Podcast: Sonic TALK106 - Marking Homework

Asioheads tracks, Tyros 3, learning a new DAW and some GSi plugs      06/11/08

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57:26 mins
SONIC TALK 106 - LIVE.
A momentous day all told, not only do we get the US election results, but it's also Guy Fawkes day in the UK, where we (strangely) celebrate the attempted blowing-up of the Houses of Parliament with the infamous Gunpowder Plot back in 1605. A strange juxtaposition indeed.

Anyhow, as well as the folks in the Live chatroom (who were most patient during this heavy net traffic day), I'm joined by PJ Tracy , the Minneapolian composer and studio owner, Rich Hilton, Chic band member and studio engineer for Nile Rodgers, Mark Tinley - studio boffin, sound artist and author to be and Dave Spiers from GForce Software - makers of the just released M-Tron Pro softy.

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.

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6 Comments...  Post a comment    original story
GOD    Said...

We missed nothing

The chat room was more entertaining than the show this wk

06-Nov-08 06:33 AM

Ian Webster (Krakli software)    Said...

Just for clarity the GSi plugs are nothing to do with Krakli software, I just suggested to the lads that they check them out as they are quality items imho

06-Nov-08 10:05 AM

Marc JX8P    Said...

Very cool podcast, I especially found the parts about the Tyros and the innovative interfaces interesting.

06-Nov-08 11:37 AM

www.soundclick.com/GuruOne    Said...

We missed ya Marc :P

(OT: Yeee haaa..... I got my first royalty payment EVER!!!.... LOL

ONE radio play down under, for "Space and Time")

Carry on ...

Rich

07-Nov-08 02:09 AM

   Said...

Rather than Motif technology being ported to the Tyros, its actually happened the other way round. Megavoices first showed up on the orginal Tyros. Super Articulation showed up in Tyros 2, and its equivalent is now in the Motif XS. I guess there must be decent R&D budgets in the arranger dept...

07-Nov-08 11:13 AM

Nick B    Said...

Thats interesting - I think that does ring a bell about the Tyros -> Motif features. I remember they did make a hell of a lot of the release of the original Tyros so maybe thats why.

08-Nov-08 09:34 AM

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