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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Slate Digital Custom Opto Analogue-modelling Compressor Plug-in • At heart, it models the same hardware as Slate’s FG-2A, but Custom Opto’s tweaks make it useful on so many more sources!

FAC Drumkit Percussion App For iOS • FAC Drumkit is a flexible drum synth and sample player.

Alto TX310 Active PA Speaker • Alto’s new TX range is portable, compact and cost-effective. What’s not to like?

Focusrite FASTVerb Reverb Plug-in For Mac & Windows • The latest addition to Focusrite’s AI-powered Collective makes great-sounding reverbs easy to achieve.

Pulsar 1178 Analogue-modelling Compressor Plug-in • A four-band side-chain EQ is just one of many nice touches in this new take on an analogue classic.

How I Got THAT SOUND Danny Elfman Danny Elfman ‘True’

Austrian Audio CC8 Small-diaphragm Capacitor Microphone • Austrian Audio deliver a 21st Century take on a famous ‘pencil’ mic design.

Austrian Audio CC £359

A Short History Of Austrian Pencil Mics

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Multimedia Synth Pro £361

IK Multimedia UNO Synth Pro Synthesizer • go pro with desktop and keyboard versions of their expanded UNO Synth.

UNO Synth Pro Editor

John ‘Spud’ Murphy Producer & Engineer • One of Ireland’s busiest producers, John Murphy applies his love of studio experimentation to noise-rock and traditional folk alike.

Learning The Dots

Alice 828 Mk3 Analogue Mixing Desk • Reunited with the much-loved Alice brand after many years, has Ted Fletcher managed to breathe new life into this classic compact mixer?

Alice 828 Mk 3 £2100

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Win! Complete Studio Bundle • Courtesy of our friends at SCV Distribution

Soundtheory Gullfoss v1.10 £142

Soundtheory Gullfoss v1.10 Intelligent Equaliser Plug-in • As well as upgrades to its fundamental algorithms, Gullfoss now includes both low-latency Live and high-resolution Mastering editions.

The BPT Array • The creator of the Blumlein-Pfanzagl-Triple mic array describes its development, as well as its use at a recent Salzburg Festival event.

Reverberation Radius

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The Nevaton BPT & Surround Recording

Audix A127 £1750

Audix A127 Omnidirectional Microphone • Audix are renowned for their dynamic mics, but their latest model is a high-end electret design intended to compete with some of the best instrument mics in the world.

Spitfire Audio Hammers Sample Library • Spitfire’s blockbuster percussion library makes a big impact.

Spitfire Audio Hammers £249

Headrush MX5 Amp & Effects Modelling Processor • It may be tiny, but the MX5 punches well above its price tag. What’s not to like?

Headrush MX5 £430

Making A Scene

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Talk Back Du Blonde

Intellijel Metropolix • Eurorack Module

Supercritical Synthesizers Neutron Flux • Eurorack Module

Wangulator • Performance Controller

Cherry Audio Memorymode Software Synthesizer • Cherry Audio recreate Moog’s classic polysynth at a fraction of a fraction of the price of an original.

Cherry Audio Memorymode $39

MPE

The Arpeggiator

MIDI Performance & Automation

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