SONIC TALK Podcasts
Sonicstate.com
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).
Episodes
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Nov 17, 2016 • 1h 11min
Sonic TALK 472 MPC Live, Dr Who Sounds
After hello's and a brief detour into electric vehicle sounds, we talk of the Akai MPC Live - leaked by the FCC website, then Samsung's $8 bill acquisition of Harman, Adobe's project VoCo, Dr Who sounds from the the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and finally Tim Exile's S L O W Reaktor plug-in.
Nov 10, 2016 • 1h 5min
Sonic TALK 471 - Didn't See That Coming
We start with news of Ty's latest purchases: Elektron Analog Heat, Roland System-8, then on to the Korg releases, the Monologue, the ODYSSEi and King Korg Black edition, Synth Memes - and Nicks PWM theme, ROLI Blocks, Microsoft's Surface Studio and the new Macbook Pro plus the general state of
Nov 2, 2016 • 40min
Sonic TALK Special - Norell
In this Sonic TALK Interview we talk to two thirds of Danish electronic act Norell - their material straddles the line between classic Scandinavian pop and R&B topped off with the unique vocal style of MarieLouise Persson.
Oct 27, 2016 • 1h 8min
Sonic TALK 469 Korg's Big Announcement
We first talk to Mark about running a music shop, then we talk digital distribution, Korg's upcoming Big Announcement (Nov 1st), Ableton Live Set Export SDK, Reactable Rotor and John Carpenter Live.
Oct 20, 2016 • 1h 6min
Sonic TALK 468 Modo Bass, Albion V, Neutron
We start with the Dialog Audio Modulation Processor 3244 - a nifty MIDI parameter modulator, IK Multimedia Modo Bass, iZotope Neutron, Spitfire Audio Albiion V, Lawrence English and the sound of fear.
Oct 13, 2016 • 1h 13min
Sonic TALK 467 Drum Brute and Bastl Kastle
Great to have Marc Doty join us as we talk about the Arturia Drum Brute, the impossibly cute Bastl Kastle micro modular, the Elysia mPressor 500 compressor, Rob Scallon's WTF Drums and interesting funding model and 2TBTruman's Genesis 1 synthesizer.
Oct 5, 2016 • 1h 18min
Sonic TALK 466 - Imaginary Touch and Chin Trill
We start with the sad news that Kraftwerk sold out their gig in our local concert hall before we could get tickets, then Pallette Gear modular controllers, Behringer's Augmented Reality Hololens DM12 interface, Positve Grid Tone Match distortion, the art of randomisation and the Sound Particles audio rendering application, and finally Gaz and Dave give their impressions of Synth Fest.
Sep 29, 2016 • 1h 9min
Sonic TALK 465 - 23 Pianos
We start with news of Ty's latest gear, then we enjoy Wiwi Kuan's selection of 23 piano's and discuss, then the Jussi vocal synth for VST and iOS, the Lewitt LCT 640 CT dual microphone, Alan Turing's recently discovered 1951 computer music recording, vintage buyers remorse, Ty's brief time with the Dreadbox Murmux.
Sep 21, 2016 • 1h 7min
Sonic TALK 464 - Hyper-familliarity And Pre-awareness
Our first task is to mourn the sad passing of Don Buchla, then we talk of the dilemma of instrument design, The Elektron Analogue Heat, Happy Birthday Sure SM58.
Sep 15, 2016 • 1h 10min
Sonic TALK 463 - Knobcon Aftermath
We catch up with recent events as Knobcon has just been - and Suit & Tie Guy was the organizer, on to the Roland System 8, TR-09, TB-03 and DJ808 which might just represent a new milestone in live performance for not just the DJ, Maschine Jam. We end with a debate on the rights and wrongs of OS updates, and the news of the forthcoming OS X Sierra 10.12 coming 20th September.
