Sound On Sound

15/01/2025

Sebsongs Bread & Butter is a General MIDI based polyphonic synth that offers a bank of sometimes awful, sometimes kitsch, sometimes passable, sometimes lovely sounds, that beckon all sorts of creative applications with a streamlined and effective set of controls. Because in fairness — like a litany of sounds we work with in the modular environment — with the right processing, all these have every bit the potential to sound genuinely beautiful.

Visit www.sosm.ag/BreadButter to read our full review of this modestly sized eurorack
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14/01/2025

This months Modular Profile features Music Thing Modular founder Tom Whitwell who has a catalogue of excellent Eurorack designs to his name and can be considered part of the vanguard of Eurorack DIY as it stands today.

https://sosm.ag/TomWhitwell

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14/01/2025

Native Instruments - Behind The Brand | SOS Podcast

Simon Cross, Chief Product Officer at Native Instruments, chats to Sam Inglis ahead of NAMM 2025, going into detail on the company history, philosophy and offering hints of future product releases at Native Instruments.

Listen Now https://sosm.ag/NativeInstrumentsPodcast

Also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

13/01/2025

If time is tight for a full‑band session, you won’t be able to perfect all aspects of a drum recording but if you prioritise, you can still ensure you get decent results every time. In the latest edition we focus on how you can get a tom sound to a good or, at worst, usable place in the space of just a few minutes, freeing up precious time to do everything else you need to do on the session.

Visit https://sosm.ag/RecordingToms for the full article

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13/01/2025

You could win a superb Carnaby HE2 rackmount EQ from worth £2199. Enter to win!

For this month’s exclusive SOS competition, we’ve teamed up with Cranborne Audio to offer you the chance to win a Carnaby HE2 of your very own. The HE2 offers three bands of HarmonicEQ® per channel, in addition to variable high- and low-pass filtering. It can operate in stereo, dual-mono and Mid-Sides modes, with dedicated M-S insert points allowing you to patch your own hardware into the sum and difference signals.

And as if that wasn’t enough, the HE2 can be remotely controlled from within your DAW via a plug-in. As well as taking care of presets, and instantly loading the right settings for each DAW project, the remote control is bidirectional and click‑free, so you can even use it for real-time automation.

For your chance to win a Carnaby HE2, simply visit https://sosm.ag/cranborne-comp-0125 by Friday 7 February 2025.

Good luck!

12/01/2025

SOUND ON SOUND Editors' Picks

https://issuu.com/soundonsoundmag/docs/gear-of-the-year-2024?fr=xKAE9_8m_yA&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=zohosocial&utm_content=SOUNDONSOU

The SOUND ON SOUND Editorial Team pick their personal favourite music technology hardware and music/recording zsoftware from the past 12 months.

10/01/2025

exploit all of their Model range’s recording and DAW‑control features to create a standalone device called the Studio Bridge which you can hook up to any mixer.

The ‘Studio’ in the name isn’t just for show, by the way: as a multitracker, it boasts the sort of studio‑friendly features that the live‑oriented products of the last decade or so haven’t, making it more a modern take on the Alesis HD24 than like a Cymatic uTrack 24 or JoeCo BlackBox Recorder.

We reviewed it in the January 2025 edition

https://sosm.ag/TascamStudioBridge

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10/01/2025

LA FIRES - we are praying for you all
I just heard from a reliable source that Betty Bennett of Apogee Inc and Bob Clearmountain, sadly, have lost their beautiful home and Bob's historic studio in the apocalyptic wildfires. I cannot imagine how they are coping.

We just published our SOS Podcast "Behind The Brand" interview with the couple, which was recorded prior to Christmas.
https://www.soundonsound.com/music-business/apogee-electronics-behind-brand-sos-podcast?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=zohosocial&utm_content=LAFIRESwea

Everyone at SOUND ON SOUND is praying that our friends and colleagues in the industry (plus all other Los Angelinos) are all safe. We feel your pain and can only offer our sympathy.

10/01/2025

Apogee Electronics - Behind The Brand | SOS Podcast

Betty Bennett, CEO and co-founder of Apogee Electronics, along with renowned mix engineer Bob Clearmountain, chat with Sam Inglis during a recent visit to London about the 40-year history of Apogee and give a teaser of their first new product releases in five years which debut at NAMM 2025.

Listen Now https://sosm.ag/ApogeeElectronicsPodcast

Also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

08/01/2025

Focusrite have completed the overhaul of their ubiquitous Scarlett range, extending the 4th Gen improvements to the three largest models. In the latest edition we review the refreshed top‑of‑the‑range 18i20 and look at how they are making their best‑selling interfaces better sounding and easier to use!

https://sosm.ag/Scarlett18i20

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07/01/2025

Although he grew up aspiring to be a hip‑hop producer, Zach Crowell has made it big by leaning into his Nashville roots, to date he’s enjoyed more than 30 number one hit singles, and most recently a number one album with Jelly Roll.

https://sosm.ag/ZachCrowell

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06/01/2025

Andrew D from Yorkshire was one of the winners of the competition winning a Connect 2 & RAY microphone

"Really interesting products to work with, with lots of very useful features. Also, far less bulky than I've previously used, saving both desk real estate and visibility past the mic. Thank you, Sound On Sound and Lewitt."

Congratulations again Andrew

03/01/2025

In this long-running SOS feature, we break down and analyse how classic tracks were created, recorded, mixed, and produced - with contributions from the record producers, sound engineers and artists involved. https://sosm.ag/4fGeHCb CLASSIC TRACKS.

28/12/2024

When EQ and compression are getting you nowhere, how can you ‘correct’ an inconsistent snare?

https://sosm.ag/SnareCorrection

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27/12/2024

**COMPETITION TIME**⁠
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To celebrate 40th birthday, and the launch of the new D6X, we’re giving you the chance to WIN one of six Limited Edition D6X mics worth £1170. ⁠
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The new D6X model has all the sonic attributes that made the D6 a classic, but features additional filtering options for unsurpassed flexibility.⁠
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www.sosm.ag/audix-comp-1224

Enter before Friday 3 January 2025 to be in with a chance to win!⁠

27/12/2024

In this months Spotlight feature we round up a variety of all‑in‑one mic bundles designed to capture a whole drum kit in all its glory

https://sosm.ag/DrumMicSets

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26/12/2024

in the January 2016 edition Ryan McCambridge and David Bottrill explained how they recorded and mixed live the farewell tour of one of the world’s biggest rock bands, Rush....

https://sosm.ag/Rush

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25/12/2024

In the latest generation of the Apollo X range, UA have added a host of new features including Sonarworks SoundID integration for both speakers and headphones.

https://sosm.ag/ApolloXGen2

Every day we highlight a great SOS article in our MORNING POST.