Last show of the year, Gaz actually joins us from a Christmas Party! After the panel show and tell their latest gadgets, we talk Mariah Carey trapped in a MIDI file, Misa Digital super step sequencer, Modstep iOS sequencer, Blue's Star Wars Mics, Nanosynth NS1 - micro modular.
A rare and welcome appearance from composer PJ Tracy, joins us to discuss the Native Instruments Una Corda piano Kontakt instrument, Red Martian gets his stuff pressed to Edison wax cylinder, the panel also discuss their choices for gear of the year. And Gaz tries to convince PJ to dive into Ableton Live...
We start with a look at the DBX GoRack, a portable PA enhancing solution, then Tim Exile's Reaktor 6 based instrument Flesh, the panel disclose a few of their favourite utilities, the Mandala V3 drum pad system, and Markus Fuller's Boutique JP-08 teardown.
We talk to Deep Forest's Eric Mouquet about his journey into electronic music from early beginnings to the hugely successful Deep Forest project - which merged ethnic soundscapes with chilled beats over many albums.
After hearing about Ty's new synth arrival (John Bowen Solaris), we get on to the Ableton news - Push 2, Live 9.5 and The Link, UVI Falcon - the new software instrument and also Stephen Slate's VMS Virtual Microphone System - which could be set to revolutionise mic usage.
Interview with Rachel Claudio - youtube version: https://youtu.be/unvd6M_r7Y4
We first look at the new Zynaptiq UNMIX, a tool for processing drums when in a mix, ACPAD MIDI controller for acoustic guitar, Halloween sounds and pranks, MOTUS motion music device and a bit of El Capitan talk.
We talk about the new Keith McMillen Instruments K-Board Pro 4 MPE controller, Jean Michel Jarre's Electronic 1 release, Eventide Anthology X, on Back to the Future Day, our panel ponder what they'd like to see 30 years from now
We enjoy 8-bit Guy's history of early game and computer sound generation, the panel all use some sort of room correction, we explore their effectiveness, the Axel Hartmann new synth tease, Edd Shearan first song to reach 500 million streams and the Korg Liverpool.
You can tell Summer is over - the releases are coming thick and fast. We talk about the new Novation Circuit groovebox, Moog Mother 32, semi modular and of course the Akai MPC Touch.
We start with a healthy does of Roland Boutique range after details were leaked online over the weekend, before the official launch., then Marc Doty tells us about the Mini Moog raffle and how to get PWM on a Mini. We're then on to the new Sensel Morph, a sensitive touch input device, a great performance from Rachel Claudio, then we ponder the work of Jaques Attali and the Crisis of Proliferation.
Nice to see Non Eric back after a long while, We start with a look at Google Street view of Real World Studios, Logic 10.2 and Gobbler, cloud storage in general, Reaktor 6 drops - what are NI up to? Sample Logic Gamelan library sounds sweet, Gaz talks Holy Mountain soundtrack.
New guest Ty Unwin is back for more, we talk Elektron Overbridge - now at V1.0 for Live, Roland MX-1 USB host mode, Presonus Studio One 3 Prime - a free DAW, Slate Digital Summer plug-in deals - essentially a rental program, the lovely sound sculpture of Hokkaido Garden Festival n Japan. Finally - what do you do to recharge the musical batteries?
We talk to Principal Program Manager at Microsoft - Pete Brown Pete who gives us the facts on a number of issues - MIDI, Audio, whats with Thunderbolt on Windows? And the new auto update feature.
We get to know new guest Ty Unwin and his massive synth collection, then we talk AKG 414 and mics in general - as its episode 414, the cultural impact of streaming gives us something to think about, Volca Mix mockups, Niative Instruments Stems and Anarchestra - a collection of 100 custom mechanical instruments.
We say a big hello to Corry Banks from BBoyTechReport.com, check out Mark's new MIDI gizmo LE STRUM, then we're on to the MikeMe large diaphragm remote mic, the Audiobus Remote app, Electronic music soundtracks, the Owl programmable Eurorack Module.
First we talk of the Doppler Labs Here - earbuds with mics and DSP which allow for real-time filtering/processing for the real world, they just got $17mill in funding, then the Future Retro Mondovox - a clever MIDI processing box for unison and poly setup of multiple MIDI devices, CME and the XKey Air fundraising on Indiegogo - really? iConnectivity iConnect Audio 4+ ticks all the boxes - is it the future?
We HAVE to talk about the new Yamaha ReFace units of course, then we're on to BeatStep Pro and finally more collaborative community action from Splice.com
Gaz returns from Glastonbury, the scene of Kanye's gig, Robbie only just made his gig in London, we talk stage monitoring, AJH Synth Mini Mod Moog Model D Eurorack, LFO the movie, Jerobeam Fenderson's Scope Art Kickstarter and FACT Magazine's Against The Clock series.
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We talk of the Kosmo desktop stand, new Oval Hangdrum Kickstarter, Auphonic automixing system, Presonus Studio One V3.0 and Tony Swain's Imagination production and the Roland SH-1000.
We catch up with Jem Godfrey's latest projects, which include co-producing with Gary Barlow of Take That fame. The Paul Vo Wond, Stereoping Synth Controller and working with TX81z FM synth, Marc Doty has been sent a Prophet 6 to look check out, we ask him what its like, we also talk about an article on the finer points of humanizing electronic drums,
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.