Sonic Talk Podcasts

We are joined again my Marc Doty who helps us disentangle the whole MESSE. We talk AIRA of course, JD-XA, Bastl, Modal Electronics new synths and just about everything MESSE we can fit in.

First time on the show for Marc Doty, and a pleasure to have him, he talks about his work for the Moog Foundation and other subjects which include, stomp pedals with CV - Pittsburgh modular stomp case, HTML5 Drum machines, the Moog Liberation and the Artiphon Kickstarter project, which just surpassed $1million Dollars.

Robbie joins us from Long Island where's he's on tour with Howard Jones, we talk about the notion of the studio collective, as wonderfully illustrated by Kytopia in Utrecht, then Robbie spots the ARP Odyssey and we chat synths, Zynaptiq MORPH 2 brings us proper spectral morphing, Daito Manabe and his giant MS20 installation in Japan, Vince Clarke new modules, details on the HoJo Ableton Live setup and we close with some on tour laundry stories.

We start with the Accusonus Drumaton mic bleed eliminator plug-in, then on to more solid news on that Apple/Camel rumour, Ableton Live 9.2 beta starts, guitar tuners, including Mark's Tronical autotune system, non-linear songrwiting techniques, Gaz eulogy for the Waldorf Streichfett, Nick bemoans the drop in vintage MS20 prices, MIDI Widget kickstarter campaign and what will MIDI 2.0 need to bring.

After the NAMM madness, its a small panel with myself Gaz Williams - we discuss the Teenage Engineering Pocket Operators - which Gaz has recieved for review, I talk about the MS-20 Desktop kit with SQ-1 sequencer, we then move on to Ghost In the MP3 - a techniques used to find the difference between uncompressed and compressed audio (and video) which leads to a discussion about percieved audio quality. StudioLogic's Sledge 2.0 OS, MIDI guitars wrap up the chat - plus you chance to win iZotope's IRIS 2.

We start off with an amazing live performance of Gaz's Surf Rock band the Rumble-O's live from the Cube in Bristol where they are setting up for a gig playing the soundtrack to 1960;s surf film, Endless Summer. Then we attempt to follow that with a panel discussion starting with the new Phenol desktop semi modular synth, then a quick chat about Christmas songs, Boomstars filter come to Eurorack, the new Roland AIRA TR-8 7X7 sound pack and finally in interesting debate on the merits of a real orchestra or sample instruments.

Expert Sleepers MIDI expansion for a Silent Way - shows four microBrutes - old school poly, MiPuc gets and update, isnt it about time we had no wires? The super dense world of Black MIDI, sample rate accurate MIDI, what's it for? 10 Ableton performance tips sparks a chat about mixing setups in the DAW and finally - how important is a name?

We start with a discussion on a good starter vintage synth, thanks to Attack Magazine, then confession time - what did the panel buy on Black Friday, Cubase 8 new features and exciting upgrades, Wave Alchemy's free drum sounds made on an MS20 mini, the golden age of synthesizers - now or when?

We have a real treat in store with Adamski oon the show talking about his new direction of 3-Step - or 3/4 only music, whilst retaining his own contemporary feel, Softube Console 1, the dedicated channel strip controller, Din Is Noise - a hypnotic sound generation and synthesis tool now at version 13.