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Interview with Lawrence Ray from Back To Base in his Blue Water Studio.
Every week, BBC1's new Saturday night show Get Your Act Together takes an aspiring singer or group and attempts to transform their musc, image and performace, to turn them into true professionals — in two days. Among the eminent record producers chosen to work their magic on these acts is Steve Levine, who talks to Sam Inglis about the unique challenges involved.
Sam Inglis roots around in the dustbin of history and fishes out one of the few Roland analogue instruments you can still afford without a second mortgage. Does it deserve to be rehabilitated?
Having decided to construct a studio for their own use, Damon Albarn of Blur and his collaborators Tom Girling and Jason Cox chose to create an environment as unlike a typical commercial studio as possible. And then they fitted it with perhaps the most bizarre assortment of equipment ever collected together...
The first single from the Manic Street Preachers' This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours album entered the UK charts at no.1 — even though the band had adandoned their traditional power‑chord approach in favour of acoustic guitars, string machines and unusual synth effects. We talk to Dave Eringa, the producer who oversaw this successful change of direction.
Erica have teamed up with software developers 112dB to create a genuinely original synthesizer.
Could a small step for Logic’s version number represent a giant leap for music production?
Sound On Sound and Tileyard London are pleased to announce that GearFest UK will be taking place on 19 July 2025.
Streaming is now the most important way in which music is consumed. So how can you make sure your music sounds as good as possible?
Max Farrar: we take on a well–crafted contemporary pop tune with a massive number of tracks, and create two different mixes....
We put this new plug-in to the test to see if it delivers on its promise of being an authentic emulation with useful digital trimmings.
Max Farrar: we take on a well–crafted contemporary pop tune with a massive number of tracks, and create two different mixes.
It's not often SOS readers get to mix a session tracked at Abbey Road — and when they did, the results were surprising!
Alan Tubbs reviews the Cakewalk Z3TA+ 2.1 plug-in for PC VST, Sam Inglis takes a look at the Dada Life Sausage Fattener plug-in for Mac AU & VST and Windows VST as well as the Waves The King's Microphones plug-in for Mac AU, Mac & PC VST & RTAS.
