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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AEA Nuvo N28 Active Stereo Ribbon Microphone • AEA aim for the middle ground with an intriguing new stereo ribbon mic.

Toontrack The Drum Factory SDX Superior Drummer Expansion • Industry legend Sylvia Massy brings her expertise and creativity to Tootrack’s latest Superior Drummer expansion.

GIK Acoustics PIB Pack Portable Vocal Booth • If you need to record dry-sounding vocals in a less than ideal room, GIK’s generously sized portable booth could be just the ticket.

Goodhertz VCME 3 Compressor Plug-in • It’s billed as a ‘mastering’ compressor, but VCME 3 is way more versatile than that.

IK Multimedia ReSing Vocal Resynthesis Software • Give your vocals a completely new personality with IK’s ReSing.

McDSP FutzVerb Audio Mangling Plug-in • McDSP’s new distortion-cum-reverb promises to put your audio through the wringer.

Universal Audio Paradise Guitar Studio Guitar/Bass Amp & Effects Modelling Plug-in • Their UAFX pedals have consistently impressed, and now UA have packed those algorithms and more into a single DAW plug-in.

Kali Audio SM-8 Three-way Monitors • Kali’s new Santa Monica speakers are their most advanced yet.

AFK Audio Drumbeam MIDI Percussion Pad • AFK Audio’s Drumbeam is a percussion pad with a difference.

40 IDEAS THAT CHANGED MUSIC • Our countdown of the most influential music tech breakthroughs reaches the Top 20.

Rupert Neve Designs OptoFET Dual-stage Compressor • With two separate compressors on board and various ways to deploy them, RND’s new OptoFET is an intriguing prospect.

Aguilar Plugin Suite Bass Rig Modelling Software • For this plug‑in, boutique New York bass specialists Aguilar teamed up with modelling experts Korg — and the results are impressive...

Scaler Music Scaler 3 Compositional Software • Scaler has evolved into a fully-fledged compositional toolkit.

Intelligent Conversation AI & Music Tech In 2026 • We asked music professionals how AI is changing their world.

SPL P8 Eight-channel Microphone Preamplifier • You don’t always want ‘colour’ in a mic preamp. In fact, there’s a strong argument for making them sound as transparent as possible...

JBL PRX925 & PRX935 Active PA Speakers • The two big beasts of JBL’s PRX900 family are similarly sized and identically priced — but they’re very different speakers! We put them to the test.

Akai MPC Live III Sampling Workstation • The Live III is the most powerful and flexible MPC yet...

Part 8: Replicating Human Hearing This is Stereo! • Concluding our series on advanced stereo mic techniques, we explore binaural recording, disc-shaped baffles and dummy heads, as well as a clever process called ‘Stereo Shuffling’.

INSIDE TRACK Matt Schwartz • Yungblud • Yungblud capped a triumphant 2025 with a hit collaboration with Aerosmith. Long-term producer Matt Schwartz was behind the desk.

Sampling Workstation 1010music Bento • 1010music’s portable groovebox is the company’s most ambitious product yet.

AWARDS Chosen By The Readers Of Sound On Sound

Wes Audio Pandora Digitally Controlled Multiband Analogue Compressor • Already leading the way when it comes to plug-in remote control of analogue hardware, Wes are now bringing their expertise to bear on a wider range of processors.

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