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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Lunacy Audio Cube Software Synthesizer • Lunacy Audio take a different approach to in-the-box sound design.

Sound Radix Auto-Align Post 2 Dynamic Time Alignment Plug-in

Embody IVS Alan Meyerson Edition Virtual Control Room Software • Embody’s Immerse Virtual Studio aims to replicate loudspeaker listening on headphones — and the newest variant does so in up to 7.1.6 surround.

Nektar Impact LX Mini MIDI Controller • Nektar’s LX Mini ticks all the right boxes.

Part 2

Leapwing UltraVox Vocal Processing Plug-in • This one-stop-shop plug-in can polish your vocals with a minimum of fuss.

alter.audio Timetosser Resquencing Instrument • Warning: alter.audio’s Timetosser can interfere with the fabric of time and is dangerously addictive.

alter.audio Timetosser

Setups

THAT SOUND • Stabbing Westward ‘Drugstore’

Toontrack EZdrummer 3 Virtual Drum Instrument • Toontrack’s EZdrummer just gets better and better.

Toontrack EZdrummer 3 £165

MAX BICHTER Composer & Producer • Blurring the boundaries between classical music and ambient electronica, Max Richter is one of the most prominent composers of his generation. As of now, he’s also a studio owner...

The Ultimate Studio Piano?

Colossal Sounds

Beyerdynamic DT 700 Pro X & DT 900 Pro X £219 each

Beyerdynamic DT700 Pro X &DT900ProX Headphones • How do Beyer’s new studio cans compare with the competition?

Steinberg Dorico 4 £497

Steinberg Dorico 4 Notation Software • Steinberg’s scoring suite just keeps getting better!

Grimm Audio UC1 €4780

Grimm Audio UC1 Audio Interface, A-D/D-A Converter & Monitor Controller • There are many high-end converters that boast excellent specifications — but this one sounds good too!

Standalone Mode

THE STUDIO PEDALBOARD An Inspirational Recording Tool • Every serious studio can make use of a high-quality pedalboard, but putting one together that’s truly versatile requires a plan...

Multi-effects?

Michelle Birsky & Kevin Henthorn

Bettermaker Stereo Passive Equalizer £2049

Bettermaker Stereo Passive Equalizer Analogue EQ With Plug-in Remote Control • This classy EQ marries vintage tone with the convenience of software control.

MODULAR • Expert Sleepers Lorelei, Ivo, Beatrix & Persephone

Modbap Modular Osiris Eurorack Module

What Is Sample & Hold?

Modular Profile: Mylar Melodies

THE SUSTAINABLE STUDIO Part 1: Genelec • What can audio equipment manufacturers do to minimise their impact on the environment? We look for answers in the forests of Finland.

People & The Planet

ReProducer Epic 55 Active Monitors • There’s more to ReProducer’s flagship speaker than its unusual looks!

ReProducer Epic 55 €3298

ALTERNATIVES

INSIDE TRACK SECRETS OF THE MIX ENGINEERS Geoff Swan • Geoff Swan gave up a successful studio business to become an assistant engineer — a risk which paid off with Charli XCX’s numberone album Crash.

Sonicware Liven XFM FM Groovebox • Sonicware promise no menu-diving in their creative take on FM synthesis.

Sonicware Liven XFM £199

Edit Mode

Tascam Mixcast 4 £575

Tascam Mixcast 4 Podcast...