts to model an entire studio.
The Dust Brothers changed the course of record production with a new approach to sampling. In their first ever in-depth technical interview, John King and Mike Simpson explain their unique way of making records and open the doors of their remarkable LA studio, The Boat.