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Prefab Sprout rose to fame in an era of indulgence and eye‑watering studio budgets. These days, things are a little different...
A unique and inspired choice of collaborators helped Björk blend powerful emotion with restless experimentation.
We look at a different use for Lives celebrated time-stretching engine.
To celebrate the magazine’s 30th birthday, the SOS team take a trip back in time, finding out what it was really like to work in a mid-’80s home studio.
• Matt Cardle 'When We Collide' • Bruno Mars 'Grenade' • Ellie Goulding 'Your Song'
Drake’s atmospheric, brooding sound has revitalised hip-hop, selling millions in the process. The man behind that sound is Noah '40' Shebib.
Only big studios have the space, skills and equipment to track a full big band, right? Not necessarily...
With a little help from producer/engineer Tucker Martine, the Decemberists' latest album went from barn to barnstormer...
Think you need thousands to add a decent stereo ribbon mic to your collection? Think again...
With expected component shortages and the consequent rise in hard‑drive prices, what can the PC musician expect from 2012?
Waves’ latest analogue emulation has unrivalled pedigree. But is there still a role for a mixer that was declared obsolete 40 years ago?
• Ke$ha 'We R Who We R' • Tinie Tempah 'Wonderman' • Alexis Jordan 'Good Girl' • Chris Brown 'Beautiful People'
Very few monitor controllers deliver all the functions our Technical Editor deems essential. This one does — and at an attractive price, too.
Where does a young mix engineer learn the techniques to deliver hit rock mixes? In Dan Lancaster’s case, right here!
Most mic bundles economise on their included models, but Audix’s BandPack series features some of their leading designs. John Gatski takes a look.
As frontman with Queens Of The Stone Age, Josh Homme is arguably the biggest name in rock music. So how would he tackle a move into the producers chair with British indie superstars Arctic Monkeys?
For a man who likes to work quickly in the studio, David Axelrod's new album has taken an awfully long time to make — 33 years, to be precise. Meanwhile, his groundbreaking '60s and '70s productions have become a crucial resource for the biggest names in hip-hop.
Years in the making, John Bowen’s Solaris is finally with us. So is this hugely ambitious synthesizer everything we hoped it would be?
