2016 episodes (47)
Sonic TALK 476 - Modular For Ants, Presonus Faderport 8
Sonic TALK 476 - Modular For Ants, Presonus Faderport 8
Sonic TALK Special - Interview with Klayton (Celldweller)
Klayton is one of those guys who has been successful through hard work, his lovely studio in Detroit has been built from success as a recording and performing artist (Celldweller, Circle of Dust, Scandroid) label FiXT Records, production work under Subterra Records and sci-fi clothing line as Outland Industries.
Sonic TALK 475 - Kaliedophon, Repro-1, Cubase 9
We talk about the new Joue Modular MIDI control surface, then some classic BBC archive footage of David Vorhaus and the Kaleidophon, U-He's new Repro-1 Pro-1 Vi, MOTU's new USB3, Thunderbolt and AVB interfaces, Cubase 9, Cableguys TimeShaper and Ty has a beef with the Polivoks reissue.
Sonic TALK 474 - OP-1, Mixvibes Link For Android, Top Trumps 2
We start with the new Special Waves MINE modular MIDI controller, then Dave's new Vintage Synth Top Trumps 2 - the card game for synth lovers, Yuja Wang's astonishing piano improv, did the panel buy anything on Black Friday?, Mixvibes RemixLive and Cross DJ get Ableton Link love on Android and the new Teenage Engineering OP-1 OS update
Sonic TALK 473 - Modal Craft Synth Deadmua5 Course
We start with the news of the new Modal Electronics Craft Synth, Ty did a demo track for it, then on to the Deadmau5 Electronic Music Production Course at Masterclass.com, Keith McMillen Instruments K-Board Pro 4, Synthstrom Audible Deluge - its looks like a Novation Circuit on steroids.
Sonic TALK 472 MPC Live, Dr Who Sounds
After hello's and a brief detour into electric vehicle sounds, we talk of the Akai MPC Live - leaked by the FCC website, then Samsung's $8 bill acquisition of Harman, Adobe's project VoCo, Dr Who sounds from the the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and finally Tim Exile's S L O W Reaktor plug-in.
Sonic TALK 471 - Didn't See That Coming
We start with news of Ty's latest purchases: Elektron Analog Heat, Roland System-8, then on to the Korg releases, the Monologue, the ODYSSEi and King Korg Black edition, Synth Memes - and Nicks PWM theme, ROLI Blocks, Microsoft's Surface Studio and the new Macbook Pro plus the general state of
Sonic TALK Special - Norell
In this Sonic TALK Interview we talk to two thirds of Danish electronic act Norell - their material straddles the line between classic Scandinavian pop and R&B topped off with the unique vocal style of MarieLouise Persson.
Sonic TALK 469 Korg's Big Announcement
We first talk to Mark about running a music shop, then we talk digital distribution, Korg's upcoming Big Announcement (Nov 1st), Ableton Live Set Export SDK, Reactable Rotor and John Carpenter Live.
Sonic TALK 468 Modo Bass, Albion V, Neutron
We start with the Dialog Audio Modulation Processor 3244 - a nifty MIDI parameter modulator, IK Multimedia Modo Bass, iZotope Neutron, Spitfire Audio Albiion V, Lawrence English and the sound of fear.
Sonic TALK 467 Drum Brute and Bastl Kastle
Great to have Marc Doty join us as we talk about the Arturia Drum Brute, the impossibly cute Bastl Kastle micro modular, the Elysia mPressor 500 compressor, Rob Scallon's WTF Drums and interesting funding model and 2TBTruman's Genesis 1 synthesizer.
Sonic TALK 466 - Imaginary Touch and Chin Trill
We start with the sad news that Kraftwerk sold out their gig in our local concert hall before we could get tickets, then Pallette Gear modular controllers, Behringer's Augmented Reality Hololens DM12 interface, Positve Grid Tone Match distortion, the art of randomisation and the Sound Particles audio rendering application, and finally Gaz and Dave give their impressions of Synth Fest.
Sonic TALK 465 - 23 Pianos
We start with news of Ty's latest gear, then we enjoy Wiwi Kuan's selection of 23 piano's and discuss, then the Jussi vocal synth for VST and iOS, the Lewitt LCT 640 CT dual microphone, Alan Turing's recently discovered 1951 computer music recording, vintage buyers remorse, Ty's brief time with the Dreadbox Murmux.
Sonic TALK 464 - Hyper-familliarity And Pre-awareness
Our first task is to mourn the sad passing of Don Buchla, then we talk of the dilemma of instrument design, The Elektron Analogue Heat, Happy Birthday Sure SM58.
Sonic TALK 463 - Knobcon Aftermath
We catch up with recent events as Knobcon has just been - and Suit & Tie Guy was the organizer, on to the Roland System 8, TR-09, TB-03 and DJ808 which might just represent a new milestone in live performance for not just the DJ, Maschine Jam. We end with a debate on the rights and wrongs of OS updates, and the news of the forthcoming OS X Sierra 10.12 coming 20th September.
Sonic TALK 462 - Keyscape and Boutiques
We talk Spectrasonic's Keyscape, Parva analog poly with MPE, Korg Volca Kick, Arp Odyssey Module, metronomes, Roland's new releases (coming tomorrow), synth market saturation, and Robbie's melting laptop.
Sonic TALK 461 - Millennial Whoop
We talk of Gaz's album tempo mapped using Melodyne, Stranger Things and S U R V I V E, Funklet.com and the analysis of the groove, ADDAX EHX C9 VC organ in Eurorack, Presonus Notion 6 and notation in general, quick scan of the latest leaks - Korg Odyssey desktop (now its official), Spectrasonics New Thing, Rolands new AIRAs. Finishing off with Gaz's Boss RC5050 setup.
Sonic TALK 460 - Hurdy Gurdy Biznis
A new guest this week with Charles Chicky Reeves - hes got a list of credits as long as a long thing. We talk about the forthcoming Roland 24hr product launch event coming on the 9th Sept, the Pioneer Toraiz SP16, Mainstage and Bluecat plugin host, the LYRA-8 Russian drone machine, Koka Nikoladze's latest sonic machine, that time you were tweaking the gear and discovered it wasnt actually plugged in. Chicky tells us about doing the sound on tour with Prince too. Bonus story.
Sonic TALK 459 - Bionic Sustain
Just the two of us, we can make it if we try - and try we did, battling through poor internet connection issues, but we got there. We talk about the Dreadbox Murmux 2 synth, Novation Launchpad Pro scales and firmware in general, Roland Boutiques, M-Audio Venom, Zynaptiq Adaptiverb and the Arturia MatrixBrute coming soon.
Sonic TALK - Spectravibe and Loopers
In the UK after a week of sultry weather, Summer appears to be over, we talk about the latest Behringer Synth teaser - 12 analog voices, the Endangered Audio Research Spectravibe, Rico Loop's one shot looping film, the Soundtoys Summer sale and the relaunched Yamaha MX49/61 and FM Essentials App.
Sonic TALK 457 - Wonderfully Pointless Onde Magnetique
We start with an homage to Ampex 456 tape and the general process of working with analog tape, then the Waves Scheps Parallel Particles plugin, the news that boffins are working on a cure for hearing loss with cilia regeneration drugs, Onde Magnetique - the wonderful cassette based instrument, mixing in the heat, repair or fix/warrantees.
Sonic TALK 455 - Behringer Synth, Matrixbrute Filters
We catch up with Rich who's in Toronto prior to a gig with Chic, and we tackle the new Behringer analog synth teasers, then the Eventide H910 classic harmonizer as a plug-in, HaQ AttaQ's mobile setup, the Arturia Matrixbrute filters get a workout, Spitfire Audio's Union Chapel Organ instrument, Korg Minilogue librarian and UK Producers Sound pack and a chat about patch management, and finally Gaz gives us a description of using Melodyne 4 for the ultimate tempo mapping.
Sonic TALK 454 Slave To The Algorithm - Elektron
We are small and perfectly formed - just Nick Batt and Gaz Williams today, but seeing as we can both talk ceaselessly, its not a problem, we start with Gaz on his new Eventide H9 multi-effects, then Apple's new patent which allows them to broadcast signals to disable the camera at venues, Finger Fiddle iOS violin, Elektron's teaser - can you guess what it is yet? Korg Gadget updates and Nano Kontrols, Molecularbytes Atomictransient ppolyphonic transient processor, Reason 9 and the 10 hour patch demo, Bladerunner 2 - who's doing the soundtrack?
Sonic TALK 453 - Bernie Worrell Waves 3D, DSI OB6
We catchup with Gaz's Glastonbury experience, the new DSI OB6 desktop, sad news that Bernie Worrell has passed away, Waves NX 3D audio, Amelias Compass Controller Hub 8 and foot controllers in general, East/West Synthesis and creativity in isolation.
Sonic TALK 452 - Glasto, Woofers and Chips
With Glastonbury just around the corner we talk festivals and live broadcast, the 80 speaker noise violation in NY, Steve Meade Designs - phonebook ripping subwoofers (in a van), and one of the Curtis ships - 3340 is being remade.
Sonic TALK 451 - Reaktor Blocks, MIDI i/f, Synclavier V
We start with an homage to the AKG 451, then on to the iConnectivity MIO MIDI interfaces, Reaktor Blocks 1.2 and Softubes Modular release, the elusive GDR Subharchord, performing outside or in unusual spaces, Arturia Synclavier V - and a word about Gaz's upcoming Glastonbury naked gig...
Sonic TALK 450 - Obsecenely Bottom Endy
We talk about the recent German court ruling on the use of Kraftwerk's Metal on Metal sample - they lost to artistic freedom, Filenaming and versions, what do you do? Moog Model D resissue, and generally bottom end especially in a live situation, then we take a look at Pharrell's reaction to maggie Rogers track at NYU Clive Black Institute student show and tell, and reflect on what its like to be in that situation
Sonic TALK 448 - Dude Where's My Radiohead Music?
Kode80 has been experimenting with some 3D visualisations (7:13), his work sparks a conversation on where this is going in relation to music, James Pinkerstone's terrifying discovery that iTunes Music subscription has wiped 122GB of music date from his drive (23:20), Radiohead Moon Shaped Pool tops the charts (33:40), Aaron Hozman and the NASA acoustic chamber at NASA's Sandusky Ohio facility (46:55).
Sonic TALK 447 - Tomita and 60 years of Top Fives
After hellos and catchups, we talk Koka's electro mechanical beat machine 2 (10:35), then after the sad loss of Isao Tomita, we talk about his enormous influence and innovation in electronic music (17:00), Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe's performance at Superbooth spawns a discussion on the challenges of modular music construction (34:10), then the Polygraph How Music Taste Evolved infographic (52:40).
Sonic TALK 446 - Moog Model 15 and Dopamine Headphones
We start with a look at the new Moog Model 15 iPad app 9:42, quite a big step forward in what iOS code can achieve, iZotope Competition 28:45, then the super-addictive SoundGym.co audio training games 30:58 , Live at the Necropolis Lords of the Synth from Adult Swim 39:32, the rather unconventional Nervana stimulating headphones - which raised over $600k on Indiegogo 46:50 and the revitalised Tempest firmware development 56:36, favourite drum machines 1:04:54
Sonic TALK 445 - Prince Stories from Paisley Park
We of course, talk Prince - with his passing last week, most of the panelist have been reflecting on his creative works, indeed Marc Doty is an ex employee at Paisley Park in Minneapolis, plus a few great anecdotes from Robbie and Dave, then we talk about the new Electronic Voyager Bob Moog documentary, then Hans Zimmer's orchestral arena tour.
Sonic TALK 444 - Circuit, Wiggle and Shrew Liver
We start this week with tales from All Tomorrow's Parties - where Gaz played with Charlotte Church using the Industrial Radio MIDI Bass, then on to Novation's massive Circuit firmware updates, Apple drop support for Quicktime on PC at the same time as vulnerabilities are found, 2nd Sense Audio - Wiggle a Waveshaping software instrument, how to stop your cat biting sub woofers and other studio fixes, Ikea furniture, and Ty gets something off his chest..
Sonic Talk 443 - Superbooth and MusikMesse
After a couple of weeks break, where we were in Berlin for Superbooth16 - a brand new synth focussed show and MusikMesse, we're back. Joined by Non Eric from Musotalk.de who was also at both shows, we discuss the events and surrounding topics. We play out with a few highlights from the Sonicstate Live @Bristol event last month.
Sonic TALK 442 - Apple's Stupid Clagnut
We streamed this show live to Youtube this week, and will probably do the same from now on. We start with the Electro Harmonix MEL9 Tape Replay Pedal, the G200Kg Browser based Modular synth, Apple's keynote news, which results in Gaz's excellent
Sonic TALK 440 - Virus Reissue, 10k 808
We get a rare and welcome visit from Musotalk's Non Eric, riff around the subjects of: Access Virus Ti Darkstar reissue, that TR-808 on ebay for £10k, Wintergatan's amazing marble music machine, The Orkestra Obsolete's Blue Monday cover (1930's style). Oh and we mention that you can now buy limited edition Sonic State T's!
Sonic TALK 439 - Eno, AUM, Mersenne
We start with the IceWorks Mersenne Percussive synth, Eno's new album the Ship, Morricone oscar, Sonicstate Bristol gig sold out, Bluetooth MIDI from Yamaha and MIDI Thing, the Bela embedded audio/dsp board running on Beagleboard, Eventide Octavox, Stalactite Organ, AUM iOS mixer.
Sonic TALK 438 - Kordbot, Barry Gray
The massively successful Kordbot Kickstarter campaign is our first topic, then the extremely weird robotic drummer arm from Georgia Tech, the work of Barry Gray and our recent interview with Charles Hazlewood and Adrian Utley that Gaz shot which leads to some interesting stories from Mark and Dave, our Sonicstate Live @Bristol gig on the 26th March, and finally Rich Hilton joins us from Maui, where he was playing with Chic.
Sonic TALK 437- Music Memos, SoundCloud
Some real tech of the future stuff here, with the Tangible Interfaces of Sean Follmer, Apple's Music Memos, the future of Soundcloud, Zoom/s lovely F8 recorder seems too good to be true, patchbays and the Pacthulator 8000 and a little bit of Tasty Chips ST4
Sonic TALK 436 - More NAMM Sakamoto Revenant
We get more of the panel's NAMM thoughts, then the Roland EL Cajon, Flutter EP from Sound Dust and we enjoy Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto and Bryce Dessner's work on the soundtrack for The Revenant, and Dave announces his MIDI spoons.
Sonic TALK Special Eric Persing of Spectrasonics
In this Sonic TALK special, we talk to Eric Persing of Spectrasonics - legendary sound designer and synthesist whose career spans some of the major changes in synthesis and music technology
Sonic TALK 433 - Pre NAMM + Bowie Stories
We start with a reflection of the great David Bowie - Rich Hilton worked with Bowie on Black Tie White Noise and has a unique insight into his creative process, then its on to NAMM stories - Clavia tease something piano-ey, Dave Rossum is building EMU style modules, Akai are asking if we want an AX73 reissue.
Sonic TALK 432 - Cajon Or Cojones
We welcome 2016 with our first show of the year. We talk Mogees rhythm system, New Years resolutions, Immersive Audio Magic Ball mic system, and a little bit of NAMM chat.