Sound On Sound USA

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 USA

DOCtron IMCStereo 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.

Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi Hardware PluginDistortion 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-3Stereo Filter • Elta Music have put the heart of the celebrated Soviet synthesizer into a convenient desktop box.

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

Inspire The Music50 Years Of Roland History • Bjooks take on one of the largest and most respected brands in music technology.

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

Golden Age Premier R1AActive Ribbon Microphone • Golden Age have given their affordable R1 the Premier treatment, with no-expense-spared active electronics.

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

Freqport Freqtube FT-1Plug-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 670Dual-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.

Moog MoogerfoogerEffects Plug-ins • Moog may be better known for their synths, but their out-of-production Moogerfooger effects change hands for silly prices. And now they’re available in software form...

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

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

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

Synchro Arts RePitchPitch-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

Future Sound Systems FIL4

Modular Profile: Jan Willem Hagenbeek

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

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

Bastl Softpop SP2Semi-modular Synthesizer • Bastl’s Softpop SP2 reins in the chaos but is still a far from conventional synth.

Arturia Augmented Grand PianoSoftware Instrument • When is a piano not a piano? When it’s been ‘augmented’ by Arturia...

Golden Age Premier ELA M251EValve Microphone • Golden Age deem their take on Telefunken’s classic mic so accurate, they even gave it the same name.

1010music Fireball, Lemondrop & RazzmatazzDesktop Synths & Sampler • 1010music’s...