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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Mar 24, 2016 • 1h 1min
Sonic TALK 442 - Apple's Stupid Clagnut
We streamed this show live to Youtube this week, and will probably do the same from now on. We start with the Electro Harmonix MEL9 Tape Replay Pedal, the G200Kg Browser based Modular synth, Apple's keynote news, which results in Gaz's excellent
Mar 17, 2016 • 55min
Sonic TALK 441 - Memories of Touring With Emerson
Mar 10, 2016 • 1h 5min
Sonic TALK 440 - Virus Reissue, 10k 808
We get a rare and welcome visit from Musotalk's Non Eric, riff around the subjects of: Access Virus Ti Darkstar reissue, that TR-808 on ebay for £10k, Wintergatan's amazing marble music machine, The Orkestra Obsolete's Blue Monday cover (1930's style). Oh and we mention that you can now buy limited edition Sonic State T's!
Mar 3, 2016 • 1h 13min
Sonic TALK 439 - Eno, AUM, Mersenne
We start with the IceWorks Mersenne Percussive synth, Eno's new album the Ship, Morricone oscar, Sonicstate Bristol gig sold out, Bluetooth MIDI from Yamaha and MIDI Thing, the Bela embedded audio/dsp board running on Beagleboard, Eventide Octavox, Stalactite Organ, AUM iOS mixer.
Feb 25, 2016 • 1h 9min
Sonic TALK 438 - Kordbot, Barry Gray
The massively successful Kordbot Kickstarter campaign is our first topic, then the extremely weird robotic drummer arm from Georgia Tech, the work of Barry Gray and our recent interview with Charles Hazlewood and Adrian Utley that Gaz shot which leads to some interesting stories from Mark and Dave, our Sonicstate Live @Bristol gig on the 26th March, and finally Rich Hilton joins us from Maui, where he was playing with Chic.
Feb 18, 2016 • 1h 13min
Sonic TALK 437- Music Memos, SoundCloud
Some real tech of the future stuff here, with the Tangible Interfaces of Sean Follmer, Apple's Music Memos, the future of Soundcloud, Zoom/s lovely F8 recorder seems too good to be true, patchbays and the Pacthulator 8000 and a little bit of Tasty Chips ST4
Feb 11, 2016 • 1h 10min
Sonic TALK 436 - More NAMM Sakamoto Revenant
We get more of the panel's NAMM thoughts, then the Roland EL Cajon, Flutter EP from Sound Dust and we enjoy Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto and Bryce Dessner's work on the soundtrack for The Revenant, and Dave announces his MIDI spoons.
Feb 4, 2016 • 1h 14min
Sonic TALK 435 - After NAMM Now What?
Jan 28, 2016 • 1h 6min
Sonic TALK Special Eric Persing of Spectrasonics
In this Sonic TALK special, we talk to Eric Persing of Spectrasonics - legendary sound designer and synthesist whose career spans some of the major changes in synthesis and music technology
Jan 14, 2016 • 1h 14min
Sonic TALK 433 - Pre NAMM + Bowie Stories
We start with a reflection of the great David Bowie - Rich Hilton worked with Bowie on Black Tie White Noise and has a unique insight into his creative process, then its on to NAMM stories - Clavia tease something piano-ey, Dave Rossum is building EMU style modules, Akai are asking if we want an AX73 reissue.
