SONIC TALK - Inside Music Technology

Julian Storer and James 'Woody' Woodburn from Tracktion join me for a chat about the lease of life Tracktion is getting and plans for the future.

We first explore the new ROLI Seaboard - a multi-axis controller, Steve Reich's recent concert exploring themes from Radiohead, the Giant Tuba of Marknuekirchen, and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinasuars live rig, Hollow Sun SOTU, with plenty of conversational diversions on the way.

A new guest joins us from the rarified world of pop production, now working in commercial writing and founder of prog rockers Frost - top chap and good value! Jem tells us about his work with X-Factor artists and other high pop acts. We talk about Avid and the hypothetical DAW change, Waldorf Rocket, NI's new softy and Bowie's new album amongst other things. Finally Mark treats us to some Gerbil R...

SONIC TALK 302 - Nun On A Mobility Scooter

Andy Shillito is just back from the US touring with the Darkness, Failedmuso.com's Rob Puricelli steps in to complete the panel - we discuss Krafwerks sellout Tate Modern shows, then the Grammys production and what goes into a production of that scale with great input from Any Shillito, then we talk product demos - with Moog's recent posting of the superstar monosynth players from NAMM, we also se...

300 episodes - makes roughly 12 and a half days of listening should you choose to tackle it. First show in June 2006 and here we are. Joining me in the studio to mark this milestone are Dave and Chris plus a couple of bottles of bubbly - thanks guys! On the line are Rich and Mark. First talk about a few more NAMM items, the Raven MIT (10:34) then a the Tactus terraforming LCD screen blows our mind...

Fresh back from rainy California - or perhaps not so fresh! We talk of the NAMM show releases - the Korg MS20 Mini, Moog Sub Phatty, Buchla Easel, iConnect MIDI+ and audio passthrough andmuch more.

Not much on the agenda this week apart from a bit of good old NAMM speculation and chit chat. We talk about the Moog Sub Phatty (07:57), Ableton Push will be on display for the time (18:00)Mark brings out his Yamaha EZ-EG MIDI guitar (27:59) and Gaz promises to eat his Monotron (maybe) when we talk of something new from Korg (32:03). Avid are also apparently cooking something up too (39:00),which...

In our first episode of the New Year, we’re happy to welcome Noneric - host of Musotalk.de who’s not been with us for a while due to his massively successful Musotalk site, we talk of Mark Tinley’s Coles Ribbon sports commentator mic, then the new Waves Element software synth (09:38), Cakewalk Sonar X2 for Windows 8 touch (21:48) and other touch matters, Wampler Triple Wreck and distortion/drive f...

Our first topic is the light and fluffy one of the Mayan impending end of the world 10:29, then Gaz gives us his impressions of Live 9 Beta 18:05, Cubasis for iPad and a bit of predicting for next year (53:19) followed by a bit of Zedd (59:59). Finally Gaz plays us out with his latest live recording of a track he wrote inspired by his disappointment with Apple Computer.

We kick off with a brief appearance from Darren Price from Underworld - as thats where Dave Spiers is today (thanks for the use of the bandwidth!). We then dive into the Leap Motion and the AirHarp experiment 7:00, Mark Tinley's Christmas Single as the Pink New Dolphins - Sometimes Suicide - a very catchy tune with a serious message 16:10. Then we talk about serious studio disasters - several of w...

New guest in the form of Mike Grieg - music tech lecturer at Teeside University joins us to discuss MIDI Jitter, rumour s and Logic - what we'd like to see in the next big update, exhibition of giant synth photos and what is the most aesthetically pleasing synthesizer. Then Mark brings out his binaural dummy head and things get stupid. No cats were harmed during the making of this program.

The panel assembles to discuss - that golden Moog, the Korg Polysix iOS app, Imogen Heap and her gloves, the new Google Chromebooks and Donald Fagen new release Sunken Condos.

Line 6 M20D new concept in live mixing, the Elektron Analog Four synthesizer, Cubase 7 and Yamaha Nuage post production system and Tinitus.

Sonic TALK 291 - Jordan Rudess Kevin Chartier

We take a look at the original Sonification OF Everyday Things - instrument - from Dennis P Paul and ponder what would sound good. Then the possibilities of CV to MIDI with Moog Minitaur OS V2.0, Windows 8 launch and the surface - we offer the software giant some friendly advice and also the amazing Tim Exile and his custom Reaktor / controller setup

It's all about touch this week with Ableton Live 9 and the Akai built new Live controller Push, then the even more impressive Steven Slate Raven MTX 47 inch multi-touch screen production console. Finally we talk about a 1956 5mb storage unit the size of a small shed.

Of course we first look at the new Apple products, then a great fly on the wall video with Queen in the studio, Native Instruments Action Strings and a photo is worth a thousand words...

We are joined by Andy Shillito freah back from engineering The Darkness supporting Lady Gaga, we talk of his work then how do you add tracks to a live gig recording, Felix Baumgartner’s incredible leap and what are the musical equivalents, the Studio Electronics Boomstar synths. Gaz tells us about his 12hour long single.

This week we talk of fancy home studios, Ghetty Images teaming up with SoundCloud for some revenue for uploaders, Sound Forge for Mac is released and the power of the Pringles Drum Kit.

Neil Young’s new Pono player is our first subject, followed by the new Hollow Sun Kontakt instrument Altaerion - then we look at a couple of DIY style synth projects and finally on to the Popinator and your choice of studio snacks.

This week our special guest is Tom Blazukas - overall winner of the Find Music In Everything competition we ran with iZotope Iris recently - we talk to Tom about his work. Then we enjoy Moby’s drum machine collection, discover a few hidden treasures in the attic with Gary Numan, listen to three MacBeth Micromac synths with 9 Oscillators, Vince Clarke’s patch recreation thoughts and finally we disc...

After a few musical tradesmen anecdotes, we talk to Dean and Adrian about the new project with Maxine Peake which takes the subject of the Pendle Witches trial of 1412 at Pendle Hill in Lancashire and creates a concept album or words and electronic music. Available now on Finders Keepers Records. We then slip in a little chart about iOS6, the Teenage Engineering OP-1 accessories, Quneo and the win...

First up, Gaz tells us about his new Sonuus Whahoo, a kind of multifilter wah pedal on steriods, we talk bass drum mics with the news of the new AKG D12VR, then Chiptunes come under the microscope with the Pianocade and the Chipophone, then we look at Impaktor - a new drum synth for iOS. Then we’re on to the latest tip from Timethy and what we learnt ourselves recently. And finally a totally off-t...

A big week for releases, what with the Roland Connect event and the Intergra-7, Korg’s Live stream for Krome and the new Novation MiniNova - plenty to talk about. Plus we discover Rich's new Dubstep moniker Skrilltonius...