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Congrats! :clap::clap::clap:
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Re: 35 Years of SOUND ON SOUND

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I would say in its own way SoS magazine has had an impact upon musicians all around the World.

There's a saying, if you could leave the World a little better than you found it, I would say SoS magazine it's staff it's writers have done this.
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I'm very proud to have been involved on both sides of those hallowed pages.

Well done SOS - the ship has been steered well.
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Re: 35 Years of SOUND ON SOUND

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Martin Walker wrote: Thu Oct 22, 2020 6:12 pm ...quality and longevity.

Essential

Eddy Deegan wrote: Thu Oct 22, 2020 6:23 pm ...I feel as if I've grown up

Thankfully non-essential.

Respect to all creators and loyal supporters.
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shufflebeat wrote: Thu Jul 29, 2021 7:36 pm
Eddy Deegan wrote: Thu Oct 22, 2020 6:23 pm ...I feel as if I've grown up

Thankfully non-essential.

Thankfully, indeed. What I should have said is that my keyring is significantly more populated than it was when I first picked up a copy of SOS :lol:
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Well done ... and thanks ... and yes, now my house is full of rockwool and sand and wires.

Thanks a lot.
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Congratulations, and thank you! :thumbup:

Partly responsible for a fair number of purchases over the years, but at least they're all good ones...
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Re: 35 Years of SOUND ON SOUND

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My first SoS purchase from WHSmiths had one of my Synth heroes on the cover.

I recall circling all the gear I wanted but didn't have money for. The fun was in circling what I wanted.

Dreaming about all the gear I saw on SoS, then hopping along to local music shop in Kent to see which they had in stock. I miss those local music shops.

Since then, from 2k onwards, nearly every modern music gear I have purchased, I search SoS magazine and database to read whether it's been reviewed. SoS forums too.
Any gear that catches my fancy that others have reviewed I check to see what SoS thinks of this gear.

If I recall correctly Yammy SY85 was on a front cover, thereafter a few years later I purchased SY85.
I just purchased an Audient ID4 because of SoS views of it.

When I had very little idea of computer music 2002, SoS magazine articles, forums, came to the rescue.

I also like reading SoS for articles on diverse range of music from all around the World.
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Re: 35 Years of SOUND ON SOUND

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I can’t remember how I came across SOS, my usual magazine was always Home & Studio Recording, I actually bought things on the basis of its reviews, I can remember, an Alesis 1622, and a Midiverb 11, I only bought the magazine for something to read in my shop when I was bored.
After that I started buying SOS when my wife left me, I grabbed it furiously from Sainsbury’s, anything to take my mind off of chucking myself under a bus.
I can’t rember buying anything based on an SOS review, but the depth and knowledge of the reviews was always a guiding factor.
I used to be all over the readers ads, my favourite bit, it was great when they were printed in the magazine.
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Re: 35 Years of SOUND ON SOUND

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35 years! Amazing. I think my first copies were back in '90/'91 when I was looking for a 'keyboard' and was browsing SoS along with stuff like Music Technology and H&SR – I remember specifically looking at the JD800 and SY22 (only one of which was anywhere near my paltry post-college budget) and ended up with a Juno 6 (still here). But those magazines got me through lunch breaks on the crappy Sat'dy job.

Cheers!
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nathanscribe wrote: Fri Jul 30, 2021 10:27 am 35 years!

Aaaand I just spotted the date of the original post. :headbang:
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Re: 35 Years of SOUND ON SOUND

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nathanscribe wrote: Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:58 pm
nathanscribe wrote: Fri Jul 30, 2021 10:27 am 35 years!

Aaaand I just spotted the date of the original post. :headbang:

One cannot rush into these things.
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