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

Earthworks DM6 Capacitor Microphone • Can Earthworks’ new kick mic provide a secure foundation for your drum sound?

Toontrack EZdrummer & EZkeys Expansions Dark Industrial EZX & EKX • Toontrack get gritty with their Dark Industrial expansions for EZdrummer and EZkeys.

iZotope Trash Multiband Distortion Plug-in • A much-loved creative distortion plug-in is back from its sabbatical, and it looks like the break has done it good!

Universal Audio SC-1 Modelling Microphone • UA’s new range brings mic modelling to the masses!

Electro‑Voice Everse 12 Active PA Speaker • E-V pack their battery-powered PA tech into a ‘full-size’ speaker.

Heritage Audio RAM 1000 Passive Monitor Controller • The RAM 1000 combines hands‑on speaker control with Bluetooth streaming.

Endorphin.es Ghost Pedal Multi-effects Pedal • Forged in the world of modular synthesis, Endoprhin.es have taken their first, bold stride into the effects pedal market...

Microphone Parts SDC-84 Small-diaphragm Capacitor Microphone • With vintage Neumann KM84s becoming ever more unaffordable, does this kit-based tribute fill the gap?

Korg NTS-2 Oscilloscope Kit • An oscilloscope can be very handy when working with synths and CV signals — but most aren’t designed with music‑makers in mind.

Pulsar Audio Primavera Spring Reverb Plug-in • With an array of different modelled devices and controls you won’t find on the original hardware, have Pulsar breathed new life into the humble spring reverb?

Drawmer Electronics 1977 Analogue Channel Strip • Drawmer have been offering no-nonsense professional audio gear since the early ’80s, but their current range of processors offers more possibilities than ever.

Dead Slow MSM: Producing Casisdead • Casisdead’s Famous Last Words may be one of the best British rap albums ever made — but actually making it was an epic challenge!

Focal ST6 Trio6 Active Monitors • Single-driver, two-way nearfield or three-way monitors? Focal’s new flagship design can be all three...

HARDWARE V PLUG-INS • Can plug-ins ever match the sound of outboard and an analogue console? Our unique comparison recreates a 48-channel hardware mix using software alone.

Sontronics Saturn 2 Capacitor Microphone • Sontronics’ unmistakeable Saturn is back — with digital pattern control to complement its vintage looks.

Arturia V Collection X Software Instruments • With new and improved instruments Arturia’s one-stop synth shop is better value than ever.

Audiomovers Omnibus Virtual Patchbay & Routing Matrix For macOS • Omnibus takes audio from A to B, C, D and wherever else it’s needed!

TalkBack Eduardo De La Paz

Midicake Arp MIDI Arpeggiator • Midicake have reinvented the arpeggiator.

Electra One MkII MIDI Controller • Does a modern hardware MIDI controller with the ability to add your own features sound too good to be true?

How I Got THAT SOUND David Kosten • Bat For Lashes ‘Seal Jubilee’

Solid State Logic PureDrive Octo Mic Preamp, A-D Converter & USB Interface • SSL’s PureDrive preamps bring the sound of their Origin console to a new audience.

Andy Sneap • Judas Priest INSIDE TRACK • When the opportunity came to work with his childhood heroes Judas Priest, Andy Sneap didn’t just engineer and produce — he...