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Not only is Atlanta’s rap scene producing stars like Lil Uzi Vert, but it’s also providing opportunities for a new wave of engineering talent.

When we compared eight mic preamps with very different designs and price tags, we found it hard to tell them apart. Could SOS readers do better?

A major update to Rob Papen’s unique reverb plug-in gives it even more creative sound-design potential.

We pull a problematic live recording back from the brink.


Unfinished business: our engineer reworks a track he produced several years ago, and finds he'd left himself with plenty more to do!

Reborn out of the Cold War East German TV and radio network site, Funkhaus Studios can be found deep inside Block B!

Manon Grandjean not only recorded and mixed the chart-topping debut by UK rapper Dave — she also mastered it!

Indelibly associated with magic, sugar plum fairies and, inevitably, Harry Potter, the celesta (or celeste) is a keyboard--operated idiophone resembling a small upright piano.

Talent and hard work have taken Marta Salogni from dive bars in Italy to working with A-list mixing and production clients in the UK in less than a decade.

Fender’s foray into the world of pro live sound continues, with these premium IEMs.

Elektron’s latest compact groove station takes a welcome new look at FM.

There have been numerous recreations of the Minimoog in recent years, and the latest manufacturers to take a stab at this are UK newcomers, AJH Synth.

Universal Audio have announced the immediate availability of three new Direct Developer plug-ins for the UAD...

Foote’s latest design could be that rare thing: a mastering-grade compressor for the masses.

You might have noticed that we’re giving lots of column inches to Shure currently, but for good reason. You...

Chris Watson’s fascination with location sound recording has taken him to some of the most remote places on Earth, where climatic extremes and uncooperative wildlife push his equipment and skills to their limits.

If your plug-in synths sound a bit cold and clinical, there are plenty of ways to inject some life...

This month’s Studio SOS challenge was to help a college music department get a better recorded drum sound.