Sonic Talk Podcasts

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 winners of the Iris Find Music In Everything competition.

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-topic look at Boston Dynamics Robot devices.

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...

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 Poland (coming to London soon), then we lament the Church Studios in London which is about to be turned into flats.

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 about the new Behringer X32 and the Nektar P4 which are both now shipping.

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 itself for audio - witness Korg’s Polysix on the Miselu Niero at Google IO, then we take a look a the latest screencast from Bitwig - the new DAW thats about to hit Beta and finally some Modular action from Gregg Wilson and his amazing 8ft Eurorack system.

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.

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.