May 2025 Magazine Contents

REVIEWS: Allen & Heath Avantis Solo [front cover] • Neve 88C • SSL Alpha 8 • Apple M4 & M3 Ultra Macs • Arturia KeyLab 88 MkIII • Melbourne Instruments Roto-Control • RME ADI-2/4 Pro SE • OLLO Audio X1 headphones • Roland V-Stage 76 • AudioSmile Little British Monitor • Gamechanger Auto pedals • Orchestral Tools Berlin Solo Strings • Rupert Neve Designs RNDI-M • UAFX Enigmatic ‘82 • Vanguard V24 stereo valve mic • Waves Sync Vx • Overloud TH-U2 • SPOTLIGHT: Stereo Microphones • Eurorack modules • New sample libraries — and much more!

TECHNIQUES + PEOPLE: Tips To Help Your Mix Translate • Mixing Breakthroughs: 5 Top Mix Engineers • Evgueni & Sacha Galperine • Inside Track: Architects & Bring Me The Horizon • How I Got That Sound: Jürgen Engler • DAW Tips: Cubase 14, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Studio One Pro... and more!

Reviews

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  Allen & Heath Avantis Solo

  Digital Mixing Console
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  Apple M4 & M3 Ultra Macs

  Desktop & Laptop Computers
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  Arturia KeyLab 88 MkIII

  MIDI Controller Keyboard
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  AudioSmile Little British Monitor

  Active Monitors
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  Bunker Samples Iremia Intimate Cello & Intimate Viola

  Kontakt Instrument
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  Cutlasses Instruments Gloop

  Eurorack Module
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  Expert Sleepers Disting NT

  Eurorack Module
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  Gamechanger Audio Auto Series

  Delay & Chorus Effects Pedals
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  M-Live B.Beat Pro 16 Plus

  Live Playback System
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  Maono PM500

  Cardioid Capacitor Microphone
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  Melbourne Instruments Roto-Control

  Motorised MIDI Controller
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  Minimal Audio Wave Shifter

  Modulation plug-in
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  Neve 88C

  Dual-channel Dynamics Processor
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  OLLO Audio X1

  Open-backed Headphones
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  Orchestral Tools Berlin Solo Strings

  Sample Library
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  Overloud TH-U2

  Amp-modelling Plug-in
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  Phantom Sounds Analog Drift

  Delay Plug-in
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  RME ADI-2/4 Pro SE

  A-D / D-A Converter
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  Roland V-Stage 76

  Stage Keyboard
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  Rupert Neve Designs RNDI-M

  Active Transformer DI Box
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  RYK Envy Machine

  Eurorack Module
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  Song Athletics Bones

  WAV Audio
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  Soniccouture Flowstate

  NKS‐ready Kontakt Player Software Instrument
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  Spitfire Audio Tutti

  Kontakt Instrument
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  SSL Alpha 8

  ADAT Expander & A‐D/D‐A Converter
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  Stereo Microphones

  Spotlight Round-up
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  Submarine Pickups SubSix

  Hexaphonic Guitar Pickup
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  Universal Audio UAFX Enigmatic ’82

  Guitar-amp Emulation Pedal
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  Vanguard V24

  Stereo Valve Microphone
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  Waves Sync Vx

  Pitch & Time Alignment Plug-in
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  Zero-G Ethera Gold Odyssey — Angelic Voices

  Kontakt Instrument
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  Zynaptiq Punch

  Transient Shaper Plug-in
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Techniques

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  Cubase 14: Pattern Editor Arps

  Steinberg Cubase 14 Tips & Techniques
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  Cubase 14: Pattern Editor Arps | Audio Examples

  Hear For Yourself
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  Evgueni & Sacha Galperine

  Film & TV Composers
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  How I Got That Sound: Jürgen Engler

  Die Krupps ‘Wahre Arbeit Wahrer Lohn’
  Techniques
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  Inside Track: Architects & Bring Me The Horizon

  Songwriter & Producer Jordan Fish
  Techniques
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  Logic Pro: Creative Delay Effects

  Apple Logic Pro: Tips & Techniques
  Techniques
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  David Mellor - Audio Masterclass Course Director

  Mic Techniques for Stereo Sound | Podcast

  A Practical Approach
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  Pro Tools: Multiband Splitter

  Avid Pro Tools: Tips & Techniques
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  Studio One: Session Navigation

  PreSonus Studio One: Tips & Techniques
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  Tips To Help Your Mix Translate

  Spectral Balance
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Sound Advice

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  Oli Freke, Electronic Musician and Author

  History Of Samplers | SOS Podcast

  From Tape To Digital
  Sound Advice
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  Q. Why do most XLR and Jack cables have soldered connections, rather than crimped ones?

  Sound Advice

People

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  Guthman Competition Winners 2025

  Guthman Competition Winners 2025 | SOS Podcast

  Interview With The Judges
  People
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  LEADER: Core Audio

  Sam Inglis
  People
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  Mixing Breakthroughs: 5 Top Mix Engineers

  Moments, Mindsets & More...
  People
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  Pascal Gabriel - Music Producer

  Pascal Gabriel - Music Producer | SOS Podcast

  The MixBus Interview
  People
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  Talkback: Teether & Kuya Neil

  Rapper & Producer Duo
  People
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  Why I Love... Logic’s Sampler

  Paul White
  People