DAWbench Radio Show

TechBytes 12 :  2026 Music Technology Round Up : Mid Year Review ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology , I am joined by guest co-hosts Pete Brown of Microsoft and Chris Mann of Link Audio. We catch up again on what all of us have been up to since last show, cover the domino effecting my business due to the current RAMpocolypse, check in on Petes work on MIDI 2.0 and the inbox Windows ASIO...

Music Tech Pioneers VIII : Manfred Rürup  : Steinberg : The Early Years ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology, I am joined by guest co-host Pete Brown of Microsoft and special guest Manfred Rürup, who is the Co-Founder and Ex CEO of Steinberg. We cover Manfred's early history with music and technology , and how that lead to a Professional Recording and Performing Career throughout the 70'...

Music Tech Pioneers VII : Wolfgang Kundrus : Steinberg,  Studio One and Beyond ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology, I am joined by guest co-host Pete Brown of Microsoft and special guest Wolfgang Kundrus, who is one of the leading and most influential music software architects of the last 4 decades.  He was part of the team behind Steinberg Cubase and Nuendo, as well as the game changin...

TechBytes 11 :  2025 Music Technology Round Up : The Year in Review ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology , I am joined by guest co-hosts Pete Brown of Microsoft and Chris Mann of Link Audio. We catch up again on what Pete and Chris have been up to since last show, get an overview of the guys adventures at NAMM, and check in on Petes work on MIDI 2.0 and the inbox Windows ASIO Driver, etc...

The Art of Virtual Synth Design II :  Surge XT : Open Source Powerhouse ! "It's fun working on stuff that works!" Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology, I am joined by guest co-host Pete Brown of Microsoft and special guest Paul Walker, aka BaconPaul , who is a maintainer and one of the largest contributors on the Surge Synthesizer Team, and also a contributor to several other open source a...

The Art of Orchestral Sampling II : Sonuscore : Compose Without Limits ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology, I am joined by guest co-host Pete Brown of Microsoft, and special guest Tilman Sillescu, who is the co-founder of Sonuscore, who are a leading, highly respected and widely used Orchestral sample library and instrument developer. We discuss Tilman's history in music and technology,...

Music Tech Pioneers VI : Roger Linn – LinnDrum to LinnStrument and Beyond ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology, I am joined by guest co-host Pete Brown of Microsoft and special guest Roger Linn, who is the founder of Linn Electronics and is currently the owner and lead designer at Roger Linn Design. We discuss Rogers early history with music and technology , and how that lead a path to f...

TechBytes 10 :  2025 Music Technology Mid Year Review ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology , I am joined by guest co-hosts Pete Brown of Microsoft and Chris Mann of Link Audio. We catch up again on what Pete and Chris have been up to since last show, get an overview of NAMM and Super Booth, Petes work on MIDI 2.0, WoA Dev, and the inbox Windows ASIO Driver, etc We do a general catch up a...

Honouring the Legendary : Bob Moog Foundation : Innovation, Inspiration, and Igniting Creativity ! " It's Moog, Rhymes with Vogue ! " Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology, I am joined by guest co-host Pete Brown of Microsoft, and special guest Michelle Moog-Koussa who is the founder and Executive Director of the Bob Moog Foundation , which she established in 2006 to honour the legacy of he...

The Master of Synthesizer Design : Axel Hartmann : From Inspiration to Iconic !  Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology, I am joined by guest co-host Pete Brown of Microsoft, and special guest Axel Hartmann who has been the go to designer for some of the most iconic synthesizers of the last 35 years, and continues to be one of the leading designers in the field. Chances are, you have seen or...

The Art Of Analog Modeling II : Cherry Audio : Reviving Analog Legends ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology, I am joined by guest co-host Pete Brown of Microsoft, and special guests Dan Goldstein (CTO) and Mitchell Sigman (Lead Designer) @ Cherry Audio. We discuss Dan and Mitchell's history with music and technology, their shared passion for early synths and computers, and how their path...

Music Tech Pioneers V : Peter Gorges: Wizoo to UJAM and Beyond ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology, I am joined by guest co-host Pete Brown of Microsoft and special guest Peter Gorges who has been involved with the ever evolving area of Music Technology in varying capacities for over 4 decades, from sound design, authoring and publishing, journalism, to co-founding numerous innovative M...

DAW Evolution IX : Reaper - Revisited ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology, I am joined by guest co-hosts Pete Brown of Microsoft and Erin McKimm, and returning special guest Justin Frankel, who is the Founder and Lead Developer of Reaper. We catch up after 5 years since the last show , with a general overview of whats been happening since we last spoke in Music Tech/Reaperland. We discu...

TechBytes 09 :  2024 Music Technology Mid Year Review ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology , I am joined by guest co-hosts Pete Brown of Microsoft and Chris Mann of Link Audio. We catch up on what Pete and Chris have been up to since last show, Petes overview of MS Build Event - CoPilot+, AI avalanche incoming, Recall, required TOPs - (Tera Operations Per Second), etc. We cover Computex...

The Art of Virtual Synth Design : Dawesome - From Oscillators, Chaos Theory, Granular and Beyond ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology , I am joined by guest co-host Erin McKimm, and also special guest Peter Volaender : aka Dawesome : who is the founder and lead developer at Dawesome Music. We discuss Peters personal history with audio, music and technology, coding and his eventual journe...

  DAW Evolution VIII : Tracktion - Past, Present, Future ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology, I am joined by guest co-host Pete Brown of Microsoft and special guest Jules Storer who is the Founder and Lead Developer of Tracktion, now known as Tracktion Waveform, and also the developer of the JUCE programming framework. We discuss Jules' early history with music, computers and coding, an...

MIDI 2.0 : 40 Years in the Making ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology , I am joined by guest co-host Pete Brown of Microsoft and also special guests, Andrew Mee , who is a MIDI 2.0 consultant to Yamaha, and Gary Daniels of Microsoft.  Andrew is the author of open source libraries, and also tools for certification for MIDI 2.0, as well as being Chair for the Developer Support Working Gro...

TechBytes 08 :  2023 Music Technology In Review ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology , I am joined by guest co-hosts Pete Brown of Microsoft and Chris Mann of Link Audio. We cover whats been happening in the land of DAWbench, and whats in store for 2024. We discuss how far the session templates have grown over a 10 year period to cover the scaling in CPU performance , and revisit some al...

The Art of Sound Design : Soundly : Sound Creation, Cataloguing & Archival ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology , I am joined by guest co-hosts Pete Brown of Microsoft and Erin McKimm, and also special guest Peder Jogensen , who is the Co-Founder , CEO and CTO of Soundly We discuss Peders personal history with audio, music and technology, sound effects and design, coding and his eventual...

TechBytes 07 :  2023 Music Technology Mid Year Review ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology , I am joined by guest co-hosts Pete Brown of Microsoft and Chris Mann of Link Audio. We cover the release of DAWbench Suite 2023, detail the changes and additions and also discuss some alternate DAW benchmarking work being done by others. Pete and Chris give a first hand round up of their personal...

Digital Audio Editing and Restoration : Acon Digital : Mastering the Art !  Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology , I am joined by guest co-host Pete Brown of Microsoft and special guest Stian Aagedal , who is the Founder and Lead Developer of Acon Digital. We discuss Stians early musical and technical explorations that lead him to found Acon Digital, navigate the history and ongoing develo...

DAW Evolution VII : n-Track Studio - Past, Present, Future ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology, I am joined by guest co-host Pete Brown of Microsoft and special guest Flavio Antonioli who is the Founder of n-Track Studio. We discuss Flavio's early history with computers, technology and coding , and how that lead a path to his founding and development of n-Track. We cover the history and...

Music Tech Pioneers IV : Marcus Ryle : 4 Decades of Music Tech Innovation ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology, I am joined by guest co-host Pete Brown of Microsoft and special guest Marcus Ryle , whose career spans over 4 decades on the front line of Music Tech Innovation. We discuss Marcus' early history with music and technology , and how that lead a path to starting his career at Obe...

TechBytes 06 : 2022 Music Technology in Review ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology , I am joined by guest co-hosts Pete Brown of Microsoft and Chris Mann of Link Audio. Comeback show after an extended break. We cover the last batch of DAWbench and alternate testing results, and weigh up the +/- feedback from the assembled gallery. We discuss some recent acquisitions and mergers, and loo...

Music Tech Pioneers III : Sequential Circuits : Rise, Fall, Return ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology, I am joined by guest co-host Pete Brown of Microsoft and special guest Dave Smith, who is the founder of Sequential Circuits. We discuss Daves early history with music and technology , and how that lead a path to founding Sequential Circuits, the early days exploring analog synths and...