You are here

May 2023 Magazine Contents

SOS (UK Edition) May 2023

REVIEWS: Cranborne Audio Carnaby 500 Harmonic EQ • Roland SH-4d synth/sequencer • Spitfire Audio Albion Colossus • Steinberg HALion 7 • Lewitt Connect 6 audio interface • Lauten Audio LA-120 capacitor mics • ROLI Seaboard Rise 2 keyboard • FabFilter Twin 3 soft synth • Universal Audio Waterfall Rotary Speaker • Roland SPD-SX Pro • Electric & Company EC5B comp/lim • Lewitt Audio MTP W950 mic • Yamaha Stagepas 200 PA • MiMU The Jellyfish • Rode NT‑USB+ mic • Polyverse Supermodal dual filter • Radial Reamp Station & Reamp HP • Latest sample libraries — and lots more!

Techniques + People: ADAT Lightpipe: Expand Your Audio I/O [front cover] • The SOS Audio Test Files • Inside Track: Kali Uchis 'Fantasy' • Storing XLR Cables • How I Got That Sound: Samuel Dixon ‘Switches’ • Talkback: Maria Elisa Ayerbe  — and plenty more! • DAW workshops: Cubase, Studio One, Pro Tools, Logic, Reaper, Reason.

Reviews

  • link

    Anti-Kulture Precision Disrupter

    Eurorack Module

    Disrupter is an experimental, performance‑driven, 303‑style sequencer with innovative randomisation features that you can still control when needed.

    Reviews
  • link

    Big Fish Audio Vintage Country

    Kontakt Instrument

    Rating: **** 4/5 Stars. Vintage Country is a collection of both playable instruments and performance loops designed to capture the authentic sound used in, well, vintage country recordings.

    Reviews
  • link

    Book Review: Audio Mastering In A Project Studio

    A Practical Approach For A Professional Sound

    Simon Taylor’s latest book presents an easy‑to‑follow approach to in‑the‑box mastering aimed at the novice or nervous would‑be mastering engineer.

    Reviews
  • link
    Cranborne Audio Carnaby Harmonic EQ

    Cranborne Audio Carnaby 500 Harmonic EQ

    500-series Equaliser & Enhancer

    It’s equalisation, Jim... but not as we know it!

    Reviews
  • link

    DryBell Module 4

    Compressor Pedal

    Croatia‑based manufacturer DryBell’s Module 4 design aims to recreate the famous Orange Squeezer compressor.

    Reviews
  • link

    Electric & Company EC5B

    Valve Compressor/Limiter

    This boutique compressor sounds every bit as classy and characterful as it looks.

    Reviews
  • link

    Electric & Company EC5B | Audio Examples

    Hear For Yourself

    These audio examples accompany the review of the Electric & Company EC5B Limiting Amplifier in the SOS May 2023 issue.

    Reviews
  • link

    FabFilter Twin 3

    Software Synthesizer

    FabFilter go back to their roots with a brand‑new version of their Twin soft synth.

    Reviews
  • link

    Fracture Sounds Character Pianos

    Sample Libraries

    Fracture Sounds serve up a trio of intimate piano sample libraries: Woodchester Piano, Midnight Grand and Glacier Keys.

    Reviews
  • link

    JMG Sound Retronaut

    Effects Plug-in

    There’s more to this vintage vibe machine than dirt, wow and flutter!

    Reviews
  • link

    KIT Plugins BB N73

    Preamp & EQ Plug-in

    KIT’s latest collaboration with Blackbird Studio brings us their take on the Neve 1073.

    Reviews
  • link

    Lauten Audio LA-120 V2

    Small-diaphragm Capacitor Mics

    Lauten Audio’s LA‑120 is not so much a pencil mic as an entire box of crayons!

    Reviews
  • link

    Lewitt Audio MTP W950

    Capacitor Microphone

    This classy vocal mic brings studio sound quality to the stage.

    Reviews
  • link

    Lewitt Connect 6

    USB Audio Interface

    Lewitt dare to be different with their first foray into the world of audio interfaces.

    Reviews
  • link

    MiMU The Jellyfish

    Granular Software Instrument

    There’s a lot to like about MiMU’s unusually gelatinous take on granular synthesis.

    Reviews
  • link

    Orchestral Tools Drones By Alexander Hacke

    Sine Player

    Rating: 4.5/5 Stars. A huge 362GB collection of complex, playable, largely chromatic long drones created by Alexander Hacke of Einstürzende Neubauten.

    Reviews
  • link

    Polyverse Supermodal

    Dual Filter Plug-in

    Do you really need another filter plug‑in? We didn’t think so either — until we tried this one!

    Reviews
  • link

    Radial Reamp Station & Reamp HP

    DI & Reamp Boxes

    Ever wanted to run already recorded signals through a guitar amp or stompbox? One of these boxes could be all you need...

    Reviews
  • link

    Rode NT‑USB+

    USB Microphone

    Rode’s new desktop mic gives you a broadcast‑ready sound out of the box.

    Reviews
  • link

    Roland SH-4d

    Synthesizer & Sequencer

    Roland’s SH‑4d is an ambitious amalgam of synth and sequencer in a battery‑powered box.

    Reviews
  • link

    Roland SPD-SX Pro

    Sampling Drum Pad

    Is Roland’s SPD‑SX Pro the best percussion pad you can buy?

    Reviews
  • link

    ROLI Seaboard Rise 2

    Keyboard Controller

    Meet the Seaboard Rise 2, the squishy sequel to ROLI’s original expressive keyboard controller.

    Reviews
  • link

    Sound Dust Felt Dulcitone

    Kontakt Instrument

    Rating: **** 4/5 Stars. Sound Dust’s Felt Dulcitone is a rather oddball instrument created by abusing a dulcitone portable keyboard.

    Reviews
  • link

    Spitfire Audio Albion Colossus

    Sample Library

    Spitfire’s new symphonic double‑bill combines two complete orchestras and a host of extras.

    Reviews
  • link

    Steinberg HALion 7

    Software Sampler

    HALion is back, and it’s bigger, better and FMier than ever!

    Reviews
  • link

    This Is Not Rocket Science Wobbler2

    Eurorack Module

    Wobbler2 adds a drum synthesizer to the Wobbler LFO module that was released in 2018.

    Reviews
  • link

    Universal Audio Waterfall Rotary Speaker

    Leslie 147 Emulation Plug-in

    This isn’t the first virtual Leslie speaker plug‑in — but it might just be the best one yet!

    Reviews
  • link

    Waves Magma Tube Channel Strip

    Dynamics, EQ & Saturation Plug-in

    Magma offers a one‑stop shop for analogue‑style attitude and warmth.

    Reviews
  • link

    Yamaha Stagepas 200

    PA System

    Yamaha’s new all‑in‑one speaker packs a lot of sound into a portable package.

    Reviews
  • link

    Yosh’s Drum Warehouse Vol 2

    WAV/Slate Trigger 2

    Rating: **** 4/5 Stars. This library is a collection of drum samples from seven‑time Grammy‑winning recording/mixing engineer John ‘Yosh’ Jaszcz, whose credits include George Clinton and Bootsy Collins.

    Reviews

Techniques

Sound Advice

People

  • link
    Lonelady (Julie Campbell)

    LoneLady Soundworlds | Podcast

    Punch-and-crunch electro

    Created on sequencers, synths and drum machines in a basement bunker beneath Somerset House, London, LoneLady talks to Caro C about the making of her third studio album Former Things.

    People
  • link
    Peter Wade - Revalver

    Peter Wade - Revalver | Podcast

    Revalving Amplifiers Today

    Peter Wade talks to Paul White about his route into the industry, from starting out as an electronics engineer through to opening his own valve amp repair company, Revalver.

    People
  • link

    Talkback: Maria Elisa Ayerbe

    Engineer & Producer

    Born and raised in Colombia, engineer and producer Maria Elisa Ayerbe speaks to SOS about her career and influences.

    People
  • link
    Sam Inglis, new Leader photo landscape black t-shirt

    The Price Of Plug-ins

    Leader

    The economics of hardware goods are familiar, but how do manufacturers factor prices for plug-ins?

    People
  • link

    Why I Love... Convenience In The Studio

    Chris Korff

    As an immature, financially irresponsible man‑child with lingering delusions of rockstardom, I have a modest collection of guitars...

    People

Music Business

  • link
    Ricky Damian - MPG Awards 2023

    Ricky Damian - MPG Awards 2023 | Podcast

    Breakthrough Producer Of The Year Nominee

    Ricky Damian is a Grammy Award-winning Engineer/Producer who’s worked with artists such as Mark Ronson, Lady Gaga, Sam Smith, Adele, Dua Lipa, Yebba, Jorja Smith and Sampha.

    Music Business
Subscribe to [field_issue_date] Magazine Contents