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Peter Janus from Radial fills in SOS Editor-in-Chief Paul White on the Key Largo, a useful foot-switchable...
Welcome To 1979 isn’t your run of the mill recording studio. That’s because everyone at the complex is dedicated to ...
Learning music production the Abbey Road way isn’t cheap — but if it equips you to work in today’s music business, could it be money well spent?
The EMS VCS3 (or ‘Putney’) is relic of a bygone age. Along with its suitcase sibling the Synthi, the VCS3...
Arturia have updated their V Collection, and one of the stand-out instruments is a recreation of Farfisa’s classic combo organs.
The Avalanches’ debut album Since I Left You took the art of sampling to new heights — but it has taken them 16 years to finish the follow-up!
Cinematic Samples take a refreshingly simple approach to the Hollywood orchestral sound.
Can a technology borrowed from digital computers bring anything new to the world of analogue delay?
Some people are happy to drive their DAWs and video editors entirely from a keyboard and mouse. For others, the Contour Designs Shuttle Pro v2 might appeal.
Intel’s whole CPU range has undergone a refresh over the last 12 months. We report on the performance of their new processors and their suitability for audio.
Steinberg’s dedicated app can turn your iPad into a fine control surface for Cubase.
Mastering engineers looking for a compressor with a distinctly vintage flavour would do well to check out Roger Foote’s latest creation.
Boasting a novel construction method using traces printed on stacked circuit boards in place of traditionally wound coils, Fluence offers active circuitry, hum cancellation, a choice of two distinct voices and — most surprising of all — convincingly traditional sounds. We explore their newest addition.
Microphones that include A-D converters, allowing them to be plugged directly into computers or iOS devices, are becoming increasingly popular. IK's offering is built around a large-diaphragm capacitor mic with built-in 24-bit converters that support sample rates up to 48kHz.
Blink 182’s chart-topping California brought Zakk Cervini his first mix credit on a hit album — but he had to work hard to get it.
Where you have lots of passive bypass pedals coupled with long cables, treble loss and compromised ‘feel’ can become a real problem...
How do you follow the best-selling synthesizer of all time?
Lauten’s latest creation is a classy affair with a pleasingly neutral tonality, which should make it suitable for a wide range of sources.
Those of us who grew up with tape machines and mixers can see how most DAWs follow an analogue mixer paradigm, but this might not be quite so obvious to a musician who’s taken the DAW route from the start...