SONIC TALK Podcasts

This week we first celebrate Clif Richards (Sir) 100th album, then Chas Smiths amazing metal instruments as used by Hans Zimmer in Superman - Man of Steel, Squarepushers Z-Machines robot composition, and a gel speaker from Harvard boffins.

This week we start with the sad news of George Dukes death and celebrate some of his finest moments. Then we enjoy Benge's Twenty Systems - a collection of pieces represesnting the history of synthesis, then a bit of light releief with the LOL studio engineer sketch, Nick shows off his Korg MicroKorg USB key - the less said about that, the better, then we talk Tequila and Whiskey...

First up Nick warns against backing up to comrpessed disk images on OS X, then we head over to Phase57 for a look at Asiohead's hand built poly synth Ambika from Mutable Instruments. Then we talk of the Strymon El Capistan delay pedal, a good match for analog synths according to Mr Spiers, then we we talk about the amazing sound mapping project Aporee, a compelling Raspberry Pi audio application from Servando Barreiro using Pure Data, finally to fade or not to fade.

Another scorcher here in the UK as the heatwave continues, our main topic of conversation is the release of Apple's Logic X update, but we also find time to talk about the new NDVR Note Poly Aftertouch 2.0 Indiegogo project, finally we look at the new Chapman Stick Railboard.

Our panel grows during the show to include Rich Hilton fresh from his triumphant Chic performace at Glastonbury, we first talk of web controlled analog with the Analog Ala Carte and Patchwerk projects, then defaults - what you set up, performance anxiety and finally concept albums.