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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Sound On Sound UK

DOCtron IMC Stereo EQ & VCA Compressor • Billed as an instant mastering device for on-stage use, the DOCtron IMC could well be an entirely new class of audio processor.

Inspire The Music 50 Years Of Roland History • Bjooks take on one of the largest and most respected brands in music technology.

Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi Hardware Plugin Distortion Pedal & USB Audio Interface • Want to use a real Big Muff Pi in your DAW session? With this one, you can just plug and go...

Elta Music Polyvox PF-3 Stereo Filter • Elta Music have put the heart of the celebrated Soviet synthesizer into a convenient desktop box.

EastWest String Machine Sample Library • EastWest give the classic string machine sound a modern twist

Golden Age Premier R1A Active Ribbon Microphone • Golden Age have given their affordable R1 the Premier treatment, with no-expense-spared active electronics.

Cherry Audio Elka-X Software Synthesizer • Cherry Audio recreate that rarest of beasts, the Elka Synthex.

How I Got THAT SOUND • Bob Clearmountain: Crowded House ‘I Feel Possessed’

IMMERSIVE VOICES Producing Narration & Dialogue For Virtual Reality & 360° Video • The buzz around immersive visual media is creating plenty of new opportunities for those who record spoken word for a living. But how do these new jobs differ from traditional ones?

Win! AKG C414 XLII Stereo Set • Worth £2399

Freqport Freqtube FT-1 Plug-in Valve Processor • Freqport’s innovative desktop box makes adding valve warmth to your DAW mixes as easy as loading a plug-in.

Heritage Audio Herchild 670 Dual-channel Valve Compressor • Part of their new American Heritage line, the Madrid-based manufacturers’ latest offering is their take on the mighty Fairchild Model 670.

INSIDE TRACK SECRETS OF THE MIX ENGINEERS Jeremie Inhaber • When you’ve learned your craft from Manny Marroquin, you can mix on almost any system — as Jeremie Inhaber proved with Meghan Trainor’s ‘Made You Look’.

Cableguys ShaperBox 3 Multi-effects Plug-in • Cableguys’ box of tricks is a creative processing powerhouse.

U&I Software MetaSynth & Xx CTX Software Synthesizer & Sequencer • Now in its third decade, MetaSynth is still a synthesizer like no other, and its companion sequencer Xx follows the same path...

Fluid Audio Image 2 Active Monitors • We test Fluid Audio’s most ambitious monitor yet.

Synchro Arts RePitch Pitch-correction Plug-in • Vocal pitch correction is fundamental to modern production styles, and now there’s a fresh alternative to the established heavyweights.

Sonic Potions/Erica Synths LXR-2 • Eurorack Module

Future Sound Systems FIL4 • Eurorack Module

Modular Profile: Jan Willem Hagenbeek

TALKBACK Jessica Wong

Waves Spherix Compressor & Limiter Plug-in • Designed from the ground up for processing multi‑channel Atmos sources, Spherix boasts some innovative and useful features.

Meris LVX Modular Delay Pedal • What could possibly budge your favourite ‘big box’ delay off your pedalboard? Meris might just have the answer...

Neumann Miniature Clip Microphone System Electret Instrument Microphone • Neumann’s first ever pre-polarised mic is designed to reach the parts where their other models won’t...