SONIC TALK - Inside Music Technology

NOTE - no show next week (29th Sept 2012). First up, sorry for the video quality, if you are watching - our video capture device went down today, thanks to viewer Atmosonic for recording the live stream - and sending it over. We start with the new Permut8 effect from Sonic Charge, then the overcooked marketing of Dr Drum gives us some chuckles, next the Aphex Twin Remote Control Orchestra in Polan...

Our panel grows during the show to a full compliment, with topics starting at Dave Smith Instruments Mopho X4 keyboard, then we dig the new studio quality setting for Google Hangouts, and finally we talk about what Mountain Lion can do, or not do for you.

A flying visit from the man who made that amazing double Juno 106 - the Juno 2012, and a chat, then we move on to the rather amazing collection of studio shots I found here , I wont name it as it’s rather fruitily titled. Then we discuss the controklerist supergroup Mostly Robot, and Nick talks about the recent Liz Fraser gig he saw in Bath (she of the Cocteau Twins).

A real scoop for us here on Sonic TALK, we get the chance to speak to member of Underworld Darren Price on working on the Olympics opening ceremony about what exactly went into a show of such magnitude. Quite possibly the first person involved in the music to have spoken anywhere - thanks to Dave Spiers for hooking us up. Darren joins us from about 29:00mins if you just cant wait. We also speak ab...

SONIC TALK 276 - The Dark Seed

SONIC TALK 275 - Presonus Nimbit

SONIC TALK 274 - Strad Or Bad

A lot to talk about this week - we are temporarily joined by Rich Hilton who’s in the UK and about to do a Chic gig at Kew Gardens in London. Sadly the hotel bandwidth is just not up to it. But nevertheless, we first discuss Avid’s recent sale of M-Audio and AIR Software Group to inMusic - the new company for Akai, Alesis, Numark, Alto an others, then Android Jellybean 4.1 seems to be readying its...

This week we are joined by Ethan Winer who’s just released his Book - The Audio Expert: Everything You Need To Know About Audio. We talk about his book, thoughts on audio gear, the most critical areas for improvement in the studio environment, why we buy gear and a whole lot more.

SONIC TALK 271 - Webmodular Pink Baby Face

SONIC TALK 270 - OhmStudio Developer Chat

SONIC TALK 269 - Shock The Monkey

SONIC TALK 268 - Loch Ness Monster Fudge

SONIC TALK 266 - 909 Bikini

SONIC TALK 265 - Baroque Karaoke

A welcome visit from Gaz Williams who tells us all about his new project Pop’pea, Thomas Dolby on 80’s kids TV, Spacesaver Dual 17 inch laptop - yummy, Mystery Guitar Man and the four iPhones, then Happy Birthday Giorgio Moroder.

Sonic TALK 263 - Loose and Sloppy

SONIC TALK 262 - I Cant Get No Disinfection

SONIC TALK 261 -Fearsome Thereminist

Back from Musik MESSE with a flurry of new releases and videos, we start with the Propellerheads Rack Extensions, then move into a synth-fest with the StudioLogic Sledge polysynth, then finally we marvel at the Zynaptiq Unveil - a tool which allows removal and manipulation of ambience around the original signal - truly a Melodyne moment.

SONIC TALK 259 - Rock Opera Begins At 40

SONIC TALK 258 - Flying Robots Make Mono Music

Leap year special - we wont be doing this on Feb 29th again until 2040 - so enjoy! Dave Spiers and Gaz Williams join me to discuss the THX Deep note sound and its origin, the Pulse Controller piezo table drumming device, a Vangelis and Moroder mashup from FlameTopFred, Gaz gives us the headsup on Cubase 6.5 just released and finally we examine the new Stochastik Kit app from Xitive.

SONIC TALK 256 -How Do You Like Your Eggs?

SONIC TALK 255 - Whats A Stochastic Synth?