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Is landing a studio job a numbers game?

I still remember trying to explain the concept of the Mellotron to a musician friend back in my college days, and she was...

More of your tunes get critiqued by the editorial team. Sponsored by breed-media.co.uk

Surround? Who's even hearing stereo?!

Tidy up your studio and it may just make you rethink your gear priorities.

More readers tracks undergo the editorial staff treatment! Sponsored by www.breed-media.co.uk

Music Technology education: rotten to the core?

Our Editor In Chief ponders why monitors sound different from each other and what you can do to compensate...

More readers tracks undergo the editorial staff treatment!

What is the most important skill you need to develop to make good recordings?

This month we review CDs by StrangeA, Ted McLoone, tRUEMAN, Nomadiqa, Simon Scardanelli, Michael Lindner and Column:Inches.

Software instruments are great, if you can set them up...

CD Of The Month: Kekal The Habit Of Fire

The Habit Of Fire is apparently...

Throw away the rule book!

Our august Editor In Chief, Paul White, wonders why synth presets sound good when auditioned on their own but don't cut the mustard in a song arrangement...

Reader feedack.

More SOS readers offer up their recordings for written assessment (and the occasional bit of punishment)...

DRM: Daft and Rather Meaningless?

Should we simply record another take and play it again, rather than resorting to digital copy-n-paste?

Our august Editor-In-Chief Paul White gets on his soapbox about UK government noise control legislation due to become law in 2008...