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40 Ideas That Changed Music | PART 3
Milestones From The History Of Recording & Production
Our countdown of the most influential music tech breakthroughs reaches the Top 20.

Music Business Feb 2026
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2026 SOS Awards: THE RESULTS
Chosen By The Readers Of SOUND ON SOUND
The SOS Awards celebrate innovation and contemporary design. Congratulations to all the Winners, as well as the very worthy close contenders in each category who have been awarded our Highly Commended accolade.

Reviews Feb 2026
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AI & Music Tech In 2026
Are Musicians & Producers Embracing These Tools?
We asked music professionals how AI is changing their world.

Music Business Feb 2026
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Reason Studios join LANDR
Popular DAW platform acquired by music creation platform
Reason Studios have announced that they have teamed up with LANDR, a move which the two brands say will “redefine the future of music creation”.

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Linux Audio Conference 2026
18 – 20 June 2026, Maynooth University, Ireland
The Linux Audio Conference, or LAC, is an international conference dedicated to free/open-source software for music, audio and other media where GNU/Linux features as the main creation platform.

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40 Ideas That Changed Music | PART 2
Milestones From The History Of Recording & Production
We continue our countdown of the most significant technological breakthroughs in recording history.

Music Business Jan 2026
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AI and Music Tech in 2026 | SOS Podcast
The Sonarworks Survey
Helmuts Bems, Co-Founder and CEO of Sonarworks, discusses the findings of their recent AI survey. The conversation explores differing industry perspectives on generative versus assistive AI and provides insight into the extent to which professional musicians are already adopting these emerging technologies.

Music Business Jan 2026
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Soundgas: John Paul Jones Studio Auction
Gear & instruments from British musician’s studio
Soundgas’ latest gear auction sees the company offer up a selection of gear sourced from the studio of legendary British musician John Paul Jones.

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Fairlight 50th Anniversary
In celebration of an iconic company
December 2025 marks the 50th Anniversary of the founding of Fairlight in 1975 by Kim Ryrie and Peter Vogel, who along with a number of original staff members, have gathered in Sydney to celebrate this milestone year for Australia's pioneering music technology company.

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UMG & Splice to collaborate on AI tools
Development roadmap now underway
Universal Music Group (UMG) and music-creation platform Splice have agreed to collaborate on joint exploration of the next generation of AI-powered music-creation tools for musical artists.

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Soundgas’ December Gasaway now live
Win a Roland RE-301 Chorus Echo
Soundgas have announced that their second monthly Gasway prize draw is now live and open for entries until 7 January 2026.

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LEADER: Assisted Living
Sam Inglis
We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run. In the near term, my feeling is that the bigger transformation will be the quiet one wrought by assistive AI.

People Dec 2025
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40 Ideas That Changed Music | PART 1
Milestones From The History Of Recording & Production
To mark Sound On Sound’s 40th anniversary, we have put together a list of 40 milestone developments from the history of recording and production, which we’ll be counting down over the next four issues.

Music Business Dec 2025
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Manchester Music City publish grassroots venue report
Highlighting the cultural & economic importance of music venues
Manchester Music City have published a landmark report that aims to help strengthen the city’s grassroots music venues.

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Free download: First issue of Sound On Sound!
Celebrate 40 years of SOS and see where it all began...
We are offering a free PDF download of our very first edition, originally published in October 1985.

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Sonarworks & SOS AI Survey
Chance to win calibrated Sennheiser HD 650s
Sonarworks and Sound On Sound are inviting producers, engineers, sound designers and creators worldwide to take a short 5–8 minute survey on how AI is changing music.

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Steinberg adopt MIT License for VST3
Plug-in framework now supports MIT Open Source License
Following longstanding requests from third-party developers, the framework now offers support for the MIT Open Source License model, as well as benefitting from several improvements to its Software Developer Kit (SDK).

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MPG & UK Music back studio rates petition
A call to include studios in RHL relief scheme
The MPG and UK Music are calling on the UK government to recognise recording studios as eligible for reduced business rates Retail, Hospitality and Leisure (RHL) scheme, a move which they say could safeguard hundreds of vital cultural spaces across the country.

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Steinberg reveal MixKey streaming software
Announced alongside company hardware re-branding
Steinberg have just launched the public beta of MixKey, a new software audio mixer that’s been designed to provide streamers, podcasters and content creators with a versatile set of tools for handling their stream’s audio.

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Emre Ramazanoglu - Atmos Mix Engineer, Drummer | SOS Podcast
The MixBus Interview
Emre Ramazanoglu, acclaimed session drummer, mix engineer and Atmos specialist, joins Kevin Paul to discuss his unique career journey, the rise of his reputation as a mix engineer.

People Oct 2025
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Music Expo 25: Programme & Speakers
14 – 15 November 2025, The Midway SF, San Francisco
Ahead of Music Expo 25, the show’s organisers have released the first wave of programming and speakers scheduled for this year’s event.

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