Why We Bleep

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

Talking everything 101, 303, 808 & 909 with Paul Barker of DINSYNC: The man who made it possible to create replicas of Roland’s most classic creations. If you enjoy this, please share it! Learn more about DINSYNC ▶︎ http://www.re-303.com ▶︎ https://instagram.com/dinsync ▶︎ THANKS TO SPONSORS:  http://signalsounds.com & 
https://www.thonk.co.uk/shop/sebsongs-bread-butter/ ▶︎ SUPPORT THE PODCAST ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/mylarmelodies

Talking about the difficulties of being a modular synth brand, humble beginnings and getting out of your comfort zone with the wonderful Manu Retamero of Befaco.  If you enjoy this, please share it! * THANKS TO SPONSORS:  http://signalsounds.com & 
https://www.thonk.co.uk/shop/befaco-oneroi/ * SUPPORT THE PODCAST ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/mylarmelodies Links to Some Things We Discuss * All things Befaco: https://www.befaco.org/ * FM3 Buddha Machine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM3 * Elektroplankton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroplankton * My weird Superbooth video (3:08 for Oneiroi): https://youtu.be/Iy1jM7KKHdk * DAKIM live set: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmQ7AMnooj0

Would you like to learn about a novel way to make music that's available to you right now, completely free, improvisational, and insanely powerful? Today we meet Alex McLean and discuss the magic of Algorave - aka: making improvised music onstage by writing and editing small lines of code. It’s an amazing art form and Alex is the person who coined the term ‘Algorave’, and created TidalCycles, a free program for live coding, and is a great advocate for the art form. Links below to watch performances, watch Alex’s TED talk, get access to TidalCycles and more. LISTEN OTHER WAYS ▶︎ YouTube: https://youtu.be/NUgJgCvX4Y4 THANKS TO SPONSORS: ▶︎ http://signalsounds.com ▶︎ https://www.thonk.co.uk/shop/byom/ (this is the kit I mention in the ad) SUPPORT THE PODCAST ON PATREON: ▶︎ https://www.patreon.com/mylarmelodies INTRO TO LIVECODING ▶︎ Here's a TED talk Alex did: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAGjTYa95HM ▶︎ Here's a nice little Resident Advisor film about Algoravin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2EZqikCIfY ▶︎ Here's a performance Alex did which I reference in the conversation, I think it's absolutely wicked and a great example of the tools being used to sensational effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vomnc9R-7mw ▶︎ Here's ORCA, which we touch on: https://100r.co/site/orca.html ▶︎ Here's a good intro vid to ORCA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaI_TuISSJE ALEX'S LINKS Here's an uber useful list of links that Alex provided for me to share with you, if you want to learn how to livecode, try it immediately in your browser, or find a community meetup. ▶︎ Introduction to live coding music and visuals - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QY2x6aZzqc ▶︎ TidalCycles https://tidalcycles.org/ ▶︎ Try Strudel right now: https://strudel.cc/ (it's TidalCycles running in a browser without any need for installation) ▶︎ Strudel Demo by Alex: https://strudel.cc/?FRyhM9b5iLDm ▶︎ TOPLAP - the home of live coding https://blog.toplap.org/ ▶︎ List of local live coding communities https://blog.toplap.org/nodes/ ▶︎ Pattern Club Sheffield - https://patternclub.org/sheffield/ ▶︎ 'Eulerroom' channel with loads of archived live coding streams: https://www.youtube.com/eulerroom ▶︎ Alex's algorithmic pattern project https://algorithmicpattern.org/ ▶︎ Comprehensive list of live coding links https://github.com/toplap/awesome-livecoding ▶︎ Alex's blog https://slab.org/ ▶︎ The nonprofit Alex works as part of https://thentrythis.org/