SONIC TALK - Inside Music Technology

Podcast::Sonic TALK 379 - Editing Aretha ProTools Licenses

We start by hearing from Robbie about his new film score gig, then we a look at the new Retronyms Wej iPad stand/hub/lighting effect - pre-sales available now, then the ramazing firmware hack for the Behringer BCR2000 form Zaq Audio which turns it into a sequencer, the 4Dsound performance system via Ableton live, why does Bono cause such animosity? The U2 giveaway vs Thom Yorkes release, Adobe's v...

We discuss Xhail, the new AI driven library music compossition and licensing tool, then Reason 8, U-He Bazille, Billy Elliot and live event streaming into cinemas and a few other topics besides.

Podcasts:Sonic TALK 376 - On Tour With Courtney Love

Tara Busch from I Speak Machine - a collective who make Scifi horror shorts with Tara performing the sound track live, has a gig at London's South Bank on Sunday (21st). We talk about the project and her process, we also talk about the new Korg Electribe and other new goodies just announced, iOS apps for synthesizer control and finally a quick round up of the panel's first commercial releases.

After a short Summer break we get right back into it with a lot of new gear released this month, starting with the NI Komplete Kontrol S-Series controllers, new Presonus rack RM16AI and RM32AI mixers, the Roland SBX-1 syncbox and HS-5 mixer, IK Midi Rig2.

Sonic TALK 373 - Chiptunes and Orchestra

Sonic TALK Special - Roger Linn

Sonic TALK 371- Dirt Cheap Drums

Sonic TALK 370 - Waves StudioGrid,MOTU AVB

A sweltering day here at Sonic Towers - we're talking of Klaus Schulze and an old performance video from 1977, classic tune recreation from KrypToneNZ and Peahicks, Yamaha's 40 years of synthesizers and what they should do to celebrate, Ploytec Pi2 gets formant voice synthesis and the Fairchild 670 limiter going for £30,000 on eBay.

Sonic TALK 368 - MC202 Album

Sonic TALK 367 - What Are You Learning?

Sonic TALK 366 - modulus 002, Plug-Out

Sonic TALK 365 - DSI Pro-2, Trigger Finger Pro, Apple 3.5mm Jack?

Sonic TALK 364 - $67k Aphex Twin Rarities, Gain Structure

Sonic TALK 363 - Free Stuff!

SonicTALK 362 - Raven V2.0 - Which Kick Mic

Sonic TALK 361 - Axel Hartmann

Sonic TALK 360: Modelling

Sonic TALK 359 - Secret Weapons,Vulfpeck and Polymath

Sonic TALK 358 - Diego Stocco's Convolution

We are joined by Rich Hilton who is literally fresh off stage from his Chic gig in China and back in his hotel, the internet holds out. Also new this week is Andy Hunter, a DJ and collaborator with Robbie on Sushi Friday Music. We start with a new purchase by Gaz - the Belking Thunderbolt port replicator, then the article on Forbes about how earbuds have changed the way we mix - do the panel agree...

In the week of Moogfest we discuss the Ashville Electronic Music event, and the monosynth Werkstatt, the Pringles Organ - is it real? iVCS3 and XILS3 - two VCS3 emulations for iPad and desktop, plus a bit of creative gear usage and application improvisation.

First we look at the new Waves Vitamin plugin, then Imogen Heap's Glove project, the furore surrounding the Binary Music D50 Kontakt intrsument and the questions thrown up by sampling PCM based instruments. We then discuss the nature of bad impulse purchases.