Signal Processors

The SOS Awards celebrate innovation and contemporary design. Congratulations to all the Winners, as well as the very worthy close contenders in each category who have been awarded our Highly Commended accolade.

The SOS team pick their highlights from hardware and software launches from 2025.

The Boundary Layer is a module whose design actually harks back to a much more classic synth topology. How will Schlappi fare in the heritage game?

This is Not Rocket Science (TiNRS) thought it might be nice to create a space, within space, where cosmic entities exist as the elements of a deep galactic reverb.

The Itinera module is a Eurorack filter developed by Stefano Bersanetti at Euterpe Synthesizer Laboratories.

The latest device to take up the challenge of ‘tape without tape’ is the Stardust, which Qu‑Bit describe as a ‘cosmic tape looper’.

ALM describe the all‑analogue Mega Milton as a ‘smorgasbord’ of handy utilities, designed to greatly extend the functionality of a Eurorack system.

The next batch of analogue Expert Sleepers modules expands the line‑up in several new and exciting directions.

The Endless Processor from Kyiv‑based Blukac does one thing. It takes a sound and sustains it to infinity.

Empress’ compact, powerful and versatile ZOIA is part multi‑effects unit, part modular synthesizer...

This 8‑pole variable character stereo filter has an analogue core with digital control...

SoundMorph’s Dust takes an interplanetary approach to granular resynthesis.