A hot date with Ripon Cathedral's MIDI port, lunching with Alessandro Cortini and vibe coding baguette calculators… it’s got to be another annual sit down with Tom Whitwell of Music Thing Modular. In this eighth iteration, we’re hosted by Tim Exile at his brand new London space “Timbers.” We dig into the pros and cons of AI in music technology, spatial audio, and some of our gear of the year picks - plus Tom brought in a little surprise for us to play with... If you enjoyed this episode, please share it! * THANKS TO SPONSORS: SIGNAL SOUNDS  http://signalsounds.com * CHUNKY STUDIO FURNITURE: https://chunkystudiofurniture.co.uk Keep up with both Music Thing Modular and Tim Exile in the following places: MUSIC THING MODULAR: https://www.musicthing.co.uk/ TIM EXILE: https://timexile.com/ Links to stuff mentioned: ▶︎ The online Music Thing Workshop system: https://vincentmaurer.de/patch-notes/ ▶︎ DSP56300 The Usual Suspects: https://dsp56300.wordpress.com/ ▶︎ The 5 Minute Baguette https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-husjZkxHw ▶︎ The story of my ear surgery: https://youtu.be/k8-0m8NQf8Y ▶︎ Obsidian: https://obsidian.md/ ▶︎ NoteBook LM: https://notebooklm.google/ ▶︎ SoundThread: http://jphiggins.co.uk/software/ ▶︎ Claude: https://claude.ai/ ▶︎ Hundreds of 90's sample CDs: https://archive.org/download/nnty.fun-90ssamplecds/converts/ ▶︎ Arturia Pure Lofi: https://www.arturia.com/products/software-instruments/pure-lofi/overview ▶︎ RODEC Ministyler: https://www.rodec.com/shop/ministyler-103

Now here’s someone who know’s their ‘Mid’ from their ‘Side’… where most of us get it wrong, Morgan McWaters is entirely WORNG. Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, Morgan is an independent Eurorack Module designer with some wicked ideas and fresh takes on manipulating stereo sound in modular. In this podcast episode, we hear about Morgan’s beginnings as a tech for a synth band, through to his experiences with WORNG Electronics. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it! THANKS TO SPONSORS: SIGNAL SOUNDS  http://signalsounds.com CHUNKY STUDIO FURNITURE: https://chunkystudiofurniture.co.uk Links to WORNG Stuff Keep up with WORNG Electronics in the following places: Website: https://www.worngelectronics.com YouTube: @worng_electronics Instagram: @worng_electronics

The genesis of Eurorack in 1995, collaborations with Kraftwerk, the 'red stripe' controversy (if you know you know) - in this episode we hear from Dieter Doepfer, in a live interview from Machina Bristronica 2024, about how his Eurorack Modular format went from "Nobody wants that shit" to a blossoming and diverse industry 30 years later. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it! THANKS TO SPONSORS: SIGNAL SOUNDS  http://signalsounds.com POINT BLANK MUSIC SCHOOL: https://bit.ly/pointblankbleep Link to Doepfer Stuff For everything Doepfer - modules, instruments, news, support and more - you can visit their website. https://www.doepfer.de/home.htm

Discussing the magic of making impossible instruments in Reaktor, making Happy Hardcore Hymns in school, the rise and fall of Endlesss and whether you can take credit for writing music with generative tools… If you enjoyed this episode, please share it! THANKS TO SPONSORS: * SIGNAL SOUNDS  http://signalsounds.com * POINT BLANK MUSIC SCHOOL: https://bit.ly/pbopenday25 Link to Tim’s Stuff * Tim’s Patreon where you can get his Reaktor instruments and support him monthly in their further development http://patreon.com/timexile * Tim’s site with other fine things: https://www.timexile.com/

Another freewheeling conversation about Tom’s big life change, his new Workshop Modular, and everything else with the wonderful Mr Whitwell. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it! BUY TOMS MODULES & PRE-ORDER WORKSHOP: https://musicthing.co.uk/ + https://www.thonk.co.uk/shop/workshop-system/ THANKS TO SPONSORS:  http://signalsounds.com Links to Some Things We Discuss WebSDR (Online shortwave you can tune and record): http://websdr.org/ Suren/My Panda Shall Fly Workshop Live Performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4qcM4s_M3s Read Tom’s 52 things he learned in 2024: https://medium.com/@tomwhitwell/52-things-i-learned-in-2024-75efffe44f15

Discussing how to be productive combining hardware and software, creative limitations he uses to get tracks made and much more besides with Ableton Live co-inventor Monolake, aka Robert Henke! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it! THANKS TO SPONSORS:  http://signalsounds.com & https://thonk.co.uk LISTEN TO THE NEW ALBUM “STUDIO”: http://roberthenke.com/ SUPPORT THE PODCAST ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/mylarmelodies

In which Jez & Tim of Utah Saints tell the story of how they went from DJing in Leeds to raving on primetime National Television in four months, and all the madness that entailed. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it! THANKS TO SPONSORS:   http://signalsounds.com & https://thonk.co.uk/workshop SUPPORT THE PODCAST ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/mylarmelodies UTAH SAINTS ONLINE Buy the anniversary record: https://utahsaints.tmstor.es/ WATCH UTAHS IN 1991/1992 What Can You Do For Me (Sept 1991): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpcNm24DpAM Something Good (June 1992): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXuQj1ujYoU Thanks to Matt Milligan for editing this episode!

In which synth legend Tom Oberheim tells the story of how it all happened: From hand-making effects in his apartment in the 60’s, to the golden age of the SEM, OBX and Xpanders, to the loss and renaissance of Oberheim synths. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it! THANKS TO SPONSORS:  http://signalsounds.com & https://www.thonk.co.uk/shop/plinky-kit-001/ SUPPORT THE PODCAST ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/mylarmelodies OBERHEIM ONLINE Oberheim.com: https://oberheim.com/ Tom Oberheim.com https://www.tomoberheim.com/ Thanks to Matt Milligan for editing this episode!

Discussing his amazing origin story, favourite synths and vintage effects, and much more besides with Matthew of ALM Busycircuits! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it! * THANKS TO SPONSORS:  http://signalsounds.com & https://www.thonk.co.uk/?s=timo+rozendal&post_type=product&title=1&excerpt=1&content=1&categories=1&attributes=1&tags=1&sku=1&orderby=date-DESC&ixwps=1 * SUPPORT THE PODCAST ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/mylarmelodies CHECK OUT ALM BUSYCIRCUITS STUFF * Buy the ALM Digiverb bundle for $10: https://busycircuits.com/digiverbs/  * Look at their VCV versions (some free!!): https://busycircuits.com/vcv/  * Everything ALM Busycircuits: https://busycircuits.com/ FURTHER READING * Here’s the DK Synergy emulation Matthew suggested: https://chinenual.github.io/synergize/  * But also check out Synergia: https://jariseon.github.io/synergia * Atari ST music guide from Zoe Blade, if you want to explore that world: https://notebook.zoeblade.com/ST_guide.html  * Laurie Spiegel Music Mouse Emulation: https://teropa.info/musicmouse/  Thanks to Matt Milligan for editing this episode.

Talking about his origin story, achieving a Top 10 hit, founding Sonic State , secrets behind synth reviewing and everything besides with the original synth webmaster and video reviewer Nick Batt! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it! THANKS TO SPONSORS: ▶︎ http://signalsounds.com ▶︎ https://www.thonk.co.uk/shop/befaco-oneiroi/ SUPPORT THE PODCAST ON PATREON ▶︎ https://www.patreon.com/mylarmelodies Support Sonic State on Patreon! ▶︎ https://patreon.com/sonicstate ▶︎ https://sonicstate.com/ ▶︎ https://www.youtube.com/@sonicstate