Sound on Sound

Sound on Sound is a monthly music technology magazine that operates independently and is published by SOS Publications Group in Cambridge, UK. The magazine features reviews of electronic music performance and recording equipment, along with interviews with professionals in the industry. With its emphasis on technical details, it primarily targets the professional recording studio sector, as well as artist project studios and home recording fans. Since January 1994, the magazine has made all its news and articles available online on its website, often enhanced with multimedia elements like videos and audio clips related to the articles.

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OLLO Audio Headphones | SOS Podcast

3 weeks ago | soundonsound.com | Sam Inglis

Rok Gulič, founder and CEO of OLLO Audio talks to Sam Inglis about the origins of the company, the launch of their brand new X1 headphones and working with dSONIQ to offer calibration via their Realphones software.
Studio One: Session Navigation

3 weeks ago | soundonsound.com | Robin Vincent

Speed up your S1 session navigation with these pro‑user tips. Studio One has a well-earned reputation for speed and agility. It has the sort of interface that feels fluid, integrated and easy to navigate. But that only really starts to gel once you’ve mastered a number of essential key commands and shortcuts. Otherwise, working your way through menus can be as dull as it is in any other DAW environment.
Talkback: Teether & Kuya Neil

4 weeks ago | soundonsound.com | William Stokes

Already movers and shakers in Melbourne/Naarm’s musical underground, producer Kuya Neil and rapper Teether began collaborating in late 2020. Describing themselves as “raised by the Internet” and their sound as “future‑focused rap”, the duo draw on a combination of experimental sound art and various modern club styles, not to mention the influence of African electronic subgenre gqom.
LEADER: Core Audio

4 weeks ago | soundonsound.com | Sam Inglis

In October, this magazine turns 40, and it says a lot about SOS that despite having been part of the team for two‑thirds of that time, I’m not even close to being the longest‑serving employee. When I joined the company in 1998, a new world was dawning. Steinberg had introduced Cubase VST, and my G3 Power Mac was the first personal computer capable of natively recording and mixing multitrack audio in real time.
Why I Love... Logic’s Sampler

4 weeks ago | soundonsound.com | Paul White

There are lots of elaborate samplers on the market, with Native Instruments’ Kontakt in particular providing a powerful platform for third‑party libraries in addition to the extensive NI portfolio of sounds. Kontakt has much to commend it, like its support for custom user interfaces, and it has some very capable onboard effects too, but it can sometimes seem like overkill for what you are actually trying to do.
Logic Pro: Creative Delay Effects

4 weeks ago | soundonsound.com | Paul White

We explore some creative delay treatments using only Logic’s bundled plug‑ins. When looking for effects that are a bit outside the mainstream, it is tempting to search out third‑party plug‑ins. While many of those produce excellent results, with a little creative thought it is possible to conjure up some inspiring and unusual effects using just Logic’s own plug‑ins. This month I’m going to take a look at delay effects.
Inside Track: Architects & Bring Me The Horizon

4 weeks ago | soundonsound.com | Paul Tingen

Metalcore presents unique production challenges — and few are better placed to meet them than genre veteran Jordan Fish. As co-songwriter and co-producer with Bring Me The Horizon, Jordan Fish has had a defining role in their success. Late in 2023, he left the band to pursue a production career, since when he’s made successful records with Poppy, House Of Protection, Dutch singer S10 and metalcore band Architects.
Maono PM500

4 weeks ago | soundonsound.com | Sam Inglis

Taking their name from the Swahili word for ‘vision’, Maono describe themselves as a “global bestselling Internet microphone brand”, and offer a range of keenly priced mics and accessories. Unsurprisingly, many of these are USB models aimed at podcasters and vloggers, but they also manufacture mics that are studio‑friendly as well as wallet‑friendly.
Zynaptiq Punch

4 weeks ago | soundonsound.com | Paul White

With its many‑band approach, Punch is smarter than your average transient shaper. Transient shapers allow you to add impact to the attack of a drum or plucked instrument — or, when necessary, to tame transients to make them sound less aggressive. Unlike compressors, they’re not level‑dependent, so a well‑designed one works consistently across a wide range of input levels. Sometimes, though, the results can still sound heavy‑handed, and this is where Zynaptiq’s Punch comes in.
Vanguard V24

4 weeks ago | soundonsound.com | Sam Inglis

Vanguard’s new stereo mic is an exclusive tribute to an even more exclusive original. There are manufacturers who recreate vintage gear to an ever more obsessive degree of accuracy, and there are manufacturers who see classic mics and studio hardware as inspirations rather than templates. Derek Bargaehr of Vanguard Audio Labs is in the latter camp. Most of his designs are obviously informed by historic models from the likes of Neumann and AKG, but they’re not intended as clones or copies.