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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Boss GX-10 Amp & Effects Modeller • With some great sounding amps and effects, audio interfacing and an external effects loop, there’s plenty to admire in this compact floor unit.
Sample Logic Ultrasphere Virtual Instrument • Sample Logic rev their own engine, cinematic style.
ART Pro Audio MyMonitor II Personal Headphone Monitor Mixer • Want to hear ‘more me’? Not a problem...
Noise Engineering Dystorpia Distortion Pedal • They’ve engineered synth noises for years, but this is the California-based company’s first foray into the guitar-pedal world.
Soyuz 011 FET Small-diaphragm Capacitor Microphone • Soyuz’s latest pencil mic is as easy on the ear as it is on the eye!
FabFilter Pro-Q4 Equaliser Plug-in • One of the most influential plug-ins of our time receives an impressive makeover.
ADAM Audio D3V Active Monitors • How much tech can you cram into a compact set of desktop speakers? A lot, if you’re ADAM Audio.
Roland P-6 Creative Sampler • The Roland P-6 is a pocket-sized sampling powerhouse.
Neural DSP Nano Cortex Guitar Amp Modelling & Capture Pedal • Want to take your valve amp sounds on stage without breaking your back? The Nano Cortex makes capturing and delivering those tones quick and easy.
How I Got THAT SOUND Steve Hackett • ‘Every Day’
Solid State Logic 18 USB Audio Interface • If you think all 1U rackmounting audio interfaces are the same, SSL have some news for you!
CLEAN UP YOUR AXE! Tackling Noisy Guitar Recordings • Are buzzes, hums and hisses ruining your guitar recordings? Here’s how to keep the noise to a minimum.
Korg Keystage 61 Controller Keyboard • With polyphonic aftertouch, MPE and MIDI 2.0, Korg’s Keystage has a lot to offer.
Yamaha FGDP-50 Finger Drum Pad • Yamaha’s FGDP-50 drum pad is designed explicitly for the digital percussionist.
INSIDE TRACK Rogét Chahayed • Virtuoso pianist Rogét Chahayed has found a unique niche as a classically trained hip-hop producer.
Win! Slate Digital ML-1Plus Software Bundles Worth $2000
Grace Design m303 Active DI Box • Did you think all DI boxes were created equal? If so, you may need to think again...
Play All Day PlayFader Sequencer & Controller • Play All Day’s debut outing takes a novel approaching to hands-on hardware control.
Perfect Surround Penteo 6 Pro+ Upmixing & Downmixing Plug-in • If you do much work with surround or immersive formats, upmixing and downmixing are a fact of life. With Penteo, good results needn’t cost the Earth.
TalkBack Brueder Selke & Midori Hirano
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Electronic Perspectives: Vintage Electronic Musical Instruments Hardback Book • Tom Rhea’s colourful, comprehensive and insightful history of electrical and electronic music machines includes CDs with audio examples.
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Modular Profile: Jake Knight
iZotope Neutron 5 Plug-in Suite • Can the improved, AI-based Mix Assistant make iZotope’s already powerful collection of mixing plug-ins more useful?
Novation Launchkey MK4 Controller Keyboards • Novation’s updated Launchkey range introduces improved creative features and DAW integration.
Nextmidi Divisimate 2 Arrangement Software • Divisimate 2 brings a...