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Did you know you can build your own sampled instruments in Studio One? Presence XT has an Editor with the power to let you build multi-sampled, multi‑velocity, multi‑articulation, scriptable instruments. You may not have encountered it before because it’s not included by default; you must buy it as an add‑on. However, as many people now receive their PreSonus software products through the Studio One+ subscription, you might find that you already own it.

Visit www.sosm.ag/PresenceXT to find out how you can build a simple sampled synth.

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TASCAM have turned their considerable expertise to the production of a new digital mixer, the Sonicview. There are two basic versions available, in a choice of two sizes, known simply as the Sonicview 16 and Sonicview 24, with both versions having been designed to appeal to three main markets: broadcast, recording and, of course, live sound in all its many forms.

In the August 2024 edition we reviewed the Sonicview 24 www.sosm.ag/Sonicview24

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Supercharge your mixes with a Radical Bundle 4 or one of four runner-up prizes from Sound Radix, worth $1543. Enter to win!

For this exclusive SOS competition, we’ve teamed up with Sound Radix, the developers behind remarkably clever audio processing plug-ins such as Auto-Align, Drum Leveler, POWAIR, SurferEQ, and Pi, amongst others. We’re giving you the chance to win a Radical Bundle 4 or one of two runner-up prizes of Auto‑Align 2.2.

To be in with a chance of winning one of these fantastic prizes, simply fill out the form by visiting https://sosm.ag/0724Comp and answering all the questions there, by midnight on Friday 23 August 2024.

COMPETITION TIME!

Improve your studio by adding a magnificent 1073SPX-D channel strip from worth £2754!

The SPX-D maintains everything that was special about the original 1073 input module: its two-stage transistor preamp, Marinair input and output transformers, the iconic inductor-based EQ section, and of course that Neve sound. But to those essential features it adds a convenient front-panel Direct Injection [DI] input, a balanced insert Send/Return, and a high-quality USB audio interface — making it easier than ever to achieve the legendary Neve sound in your DAW.

The 1073SPX-D additionally includes a flexible analogue monitor control section and headphone output, which allows for latency-free foldback listening and even monitoring of external stereo sources.

Visit www.sosm.ag/neve-comp-0724 by midnight on the 2nd August 2024 to enter!

Good Luck!

There are a number of pragmatic reasons why you might want to capture the output from the virtual instruments used in your Cubase projects to their own audio tracks, new routing options in Cubase Pro 13 make it easy to archive virtual instrument parts in Cubase. Visit the link below to read how to put it into practice

www.sosm.ag/AudioVirtual

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Immersive Audio Webinar.
Join the legendary Alan Parsons and Guests on a Free Webinar.

If you’ve heard about Immersive Audio (aka Dolby Atmos, Apple Music, Spatial Audio or 3D Audio) and wondering where it’s all headed, then join us for an insightful webinar with Alan Parsons and David Reyes from ASSR, Sam Inglis from SOS plus panel guests Daniel Rowland (LANDR), Caroline Hilton (UMG) and Luke Howard (Contemporary composer).

See website for further details and to register.
https://www.artandscienceofsound.com/soswebinar

In the August 2016 we look at what exactly a compressor’s Ratio setting does and if people say to use a low ratio for light compression and higher ratio for harder compression, but you are achieving roughly the same average level of gain reduction, what’s the difference?

www.sosm.ag/RatioSetting

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Very occasionally, a manufacturer decides to throw everything it knows into the creation of a flagship synthesizer and this is what the design team at Arturia have clearly done with the PolyBrute12, which has gained six voices and a lot more besides. All of which has resulted in a flagship analogue polysynth that will take time and effort to master fully, but once done so you’ll discover sounds and ways of expressing them that cannot be obtained on any other instrument.

Visit www.sosm.ag/Polybrute12 for the full review

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A signal gate is really just a fancy on/off swich — and an inspiring creative tool for modifying existing sequences and creating new ones.

We delved into creating gated sequences in the August 2024 edition

www.sosm.ag/IntersectingSequences

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Boutique Aussie brand BeesNeez Pro Audio - Australian Made Microphones and Capsules impress with their versatile valve pencil mic the Lulu Tube which is an evolution of the solid‑state Lulu FET, which was their tribute to the classic Neumann KM84. BeesNeez say that the inspiration for the Lulu Tube is the coveted (and expensive!) Neumann KM54, but as the capsule doesn’t have that mic’s distinctive nickel diaphragm, it is perhaps closer in spirit to the KM64 — the valve precursor to the KM84.

Visit www.sosm.ag/LuluTube to read our August 2024 review

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The RCA 44 is the most iconic ribbon microphone of all time, in the August 2024 edition we review Warm Audio's WA-44 recreation of the RCA 44 and soon discovered that it adopts the sensible design improvements pioneered by AEA, with no sign whatsoever of corners being cut to meet a price.

Visit www.sosm.ag/WA44 to read the full review

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Ever wondered how loud to master tracks intended for streaming? Way back in the July 2019 edition Tech Editor Hugh Robjohns shared his advice

www.sosm.ag/LoudMaster

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Turn the ratio up, and a compressor becomes a limiter. Go even further and you enter the world of reverse dynamics — and unique sonic effects. In the November 2023 edition we explain how negative compression ratios work and how it really comes into its own as a means of enhancing the sustain of live snare‑drum recordings directly

www.sosm.ag/NegativeRatio

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Robert Henke, polymathic genius and one of the original designers of Ableton, has contributed a brand‑new version of his popular Granulator instrument to the all‑singing, all‑dancing Live 12. Like the rest of this latest Live, Granulator III sees refinements to workflow and new features aplenty and we gave it an in-depth review it in the June 2024 edition

www.sosm.ag/GranulatorIII

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NANO Modules worked with the Eurorack emulation VCV developers to bring the stock Random module to life as an actual module - the VCV Random.

Visit www.sosm.ag/VCVRandom for the full review

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Cubase now offers a number of stock compressors, including two new choices added in v13: Vox Comp (for Pro and Artist users) and Black Valve (Pro only). So how do you decide which of these compressors to use on your vocals? In the July 2024 edition our reviewer John Walden grabbed a suitable vocal track and put the two ‘new for v13’ offerings up against the long‑standing standard Compressor plug‑in, to see if he could identify the role that each might play in achieving these typical compression aims.

Visit www.sosm.ag/VocalCompressorsCompared for the full article and audio examples.

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Fannar F from Iceland was the lucky winner of the May 2024 competition

"The SSL Bus + and the Fusion are the exact outboard gear I always wanted to have in my studio. They both sound amazing but together they make a very powerful mixing combo. I look forward to using the pair for years to come. Thank you SOS and Solid State Logic (SSL)."

Congratulations again Fannar and enjoy!

Still tickets available for GearFest UK this weekend visit the link below for more details

http://gearfestuk.com

GearFest UK this Saturday July 13th. Want to win prizes? The first 100 people through the door from 10am will automatically win some exciting music studio equipment prizes!

Most recording techniques are easy enough to put into practice when you're only faced with the task of working with one instrument or voice at a time, but life gets more complicated when you come to record a rock band playing 'live' in the studio. Even when you are encountering a unique set of challenges, it is still possible to achieve a good result.

www.sosm.ag/LoudBands

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Arturia 's AudioFuse 16Rig has features such as DC‑coupled outputs, the Cue mixer and standalone MIDI routing which is designed to endear the AudioFuse 16Rig to electronic musicians, but it makes an equally compelling case as the centrepiece of a conventional studio for anyone with outboard preamps or a mixer

Visit www.sosm.ag/Audiofuse16rig to read our full review

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Available from UnitedPlugins and authorised using a personal key file that permits use on multiple computers, DropKick by JMG Sound is a comprehensive set of tools for reshaping kick drum sounds, but it manages this with just a handful of rotary controls. All the common plug‑in formats for Mac and Windows operating systems are supported, and updates are free.

Visit www.sosm.ag/Dropkick for the full review

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Brinta is the latest collaboration between Error instruments and This is Not Rocket Science. It’s an exciting creative space where TiNRS get to play with their weirdest algorithms, and Error Instruments get to break them. The result is immensely playful and experimental, inviting exploration rather than analytical inquiry.

Visit www.sosm.ag/Brinta for our full review

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This weekend - 13th July 2024 - the UK's premier audio equipment show returns to and the remaining few tickets are still available to purchase.

Lots of gear to see, free panel talks throughout the day and the first 100 people too arrive at the event will be entered into a free prize draw to win some fantastic gear.

For more info visit https://sosm.ag/Gearfest2024

Voting for this years MIDI Innovation Awards held by The MIDI Association is still open until this Friday the 12th July 2024. Details on each product entered into the five award categories are now available on the MIDI Association’s website, with images and videos joined by an explanation of how is utilised by the design.

Visit https://midi.org/innovation-awards for this years entrants and details on how to vote.

Acustica Audio’s Sienna Sphere Live is a subscription‑based product, that includes a web interface designed to allow the subscriber to share projects both offline and online with collaborators, allowing remote collaboration projects to be less disorganised and chaotic

Visit https://sosm.ag/SiennaSphere for the full review

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