
2024 Gear Of The Year
The SOS team pick their favourite hardware and software from the past 12 months.
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The SOS team pick their favourite hardware and software from the past 12 months.
Can I somehow record individual tracks into my DAW using the UA Volt 1, or should I mix on the Tascam?
The original Digitakt was pretty good, so how about an updated version with more of... everything!
Songwriter and producer Charlie Handsome has drawn on his huge array of influences to reinvent modern country music with Morgan Wallen and Post Malone.
Why choose between rock and pop — when, like Andrew Watt, you can excel at both?
Comprising Taiwanese brothers Hom Yu and Jiun Chi, Taipei duo Mong Tong incorporate a wild mix of influences...
Clavia have made their best‑in‑class stage piano even better!
I want to install permanent ceiling mics that capture the reverb of the room so I can add natural reverb to my mix. Is there any microphone that rejects direct sound?
An engineering residency at Spotify’s Noteable Studio helped Abraham realise her passion and talent for vocal production. Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, Elton John, Little Mix rank amongst her credits.
“We had always planned for Carnaby HE2 to be more than just two Carnaby 500s in a box,” say Cranborne. But how much more?
Taking the decision to follow his instincts has elevated Julian Bunetta to the top rank of contemporary songwriters and producers.
Composing for adverts and music libraries can be rewarding, challenging and creative — and did we mention that you get paid?
The Berlin samplemeisters link up with a Hollywood film composer to create two major string collections.
David Bowie’s classic Ziggy Stardust album has been reinvented in three dimensions.
We cut through the jargon to explain how software instruments achieve their incredible realism.
Danny Harle has made a career out of taking pop music seriously, culminating in a key role on Dua Lipa’s hit album Radical Optimism.
Expert Sleepers’ Andrew Ostler gives us a blow‑by‑blow account of the thinking behind his new analogue modules.
Beetlecrab introduce their own distinctive take on granular synthesis.
As well as playing with some of the biggest names in the field, Andy La Rocque has turned his Sonic Train Studios into a metal Mecca.