Sound On Sound UK

Sound On Sound is the world's best recording technology magazine, packed full of in-depth, independent product tests, including music software, studio hardware, keyboards and live sound (PA) gear. Every issue also includes SOS's unique step-by-step tutorial and technique columns on all the leading DAW programs, as well as insightful interviews with leading producers, engineers and musicians.

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Baby AudioTransit Multi-effects Plug-in • Transitions are the name of the game here, and as always Baby Audio and Andrew Huang encourage you to get creative!

PreSonus Eris Studio 8 Active Monitors • The Eris series continues to offer remarkable value for money.

Universal Audio Lion ’68 Super Lead Amp Guitar-amp & Speaker Modeller • UA add emulations of three iconic Marshall amps to their acclaimed UAFX amp pedal line-up.

McDSP SA-3 Spectral Processing Plug-in • The best plug-ins make under-the-hood sophistication simple in practice...

Futurephonic Rhythmizer Ultra MIDI Plug-in • Encourage new ideas with some controlled MIDI randomisation.

Lindell Audio LiN2A Valve Optical Compressor • Does Lindell’s LiN2A sound as classy as the famous compressor that inspired it?

Heritage Audio LANG PEQ-2 Inductor EQ • Although less well known today than the Pultec EQP-1A, the versatility of LANG’s valve-less PEQ-2 won it plenty of admirers.

Melda MGuitarArchitect Amp & Effects Modelling Plug-in • With up to four parallel chains available, you’re free to design pretty much any amp and effects chain imaginable.

How I Got THAT SOUNDHoward Jones • ‘What Is Love?’

Audio-Technica 3000 Series Wireless In-ear Monitor System • Licence-free wireless is fine for smaller shows, but more serious call for a more serious system.

Kid Harpoon Songwriter & Producer • The man behind colossal hits for Harry Styles, Miley Cyrus and Florence + the Machine takes a surprisingly old-school approach to writing and production.

RME Fireface UFX III USB 3 Audio Interface • Have RME made the perfect USB audio interface?

Sonible smart:gate AI-assisted Noise Gate Plug-in • Just why would you make the humble noise gate ‘smart’? Sonible asked that question, and this plug-in answers it!

Extinct Audio BoRbon Ribbon Microphone • It might not look like a classic ribbon mic, but there’s a lot more to Extinct Audio’s BoRbon than meets the eye.

THE CHEAT SHEET Tips For Budding Engineers & Producers • We condense nearly 50 years’ worth of producing and engineering experience into 36 indispensable tips!

DPA 2017 Shotgun Microphone • DPA’s new directional mic takes aim at an untapped mid-level market in location recording kit.

Korg OpSix SE & Wavestate SE Synthesizers • Korg’s Wavestate and OpSix are back, and they’re bigger than ever...

SR Studio Classic Microphone Preamp Two-channel Microphone Preamplifier • We try one of the keenest-priced 1073 clones currently available.

Krotos Studio Sound Design Software • Krotos Studio makes custom sound design accessible to almost anyone.

Yamaha CK61 & CK88 Stage Keyboards • In terms of pure bang for your buck it doesn’t get much better than Yamaha’s CK keyboards.

SPHERE SOUND The Edge, Joe O’Herlihy & Steve Lillywhite: Creating U2:UV • U2’s residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas is revolutionising live music.

Intellijel Sealegs • Eurorack Module

Blukac Endless Processor • Eurorack Module

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Noise Engineering Xer Mixa • Eurorack Module

PSI Audio AVAA C214 Active Bass Trap • Standard low-frequency acoustic treatment needs a lot of space, but PSI’s active traps fit anywhere.

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