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

H2 Audio 2128 & 5011 500-series Modules • H2 aim to put the legendary sound of Olympic Studios in your 500-series rack.

Win! Two notes Torpedo Captor X

Drum Sound And Drum Tuning Book Review • Drums are crucial to the sound of so many records, but they’re more complex instruments than most people imagine.

Becos CompIQ Twain Dual-band Compressor-saturator • Love stompboxes but find pedal compressors frustratingly untweakable? This one’s designed with you in mind...

Imperative Audio PVB Portable Vocal Booth • Can this open, portable device help you capture a professional vocal-booth sound?

Soundbrenner Core From £170

Soundbrenner Core Wearable Metronome/Music Tool • The Soundbrenner Core is a smartwatch made for musicians.

Soundbrenner Plus

How I Got THAT SOUND • Tim Palmer Pearl Jam ‘Black’

Rupert Neve Designs 5057 Orbit 16-channel Summing Mixer • With RND’s famous Silk circuitry on board, this summing mixer allows you to dial in texture to taste.

Rupert Neve Designs 5057 Orbit £1739

Behringer TD-3-MO £159

Behringer TD-3-MO Synthesizer • Behringer’s TD-3-MO isn’t just a TD-3 with extra knobs: it’s a completely different instrument.

CHIP CRISIS What The Global Semiconductor Shortage Means For Musicians • Integrated circuits are fundamental to today’s studio hardware. And when the semiconductor industry sneezes, the music business catches a cold...

SPL Control One & Marc One Monitoring Controllers • SPL combine their acclaimed headphone amps with monitor control facilities and USB audio interfacing.

SPL Control One £499 & Marc One £699

ALTERNATIVES

REMOTE VOCAL - ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION • We show you how to get great results from self-recording singers.

Online Extras: Videos, Audio Examples & Further Resources

Master-bus Multiband

Modal Electronics SkulptSynth SE £149

Modal Electronics SkulptSynth SE Virtual Analogue Synthesizer • Modal’s SkulptSynth SE packs an awful lot of synth into a very small package.

MIDI & MPE

The Monsters & Strangerz Songwriting & Production Team • Pop writing and production today is a team game, and the Monsters & Strangerz are one of the hottest teams around.

Dua Lipa: ‘Break My Heart’

Maroon 5: ‘Memories’

Heritage Audio BritStrip Analogue Channel Strip • Could this modern spin on a classic British trio be the perfect analogue front end?

Heritage Audio BritStrip £2295

Studio Electronics SE-3X Analogue Synthesizer • A long way from their rackmounted Minimoogs, Studio Electronics’ SE-3X is a four-filtered, paraphonic monster.

Studio Electronics SE-3X £2095

The Rear Panel

MIDI Control

Make Noise Strega Semi-modular Synthesizer • When Make Noise label an instrument an ‘experiment’ you know things are about to get interesting...

Make Noise Strega £529

Warm Audio WA-67 £999

Warm Audio WA-67 Valve Capacitor Microphone • Warm Audio’s latest mic takes on the venerable Neumann U67. We put it to the test!

INSIDE TRACK SECETS OF THE MIX ENGINEERS Todd Hurtt • Polo G could have worked with any superstar mix engineer on the planet. Instead, he chose relative unknownTodd Hurttto...