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The SOS team help a reader track down the source of some mysterious hums and buzzes!

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It may be the smallest mixer they've ever made, but the SiX shares more than just heritage with SSL's legendary large-format consoles.

This debut speaker from new UK company Kerr Acoustic combines a number of unusual design elements — to impressive effect!

For her eagerly awaited new album, Florence Welch teamed up with one of the world’s hottest producers. Emile Haynie and Florence herself describe the making of High As Hope.

The Lemon Twigs not only draw their musical inspiration from classic power-pop; they’ve also learned to record using authentic ’70s gear and techniques.


These new controller instruments make NI's tight hardware/software integration more portable and affordable than ever before.

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