Sonic TALK 563 - MerrA.I. Christmas Special
With Gaz Williams, Dave Spiers and Matthew Hodson - 2018, AI Xmas Songs, projects
2018 episodes (45)
Sonic TALK 562 - Just Get On The Bus
In a first, we're joined by Rich Hilton from the Chic tourbus en route to Glasgow (apologies for the sound) but couldnt be helped!,plus Dominic Hawken and Gaz Williams
Sonic TALK 560 - Flow Motion, Strike and Synth Watch
With Yoad Nevo and Matt Hodson - Waves Flow Motion FM hybbrid synth, Synth Watch, Alesis Strike Mulitpad, VCV Host - Vst in your VCV rack,
Sonic TALK 559 On The Road Again
With Rich Hilton, Charles Reeves and Dominic Hawken We talk touring, Eric Persing and Predro Eustache improvisations, the Rodcaster Pro, JMJ's new album - Equinoxe Infinity, Xmas gifts and Custom controllers
Sonic TALK 558 - Randomization Is King
with Dominic Hawken, Gaz Williams and Divkid - Cubase 10, modular synth techniques and drum packages
Sonic TALK 557 - My Glass Table Broke
We talk State of the Loop - dedicated Ableton Live Looper controller, Novation Bass Station II firmware update, Make Noise - a patch from scratch, music gear disasters (Robbie wins!)
Sonic TALK 556 - Crippled Snare, iPad Pro + Spiralalala
A new guest - Dominic Hawken - songrwiter, serial entrepreneur and app developer, we talk Waves SounbdGrid, Spiralalala, AudioKit D1, Apple's new iPad Pro and Mac Mini and Spitfire Audio's Eric Whitacre choir
Sonic TALK 552 - All That Moog In One Place Though
Sonic TALK 552 - All That Moog In One Place Though
Sonic TALK 550 - MoDX And A Keytar
We talk Roland's new Keytar, the AX-Edge, the Yamaha MODX, Expressive E Touché and the new features of iZotope's RX-7.
Sonic TALK 549 -Legal Requirements
A rare visit from busy media composer Ty Unwin, good to have him on, we talk Universal Audio Apollo X, Native Instrument Komplete 12, Roland's new launch, Behringer RD-909 and our fixation with vintage releases anf Korg's limited edition NanoSeries2 in new colours. And we do not talk about the new Yamaha launch, no we don't.
Sonic TALK 547 - Mr Curly And A Carrot
We talk ArduTouch, Touchable Pro the new Tascam Model 24 mixer/recorder, Linsey Pollak's DIY clarinets, Omnisphere 2.5 and doing what you love.
Sonic TALK 546 - All You Need Is A Bass And A Sock
Sonic TALK 546 - All You Need Is A Bass And A Sock
Sonic TALK 545 - Those Juicy Digits
With Charles Chicky Reeves, Steve Hillier and Yoad Nevo - We start with the 1969 iHop commercial which features an early modular synth soundtrack, Yamaha put a call out for synth ideas, Bernard Purdie and other drummers, 80s Drum machines - whats the allure? And finally we take the Reverb.com synth quiz.
Sonic TALK 544 - Chiptunes Explain It Please
With Rich Hilton, Divkid (Ben Wilson) and Matthew Hodson Ribn looping MIDI controller for iOS, Luis Fernando Zepeda's talking organ, Apple to stop the iOS affiliate scheme, Saitone's chiptune version of Thriller and WORM studios Rotterdam.
Sonic TALK 543 - Cliff Drop Ending
With Dave Spiers, Gaz Willians and Matthew Hodson We enjoy the excellent Vox Earworm documentary on the fade by Estelle Caswell, then discuss the shocking news of 425 consecutive months of a downturn in keytar sales, Thomas Dolby in the Roland Cloud and Divkid's modular for kids.
Sonic TALK 541 - Dribble And Spit
With Gaz Williams and Matthew Hodson - We talk new Apple MacBooks and cross platform software, the new Roland GoMixer Pro, Mode Machines SEQ12 and step sequencers generally, the Roland Aerophone GO virtual winds instrument.
Sonic TALK 539 - Frankensteining
A new guest in Matthew Hodson joins Yoad Nevo and Jamie Lidell on the panel this week we talk VCV Rack filter simulations, new MIDI controllers from Arturia (Keylab MK2) and Nektar (T4 and T6) and Native Instruments TRK-01 kick and bass Reaktor ensemble
Sonic TALK 538 - Like Risk, But For Samples
with Charles Chicky Reeves and Gaz Williams - We talk RMX OB drums Eurorack module, Softube Weiss Compressor and how many is too many? Algonaut ATLAS - sample organizer, the new import tarrifs, Moog One rumours
Sonic TALK 537 - The Rebirth Of A.I.
Rich Hilton joins us from the road with Chic - he met Paul McCartney last night - as you do. We talk Sam and Ash AURAS MPE enabled Kontakt library, Smooth Criminal on barrel organ, Soma Labs PULSAR-23 drum machine, and how we like to sonically mess things up, Zynaptiq Intensity.
Sonic TALK 536 - Waldorfification
Robbie Bronnimann joins us after an absence of a while, we talk Waldorf picking up the Valkyrie VA synth now known as Kyra, Paris Monster - drums and synths, Output Arcade - the loop synthesizer, and loops and performance in general.
Sonic TALK 535 - The Smell Of Old Synths
A rare and welcome visit from Dave Spiers of Gforce Software joins Gaz Williams and Steve Hillier on the panel this week, We talk custom pianos inspired by the Tanked item for Piano Works in Rochester NY, massive reverbs, Spitfire Audio LABS free instruments, and the Momo Korg Volca Keys editor
Sonic TALK 534 - Killing A Mosquito With A Phonebook
Sonic TALK 534 - Killing A Mosquito With A Phonebook
Sonic TALK 533 - Fashionable Ukuleles
Charles Reeves joins us after 2 months on the road with OMD, we talk Moog Grandmother, Miclop CTRL-X, Nodes new live album and Loopops excellent Superbooth 20 Synths in B flat
Sonic TALK 532 - Superbooth
Back from Superbooth - the highlight of the show year so far, more of a convention than a trade show, but with many products shown for the first time. We cover what we can, bit there was a LOT!
Sonic TALK 531 - It's Cable Not Ear Hair
With Gaz Williams, Jamie Lidell and Rich Hilton - We talk Moog Subharmonicon, the amazing Susan Rogers, Noise Makers Ambi Verb HD, Dreadbox and Digitakt updates and more.
Sonic TALK - We Dont Want Your Stinking Clagnuts
Jamie Lidell is back with us from Nashville, and we're back from Musik Messe - after a lot of walking. We talk products - Valkyrie, Steinberg/Neve interfaces, Clagnuts, Studiologic Mixface and ROLI Swam, orchestration and more.
Sonic TALK 528 Just Flush It
We have a new guest in the form of Jamie Lidell, former Warp artist, vocalist, producer and songwriter based in Nashville, we talk about his career, computing power, wax cylinder archives, Dreadbox Medusa and more.
Sonic TALK 527 - My Mums Watching This Week
We talk Midi processing, Eurorack cases, Google nSynth, Roland 808 cloud and subscription models in general, Softube Console 1 and Cubase.
Sonic TALK 521 - Arturia, Moog Pre NAMM Preamble
With Charles Chicky Reeves and Yoad Nevo As we head toward the NAMM show (next week from 24th Jan), Arturia release a bunch of stuff, Moog announce the DFAM and we also look at the interesting Enchancia MIDI Ring, touchscreens in studios, and the generally talk about the upcoming NAMM show.
Sonic TALK 520 - Sample Everything
With Rich Hilton, Gaz Williams and Charles Chicky Reeves - We catch up with Charles - just back from OMD and Howard Jones tours, talk Behringer - UB-Xa, VC340, Roland's new R-07 portable recorder, Ableton artist video featuring Katie Gately - found sound composition, Intel (and other chips) security issues.
Sonic TALK - Adorable Modular Tuts
We start with new years resolutions, then the Facebook and Universal Music Group content deal and what it might mean, Caitlin's Modular lessons, (apologies for the break in transmission), the Razer Project Valerie laptop, cloud based sample library services - Splice, Loopcloud and Noiiz.