SONIC TALK - Inside Music Technology

Sonic TALK 498 - Still Use A Portastudio

06 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We start with Rich's experiences playing the pyramid stage at Glastonbury with Chic, then on to the UVI Ravenscroft high quality piano for iOS, Grammy...

Sonic TALK 497 Beatstep Pro Firmware, Glasto

29 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Just Gaz and me this week, we first talk about Gaz's current project then the new Arturia beatstep Pro firmware update, Nenad Milosevics Ableton skin ...

Sonic State TALK 496 - Very Hot

22 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We of course discuss the new Roland Boiqitues Desigern series SE-02 - analogue mono synth from the collaboration between Roland and Studio Electronics...

Sonic TALK 495 - Mud, GAS and Wind Singers

15 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We start with some insight into working with Grace Jones from Charles, the new ROLI Seaboard Block, Analogue Solutions Fusebox synth, question from To...

Sonic TALK 494 - iMac Pro and AudioFuse

08 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We start with the new iMac Pro, Thunderbolt 3 is now license free, iZotope Spire, Arturia AudioFuse, Adam Borseti's Minilogue patches, Ableton acquire...

Sonic TALK 493- Roland Have Something Cooking

25 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We wonder what Roland have got coming in June, Bastl Dude micro mixer, the musical talents of Louis Cole, what DAW would we choose if we were just sta...

Sonic TALK 492 - making the Hippies Happy

18 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We start with the sad news of Robert Miles death, the MP3 end of life, Moog IIIc reissue, Subsequent37, CellF Biosynth, Push Turn Move synth book, Bla...

sonic TALK 490 - Fyre and Reason

04 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Reason now has VST support, Sonic Couture's Electro Acoustic - drum library, Aphex Twin's Avril 14th unexpected success, the catastrophic Fyre Festiva...

Sonicstate TALK 489 - Superbooth Aftershow

27 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We are joined by Ben Wilson aka DivKid - who was at Superbooth as well, we talk of the show, starting with the Behringer Model D, Cirklon, Tonestar R...

Sonic TALK 488 - Post Musikmesse Roundup

13 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We're back from Musikmesse and ready for Superbooth in Berlin next week, we talk about the Waldorf Quantum, NonLinear Labs C-15, Aaton Digital Cantaar...

Sonic TALK 487 - Optigan and Breakages

30 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We start with the excellent new Optigan demos by Johnny Largo uploaded to Pea Hicks' Optigan.com, Native Instruments acquire Metapop.com a remixing fe...

Sonic TALK 486 - A Spigot Into Your Wallet

23 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We start with a short tribute to Sister Sledge vocalist Joni Sledge who sadly passed away recently aged 60. Then we talk of the new reduced cost, A9 p...

Sonic TALK 485 - No, I Said Shed Load

16 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We start with Rich and Robbie's take on the new Behringer classic synths clone announcements, then the Tim Exile SLOO Reaktor instrument, Blokas pisou...

Sonic TALK 484: Send In The Clones

08 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about the classic EMI12345 MKIV desk that was used for Dark Side of the Moon recording, its up for auction - then we're on to the talk of Behr...

Sonic TALK 483 - Composition And 1066

02 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We hear about Robbie's 80's Caribbean cruise, then we talk Colin Benders 12 hour modular jam, Propellerheads melody and hooks - leads to Ty telling us...

Sonic TALK 482 - The Funky Drummer

23 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We explore live rig redundancy with Will Doggett and Multitracks.com, then Tatsuya the ace synth designer is leaving Korg, Electro Harmonix Synth9 ped...

Sonic TALK - 481 Can We Just Start Again?

16 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We start with the whole Adele Grammys thing - did she didn't she, etc. Then we're on to Oscar Peterson's synth collection, the Foley artists at work w...

Sonic TALK 480 - Return of The Big Knob

09 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We start with Gaz NAMM thoughts, then get into practicalities of batteries, Softube Console 1 updates, Korg Gadget for OS X, Mackie's Big Knob updated...

Sonic TALK 479 - Post NAMM De-brief

02 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We have a full panel this week - we're back from NAMM and Cory, Rich and Marc were all there. We cover impressions of the show, favourite products and...

Sonic TALK 478 -Pre NAMM Preamble

12 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

With NAMM just around the corner, we talk of the new Akai MPC Live and MPC X, the new Hyperdrive - USB-C port adapter for 2016 Macbook Pro. new Eventi...

Sonic TALK 477 - Xmas Special

22 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Sonic TALK 477 - Xmas Special

Sonic TALK 476 - Modular For Ants, Presonus Faderport 8

15 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Sonic TALK 476 - Modular For Ants, Presonus Faderport 8

Sonic TALK Special - Interview with Klayton (Celldweller)

09 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Klayton is one of those guys who has been successful through hard work, his lovely studio in Detroit has been built from success as a recording and ...

Sonic TALK 475 - Kaliedophon, Repro-1, Cubase 9

07 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about the new Joue Modular MIDI control surface, then some classic BBC archive footage of David Vorhaus and the Kaleidophon, U-He's new Repro-...

Sonic TALK 474 - OP-1, Mixvibes Link For Android, Top Trumps 2

01 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We start with the new Special Waves MINE modular MIDI controller, then Dave's new Vintage Synth Top Trumps 2 - the card game for synth lovers, Yuja Wa...

Sonic TALK 473 - Modal Craft Synth Deadmua5 Course

24 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We start with the news of the new Modal Electronics Craft Synth, Ty did a demo track for it, then on to the Deadmau5 Electronic Music Production Cours...

Sonic TALK 472 MPC Live, Dr Who Sounds

17 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

After hello's and a brief detour into electric vehicle sounds, we talk of the Akai MPC Live - leaked by the FCC website, then Samsung's $8 bill acquis...

Sonic TALK 471 - Didn't See That Coming

10 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We start with news of Ty's latest purchases: Elektron Analog Heat, Roland System-8, then on to the Korg releases, the Monologue, the ODYSSEi and King ...

Sonic TALK Special - Norell

02 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this Sonic TALK Interview we talk to two thirds of Danish electronic act Norell - their material straddles the line between classic Scandinavian p...

Sonic TALK 469 Korg's Big Announcement

27 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We first talk to Mark about running a music shop, then we talk digital distribution, Korg's upcoming Big Announcement (Nov 1st), Ableton Live Set Expo...

Sonic TALK 468 Modo Bass, Albion V, Neutron

20 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We start with the Dialog Audio Modulation Processor 3244 - a nifty MIDI parameter modulator, IK Multimedia Modo Bass, iZotope Neutron, Spitfire Audio ...

Sonic TALK 467 Drum Brute and Bastl Kastle

13 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Great to have Marc Doty join us as we talk about the Arturia Drum Brute, the impossibly cute Bastl Kastle micro modular, the Elysia mPressor 500 compr...

Sonic TALK 466 - Imaginary Touch and Chin Trill

05 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We start with the sad news that Kraftwerk sold out their gig in our local concert hall before we could get tickets, then Pallette Gear modular control...

Sonic TALK 465 - 23 Pianos

29 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We start with news of Ty's latest gear, then we enjoy Wiwi Kuan's selection of 23 piano's and discuss, then the Jussi vocal synth for VST and iOS, the...

Sonic TALK 464 - Hyper-familliarity And Pre-awareness

21 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Our first task is to mourn the sad passing of Don Buchla, then we talk of the dilemma of instrument design, The Elektron Analogue Heat, Happy Birthday...

Sonic TALK 463 - Knobcon Aftermath

15 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We catch up with recent events as Knobcon has just been - and Suit & Tie Guy was the organizer, on to the Roland System 8, TR-09, TB-03 and DJ808 whic...

Sonic TALK 462 - Keyscape and Boutiques

08 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We talk Spectrasonic's Keyscape, Parva analog poly with MPE, Korg Volca Kick, Arp Odyssey Module, metronomes, Roland's new releases (coming tomorrow),...

Sonic TALK 461 - Millennial Whoop

01 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We talk of Gaz's album tempo mapped using Melodyne, Stranger Things and S U R V I V E, Funklet.com and the analysis of the groove, ADDAX EHX C9 VC org...

Sonic TALK 460 - Hurdy Gurdy Biznis

24 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

A new guest this week with Charles Chicky Reeves - hes got a list of credits as long as a long thing. We talk about the forthcoming Roland 24hr produc...

Sonic TALK 459 - Bionic Sustain

18 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Just the two of us, we can make it if we try - and try we did, battling through poor internet connection issues, but we got there. We talk about the D...

Sonic TALK - Spectravibe and Loopers

28 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In the UK after a week of sultry weather, Summer appears to be over, we talk about the latest Behringer Synth teaser - 12 analog voices, the Endangere...

Sonic TALK 457 - Wonderfully Pointless Onde Magnetique

21 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We start with an homage to Ampex 456 tape and the general process of working with analog tape, then the Waves Scheps Parallel Particles plugin, the ne...

Sonic TALK 455 - Behringer Synth, Matrixbrute Filters

13 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We catch up with Rich who's in Toronto prior to a gig with Chic, and we tackle the new Behringer analog synth teasers, then the Eventide H910 classic ...

Sonic TALK 454 Slave To The Algorithm - Elektron

07 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We are small and perfectly formed - just Nick Batt and Gaz Williams today, but seeing as we can both talk ceaselessly, its not a problem, we start wit...

Sonic TALK 453 - Bernie Worrell Waves 3D, DSI OB6

30 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We catchup with Gaz's Glastonbury experience, the new DSI OB6 desktop, sad news that Bernie Worrell has passed away, Waves NX 3D audio, Amelias Compas...

Sonic TALK 452 - Glasto, Woofers and Chips

23 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

With Glastonbury just around the corner we talk festivals and live broadcast, the 80 speaker noise violation in NY, Steve Meade Designs - phonebook ri...

Sonic TALK 451 - Reaktor Blocks, MIDI i/f, Synclavier V

16 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We start with an homage to the AKG 451, then on to the iConnectivity MIO MIDI interfaces, Reaktor Blocks 1.2 and Softubes Modular release, the elusive...

Sonic TALK 450 - Obsecenely Bottom Endy

09 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about the recent German court ruling on the use of Kraftwerk's Metal on Metal sample - they lost to artistic freedom, Filenaming and versions,...

Sonic TALK 449 - Geert Bevin Moog iOS Developer

25 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Sonic TALK 449 - Geert Bevin Moog iOS Developer

Sonic TALK 448 - Dude Where's My Radiohead Music?

19 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Kode80 has been experimenting with some 3D visualisations (7:13), his work sparks a conversation on where this is going in relation to music, James Pi...

Sonic TALK 447 - Tomita and 60 years of Top Fives

12 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

After hellos and catchups, we talk Koka's electro mechanical beat machine 2 (10:35), then after the sad loss of Isao Tomita, we talk about his enormou...

Sonic TALK 446 - Moog Model 15 and Dopamine Headphones

05 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We start with a look at the new Moog Model 15 iPad app 9:42, quite a big step forward in what iOS code can achieve, iZotope Competition 28:45, then th...

Sonic TALK 445 - Prince Stories from Paisley Park

28 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We of course, talk Prince - with his passing last week, most of the panelist have been reflecting on his creative works, indeed Marc Doty is an ex emp...

Sonic TALK 444 - Circuit, Wiggle and Shrew Liver

21 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We start this week with tales from All Tomorrow's Parties - where Gaz played with Charlotte Church using the Industrial Radio MIDI Bass, then on to No...

Sonic Talk 443 - Superbooth and MusikMesse

14 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

After a couple of weeks break, where we were in Berlin for Superbooth16 - a brand new synth focussed show and MusikMesse, we're back. Joined by Non Er...

Sonic TALK: Bana Haffar and Eric Cheslak

24 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Sonic TALK: Bana Haffar and Eric Cheslak

Sonic TALK 442 - Apple's Stupid Clagnut

24 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We streamed this show live to Youtube this week, and will probably do the same from now on. We start with the Electro Harmonix MEL9 Tape Replay Pedal,...

Sonic TALK 441 - Memories of Touring With Emerson

17 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Sonic TALK 441 - Memories of Touring With Emerson

Sonic TALK 440 - Virus Reissue, 10k 808

10 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We get a rare and welcome visit from Musotalk's Non Eric, riff around the subjects of: Access Virus Ti Darkstar reissue, that TR-808 on ebay for £10k...

Sonic TALK 439 - Eno, AUM, Mersenne

03 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We start with the IceWorks Mersenne Percussive synth, Eno's new album the Ship, Morricone oscar, Sonicstate Bristol gig sold out, Bluetooth MIDI from ...

Sonic TALK 438 - Kordbot, Barry Gray

25 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

The massively successful Kordbot Kickstarter campaign is our first topic, then the extremely weird robotic drummer arm from Georgia Tech, the work of ...

Sonic TALK 437- Music Memos, SoundCloud

18 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Some real tech of the future stuff here, with the Tangible Interfaces of Sean Follmer, Apple's Music Memos, the future of Soundcloud, Zoom/s lovely F8...

Sonic TALK 436 - More NAMM Sakamoto Revenant

11 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We get more of the panel's NAMM thoughts, then the Roland EL Cajon, Flutter EP from Sound Dust and we enjoy Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto and Bryce Dess...

Sonic TALK 435 - After NAMM Now What?

04 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Sonic TALK 435 - After NAMM Now What?

Sonic TALK Special Eric Persing of Spectrasonics

28 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this Sonic TALK special, we talk to Eric Persing of Spectrasonics - legendary sound designer and synthesist whose career spans some of the major ch...

Sonic TALK 433 - Pre NAMM + Bowie Stories

14 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We start with a reflection of the great David Bowie - Rich Hilton worked with Bowie on Black Tie White Noise and has a unique insight into his creativ...

Sonic TALK 432 - Cajon Or Cojones

07 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We welcome 2016 with our first show of the year. We talk Mogees rhythm system, New Years resolutions, Immersive Audio Magic Ball mic system, and a lit...

Sonic TALK 431 - All I want For Christmas Is..

23 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Last show of the year, Gaz actually joins us from a Christmas Party! After the panel show and tell their latest gadgets, we talk Mariah Carey trapped ...

Sonic TALK 430 - Una Corda - Gear of The Year

17 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

A rare and welcome appearance from composer PJ Tracy, joins us to discuss the Native Instruments Una Corda piano Kontakt instrument, Red Martian gets ...

Sonic TALK - 429 Bright Sparks Project

10 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Sonic TALK - 429 Bright Sparks Project

Sonic TALK 427 - Kick Drum Through A Squirrel

26 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Sonic TALK 427 - Kick Drum Through A Squirrel

Sonic TALK 426 - From The Finger To The Mouth And Flesh

19 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

We start with a look at the DBX GoRack, a portable PA enhancing solution, then Tim Exile's Reaktor 6 based instrument Flesh, the panel disclose a few ...

Interview: Eric Mouquet from Deep Forest

11 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to Deep Forest's Eric Mouquet about his journey into electronic music from early beginnings to the hugely successful Deep Forest project - whi...

Sonic TALK 425 - Push 2, Live 9.5, UVI Falcon

05 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

After hearing about Ty's new synth arrival (John Bowen Solaris), we get on to the Ableton news - Push 2, Live 9.5 and The Link, UVI Falcon - the new s...

Interview with Rachel Claudio

02 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Interview with Rachel Claudio - youtube version: https://youtu.be/unvd6M_r7Y4

Sonic TALK 424 - The Horror

29 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

We first look at the new Zynaptiq UNMIX, a tool for processing drums when in a mix, ACPAD MIDI controller for acoustic guitar, Halloween sounds and pr...

Sonic TALK 423 - Back To The Future With JMJ

22 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about the new Keith McMillen Instruments K-Board Pro 4 MPE controller, Jean Michel Jarre's Electronic 1 release, Eventide Anthology X, on Back...

Sonic TALK 422 - 8-bit and Hartmann's New Synth

15 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

We enjoy 8-bit Guy's history of early game and computer sound generation, the panel all use some sort of room correction, we explore their effectivene...

Sonic TALK 421 - MPC Touch, Mother 32, Circuit

08 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

You can tell Summer is over - the releases are coming thick and fast. We talk about the new Novation Circuit groovebox, Moog Mother 32, semi modular a...

Sonic TALK 420 - Location Location Location

30 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Sonic TALK 420 - Location Location Location

Sonic TALK 419 - Boutique Speak

24 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

We start with a healthy does of Roland Boutique range after details were leaked online over the weekend, before the official launch., then Marc Doty t...

Sonic TALK 418 - Boutique, Mother 32, UA USB3

16 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Sonic TALK 418 - Boutique, Mother 32, UA USB3

Sonic TALK 417 - Gobbler, Reaktor 6 - Sonic TALK Bingo

10 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Nice to see Non Eric back after a long while, We start with a look at Google Street view of Real World Studios, Logic 10.2 and Gobbler, cloud storage ...

Sonic TALK 416 - Knobcon And Zac Efrons Donkey

03 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Sonic TALK 416 - Knobcon And Zac Efrons Donkey

Sonic TALK 415 - Overbridge

13 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

New guest Ty Unwin is back for more, we talk Elektron Overbridge - now at V1.0 for Live, Roland MX-1 USB host mode, Presonus Studio One 3 Prime - a fr...

Special - Windows 10 Facts With Microsoft's Principal Program Manager

07 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to Principal Program Manager at Microsoft - Pete Brown Pete who gives us the facts on a number of issues - MIDI, Audio, whats with Thunderbolt...

Sonic TALK 414 Classic Mics, Classic Synths, Streaming and Stems

06 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

We get to know new guest Ty Unwin and his massive synth collection, then we talk AKG 414 and mics in general - as its episode 414, the cultural impact...

Sonic TALK 413 - MikeMe and Heartbeat

30 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

We say a big hello to Corry Banks from BBoyTechReport.com, check out Mark's new MIDI gizmo LE STRUM, then we're on to the MikeMe large diaphragm remot...

Sonic TALK 412 - Live From Stekker, Windows 10

23 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Sonic TALK 412 - Live From Stekker, Windows 10

Sonic TALK 411 - Magic Earbuds

16 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

First we talk of the Doppler Labs Here - earbuds with mics and DSP which allow for real-time filtering/processing for the real world, they just got $1...

Sonic TALK 410 - ReFaces Are Here

09 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

We HAVE to talk about the new Yamaha ReFace units of course, then we're on to BeatStep Pro and finally more collaborative community action from Splice...

Sonic TALK 409 - Post Glasto Kanye Come Down

02 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Gaz returns from Glastonbury, the scene of Kanye's gig, Robbie only just made his gig in London, we talk stage monitoring, AJH Synth Mini Mod Moog Mod...

Sonic TALK 408 - Reface and Glastonbury

25 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Sonic TALK 408 - Reface and Glastonbury

Sonic TALK 407 Squash It Like a Sausage

18 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Sonic TALK 407 Squash It Like a Sausage

Sonic TALK 406 - OWOW, Propellerheads Discover, Overbridge

11 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

@wearelektron @bestservicenews @JosephErnest @propellerheadsSW

Sonic TALK 405: Oval, Kosmo And Auto Mixing

04 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

We talk of the Kosmo desktop stand, new Oval Hangdrum Kickstarter, Auphonic automixing system, Presonus Studio One V3.0 and Tony Swain's Imagination p...

Sonic TALK 404 - Paul Vo Wond, Prophet 6

20 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

We catch up with Jem Godfrey's latest projects, which include co-producing with Gary Barlow of Take That fame. The Paul Vo Wond, Stereoping Synth Cont...

Sonic TALK 403 - Recording Drums And Beyond

14 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Sonic TALK 403 - Recording Drums And Beyond

Sonic TALK 402 - Omnisphere 2

07 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

@behringer @modalelectronic @spectrasonics

Sonic TALK 401 - Blue Mofi,MIDI and Apple Watch

30 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

@BlueMicrophones @izotopeinc