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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Rode NTH-50 Closed-back Headphones • With their second headphone model, Rode are looking to shut out the world outside.

Playfair Audio Dynamic Grading 2 Dynamics Processing Plug-in • There’s more to this fresh take on dynamics processing than a groovy GUI!

Soyuz Lakeside Microphone Preamplifier • Soyuz’s first rackmount preamp evokes the sound of vintage designs.

RME DPS-2 & LNI-2 DC Regulated Power Supplies • Need a better power supply? Then these boxes are worth checking out.

Warm Audio Fen-tone Ribbon Microphone • Is there substance as well as style to Warm Audio’s Danish-inspired ribbon mic?

GForce Novation Bass Station Software Synthesizer • Now a classic in its own right, Novation’s Bass Station gets the GForce treatment.

beyerdynamic DT 70 IE In-ear Monitors • beyerdynamic’s first ever in-ear range comes in multiple flavours, including an explicitly studio-focused model.

Audix D6X Dynamic Microphone • Audix’s new drum-focused dynamic is three mics in one.

Ginger Audio Sphere v2 Monitor Control Software For macOS • Whether you’re mixing or mastering in stereo, surround or immersive formats, this powerful virtual monitor controller could soon become indispensable.

Slate Digital VMS 2 Microphone Modelling System • Version 2 of Slate Digital’s Virtual Microphone System offers new hardware, a comprehensive software refresh — and the fruits of one of the best-stocked mic lockers in the world.

Mono Valve Compressor LANG Electronics P.LANE Type 436 • Through the ’50s and ’60s, Altec’s 436 compressors were often modified and hugely influential. But this keenly priced homage does more than clone these vintage devices.

iamReverb Audio iamReverb Convolution Reverb Plug-in • IamReverb say that convolution reverbs share an inherent flaw — which only their novel IR recording technique can overcome.

Oberheim Two Voice REVISITED • If any synthesizer can be considered to be greater than the sum of its parts, it’s Tom Oberheim’s enduring classic, the Two Voice.

Harrison Mixbus 11 DAW Software For macOS, Windows & Linux • Harrison’s distinctive console-inspired DAW is now more usable — and more affordable — than ever.

Toontrack Fusion Software Collection • If you’re an EZ user with a hankering for fusion, Toontrack have got you covered.

Fitting A Boss GK-5 Kit • There can be advantages in permanently installing the pickup for your Roland/Boss guitar synth or modeller. Usually, it’s a job for a luthier, but with some basic woodworking skills you can go the DIY route...

Arturia Pigments 6 Software Synthesizer • Pigments 6 is bigger, better and free to existing users!

EastWest LO-FI Sample Library • EastWest get gritty with their latest Opus-fronted virtual instrument collection.

How I Got THAT SOUND • Hunter Lea • ‘Real Shoring’

INSIDE TRACK Grant Boutin • Tate McRae • Having proved his worth on Tate McRae’s second album, producer and songwriter Grant Boutin played a pivotal role in the third.

Active Monitors IK Multimedia iLoud Micro Monitor Pro • IK’s newest iLoud speakers pack serious monitoring into an ultra-portable format.

Acustica THING Software Synthesizer • Acustica’s soft synth debut is a recreation of everyone’s favourite ’80s polysynth.

Tascam FR-AV2...