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

SOS FOR ARTISTS • Remember the nu‑disco tune we wrote last month, using the loops and instruments in SOS For Artists? Now it’s time to flesh it out, mix it and master it...

Toontrack Real To Reel SDX Superior Drummer Expansion • Toontrack keep it real with reel-to-reels at Real World Studios.

T-Rex TwinBlaze Valve Distortion Pedal • If you’ve always wanted an overdrive or distortion pedal featuring two fully independent channels with exactly the same facilities, here it is!

Spitfire Audio Château Piano Sample Library • Lovingly restored, and then lovingly sampled, Spitfire’s Château Piano recreates a pop icon.

Electro-Harmonix POG3 Pitch-shift & Filter Pedal • Twenty years since the launch of the original POG, the concept has been brought up to date, with features for guitarists and modular enthusiasts alike.

Rodec MX Modular Analogue Mixing Console • Compact and stylish, this console aims to cater for those working across the DJ, stage and studio worlds — and includes some novel performance features.

Sequential Fourm Polyphonic Analogue Synthesizer • Sequential’s latest is a miniaturised, analogue, four-voice polysynth inspired by the Pro-One and Prophet lines. But does it still feel like a Sequential?

Schlappi Engineering Boundary Layer • Eurorack Module

Ohmforce Bohm System • Eurorack Module

ADDAC System ADDAC816 Percussion VCA • Eurorack Module

Simultaneous Modulation • Modular Technique

Channel Strip SSL Super 9000 • Solid State Logic once again raid their archive of preamp and EQ designs to put together a high-powered input channel.

Nugen Audio DialogCheck Metering Plug-in • The problem of dialogue intelligibility has proven a stubborn nut to crack — but this new meter promises to make consistently clear voices easier to achieve...

Instruo Seashell Desktop Synthesizer • Instruo’s first foray into standalone synthesizers is both ambitious and original.

AudioScape ASA-6A Variable‑mu Compressor • AudioScape’s take on the classic RCA valve compressor is much more than just a clone...

Dynaudio Acoustics M2 MkII • We visited AIR Lyndhurst Studios to put the newly revamped M2 monitor through its paces.

Audiomodern Soundbox Virtual Instrument Platform • Audiomodern’s Soundbox is a virtual instrument engine that combines depth with ease of use — and it’s free!

Aim Audio Inspire & Essence Capacitor Microphones • A new German manufacturer takes aim at the mic market, promising real innovation.

Source Audio Encounter Reverb & Delay Pedal • This clever dual-engine effects pedal offers ambience for days!

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HUM Audio Devices N-STRIP Channel Strip • Looking for the ultimate analogue channel strip, cost no object? Then check this out, while the rest of us dream!

Neural DSP Mantra Vocal Processing Plug-in • Neural DSP step out of their amp‑sim comfort zone, with a multi‑module mix processor aimed at polishing your vocal recordings.

Supercritical Synthesizers Redshift 6 • Like a medieval cathedral, the Redshift 6 is a massively ambitious creation. There are other similarities too...

Audient ORIA Mini Speaker Calibration Processor • Audient’s black box demonstrates that speaker calibration can be...