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SonicTALK 096 - Where the Good Doggies Go
28 augustus 2008 · 54 min
Firstly we talk of Creamfields and other weather dependent activities, then we're into Slau's response to Rich Hilton's question on M&S mic tecnhnique, sound libraries on hard discs and other sound effects related chat, then we talk of music that makes us cry, Psychedlic Furs and then to a topical politics in music. Lees meer
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Sonic TALK095 - iPhone Saviour of Software?
21 augustus 2008 · 1 uur 1 min
After I gloat about the Olypmpic medals table, we talk about good working practices to make sure your ears stay healthy when wokring in the studio, then on to manuals paper and otherwise, followed by a spell on Alan Blumlein - grandaddy of stereo recording then the promising Girton Labs SenseSurface a sort of hybrid LCD/ hardware control system, then I wax lyrical about the iPod Touch and the pretty promising App Store from Apple - saviours of the developers? Lees meer
We end on a blast of Isaac Hayes who sadly passed away on the 10th of August.
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Sonic TALK094 - Moroder Owns the Olympics
7 augustus 2008 · 49 min
Mark Tinley, PJ Tracy, Dave Spiers, Rich Hilton and host Nick Batt Lees meer
As well as the Olympic theme and singers and composers of Olympic theme songs, we linger in the backstage area to discuss band riders and unreasonable requests, a quick announcement for the B52's remix competition winner, GigaStudio to be no more, the enigmatic Studio Electronics Omega Orion - to Nelly Hooper and then 6 degrees of separation just about finishes us off.
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Sonic TALK093 - Thomas Dolby and Nirvana
31 juli 2008 · 51 min
This week we think back to Thomas Dolby's Windpower which celebrates 26 years since it's release this week, then on to the latest iPhone apps - Beat Maker and a Tenori-on-a-like sequencer, MacBook Touch coming soon? Modular Synth beats, the Nevermind Baby is now 17 - what were we up to? Lees meer
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Sonic TALK092 - Beckham Does Not Sniff Sharpies
24 juli 2008 · 54 min
We take a look at the new Wii MotionPlus addition for the WiiMote which allegedly ads true 1:1 motion control and increases the accuracy of the 3D positioning and it's musical possibilities - it's demonstrated by the new WiiMusic titles with people "playing" various instruments at the recent E3 demo. Then we talk about virtuoso drummers - with plenty of drummer jokes, then on to famous sounds, green technology and finally David Beckham in the Sharpies ad. Lees meer
Richard Evans, Mark Tinley, Dave Spiers and Nick Batt
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Sonic TALK091 - Guys Love Luggage
17 juli 2008 · 47 min
This week we bask in the wonderful light shed by Grace Jones and her seminal Slave to The Rhythm album as well as taking a preview of her forthcoming release Hurricane, then we move on to the Nine Inch Nails Google Earth treasure hunt, of course we mention the recent 3G iPhone release then Crazy Coffins and the joy a man can find in choosing the right luggage, then we finish with the future of retail ads Presonus launch a new online store. Lees meer
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Sonic TALK090 - A Surfeit of Joeys
10 juli 2008 · 59 min
We first talk of plastic figurines and memorabilia as inspired by the Keith Emerson doll, then we're off on to Rich's work on Ramones album Subterranean Jungle, Devo take McDonalds to court, Jay Wasco's amazing rendition of Heart of Gold on the Swiss Army Bass and people who can play and sing one more instruments at a time, we then take the Audiocheck.net hearing challenge, then we discuss electronic drum kits. Lees meer
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Sonic TALK -Sir Ken Robinson At LIMS
3 juli 2008 · 48 min
Sonic TALK -Sir Ken Robinson At LIMS
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Sonic TALK089 - Deep Thinking and Light Compression
19 juni 2008 · 51 min
This week we talk of creativity, inspiration and divergent thinking thanks to Sir Ken Robinson - who I saw speak at the LIMS show on education day, then we put Rich Hilton on the spot with a legacy question from Dan Austin who wants to know whats the difference between Peak Limiting and Compression and how do you use it? Then the Korg Nano series controllers and we're done. Lees meer
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Sonic TALK088 - Krakli Moog
11 juni 2008 · 33 min
We skip through the mental futuristic photo browser that is Taggalaxy.de, then on to Krakli Software's rendition of Video Killed the Radio Star, then on to the Moog Guitar which gets it's official launch at Summer NAMM, the Electronic Music Guide, AES, Sonicstate.TV and Prince is 50. Lees meer
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Sonic TALK087 - Yazoo Return Like Salmon
22 mei 2008 · 47 min
I'd like to shout out a thank you to Dan Austin, who sent in a few topics for us to look at , the first of which is the classic New Order track Blue Monday, drummers who could play tight, then we're on to the reformation of Yazoo with Vince and Alison back on stage "like salmon", Robbie Ryan posts us a comment, the Wizard Master Control program- a funky sequencer, Melloman Walkman based Mellotron from Mike Walters via Tara Busch, Compact Flash for scsi samplers and then we're done... Lees meer
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Sonic TALK086 - RocknRoll Swindles Lord Tinley
15 mei 2008 · 53 min
Starting out with the great Silibil n Brains hoax - two Scottish rappers who fooled the industry for 2 years, Noneric tells us about Snap, we cover Milli Vanilli, the Monkees and Audrey Hepburn too. Mark also has a theory about Pete Doherty and the KLF. Virus targets file sharers, Totally Wired - documentary of Schneiders Buero, Digidesigns' Transfuser grooves on and finally vegetable orchestra and other hand made instruments.... Lees meer
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Sonic TALK085 - Rhythmic Intelligence, Moog Guitar, Funkytown
8 mei 2008 · 51 min
Our topics this week range from a quick plug for the WNYC Radio Lab podcasts, intelligence and rhythmic accuracy proves drummers are clever (or does it?), in-ear monitor systems, Lipps Inc. Funkytown, and the largest UK music chain goes down. Finishing up we talk of the Moog guitar, which turns out to be real after all. Somehow from there we get to Toyah Wilcox and dis-lexia - who says we go off topic? Lees meer
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Sonic TALK - 084 Watchout For The Bears PJ
1 mei 2008 · 1 uur
We start by drooling over the wonderful treasure trove that is the rare gadgets at Wired.com, ponder Leon Theremins thrilling life and why no Gforce-o-mometer and Citroen DS? Then it's on to Metallica and downloads and of course Some Kind of Monster doc, the scary prospect of an MP3 tax in the UK, some real joy with the B52's remix competition and finally Apple clones on sale - good or no? Lees meer
A big thanks to Dave from Richmond Virginia for sending in a snippet of his Evolver and Kaoss pad 3 - keep em coming!
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Sonic TALK - 083 I've Got a Talkbox and I'm Gonna Use it
24 april 2008 · 1 uur 4 min
fter discussing the merits of Ostend we move on to the bizarre Beamz laser musical system, then talk boxes get some love - we missed them out last week due to time constraints, then a brief sojourn into music technology spotted at the fair (or carnival if you're US based), Garageband.com get some attention after last weeks Talking Heads topic, Mark's tinitus eq theory, a brief musical interlude from Marc JX8P and a JMJ acapella, then we're homeward bound with 25 top tips for musicians. Lees meer
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Sonic TALK - 082 David Byrne Spotted On Train
17 april 2008 · 52 min
Firstly we talk of old Mother Shipton, who may have forseen the collapse of the TC Electronic and Gibson merger, then we're on to Talking Heads - David Byrne spotted on the Heathrow Express, more on Jori Hulkkonen and his 303 orchestra, the Hobnox web browser 303/909 and fx environment, and finally the classic Oberheim OB2 and related synths. Lees meer
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Sonic TALK Interview - John Van Eaton
10 april 2008 · 34 min
Sonic TALK Interview - John Van Eaton
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Sonic TALK - 081 Robot Drummer, Guitar Hero, I Remember
3 april 2008 · 56 min
First, Mark tells us of a rather personal encounter with a vibrating chair, then we're on to the cute little drumming, sampling robot, Gibson gun for some of the Guitar Hero and Rock Band cash, then we all fess up on what our first record purchases were and get more than we bargained for, Rich is playing with Micky Dolenz, 128k or 320kbps MP3 test at mp3ornot.com, and at last Gary Kiblers Korg Kaossilaor album gets a viewing. Lees meer
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Sonic TALK - 080 Synth Hero Worship, Guitar Hero Parody
27 maart 2008 · 1 uur 3 min
A moment of silence for Mark's broken phone, the wonderfully pointless Furby Gurdy, a home made and as it turns out controversial, Laser Harp from Stephen Hobley, Waves and SSL, Jean Michel Jarre and his amazing series of Oxygene concerts with many of the original analogues, SSL and Waves plug-ins, Percussa Audio Cubes, and finally Dave Robinson tells us all about the Jean Michel Jarre gig in Dublin, Dave Spiers tells us how JMJ spoilt his wedding, Steve Strange in the queue, Santeri Ojala's excellent guitar parodies, and finally Digidesign's DShow gets some love. Lees meer
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Sonic TALK 079 - It's The Work of the Devil I Tell You..
20 maart 2008 · 55 min
Sonic TALK 079 - It's The Work of the Devil I Tell You..
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Sonic TALK 078 - Play it Again BIll
5 maart 2008 · 41 min
This week, we revisit a couple of topics from last week due to some additional correspondence - MIDI 2.0 is on the way and Shane King sends us an Ultravox inspired track to check out. We then move on to the rather amazing Microsoft MySong technology which allows you to sing in a melody then have the computer suggest the supporting chord - and tweak. We ponder why Apple can get away with some of their rather monopolistic behaviour and then we're done. Lees meer
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Sonic TALK077- Massive Simmons Drum and Killer Robots
28 februari 2008 · 48 min
We talk this week of the demise of one of London's most prestigious studios the Townhouse, which will close its doors at the end of March 2008. Ray Kurzweil's futurism theories get us started on an esoteric thread, which is brought down to earth by Fade To Grey and talk of Billie Currie. And finally Happy Birthday MIDI. Lees meer
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Sonic Talk 076 - New Ableton Instrument? Old Yamaha FX
21 februari 2008 · 1 uur
This week we talk of Create Digital Music who are in fund-raising mode, Nick finally upgrades his Macbook Pro HD to a 250GB one, Noneric's visit to Ableton uncovers a whole mess of speculation about some new secret instrument for Live, vocoders in general, recording Bowie, copyright extension for performers, the Yamaha SPX90 effects unit, then in-ear monitoring and the technology of live performance gets a quick look-in. Lees meer
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Sonic TALK - 075 Five Grammies! And a Hotz Box
14 februari 2008 · 51 min
First up, we congratulate Ms Amy Winehouse on her historic 5 Grammy awards romp - Dave Spiers' brother-in-law is bass player and MD for the band and has been round at his partying. Then we get stuck into the Hotz Box - a unique MIDI controller/instrument that was a hit amongst the bigwhigs in the 1980s - I'd never heard of this, but Chris Macleod, had the pleasure of staying with Jimmy Hotz and programming it for Jon Anderson for a Yes tour - he spills the beans. After that, we touch on the art of destruction - with tales of what we have broken - Chris enlightens us with the Keith Emerson L100 on casters story. Then we're on to Virtual Instruments magazine and other favourites, which leads on to a wider discussion of where all this stuff is going. Lees meer
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Sonic TALK - 074 Hand-held Mergers and McLove
7 februari 2008 · 57 min
This week we talk of mergers and acquisitions, in the light of Roland taking a majority share in Cakewalk, Gibson and TC Electronic announcing a merger and of course Microsoft's bid for Yahoo, Helicon technology gets a look-in along the way, followed by Novation's Nocturn controller, Inside Synthesis, our latest IPTV series on FM synthesis and FM generally, then a bit of a Mac-fest with the new Airbook and Mainstage in use. Finally we finish up with Rich having good things to say about the new Apple keyboard - of the QWERTY kind. Lees meer
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Sonic TALK - 073 Post NAMM Post Mortem
31 januari 2008 · 53 min
Sonic TALK - 073 Post NAMM Post Mortem
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Sonic TALK - 072 PJ Tracy Reports
24 januari 2008 · 20 min
Sonic TALK - 072 PJ Tracy Reports
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Sonic TALK 071- Linn Drum II, DSP synths, 8-core Macs
10 januari 2008 · 1 uur 4 min
This week is a bumper, coming it at just over an hour, and to kick off the new year, we talk of Christmas past (noneric got an SP1200!), the pending NAMM future - including Linn Drum II, John Bowen's Solaris, the new Sharc based DSP synth Plugiator, new control surfaces from Euphonix, 8-core Mac Pros just announced too. Lees meer
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Sonic TALK 070 - Christmas Special
20 december 2007 · 45 min
This week, Mark gets a haircut, we get deep with our proudest moments from 2007 and hopes for 2008, lighten up with what we want for Christmas,cloud-busting, ponder the promised FireWire speedbump, Garritans Xmas collection, Noatikl - the generative music plug-in and more. Lees meer
HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!
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Sonic TALK 069 - Ah Blofeld, We've Been Expecting You..
13 december 2007 · 57 min
Sonic TALK 069 - Ah Blofeld, We've Been Expecting You..
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Sonic TALK 068 - Tamagotchi Exercise Thriller
6 december 2007 · 41 min
This week, we briefly skim over the Apple ProAudio tour in Berlin, Crave Top 10 Terrible Gadgets, 303 Orchestra and 303s in general, Michael Jackson's Thriller is 25 years old, Quincy's swively chair, waiting for tape to rewind, Peter Grenader's Secret Life of Capacitors at Analog Live, Akai's and the Top Five Samplers number 1 spot, Workspace and Environment at AudioTrash. Lees meer
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Sonic TALK 067 -Dead Seagate Drives
29 november 2007 · 46 min
Sonic TALK 067 -Dead Seagate Drives
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Sonic TALK 066 - iSmell a Perfume from Apple?
22 november 2007 · 38 min
Sonic TALK 066 - iSmell a Perfume from Apple?
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Podcast:TALK065a Touring with Peter Gabriel
13 november 2007 · 17 min
Life on the road with Peter Gabriel. Richard Evans shares his experiences and tells us about the technology involved
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Sonic TALK 065 - Freaking out in S.Korea
8 november 2007 · 52 min
We start with a trip down memory lane as our guests recollect their first synth experience, VEMIA, Youtube Synth Classics from DX5, the Japanese Matryomin/ Theremin ensemble, the Create Digital Music Circuit Bending Challenge and the fascinating Gracenote Music Map and breifly Achtung Baby Lees meer
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Sonic TALK 064 - Leopard Springs Digidesign Deviant
1 november 2007 · 45 min
Sonic TALK 064 - Leopard Springs Digidesign Deviant
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Sonic TALK 063 - I Paid $10
18 oktober 2007 · 48 min
This week we discuss the merits of body modification, tatooos and the like, NIN name-check, Radiohead's 'pay what you like' new album, Madonna's $120 million deal and the future of music both live and recorded, Krakli Software's Ian Webster poses a question on virtual instruments which sends us off onto interface and innovation. Lees meer
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Sonic TALK 062 - AES Jet Lag
11 oktober 2007 · 54 min
Sonic TALK 062 - AES Jet Lag
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Sonic TALK061 -Grow Hair While You Can
27 september 2007 · 47 min
Mark's Nokia N95 is our first subject this week, as he's totally enamored with it - almost talking me into an immediate purchase. We then move on to Audio Ease's trip to India to capture the incredible reverb of the Gol Gumbaz temple for their Altiverb IR plugin, a brace of old ads for portable computers from the 1980s send us down memory lane, Nick introduces us to Flight of the Conchords - less said about that the better, Easy Rider memorabilia and then the worst jobs in Rock n' Roll sets us off on another thread. Lees meer
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Sonic TALK 060 - We Are Pirates
20 september 2007 · 47 min
This week we flesh out the the facts on the Logic 8 release, CakeWalk Sonar 7 is here, Reason 4, a little more, Kontakt 3 and world domination, happy birthday U87 - and other mics, Roland's new V-Mixer and finally - Do you sit or stand in the studio when performing? Lees meer
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Sonic TALK059 - Logic 8 (really), Punk Remembered
13 september 2007 · 50 min
This week, after recovering from my recording cock-up, we dive straight in with Logic Pro 8, then move on to Apogee's Duo and their interfaces, Joe Zawinul RIP, Not the BMF and virtual tradeshows, Scarbee's Black Bass and Bernard Edward's ancient strings, 30th anniversary of punk - we remember, some forget... Lees meer
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Sonic TALK058 - Reason 4, Nuendo 4, Fab Four
6 september 2007 · 56 min
Noneric brings us news of Reason 4, Nuendo 4, we talk of Tenori-On, then move on to the massive slump in Rap sales, the Struggling Musicians Toolkit and associated resources including Jamstudio.com, East Wests Fab Four sample library, then I get some group therapy for my mid-life crisis - thanks guys - group hug! Lees meer
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Sonic TALK 057 - Prophet 08, Logic 8 Leak
23 augustus 2007 · 49 min
First we get excited about the new synthesizer from Dave Smith Instruments - the Prophet 08, then Noneric gives us some second-hand but reliable information on the new Logic Pro imminent update, then we're off to the world of quad core laptops, OS upgrades ain't what they used to be, and as Jazz Mutant demo their first mulit-touch PC, how do we feel about using that as an interface? Lees meer
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Sonic TALK 056 - Festival Memories
16 augustus 2007 · 42 min
Sonic TALK 056 - Festival Memories
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Sonic TALK 055 - Waves Come Down Hard on Cracks
9 augustus 2007 · 50 min
As well as the breaking Waves software police story, passing through our collective consciousness is also the upcoming Yamaha Tenori-on release, a massive musical Tesla coil instrument, a 404 thats a TB-303 and new Dells and new iMacs.
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Sonic TALK 054 - Tape Really Is Dead
1 augustus 2007 · 40 min
Topics this week include, the recent Summer NAMM show in Austin TX, the demise of analog tape and associated plug-ins aiming to recapture it's glorious past, Ken Macbeth's band of synthesists and celebs, iTunes reach the 3 billion downloads and much more. Lees meer
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Sonic TALK - 053 -Dont Pee on the Bus
26 juli 2007 · 47 min
This week talk ranges from the iPhone and what it means, to the Roadbag - a device for those caught short, what are we all using to record the podcast, the FM3 Buddha Box, Stevie Wonder drum solo and finally - how to ruin a mix or how to approach one. Lees meer
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Sonic TALK - 052 - But is it Art?
19 juli 2007 · 43 min
Topics for discussion range from The Weather (of course), Dave goes sailing with a bunch of sound engineers, to Morphine - a new additive synthesis plug-in, FireWire is history?, Prince and his latest CD giveaway and what it means for music distribution, Rolling Stones to leave the band, A concept piece from Godfried Willem-Raes leaves us pondering - but is it art? Lees meer
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Sonic TALK - 051 Why Dont Women Want To?
21 juni 2007 · 41 min
This week we discuss Marks new laptop and the lost plugins, Broken Drum Machine, how come there aren't many women in the studio or in technical roles? Let your keyring open the door and keep you germ free, Nick enjoys Punkdisco and the Whilte Stripes, Mark finds a man on a jet-powered shopping bike. Lees meer
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Sonic TALK - 050 - Laughs and Prizes!
14 juni 2007 · 54 min
Dave Spiers, PJ Tracy, John Musgrave, Mark Tinley and Nick Batt discuss: Lees meer
This weeks topics include: the Top 10 Star Wars sound effects and how to make them generally, Mark edits Timbaland's multitrack sessions, Lara Crofts motorbike, what you can find on an old multi-track tape, talking paper, build your own Edison player, Roger Linn on the BBC, mythical tales from on the road.