SONIC TALK Podcasts

Sonic TALK 313 - In Space No One Can Hear You Strum

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 16 May 2013 07:31:14 GMT

Sonic TALK 312 - Karl Hyde, Bionic Ear

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 9 May 2013 03:28:46 GMT

A real treat for us this week, Karl Hyde of Underworld joins us for a chat about his solo project Edgeland, we talk about new musical challenges and working with a band. Then we move on to the the rest of our panel and cover the ColorPlay project, a bionic ear and what that might mean, OS X 10.9 rumours lead to a discussion about a dedicated audio OS.

Sonic TALK 311 - Man Bags

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 2 May 2013 04:50:19 GMT

Fancy a rock legends cruise? Puns abound, Running AU plugs in Pro Tools 10 and 11 from Protools-expert.com, Jamstik guitar controller and some man bags and general luggage chat.

SONIC TALK 310 - Analog Special

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:07:37 GMT

Gaz gets an impromptu makeover from his high spirited bandmates after his Karl Hyde session at Radio 6 Live in the UK, we start with a look at the amazing tape delay setup of Wouter van Veldhoven, the new SynthRestore Aurora AR57 a British mono synth, and then we move on to Dave's new Synthesizers.com modular which takes us on an exploration of the upsurge in analog generally.

SONIC TALK 309 - Post Messe Mess

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:02:59 GMT

We talk of those Volca's, Novation Bass Station 2, Pro Tools 11 and what it means, CopperLan and high resolution control and more. Unfortunately Skype crashed at the start of the show - which unfortunately takes down the video recording so audio only this week.

Sonic TALK 308 - Nick Rhodes and Warren Cuccurullo

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:01:00 GMT

Mark Tinley, a regular guest on the show has secured interviews with Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes and Warren Cuccarullo - guitarist extraordinaire.

SONIC TALK 307 - I'd Rather Be In The Dentists Chair

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 4 Apr 2013 06:53:51 GMT

We start with a crop of Melodyned classics from major To Minor, then on to the anechoic chamber phenomenon via an anecdote from Mark which leaves us speechless, then on to the Mac Pro now unavailable in Europe, plus a little bit of April Fools and Musik Messe speculation.

SONIC TALK 306 - TV Mania Tech

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:00:59 GMT

SONIC TALK 305a - Quincy Is 80

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 05:36:31 GMT

Sonic TALK 305 - Tracktion Developers

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:00:59 GMT

Julian Storer and James 'Woody' Woodburn from Tracktion join me for a chat about the lease of life Tracktion is getting and plans for the future.

SONIC TALK 304 - Technology Trickle Down

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 7 Mar 2013 06:11:16 GMT

We first explore the new ROLI Seaboard - a multi-axis controller, Steve Reich's recent concert exploring themes from Radiohead, the Giant Tuba of Marknuekirchen, and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinasuars live rig, Hollow Sun SOTU, with plenty of conversational diversions on the way.

SONIC TALK (TB)303 - Atomic Kitten, Gerbil Rock

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 06:56:47 GMT

A new guest joins us from the rarified world of pop production, now working in commercial writing and founder of prog rockers Frost - top chap and good value! Jem tells us about his work with X-Factor artists and other high pop acts. We talk about Avid and the hypothetical DAW change, Waldorf Rocket, NI's new softy and Bowie's new album amongst other things. Finally Mark treats us to some Gerbil Rock

SONIC TALK 302 - Nun On A Mobility Scooter

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:09:25 GMT

SONIC TALK 301 - One CD and Four Minibars

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:07:52 GMT

Andy Shillito is just back from the US touring with the Darkness, Failedmuso.com's Rob Puricelli steps in to complete the panel - we discuss Krafwerks sellout Tate Modern shows, then the Grammys production and what goes into a production of that scale with great input from Any Shillito, then we talk product demos - with Moog's recent posting of the superstar monosynth players from NAMM, we also see an awesome demo from DSI's team with the Tempest and Prophet 12 front and centre.

SONIC TALK 300 - Twelve and a Half Days

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 7 Feb 2013 05:56:12 GMT

300 episodes - makes roughly 12 and a half days of listening should you choose to tackle it. First show in June 2006 and here we are. Joining me in the studio to mark this milestone are Dave and Chris plus a couple of bottles of bubbly - thanks guys! On the line are Rich and Mark. First talk about a few more NAMM items, the Raven MIT (10:34) then a the Tactus terraforming LCD screen blows our minds (24:04), the 30 years of MIDI panel sparks some reminiscing, we talk about the new release from Depeche Mode (Delta Machine) (58:20), and finally the excellent Cinco MIDI organizer (01:11:55).

SONIC TALK 299 - Post NAMM Post-Mortem

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 06:12:09 GMT

Fresh back from rainy California - or perhaps not so fresh! We talk of the NAMM show releases - the Korg MS20 Mini, Moog Sub Phatty, Buchla Easel, iConnect MIDI+ and audio passthrough andmuch more.

Sonic TALK 298 - NAMM Rumours

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 05:52:43 GMT

Not much on the agenda this week apart from a bit of good old NAMM speculation and chit chat. We talk about the Moog Sub Phatty (07:57), Ableton Push will be on display for the time (18:00)Mark brings out his Yamaha EZ-EG MIDI guitar (27:59) and Gaz promises to eat his Monotron (maybe) when we talk of something new from Korg (32:03). Avid are also apparently cooking something up too (39:00),which leads to a discussion of working remotely and also off the grid - with a great working method from Gaz to jam freestyle using Cubase (49:47) . Dave has a hunch that Spectrasonics are up to something too

SONIC TALK 297 - Touchscreen Breakfast Bar Trombone

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 05:17:06 GMT

In our first episode of the New Year, we’re happy to welcome Noneric - host of Musotalk.de who’s not been with us for a while due to his massively successful Musotalk site, we talk of Mark Tinley’s Coles Ribbon sports commentator mic, then the new Waves Element software synth (09:38), Cakewalk Sonar X2 for Windows 8 touch (21:48) and other touch matters, Wampler Triple Wreck and distortion/drive for synthesizers (43:55) and finally some fun with a trombone (53:45)

SONIC TALK 296 - Phantom Phone Vibrations

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 08:11:13 GMT

Our first topic is the light and fluffy one of the Mayan impending end of the world 10:29, then Gaz gives us his impressions of Live 9 Beta 18:05, Cubasis for iPad and a bit of predicting for next year (53:19) followed by a bit of Zedd (59:59). Finally Gaz plays us out with his latest live recording of a track he wrote inspired by his disappointment with Apple Computer.

SONIC TALK 295 - 121212 Soundcheck Day

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:35:17 GMT

We kick off with a brief appearance from Darren Price from Underworld - as thats where Dave Spiers is today (thanks for the use of the bandwidth!). We then dive into the Leap Motion and the AirHarp experiment 7:00, Mark Tinley's Christmas Single as the Pink New Dolphins - Sometimes Suicide - a very catchy tune with a serious message 16:10. Then we talk about serious studio disasters - several of which appear to include people smashing up gear... 31:35 The Bass Bott TT Clone TB-303 copy -so similar - can it be legal? 45:00 Waves EMI Redd plugins - emulation of the classic REDD mixing desk from Abbey Road and thats it! 58:00

SONIC TALK 294 - Logic's Next Big Update

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 6 Dec 2012 07:06:38 GMT

New guest in the form of Mike Grieg - music tech lecturer at Teeside University joins us to discuss MIDI Jitter, rumour s and Logic - what we'd like to see in the next big update, exhibition of giant synth photos and what is the most aesthetically pleasing synthesizer. Then Mark brings out his binaural dummy head and things get stupid. No cats were harmed during the making of this program.

SONIC TALK 293 - My Golden Spanner

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 04:24:29 GMT

The panel assembles to discuss - that golden Moog, the Korg Polysix iOS app, Imogen Heap and her gloves, the new Google Chromebooks and Donald Fagen new release Sunken Condos.

SONIC TALK 292 Who Ate All The Pi?

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 07:01:00 GMT

Line 6 M20D new concept in live mixing, the Elektron Analog Four synthesizer, Cubase 7 and Yamaha Nuage post production system and Tinitus.

Sonic TALK 291 - Jordan Rudess Kevin Chartier

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 05:13:57 GMT

SONIC TALK 290 - The State of Dubstep

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 8 Nov 2012 09:15:12 GMT

We take a look at the original Sonification OF Everyday Things - instrument - from Dennis P Paul and ponder what would sound good. Then the possibilities of CV to MIDI with Moog Minitaur OS V2.0, Windows 8 launch and the surface - we offer the software giant some friendly advice and also the amazing Tim Exile and his custom Reaktor / controller setup

SONIC TALK 289 - Ableton 9, Push and the Raven

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 07:44:35 GMT

It's all about touch this week with Ableton Live 9 and the Akai built new Live controller Push, then the even more impressive Steven Slate Raven MTX 47 inch multi-touch screen production console. Finally we talk about a 1956 5mb storage unit the size of a small shed.

SONIC TALK 288 - I Want To Ride My Badger

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 05:10:32 GMT

Of course we first look at the new Apple products, then a great fly on the wall video with Queen in the studio, Native Instruments Action Strings and a photo is worth a thousand words...

SONIC TALK 287 - On Tour With Gaga, BoomStar Rocket Man

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 04:28:23 GMT

We are joined by Andy Shillito freah back from engineering The Darkness supporting Lady Gaga, we talk of his work then how do you add tracks to a live gig recording, Felix Baumgartner’s incredible leap and what are the musical equivalents, the Studio Electronics Boomstar synths. Gaz tells us about his 12hour long single.

SONIC TALK 286 - Pringles Drumkit Soundboobcloud

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 06:16:00 GMT

This week we talk of fancy home studios, Ghetty Images teaming up with SoundCloud for some revenue for uploaders, Sound Forge for Mac is released and the power of the Pringles Drum Kit.

SONIC TALK 285 - Never Say No To A Banana

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 4 Oct 2012 04:02:19 GMT

Neil Young’s new Pono player is our first subject, followed by the new Hollow Sun Kontakt instrument Altaerion - then we look at a couple of DIY style synth projects and finally on to the Popinator and your choice of studio snacks.

SONIC TALK 284 - Moby Chip Wiggler

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:08:54 GMT

This week our special guest is Tom Blazukas - overall winner of the Find Music In Everything competition we ran with iZotope Iris recently - we talk to Tom about his work. Then we enjoy Moby’s drum machine collection, discover a few hidden treasures in the attic with Gary Numan, listen to three MacBeth Micromac synths with 9 Oscillators, Vince Clarke’s patch recreation thoughts and finally we discuss the fade and how to master it.

SONIC TALK 283 - The Eccentronic Research Council

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 04:39:54 GMT

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.

SONIC TALK 282 - The last Thing I Learned

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 04:24:19 GMT

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.

SONIC TALK 281 - MiniNova, Integra-7, Krome and Kamouflage

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 6 Sep 2012 04:43:37 GMT

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...

SONIC TALK 280 - My Video Device Went Down On Me

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 04:31:53 GMT

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.

SONIC TALK 279 - Google Peepshow

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 05:26:28 GMT

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.

SONIC TALK 278 - Big Pile Of HUI

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 8 Aug 2012 06:08:19 GMT

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).

SONIC TALK 277 - Olympic Ceremony Underworld Special

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 1 Aug 2012 07:04:19 GMT

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.

SONIC TALK 276 - The Dark Seed

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 03:32:02 GMT

SONIC TALK 275 - Presonus Nimbit

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 07:46:54 GMT

SONIC TALK 274 - Strad Or Bad

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 05:27:12 GMT

SONIC TALK 273 - Mowg Envy Bitwig Penguin

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 5 Jul 2012 06:12:35 GMT

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.

SONIC TALK 272 - Ethan Winer - The Audio Expert

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 05:50:12 GMT

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.

SONIC TALK 271 - Webmodular Pink Baby Face

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 04:34:26 GMT

SONIC TALK 270 - OhmStudio Developer Chat

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 7 Jun 2012 09:52:20 GMT

SONIC TALK 269 - Shock The Monkey

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 31 May 2012 08:06:21 GMT

SONIC TALK 268 - Loch Ness Monster Fudge

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 24 May 2012 06:01:00 GMT

SONIC TALK 266 - 909 Bikini

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 17 May 2012 06:22:29 GMT

SONIC TALK 265 - Baroque Karaoke

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 9 May 2012 03:31:42 GMT

SONIC TALK 264 - Happy Birthday Moustache

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 2 May 2012 05:04:08 GMT

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.

Sonic TALK 263 - Loose and Sloppy

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:57:01 GMT

SONIC TALK 262 - I Cant Get No Disinfection

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 07:41:50 GMT

SONIC TALK 261 -Fearsome Thereminist

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:58:42 GMT

SONIC TALK 260 - Anechoic Massage

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:36:22 GMT

Back from Musik MESSE with a flurry of new releases and videos, we start with the Propellerheads Rack Extensions, then move into a synth-fest with the StudioLogic Sledge polysynth, then finally we marvel at the Zynaptiq Unveil - a tool which allows removal and manipulation of ambience around the original signal - truly a Melodyne moment.

SONIC TALK 259 - Rock Opera Begins At 40

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 06:19:43 GMT

SONIC TALK 258 - Flying Robots Make Mono Music

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 8 Mar 2012 07:22:21 GMT

SONIC TALK 257 -Leap Loop Schmoop

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 1 Mar 2012 05:43:01 GMT

Leap year special - we wont be doing this on Feb 29th again until 2040 - so enjoy! Dave Spiers and Gaz Williams join me to discuss the THX Deep note sound and its origin, the Pulse Controller piezo table drumming device, a Vangelis and Moroder mashup from FlameTopFred, Gaz gives us the headsup on Cubase 6.5 just released and finally we examine the new Stochastik Kit app from Xitive.

SONIC TALK 256 -How Do You Like Your Eggs?

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:02:52 GMT

SONIC TALK 255 - Whats A Stochastic Synth?

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:14:37 GMT

SONIC TALK 254 - Crimson Love

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 9 Feb 2012 08:22:16 GMT

SONIC TALK 253 - Blip And Screech

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 2 Feb 2012 05:08:13 GMT

SONIC TALK 252 - Namm Goes Hard

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:18:14 GMT

Mark Tinley, Gaz Williams and Nick Batt.Fresh back from the show, we debrief and select our highlights from the NAMM show.

SONIC TALK 251 - Pre NAMM Preamble

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:42:43 GMT

We talk of the stuff we know is coming, Moog Minitaur, Casio WX-P1, something from Teenage Engineering, Akai MPC Renaisance and CopperLAN for modular control and more

SONIC TALK 250 - The Naked Burglar

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 5 Jan 2012 06:04:17 GMT

SONIC TALK 249 - Synthesizing The Planets

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:51:48 GMT

Mike Leghorn talks about his work synthesizing Holsts The Planets

SONIC TALK 248 - Christmas Party!

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:45:16 GMT

SONIC TALK 247 - It Sort Of Tickles It On Demand

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:08:28 GMT

SONIC TALK 246 - Grumpy Old Synthesists

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 8 Dec 2011 05:32:42 GMT

SONIC TALK 245 - The Tightest Of Briefs

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 1 Dec 2011 06:19:34 GMT

SONIC TALK 244 - QuNeo And Google's Artist Hub

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:37:00 GMT

SONIC TALK 243 - Live From Sonic Towers

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:53:59 GMT

For the first time in Sonic TALK history, we’ve got five panelists in the same room at the same time, as Rich Hilton is over in the UK on Chic disco business, we persuaded Gaz, Dave and Mark to join us too, making it the first full live panel.

SONIC TALK 242 -Leafblowers And Knob Soup

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:47:52 GMT

SONIC TALK 241 -We Have A Winner

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 3 Nov 2011 06:46:34 GMT

SONIC TALK 240 - Fear, Sex and Synthesizers

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:38:59 GMT

SONIC TALK 239 -Wheres My Deconvolution Unreverberator?

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:20:26 GMT

SONIC TALK 238 -Correctional Facillity

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:22:36 GMT

SONIC TALK 237 - Slovenian Horseburger

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 5 Oct 2011 02:19:04 GMT

SONIC TALK 236 - Marketing Bllcks?

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:17:59 GMT

Sonic TALK235 - A Small Piece Of Cheese

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 07:16:47 GMT

SONIC TALK 234 - A Wheelbarrow Full Of BS

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 06:35:28 GMT

SONIC TALK 233 - Fastest Fingers First

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 8 Sep 2011 06:03:43 GMT

SONIC TALK 232 - Little Brown Corvette

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 1 Sep 2011 07:40:08 GMT

Sonic TALK 230 - Matt Robertson Björk's Biophillia MD

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 06:01:00 GMT

SONIC TALK 230 - Alan Wilder Has A Good Clearout

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 06:27:03 GMT

SONIC TALK 229 - Teenage Engineering OP-1

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 06:19:44 GMT

SONIC TALK 228 - I Repair Synths Over Skype

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 4 Aug 2011 07:28:20 GMT

SONIC TALK 227 - Prince Has A Great Wah Wah Face

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 05:48:31 GMT

SONIC TALK 226 - A Dalek From Birmingham

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 04:23:25 GMT

SONIC TALK 225 -I Know A Guy With A Potato Cannon

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 05:25:23 GMT

SONIC TALK 224 - Ergonomically - Its Questionable

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 7 Jul 2011 06:01:00 GMT

SONIC TALK 223 - Brazillian Spectroscope

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 04:18:25 GMT

SONIC TALK 222 -Kore Blimey

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 04:20:45 GMT

Another week, another car park for Gaz, live from the back of his car at Castle Bingo, Swansea en-route from a teaching gig, we discuss alternative scales, microtonality (or not!), NI discontinuing the Kore platform, Glastonbury and what it takes to play to a large audience, the upcoming Controllerism battle competition, new Apps Yamaha - including the TNR-i virtual Tenori-on and the Horizon synth.

SONIC TALK 221 -Lots Of Small Movements And Pubstep

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 9 Jun 2011 04:54:12 GMT

SONIC TALK 220 - Instant Modular Cocktails

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 2 Jun 2011 05:15:52 GMT

SONIC TALK 219 - This Might Tickle Slightly

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 26 May 2011 04:13:47 GMT

SONIC TALK 218 - Fly To The Hills

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 19 May 2011 04:02:30 GMT

SONIC TALK 217 - Locked In The Attic With Ctrl -V

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 12 May 2011 05:26:43 GMT

SONIC TALK 216 - Lick The Screen Clean

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 5 May 2011 08:42:00 GMT

Interview: Daniel Miller - Head Of Mute Records

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 4 May 2011 04:50:09 GMT

SONIC TALK 215 - Yogurt Powered Computing

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:19:57 GMT

SONIC TALK 214 - Post MESSE Mess

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 06:06:42 GMT

SONIC TALK 213 - The Tyranny Of Choice

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 06:30:33 GMT

SONIC TALK 212 - I'd Buy It For Real Money

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:11:36 GMT

SONIC TALK 211 - A Nasty Steve Hillage

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 06:09:18 GMT

SONIC TALK 210 - Ulrich Schnauss - Shoegazer Electronica

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 06:02:28 GMT

SONIC TALK 209 - Dave Gamson Scritti Politti

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 3 Mar 2011 05:41:06 GMT

SONIC TALK 208 - Neil Arthur Blancmange

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:05:43 GMT

SONIC TALK 207 - Kanyne West

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 05:26:27 GMT

SONIC TALK 206 - Bob Moog Foundation, Tara Busch

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 05:01:00 GMT

SONIC TALK 205 - Its The Horns That Do It

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 3 Feb 2011 04:52:04 GMT

SONIC TALK 204 - Where Did The Bassline Go?

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 05:09:01 GMT

SONIC TALK 203 - PheNAMMinal

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 06:02:36 GMT

SONIC TALK 202 - 50s Futurism Bread-Bin

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 6 Jan 2011 04:47:12 GMT

Sonic TALK 201 - Terrible Tech Day

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 06:23:19 GMT

SONIC TALK 200 - Tara Busch Live

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 9 Dec 2010 07:26:50 GMT

SONIC TALK 199 - Dont Smack The 2-Buss

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 2 Dec 2010 07:51:30 GMT

SONIC TALK 198- Bass That Makes Your Nose Vibrate

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 06:33:25 GMT

SONIC TALK 197 - 25 Years Of Hurt

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:39:37 GMT

SONIC TALK 196 - Ba Ba Ba

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:13:29 GMT

SONIC TALK 195 - Pin The Tail On The Donkey

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 4 Nov 2010 10:32:37 GMT

SONIC TALK 194 - Hands on The Slim Phatty

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 07:49:21 GMT

SONIC TALK 193 - Going Native

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 05:20:38 GMT

SONIC TALK 192 - Dude, Where's My Music Gone?

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 7 Oct 2010 07:53:34 GMT

SONIC TALK 191 - Lots O' Synths

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 06:22:40 GMT

SONIC TALK 190 - Tara Busch, Live AMP, DVZ

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 06:02:23 GMT

SONIC TALK 189 - Analog - What Is It Good For?

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 06:20:20 GMT

SONIC TALK 188 - And Vinyly - Mind Control

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 9 Sep 2010 03:58:13 GMT

SONIC TALK 187 - Made Of Pixie Shoes

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 2 Sep 2010 04:41:22 GMT

Sonic TALK186 - Bieber Stretch Phenomenon

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:01:01 GMT

SONIC TALK 185 - Inspiration Toilet Ozzy

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:11:16 GMT

SONIC TALK 184 - Inception Synth Programmer Howard Scarr

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 5 Aug 2010 05:47:02 GMT

SONIC TALK 183 - I'm Not In Love Fruitbat Tickler

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:01:38 GMT

Sonic TALK182 - Avast Ye Clubbers

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:21:48 GMT

Sonic TALK181- Prince, Prodigy - Prophecy Purchase Live

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 8 Jul 2010 04:28:08 GMT

Sonic TALK180 - Mixing It Up

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 1 Jul 2010 05:13:31 GMT

SONIC TALK 179 - Bent Lutherers and Stunt Mics

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:16:07 GMT

SONIC TALK 178 - Earsmack, Old Sodbury

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 05:36:29 GMT

SONIC TALK 177 - We're All Doomed

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 05:15:21 GMT

Sonic TALK176 - Supersonic Ukelele

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 19 May 2010 05:54:02 GMT

Sonic TALK175 - Prunefinger Debut

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 13 May 2010 03:36:05 GMT

Sonic TALK174 - Scott Humphrey Talks

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 6 May 2010 04:25:35 GMT

Sonic TALK 173 - You Just Want To Touch It

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:16:30 GMT

Sonic TALK172 - I'm a PC and Windows 7 In A Guitar Amp Was MY IDEA

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:50:22 GMT

Sonic TALK171 - McLaren And The Gamblers

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:13:09 GMT

Sonic TALK-170 Musik MESSE Special

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 1 Apr 2010 04:37:36 GMT

Sonic TALK169 - Oh Yeah, Chik-a-Chik Ah

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:22:04 GMT

Sonic TALK-168 - Skinput And Gear Porn

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:41:00 GMT

Sonic TALK167 - The Bladerunner Test

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 4 Mar 2010 04:06:52 GMT

Sonic TALK166 - 10 Billion Songs To Unmix

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:28:44 GMT

Sonic TALK 165 - Gleefully Grabbing The Knob

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:24:10 GMT

Sonic TALK164 - Birds n Guitars

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:01:28 GMT

Sonic TALK 163 - Humans, What Are They Good For?

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 4 Feb 2010 03:50:19 GMT

Sonic TALK-162 - Mr Sprinkles Organ

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:31:59 GMT

Sonic TALK-161 Post NAMM10 Post-Mortem

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:05:06 GMT

Sonic TALK-160 The 70 year Old Synth and NAMM

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 7 Jan 2010 06:45:38 GMT

Sonic TALK 159 - The Singing Paperclip

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:49:33 GMT

Sonic TALK 158 - Vintage Synth Dead Cat Bounce

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:06:02 GMT

Sonic TALK157 -An Imaginary Audience With Tara Busch

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:10:47 GMT

Sonic TALK156 - Analog Can Opener, Modulation Consensus

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 3 Dec 2009 04:28:39 GMT

Sonic TALK155 - Whats That Dreadful Music?

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:34:26 GMT

Sonic TALK154 - Kicks, Feet and Krautrock Doc

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:19:47 GMT

Sonic TALK153 - Weezer Snuggies Space Rockers

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:57:03 GMT

Sonic TALK152 - Joan Jet Rocks, Apopalypse Now

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 5 Nov 2009 05:01:41 GMT

Sonic TALK151 -Bang The Wavedrum And Talking Piano

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:35:47 GMT

Sonic TALK150 - Brahms And Liszt

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:49:08 GMT

Sonic TALK149 - SynthSquad And Launchpad

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 8 Oct 2009 06:23:58 GMT

Sonic TALK148- The Lost Consonant

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 1 Oct 2009 07:35:37 GMT

Sonic TALK147 - The Synth Whos Name Cannot Be Spoken

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:50:57 GMT

Sonic TALK146 - Harpsichords Are Gnarly

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:10:28 GMT

Sonic TALK145 -Korg's Clean Sweep

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:43:48 GMT

Sonic TALK144 - Robot For Piano, Meece For Music

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 3 Sep 2009 04:46:52 GMT

Sonic TALK143 - Jordan Rudess

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:01:00 GMT

Sonic TALK142 - River of Effluent

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:32:27 GMT

Sonic TALK141 - Modular, Desktop, Backup

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:44:14 GMT

Sonic TALK140 - Mackie M-Powered, Logic 9, Underworld App

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 6 Aug 2009 10:02:06 GMT

Sonic TALK139 - Island Life/Is that Organ Real?

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:28:32 GMT

Sonic TALK138 - Baked Motorcycle, Broken Guitar

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:53:45 GMT

Sonic TALK137 - I'm Down With the Cloud

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 9 Jul 2009 06:29:49 GMT

Sonic TALK136 - Sweaty Knees

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 2 Jul 2009 07:51:23 GMT

Sonic TALK135 -That Friday Feeling

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:47:06 GMT

Sonic TALK134 - Largo Love, Acxel Antipathy

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:16:37 GMT

Sonic TALK133 - My APC Goes Boom Boom

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:46:12 GMT

We start off with a little speech synthesis courtesy of Expressivo.com, then straight into the meat with the Jasuto modular VST and iPhone synth, the Autogun free VST synth with 4 billion presets, a new SEM module from Tom Oberheim, APC40 hysteria is sweeping the globe, and finally the heart-warming story of Island Records who this year celebrate 50 years in business.

Sonic TALK132 - Diego Stocco

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 4 Jun 2009 04:40:14 GMT

Firstly we talk with Diego about his work and processes and equipment, then we're on to Henry Till and his messy room, Orbital to tour with a whole bunch of analog gear, then its the Rock-afire Explosion and obsolete technology which gets us on to the Epcot Center and Disney.

Sonic TALK131 - Tap Tempo Changed Everything

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 28 May 2009 05:30:55 GMT

We start with a couple of mechanical oddities from the Mobius Strip music box, and the bizarre mechanical drum machine from James Taylor, we then move on to the Synplant - an organic instrument from Sonic Charge, Lady GAGA introduces the Virus Ti use in pop and also which instruments are currently dominating music, a quick chat about the Dragon MIDI controller and the ChineeSheng 3000 year old party instrument kicks off a discussion about the art of modeling and sampled instruments in general. Lastly we look at the WolframAlpha search engine and then Rich tells us all about his new M-Audio Axiom Pro.

Sonic TALK130 - Eurovision Radiophonic and EMS

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 21 May 2009 03:51:14 GMT

Dave Robinson tells us all about the Eurovision massive production and the enormous redundancy they put in place, then it's the recent BBC Radiophonic Workshop gig at the Roundhouse in London, after which we suffer a network outage which sees me scrambling around for multiple re-boot - don't worry , we made it back on air, but minus Dave Robinson unfortunately. We then discuss the excellent documentary/interview with Peter Zinovieff of EMS, followed by a bit of a mixed bag from Sony and there new X-Series Walkman announced just at the time when they also post enormous losses. We finish up with Curtis Roads and his digital granular synthesis and what this pre 1970s work means to the modern musician.

Sonic TALK129- When Is a DAW Not a DAW?

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 14 May 2009 04:52:18 GMT

Sonic TALK128 - Synths Synths Synths, New Props DAW

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 7 May 2009 04:50:49 GMT

Our topics this week begin with the excellent TANK-FX.com reverb processor, then we talk of Imogen Heap's recent improvisations live from Maui, AHNE (Analog Heaven North East) synth fest, then what are Propellerheads releasing on May 9th? We finish up with MOTU's new Volta analog-> Daw plugin which some say is set to set the world alight.

Sonic TALK127 - Lose The Tache Keef

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:09:05 GMT

Sonic TALK126 - That Woman

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:43:54 GMT

Sonic TALK125 - 11,000 Dollar Synth Jam

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:50:09 GMT

Our week begins with the release of Ableton Live 8, and the realization that we all need some Live in our lives, then it's on to an excellent video interive with NIN 's Trent Reznor, who really does appear to be a very switched on guy, after oggling all his analog gear, we turn our attention to the ridiculous prices that certain synths are getting on eBay and elsewhere, theres an opportunity to play our new Howard Scarr composed Tumbleweed moment as we fail to uncover anything about the new EMU Longboard and Shortboard new synths, we raise a glass to Charlie Steinberg who just got a MIPA Lifetime Achievement Award, then the inevitable inclusion of another iPhone music app - the iSyn from AudioMIDI.com and Virsyn - we also ponder the enormous market for software now that the Apple App store approaches the 1 Billion downloads to getting on for 30 million devices. Finally we offer suggestions on how to tackle the situation when you are asked "what do you think of my music/gig?".

Sonic TALK 124- Musik MESSE and Live From Tokyo

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 9 Apr 2009 05:15:33 GMT

Sonic TALK123 - Just Plain Wrong

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:18:56 GMT

This week we enjoy a pre Musik MESSE rumour or two, discuss the merits of stage diving for the super group after Chris Martin sprinted around the arena in Sydney earlier this month, then a couple of drum topics - the first in the form of the Silent Drum Controller, and then the wonderfully cheesy MiJam Air Drum Pro, we then ponder the new Dell Adamo and our own dream machines, and finish off with Depeche Mode and their new single and video Wrong.

Sonic TALK122 - Happy Birthday Mark

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:32:31 GMT

First up, we lament the imminent closure of Manny's Music in New York City - a legendary music shop, then it's on to the amazing Kutiman's Youtube video mashups, Spotify.com a new music streaming business model impresses some of us, then we enjoy a great speech on creativity and genius from TED.com.

Sonic TALK121 - My Singer Was Hypnotized

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:04:28 GMT

After hellos we take a listen to some great tunes from Jen Scaturro at iamjen.com, then we're on to our least favourite jobs in the studio, Photosounder - the visual audio editor that allows you to process your audio in apps like Photoshop, boutique and special plug-ins are next, after which we discuss Prince's latest offering only available via Target.

Sonic TALK120 - All Aboard the Loveboat

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 5 Mar 2009 05:36:32 GMT

After a quick mention of the new Macs and the i7 processor, we play a burst of the them from the Loveboat in honour of PJ Tracy who's enjoying a late honeymoon on a cruise. Then we start out with a Vince Clarke interview in UK free paper Metro, a quick chat about the international public unveiling of the Roland V-Piano in Bristol, next we discuss the Energy-XT small footprint DAW for Mac/PC and Linux and what a good DAW should be. Then we come clean about our most unwise or disappointing studio purchase, then we put on our thinking caps to try and help out Portishead figure out how to sell their music in the future, the Pul(SEW)iidth felt synths and finally this weeks tumbleweed moment is instigated by Nick when we attempt to discuss the Andre Michelle AS3 flash Karplus Strong guitar synth.

Sonic TALK119 - Limo To Tijuana

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:33:52 GMT

After shout outs to some of our new Twitter followers (we are sonicnick btw), we lust (well I do) after the new Apple 17 inch MacBook Pro, we get on to some nuts and bolts of touring and how we choose the gear that will make the show go on, the Ryan Gruss the drummer who releases a loop a day and writes a mighty fine blog too, Bebot - the polyphonic synthesiser for the iPhone and iPod touch - Jordan Rudess likes it! The next item considers another drummers (Josh Freese) endeavours to promote his upcoming album by offering some ridiculous limited edition experiences, and finally we have a tumbleweed moment as Nick tries to find out more about the Korg Sigma - and fails

Sonic TALK118 - Michael Jacksons Swarovski Socks

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:56:40 GMT

After wondering where the EMS Synthi 100 system will go that's currently on eBay, and the items for sale in the Michael Jackson auction, we move on to the announcement that company behind Muzak - yes there really is one has announced Chapter 11 after more than 80 years in business, then the discovery that Madonna was last years top earner in the music list from Billboard, we ponder the ethereal world of top level high production touring. next is the Tonehammer Digeridoo sample library and others, then finally it's on to 3D vision and audio with a touch of 5.1 surround thrown in.

Sonic TALK117 - The Rise Of The Throat Flickers

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:59:01 GMT

First up we guffaw over the amusing and probably unintentional use of Microsoft's Songsmith vocal accompaniment software wiith some crackers from Billy Idol, The Police and Eminem, then it's the wonderful Diego Stocco's Music From Sand and all that sound design should be, pressing on we tackle Isao Tomita and finally AutoTune seems to be getting a lot of attention at present, we discuss what this means for the future of singers.

Sonic TALK116 - Difference Between Dated and Classic?

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 5 Feb 2009 03:01:00 GMT

Sonic TALK115 - I'm Sorry, I Dont Understand

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:50:09 GMT

Our first topic is based on the news that Steve Jobs is leaving Apple for a period of recuperation after the announcement of his illness. Many commentators are predicting the demise of Apple if he leaves them for good, but I'm not so sure. If that were the case, how do are panel handle the loss of a creative plaftorm? Then we're on to Quantum Leap's Silk - the new ethnic sound library from producer Nick Phoenix - and how is it working with no common language, next up Roland's V-Piano and modeling in general. And finally the TC Helicon Voice Live 2 - is that impressive or what?

Sonic TALK114 - Post NAMM Post Mortem 2009

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 06:13:58 GMT

Sonic TALK113 - Happy New Year

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 8 Jan 2009 04:48:52 GMT

Sonic TALK112 - The Christmas Show

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:03:06 GMT

Sonic TALK111 - Tidy Your Room Young Man

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:39:40 GMT

We start with an homage to Oliver Postgate - the UK children's TV show creator who passed away this week, then we're on the Stylophone both real and iStylophone versions, then we're on to Christmas themes and No1 singles both UK and US - or rather lack of, then we preview the brilliant Sonic TALK remix from The Circuit Symphony which shows off the excellent VariPhrase technology of the Roland V-Synth GT - great work mate! Then we satisfy the curiosity of Kayle Clements who wants to know how we got together and how we got into our musical gigs. We finish with the perennial topic of messy workspaces or not. Caution, those of you with an obsessive need to tidy up may find this topic distressing...

Sonic TALK110 - Live - Dont Forget The Feta

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 4 Dec 2008 04:27:24 GMT

PJ Tracy, Dave Spiers, Nick Batt. Our first moments are spent marveling in the wonders of Ad Jingles and their creation, with blasts from John Parr and Jonathan Hodge, then we discuss the recently announced Moog Taurus pedals reissue. Then a quote from Blixa Bergfeld on Disquiet gets us onto the topic of originality, then we talk about Raysgigs.com - a site where Ray Morrissey lists over 5000 gigs he has attended and made notes on many occasions - a real goldmine of information and impressions. And thats it for this week.

Sonic TALK109 - Singing Shorts

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:05:00 GMT

Dave tells us the latest installment from the weird world of hearing and balance tests and we ponder a positive word beginning with X, which takes us to Xanadu, Mark's theta wave podcast gets a mention, then we're on to the world's thinnest speakers, made of carbon nanotubes, Ray Kurzweil wonders if machines can have souls - discuss, then we're on to a topic sent in from Kayle Clements about replacing band members, the nifty Optogate triggers a discussion on must have gadgets and gizmos. And finally - Oliver Davis from the Circuit Symphony sent us in a demo of work in progress to play us out.

Sonic TALK108 - Grunting Performers, Resort Studios

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:58:45 GMT

First PJ tells us all about his recent Emmy winning experience, Dave pines for his new Roland D550 and MKS70, then we move on to the WiiMote to MIDI, Jordan Rudess shreds on the nanoKeys, then we ponder the merits of Resort Studios - Nassau Compass Point especially, then we're on to rare synths we have played..

Sonic TALK107 - How To Get That Bond Drum Sound

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:35:14 GMT

We talk of the ZX Spectrum sound chip, last weeks Music Live! show in Birmingham, and AudioNerd's new plug-in TemperTemper which is a Microdiatonically Equal Tempered Metronome - a click that can be in tune with your track. Then it's on to the new Bond movie and jack White's theme tune and drum sound, FourTrack for your phone - old school for today, long-term relationships with electronic musical instruments, Beardyman does Jazz - an amazing beatboxer and two KP3s, MTV Music and any old excuse for us to look back.

Sonic TALK106 - Marking Homework

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 6 Nov 2008 03:52:19 GMT

Electoral preamble aside, we move on to the subject of AsioHead's homework, who gamely rose to the challenge set last week to finish a track by this week - in fact we have two! Well done mate. Then we're on to the Yamaha Tyros 3 - the uber arranger keyboard as demonstrated by Martin Harris, which brings back memories of major chords for Dave Spiers, then more madcap research from those Microsoft boys and girls in the Cambridge Sensors and Devices department with the touch screen you don't touch, the new Fraunhofer HD-AAC mpeg encoding algorithm works on 24-bit 96kHz loss-less compression and what it might mean is next, followed by a discussion on how hard it is to learn a new DAW where I get some useful tips on Ableton Live.

Podcast Sonic TALK105 - What's The Worst That Could Happen?

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:17:53 GMT

After hellos and discussion of various ailments we move on to the current economic climate and what that might mean for music, as well as plucking a few artists from the charts in the last two Uk recessions, then we're on to Dr Pepper and Chinese Democracy - thats the new album/single from Axel Rose, the mesmerizing Daito Manabe's MAX/MSP twitch patch video is up next, followed by the forthcoming Vemia Auction - a great place to find all things electronic and vintage, Nick kicks off the movie soundtrack topic with a burst of John Carpenter's Assault On Precinct 13, after which the team tell us of their own favourites, then we finish with Asioheads' MIDI file spotting and also some advice on how to Get Stuff Done.

Sonic TALK104 - Warbling Divas and Tumbleweed

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:27:29 GMT

After Dave Spiers tells us about his hearing tests from earlier today, we talk of the iTunes Genius recommendation system and other similar services, then its the great Reason bassline challenge and the panels own favourite b-lines, Nick embarrasses himself with girls singing about synthesizers, then we ponder the 7 music trends whose return must be stopped, which takes us into the world of warbling divas.

Sonic TALK103 - Stinky Macs, Stinky Mics

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:47:21 GMT

This week Mark is excited about his new iPhone app RJDJ which does seem pretty nifty, we then talk of the new Apple laptop range which seems to have omitted musicians and video producers from it's possible customer base by the exclusion of FireWire on the Mac Books and only FW800 on the MBPros, we touch on the panels experiences with the new Spectrasonics Omnisphere mega instrument, then we take a look at the new SoundCloud.com audio sharing and distribution service, then we touch on the new Metallica album which has been mastered too loud and results in poor MP3 encoding and other issues, the Tone Generation series from Ian Helliwell is up next, then it's smelly Mac Pros and other stinky equipment to end the show on a low note.

Sonic TALK102 - Better Late Than Never

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:15:51 GMT

So this weeks show covers, Punk meets butter as Johnny Rotten appears in a butter ad in the UK - we wonder if it's all gone wrong and at what point is it acceptable to take the money and run. Then Dave drops a massive hint on the next 80's band to reform, Mark shows us an interesting duet between Le Bon and Debbie Harry, then we discuss the new Roland Cakewalk V-Studio, ProTools 8 and a time/pitch conundrum for Mark.

Sonic TALK101 - Post Centennial Rant

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 2 Oct 2008 03:54:52 GMT

As this is episode 101, we indulge our grumpier sides and talk about things that really annoy us in the studio world, but not before we marvel at Matt Mahaffey's amazing rendition of classic AC/DC track Back in Black on drums and Omnichord, then we discuss the recently delayed release of the Linn Drum II and the availability of Dave Smiths new Mopho desktop synthesizer. Then we discover who are panel would like to meet or work with alive or dead - which was one of the topics we didn't get around to last week (no surprise!).

Sonic TALK100 - The Champagne Issue

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:03:01 GMT

Sonic TALK099 - International Dance Party

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:38:11 GMT

First up we remember the voice of Don LaFontaine, Mr movie trailer himself, then we ponder the SPL Transient Designer which seems to be used so much these days, another brief spell remembering Richard Wright keyboard player with Pink Floyd, the wonderful International Dance Party machine and other party machinery and finally the Korg M3 Xpanded and other workstationery.

Podcast Sonic TALK098 - 100 Million Youtube Views

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:14:02 GMT

After thanking the powers that be for not obliterating us in the Cern particle accelerator experiment that took place on the morning of our recording, we move on to Sony's latest laptop recall gaffe, then the new HG Fortune The Dream Machine self generating VST synth, then the first 100 Million views for a Youtube video goes to.... After which we ponder the new Waldorf Blofeld keyboard and how Sugababes got away with using that Apple Loop as the main theme of their hit 'Change'.

Sonic TALK097 - Sweet Robot Music

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 4 Sep 2008 04:50:06 GMT

First up we ponder the significance of Universal Audio's latest UAD-2 Sharc powered DSP plugins and examine their claims in detail, then we run from the awesome attack of the musical robots - is no one safe? After which, we discuss the new wave of DIY stompboxes and otherwise, followed by EQ tips and pratice.

SonicTALK 096 - Where the Good Doggies Go

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:18:30 GMT

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.

Sonic TALK095 - iPhone Saviour of Software?

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:42:31 GMT

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? We end on a blast of Isaac Hayes who sadly passed away on the 10th of August.

Sonic TALK094 - Moroder Owns the Olympics

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 7 Aug 2008 04:05:24 GMT

Mark Tinley, PJ Tracy, Dave Spiers, Rich Hilton and host Nick Batt 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.

Sonic TALK093 - Thomas Dolby and Nirvana

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:26:51 GMT

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?

Sonic TALK092 - Beckham Does Not Sniff Sharpies

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:04:10 GMT

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. Richard Evans, Mark Tinley, Dave Spiers and Nick Batt

Sonic TALK091 - Guys Love Luggage

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:04:29 GMT

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.

Sonic TALK090 - A Surfeit of Joeys

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:11:35 GMT

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.

Sonic TALK -Sir Ken Robinson At LIMS

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 3 Jul 2008 03:41:51 GMT

Sonic TALK089 - Deep Thinking and Light Compression

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:41:20 GMT

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.

Sonic TALK088 - Krakli Moog

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:10:48 GMT

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.

Sonic TALK087 - Yazoo Return Like Salmon

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 22 May 2008 04:01:55 GMT

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...

Sonic TALK086 - RocknRoll Swindles Lord Tinley

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 15 May 2008 05:34:05 GMT

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....

Sonic TALK085 - Rhythmic Intelligence, Moog Guitar, Funkytown

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 8 May 2008 03:58:13 GMT

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?

Sonic TALK - 084 Watchout For The Bears PJ

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 1 May 2008 05:23:59 GMT

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? A big thanks to Dave from Richmond Virginia for sending in a snippet of his Evolver and Kaoss pad 3 - keep em coming!

Sonic TALK - 083 I've Got a Talkbox and I'm Gonna Use it

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:15:10 GMT

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.

Sonic TALK - 082 David Byrne Spotted On Train

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:08:59 GMT

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.

Sonic TALK Interview - John Van Eaton

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:04:47 GMT

Sonic TALK - 081 Robot Drummer, Guitar Hero, I Remember

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 3 Apr 2008 05:28:06 GMT

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.

Sonic TALK - 080 Synth Hero Worship, Guitar Hero Parody

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:15:25 GMT

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.

Sonic TALK 079 - It's The Work of the Devil I Tell You..

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:20:43 GMT

Sonic TALK 078 - Play it Again BIll

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 5 Mar 2008 03:54:28 GMT

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.

Sonic TALK077- Massive Simmons Drum and Killer Robots

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:18:13 GMT

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.

Sonic Talk 076 - New Ableton Instrument? Old Yamaha FX

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:25:17 GMT

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.

Sonic TALK - 075 Five Grammies! And a Hotz Box

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:40:12 GMT

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.

Sonic TALK - 074 Hand-held Mergers and McLove

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 7 Feb 2008 03:38:16 GMT

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.

Sonic TALK - 073 Post NAMM Post Mortem

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:25:28 GMT

Sonic TALK - 072 PJ Tracy Reports

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:22:18 GMT

Sonic TALK 071- Linn Drum II, DSP synths, 8-core Macs

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:33:33 GMT

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.

Sonic TALK 070 - Christmas Special

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:36:44 GMT

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. HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

Sonic TALK 069 - Ah Blofeld, We've Been Expecting You..

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:00:10 GMT

Sonic TALK 068 - Tamagotchi Exercise Thriller

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 6 Dec 2007 03:30:04 GMT

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.

Sonic TALK 067 -Dead Seagate Drives

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:12:10 GMT

Sonic TALK 066 - iSmell a Perfume from Apple?

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 03:37:23 GMT

Podcast:TALK065a Touring with Peter Gabriel

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:33:30 GMT

Life on the road with Peter Gabriel. Richard Evans shares his experiences and tells us about the technology involved

Sonic TALK 065 - Freaking out in S.Korea

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 8 Nov 2007 04:05:38 GMT

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

Sonic TALK 064 - Leopard Springs Digidesign Deviant

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 1 Nov 2007 05:34:21 GMT

Sonic TALK 063 - I Paid $10

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:27:48 GMT

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.

Sonic TALK 062 - AES Jet Lag

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:45:02 GMT

Sonic TALK061 -Grow Hair While You Can

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 04:41:30 GMT

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.

Sonic TALK 060 - We Are Pirates

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:51:32 GMT

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?

Sonic TALK059 - Logic 8 (really), Punk Remembered

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 05:15:43 GMT

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...

Sonic TALK058 - Reason 4, Nuendo 4, Fab Four

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 6 Sep 2007 04:38:47 GMT

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!

Sonic TALK 057 - Prophet 08, Logic 8 Leak

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 06:30:44 GMT

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?

Sonic TALK 056 - Festival Memories

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:51:25 GMT

Sonic TALK 055 - Waves Come Down Hard on Cracks

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 9 Aug 2007 04:21:26 GMT

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.

Sonic TALK 054 - Tape Really Is Dead

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 1 Aug 2007 03:48:36 GMT

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.

Sonic TALK - 053 -Dont Pee on the Bus

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 04:04:43 GMT

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.

Sonic TALK - 052 - But is it Art?

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 06:36:25 GMT

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?

Sonic TALK - 051 Why Dont Women Want To?

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 04:49:04 GMT

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.

Sonic TALK - 050 - Laughs and Prizes!

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:11:43 GMT

Dave Spiers, PJ Tracy, John Musgrave, Mark Tinley and Nick Batt discuss: 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.

Sonic TALK - 049 - Pumpkins Sound Better

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 7 Jun 2007 04:53:13 GMT

Mark Tinley, Dave Spiers, Noneric, PJ Tracy. This week discussion ranges from Marks new binaural mics, new multitouch screens from Microsoft and C-Base, a pixelated Stratocaster, Roland System 100 on Youtube, EMI and Youtube cut a deal, iTunes up bit rate and custom built PC's from Rain et al sparks the usual Mac/PC debate.

Sonic TALK - 048 - Sweaty Trackpad

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 31 May 2007 05:12:50 GMT

Mark Tinley, Rich Hilton, PJ Tracy, Dave Spiers and Nick Batt: Much of this weeks show is spent in reminiscence mode, with a healthy chunk devoted to the most underrated synths, Reason 4 beta, the science of quantize, Steinbergs Virtual band plug-ins, $10k to spend on music gear and Nick embarrasses himself with Shannon.

Sonic Talk 047 - Chic in Waikiki, No to Justin Timberlake

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 24 May 2007 04:15:56 GMT

Rich Hilton, Mark Tinley, Jon Musgrave, Dave Spiers and Nick Batt discuss: This weeks chat ranges from what it's like being in Chic, to a duet with the Fields of Nephilim and Justin Timberlake. Moving on to Mac migration, the Sony PSP game Traxxpad - a music creation title, a concise video on the pitfalls of audio maximization, techno glasses for all, pop band for sale with a $25k reward, the quaint British Rockschool, and UK ISP blocking AllofMP3.com

Sonic TALK - 046 The art of mime, musical portraits

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 17 May 2007 04:23:39 GMT

Mark Tinley, Dave Spiers, PJ Tracy, Noneric and Nick Batt discuss: Air Guitar, childhood musical aspirations, wrestling, miming live, Pete Townsends Lifehouse-method musical portraits, the KvR Developer Challenge and many other things in between.

Sonic TALK - 045 Furby Don't Talk Much Since the Op

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 10 May 2007 04:42:36 GMT

Richard Hilton, Mark Tinley, Dave Spiers, John Musgrave and Nick Batt hook up to talk about: Credit Card MIDI control, the Berrtill plug-in modeled on circuit bent toys, wiggly worms make sound, IK Multimedias Hendrix Collection and other emulations, studio tomfoolery and Peter Gabriels We7 music download launch which brings us into a wider discussion on the relationship between advertising and music.

Sonic TALK - 044 Modern and Ancient Tech

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 2 May 2007 03:49:39 GMT

Sonic TALK - 043 Bad LP covers, clients and good plug-ins

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:42:21 GMT

Sonic TALK - 042 The Performance Issue

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:46:54 GMT

Sonic Talk 041 - John Bowen Creator of Solaris

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 03:31:37 GMT

Sonic TALK - 040 Post MESSE de-brief

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 5 Apr 2007 05:51:54 GMT

Sonic TALK - 039 Moustaches and Musik MESSE

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 07:01:32 GMT

Sonic TALK - 038 Predator 3, Portishead, Messe

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:43:39 GMT

Sonic TALK - 037 - data disasters and obsessions

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:40:09 GMT

Sonic TALK - 036 The Lost Episode

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 8 Mar 2007 05:00:32 GMT

Sonic TALK - 035 Metric Halo, Logic 8, Ringtone engineers

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:18:38 GMT

Going Solo 010 - Riot in Belgium

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:27:41 GMT

Sonic TALK - 034 Grumpy Old Men

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:42:55 GMT

Sonic TALK - 033 What will the future bring?

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 05:25:02 GMT

Sonic TALK - 032 - NAMM, KLF, Prince stories

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 8 Feb 2007 04:52:34 GMT

Sonic TALK - 031 - Post NAMM Post-mortem

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 1 Feb 2007 07:13:10 GMT

Sonic Talk 030 - Post NAMM

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 05:45:49 GMT

Going Solo 009 - Relish Records

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:03:41 GMT

Sonic TALK - 029 NAMM Travelogue

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:17:29 GMT

Sonic TALK - 028

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 06:18:15 GMT

Going Solo 008 - Mike Howlett

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Tue, 9 Jan 2007 04:14:27 GMT

Freeware AU Plugins Round-up

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 05:00:46 GMT

Sonic TALK - 027 - Happy Christmas

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 05:23:31 GMT

Sonic TALK - 026

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 05:10:02 GMT

Going Solo 007 - Michael Oster

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 04:12:52 GMT

Sonic TALK - 025

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 7 Dec 2006 05:35:38 GMT

Sonic TALK - 024

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 03:35:32 GMT

Going Solo 006 - Mick Glossop

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:38:51 GMT

Sonic TALK - 023

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 04:53:40 GMT

Sonic TALK - 022

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:21:07 GMT

Going Solo 005 - More Producer Chat

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:27:21 GMT

Sonic TALK - 021

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 9 Nov 2006 03:43:49 GMT

Sonic TALK - 020 - Tada!

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 2 Nov 2006 04:22:02 GMT

Going Solo 004 - Gareth Parton talks Go! Team and plug-ins

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:43:22 GMT

Sonic TALK - 019

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 05:08:29 GMT

Sonic TALK - 018

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 05:24:59 GMT

Going Solo 003 - Chris Clark - Body Riddle Warps finest

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 06:39:24 GMT

Sonic TALK - 017 - no really!

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 07:34:52 GMT

Sonic TALK 016

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 5 Oct 2006 06:10:41 GMT

Going Solo 002 - James Banbury U2, Snow Patrol...

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Mon, 2 Oct 2006 05:15:31 GMT

Sonic TALK - 015

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 05:22:43 GMT

Sonic TALK - 014

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 05:22:44 GMT

Going Solo 001 - Andrew Coleman

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 05:08:09 GMT

Sonic State Talk - 013

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 07:40:23 GMT

Sonic State Talk - 012

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 7 Sep 2006 08:24:11 GMT

Sonic State Talk - 011

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 05:33:01 GMT

Sonic State Talk - 010

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 05:15:06 GMT

Bob Moog Remembered One Year On

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 04:32:51 GMT

Sonic State Talk - 009

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 01:06:17 GMT

Sonic State Talk - 008

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 05:55:07 GMT

Sonic State Talk - 007

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 3 Aug 2006 06:19:21 GMT

Sonic TALK - 006

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 05:31:41 GMT

Sonic State Talk - 005

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 04:35:55 GMT

SNAMM06: Sonicstate On the Streets of Austin

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 01:10:18 GMT

Sonic TALK 004

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:25:11 GMT

Sonic TALK - 003

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Thu, 6 Jul 2006 02:34:58 GMT

Sonic Talk - 001

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 08:18:18 GMT

Todays guests are Andy Jones, long time editor of magazines in the field of hi-tech music making, including 11 years at Future Music, and Dave Spiers, a major part of gentlemens software manufacturer Gmedia, makers of the M-tron, Oddity, impOSCar, MiniMonsta Melohman and more (to come soon possibly)
www.gmediamusic.com

Watch this space for iTunes feeds and other RSS friendliness

Sonicstate.com TALK 001 Topics

What Have you Been Up to?
Dave Spiers: Stories in Motion â€“ a gig in Brighton Irvine Welsh, of Trainspotting fame, Fight Club writer Chuck Palahniuk and DJ Phil Hartnoll, one half of dance-band Orbital, was labelled "irresponsible and dangerous"
http://c6.org/storiesinmotion
Apple MacBooks
Daveâ€™s got one and while fast, itâ€™s the development cycle thatâ€™s the clincher â€“ could it be Gmedia are working on something?
Booting into XP, Virtualization and more..
Apple.com
Native Instruments Kore
Weâ€™re still not entirely sure what it does, but thereâ€™s a bunch of videos from NI themselves at the link.
http://www.native-instruments.com/index.php?id=kore_us
Waldorf â€“ so whereâ€™s the new stuff?
Dave waxes about the legendary Wave ubersynth too.
www.waldorf-music.de
The Price of Copper
Tearing down cables to steal the copper in Iran, Audiophiles pay up to 16k for 15 feet of the finest
Last Software Bought
MOTU Ethno Instrument, Korg legacy Digital Edition, Mach 5 and 3rd party sample library conversion.
www.motu.com

Listen to the Podcast here:

Sonicstate TALK 001 (19.3mb / 16mins) We have set up a Skype account for people to leave comments (which may be played on subsequent episodes) or requests to be considered for a part on the show. You can contact using the Skype handle sonictalk or if you want to use the phone, our number in the US is: US Tel: (312) 376-8089 Just leave a message Discuss @ the-gas-station.com

Sonic State Talk - 002

itunes@sonicstate.com (Sonicstate.com) — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:05:38 GMT