People & Music Industry

President and co-founder of Arturia, Frédéric Brun, talks to Sam Inglis about the company's eventful history, taking in highlights such as the innovative MiniBrute, the epic PolyBrute and the company's first stage keyboard, the new AstroLab. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 01:52 - Storm & The Early Days Of Software Synthesis 02:53 - Emulating Classic Analogue Synths 07:23 - How To Approach An Em...

Alan Moulder, 2024 recipient of the Icon Of The Year Award from the Music Producers Guild, talks to Kevin Paul about his early years at Trident Studios and finding his specialist areas, plus tips on how aspiring producers and engineers can get started in the industry today. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 00:30 - Starting Out In Indie Rock 02:28 - The Route Into Trident Studios 04:50 - Going Freelan...

Producer and Engineer Tim Bran talks us through his early career at Island Records, being invited to tour as a session musician, recording London Grammar and setting up his own collaborative tech and studio projects. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 01:22 - The Early Days At Island Records 04:58 - Musical Taste 06:33 - Informative Years In The Bunker 08:10 - Being Invited To Tour 10:40 - Rez Rocket S...

Guy Massey talks about his training at Abbey Road, how this gave him the confidence and experience to become freelance and how he enjoys blending new technology with traditional recording spaces. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 00:28 - Getting Into The Industry 03:51 - Learning At Abbey Road 05:12 - Studio Etiquette 06:58 - Being Sensitive To Artist Needs 10:44 - Blending Modern Technology And Tradi...

Catherine Marks talks to Kevin Paul about her traditional route into the industry as an assistant to Flood and Alan Moulder, plus her tips for how to approach a mix and get the best out of a track. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 00:29 - Getting Started In The Industry 04:22 - Working With Flood 08:50 - The Modern Studio Career Path 12:43 - Developing People Skills 16:21 - Working With Alan Moulder...

In this episode Kevin Paul talks to Record Producer and Mixer, Danton Supple who gives a fascinating insight into learning his trade at Sarm and Westside Studios during the 1980s and how he approaches the different roles of Recording Engineer, Producer and Mix Engineer. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 01:04 - Getting Started In The Business 07:47 - Technical Training 09:17 - Working in Different Cou...

Roland Lamb talks to Nick Rothwell about the inspiration behind the ROLI Seaboard, the challenges faced when creating a new type of instrument and the three product ranges from ROLI, the Seaboard, Block System and LUMI. See the Show Notes for further details. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 00:40 - The Origins Of ROLI 07:41 - Part Of The Keyboard Family 12:26 - Challenges Of Constructing The Seaboar...

In the first part of the brand new Kevin Paul MixBus Series, Kevin chats to producer engineer Gareth Jones about his impressive career at Mute Records and Hansa Studios in Berlin, working with bands such as Depeche Mode, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Erasure and Goldfrapp. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 01:16 - The Studio 02:14 - Getting Started As A Mix Engineer 05:19 - Innovative Recording Techn...

Xylo Aria talks to Caro C about her personal journey as a music artist and how it gave her the incentive to create Music Production for Women (MPW), providing online music industry training for female musicians across the globe and the opportunity to interact in forums and at events. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 02:20 - The Inspiration Behind MPW 06:47 - Getting Set Up 13:15 - The Courses On Offe...

In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Audio Engineering Society, President Bruce Olson talks to Hugh Robjohns about their history, their role in developing standards across the industry and entrance requirements for new members. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 00:27 - A Brief History 01:33 - Who The Society Is For 02:46 - Entrance Requirements 04:16 - Bruce Olson Background 07:54 - Developin...

Doug Rogers is President of EastWest, the Soundsonline website and owner of EastWest Studios. Here he chats to Sam Inglis about what it takes to develop their award winning sample library releases and how you can access everything via their subscription service, ComposerCloud+. 00:00 - Introduction 00:35 - The Beginnings Of ComposerCloud+ 05:19 - The Scale Of Production 08:24 - Benefits Of Subscri...

Peter Wade talks to Paul White about his route into the industry, from starting out as an electronics engineer through to running his own valve amp repair company, Revalver. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 00:19 - Route Into The Industry 02:36 - Setting Up Revalver 03:36 - Problems With Valve Amps 04:36 - Preferred Technology 05:37 - Re-Biasing 07:00 - Classic Vox Amps 07:48 - Problematic Repairs An...

Ricky Damian is a Grammy Award-winning Engineer/Producer who’s worked with artists such as Mark Ronson, Lady Gaga, Sam Smith, Adele, Dua Lipa, Yebba, Jorja Smith and Sampha. Ricky has been nominated for Breakthrough Producer Of The Year at the Music Producer Guild Awards 2023. Now in their 15th year, the MPG Awards celebrate the best British talent working behind the scenes in the music industry....

Catherine Anne Davies, also known as The Anchoress, is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. She in nominated in the category of Self Producing Artist at the Music Producers Guild Awards 2023. Now in their 15th year, the MPG Awards celebrate the best British talent working behind the scenes in the music industry. The winners are announced at the MPG Awards on 27th April 2023. Music Pro...

Mikko Gordon is a Grammy nominated mixing engineer and record producer based in London. This year he's nominated by the Music Producers Guild for Recording Engineer Of The Year and Album Of The Year along with Nigel Godrich for The Smile: ‘A Light for Attracting Attention’. Now in their 15th year, the MPG Awards celebrate the best British talent working behind the scenes in the music industry. The...

Manon Grandjean is a freelance Mix Engineer who has previously won three Music Producers Guild awards. In 2023 she's nominated for Mix Engineer Of The Year for her work with artists Flo, Fyfe & Iskra Strings and Milk & Bone. Now in their 15th year, the MPG Awards celebrate the best British talent working behind the scenes in the music industry. The winners are announced at the MPG Awards o...

Cecil (Adam) Bartlett is a London-based producer. In this interview Sam Inglis talks to him about his career so far and being nominated in this year's Breakthrough Producer Of The Year award for his work on 'Here Is Everything' by The Big Moon. Now in their 15th year, the MPG Awards celebrate the best British talent working behind the scenes in the music industry. The winners are announced at the...

Francine Perry is an artist, producer and mix engineer. In this interview she talks with SOS's Sam Inglis about her career so far and being nominated in the Rising Star category for her work with Beth Orton, Erasure and HAAi while based at Mute Studio. Now in their 15th year, the MPG Awards celebrate the best British talent working behind the scenes in the music industry. The winners are announced...

Daniel Moyler is a freelance mix engineer who was awarded Engineer Of The Year at the MPG 2020 Awards and won a 2021 Grammy for his engineering work on Dua Lipa's album Future Nostalgia . In this interview Sam Inglis talks to him about his career so far and being nominated in the Breakthrough Producer Of The Year category for the 2023 Music Producers Guild Awards. Now in their 15th year, the MPG A...

Will Purton is a London-based recording engineer, mixer and producer, and an in-house engineer at RAK Studios. In this interview Sam Inglis talks to him about his career so far and being nominated in this year's Rising Star category for the 2023 Music Producers Guild Awards. Now in their 15th year, the MPG Awards celebrate the best British talent working behind the scenes in the music industry. Th...

This year marks the 30th birthday of one of the world’s leading manufacturers of synths, samplers and hardware controllers. In this podcast, Novation Product Specialist Chris Calcutt looks back over three decades of innovation and explores the key products, technologies and partnerships behind a British music technology success story. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 00:26 - 30th Anniversary 01:02 -...

Bernt Malmqvist is one of the last remaining links to the golden age of microphone design. Having joined the Swedish manufacturer Pearl as a precision mechanic in 1954, he rose to become Production Manager, product designer and eventually the owner of the company. He talks to Sam Inglis about his extraordinary career and the unique design approach he learned from founder Rune Rosander. Chapters 00...

McDSP founder Colin McDowell chats to Sam Inglis about his career at the cutting edge of plug-in development. Colin explains his approach to plug-in design, and talks about the revolutionary Analog Processing Box — a plug-in co-processor that employs configurable analogue circuitry rather than DSP. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 00:17 - Getting Started Creating Audio Products 01:08 - The Necessary...

Aki Mäkivirta, R&D Director at Genelec, talks to Sam Inglis about the latest developments in immersive audio, from calibrating your system using their GLM software to personalising your headphone monitoring experience with Aural ID technology. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 00:34 - Immersive Audio 02:07 - Loudspeaker Density 05:44 - Automating Calibration With GLM 08:10 - Choosing Your Speaker...

LEWITT Audio Founder Roman Perschon (CEO) and Moritz Lochner (COO / Head of Product Management) chat to Hugh Robjohns about their approach to developing, innovating and engineering their range of home, studio and live microphones. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 00:30 - Lewitt Audio Beginnings 04:42 - Creating Unique Products 08:19 - Engineering Focussed 09:34 - Circuit Control | Remote Control 11:3...