SONIC TALK Podcasts
Music Technology discussions - from the inside. With regular contributions from musicians, producers, software developers, journalists and other industry people. Sonicstate.com editor Nick Batt is joined by others for the latest news and trends in technology that affects the creation and distribution of music - and a few tasty stories from the studio too. Video is streamed live every Wednesday at 4pm UK time (sonicstate.com/live).
Latest episodes
Oct 25, 2017 • 1h 7min
Sonic TALK Fairlight Special
Oct 19, 2017 • 1h 13min
Sonic TALK 510 - Squishy Artefacts
We start with a
Oct 12, 2017 • 1h 20min
Sonic TALK 509 - Latency Rocks - The Big Bird
We start with the new iZotope Ozone 8 mastering software, AI and machine learning and what we'd like to see from it, Ableton Live going 64-bit only, Reon Driftboxes, Rich spots a Big Bird, The Academy using latency for a live performance looping, Gaz has a Kordbot, have you seen Bladerunner 2049 yet?
Oct 5, 2017 • 1h 23min
Sonic TALK 508 - Like a Washer Dryer
Gaz Williams, Steve Hillier and Charles Reeves - We start with the new Yamaha Genos music workstation, then songwriting in general, Quiet Art Recorditor, Unfiltered Audio Sandman Pro, Nigel Stanford's Automatica then the iConnectivity PlayAudio12.
Sep 28, 2017 • 1h 11min
Sonic TALK 507 - Bjork and Jump Cuts
Reason 10 is announced, A Tasty Pixel's SampleBot, Spitfire Audio's Hans Zimmer's Percussion library, the 1939 Voder speech emulator, Bjork's new album, Thompson Holiday's Evolution of Dance Music infographic, the new Apple stuff.
Sep 21, 2017 • 1h 7min
Sonic Talk 506 - Josh Bell and Vocaloid
We talk Embertone Joshua Bell solo violin, the Tasty Chips GR-1granular synthesizer, Roland SPD-SX special edition, Eventide EQuivocate, Sonible EQs, Waves Factory Track Spacer, Waves Torque Drum Tuner, Vocaloid.
Sep 14, 2017 • 1h 18min
Sonic TALK 505 - VCV Rack
So it was a Boutique D-50 after all, VCV Rack free modular emulation system, Izotope Spire, Bastl 60 Knobs, Battle of the Beatmakers - beat battles.
Sep 7, 2017 • 1h
Sonic TALK 504 - D-50 Labels and 4 Poles
New guest in the form of experienced producer and songwriter Steve Hillier, we start with the sad news that Walter Becker (of Steely Dan) has passed away, then we talk Moog Subsequent 37, Roland's September Experience and the trailed D-50, PatchCad patchbay labelling system.
Aug 31, 2017 • 1h 6min
Sonic TALK 503 -Just A MiniBrute And an A.I.
We start with the Amper AI and Taryn Southern collboration, then on to the Max4live Iota Granular Looper, Making a violin, DSI Rev 2 desktop, the amazing Inception cover from John Heath using just a MiniBrute, Korg Mono/Poly iOS and the ZVUK9 Midi controller - 9 X/Y pads with complex control. We finish with a little in-ear monitor chat.
Aug 24, 2017 • 1h 14min
