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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars. OBSO seems to be designed to satisfy those who want instant gratification and want it now! OBSO uses samples as its sound source, the focus of the instrument being obsolete media.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. If you ever daydreamed about getting Mr Phillips’ drum sounds on your productions, your wish has been granted: our man has created three drum expansions for Steinberg’s Groove Agent.
Lovingly restored, and then lovingly sampled, Spitfire’s Château Piano recreates a pop icon.
There’s more than one way to slice your beats in Studio One!
Like a medieval cathedral, the Redshift 6 is a massively ambitious creation. There are other similarities too...
Felipe Castro's Estudio Novena in Mexico City is just four years old, yet has already played host to artists from across Latin America, as well as global chart‑toppers like Charli XCX.
Toontrack keep it real with reel‑to‑reels at Real World Studios.
I challenge anyone to show me a magazine that evokes such passion from its readership as Sound On Sound...
Building on the concepts explored in previous parts of this series, it’s time to weigh up some of the pros and cons of coincident and spaced arrays.
These three audio files provide examples based on the techniques described in the Cubase workshop article in SOS November 2025.
These audio files accompany the Pop Vocal Mixing article in SOS November 2025. The song featured in these examples is 'April Blues', by the artist Moni Blue.
These examples accompany my review of the T-Rex TwinBlaze pedal, published in SOS November 2025.
AudioScape’s take on the classic RCA valve compressor is much more than just a clone...
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?