Synopsis
Music technology hacks Tim Cant and James Russell bring you news on the latest software and hardware releases, discuss the joys and pains of modern music production, and play with some VST plugins along the way.
Episodes
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#54: Full of Snakes
23/02/2020 Duration: 01h06minCrazy lyric generators, mouth-based orchestral ROMpling, driving while producing, and tackling the haters – Behringer-style. Elsewhere in this episode, it's EXTREME FOLLOW-UP, as we correct some mistakes and take some letters. SHOW NOTES AND LINKS http://www.a4ppodcast.com PATREON http://www.patreon.com/a4ppodcast OUTRO: Thermal, Recall https://soundcloud.com/djthermal/recall This episode was edited by Philip Sidlo. Please try not to produce while driving.
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#53: Clipping vs Limiting [Patron Only]
16/02/2020 Duration: 01minEpisode 53 is a Patron-only episode for elite clam donors only! You can donate via Patreon at www.patreon.com/a4ppodcast or via PayPal at www.a4ppodcast.com to get access to this episode. You can donate as much or as little as you like per month, starting at a single US clam-dollar. www.patreon.com/a4ppodcast
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#52: Sort of Low-Passed
09/02/2020 Duration: 58minTwo new synths, two unusual effects, and one very, very, very grumpy old man guide us through this episode, which also sees us checking out Behringer's new gear marketplace and the Wonder Woman trailer. SHOW NOTES AND LINKS http://www.a4ppodcast.com PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/a4ppodcast PAYPAL: http://www.a4ppodcast.com
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#51: NAMM Flashback 2020
26/01/2020 Duration: 01h06minA new DAW comes to town, MIDI you make with your mouth, and the horrific story of generative music made by tortured plants. In this episose, we scrape the last crusty remnants of NAMM 2020 off our flip flops the only way we know how – by taking the piss.
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#50: Workstationy Beast
12/01/2020 Duration: 45minPianos that listen to you in the toilet, Audio Damage's new, healthy grain-based synth, PluginGuru's plugin-hosting plugin, and the long-awaited (by Tim) arrival of the Korg Triton plugin. See you in Ashby-de-la-Zouch. WEBSITE (and PAYPAL SUBSCRIPTION) http://www.a4ppodcast.com PATREON http://www.patreon.com/a4ppodcast
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#49: Never Go Colour To Music
29/12/2019 Duration: 49minSoundcloud makes a dingus of itself, LANDR gets inspired by a colour, Boss releases some unfortunately named headphones, and 2020's production horoscopes are revealed from the synthesis ether. Warning: this episode gets a little blue SHOW NOTES AND LINKS http://www.a4ppodcast.com PATREON IS HERE… http://www.patreon.com/a4ppodcast
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#48: Ain't No eLicenser When She's Gone
15/12/2019 Duration: 57minJames and Tim discuss Nexus 3's sky-high price plans, debate MusicRadar's 25 best synths, munch on some clam-flavoured canes, and crap all over Amazon's misguided auto-composition technology. Elsewhere, Timmy's Workstation Corner threatens to destroy everything you hold dear about classic Korg and Roland units.
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#47: Groove Is In The Heart [Patron Only]
07/12/2019 Duration: 49sEpisode 47 is a Patreon-only episode for elite clam donors only! You can donate at http://www.patreon.com/a4ppodcast to get access to this episode. You can donate as much or as little as you like per month, starting at a single US clam-dollar. Just go to Patreon online to donate and listen, or get the app on your phone to stream and download this episode and more. http://www.patreon.com/a4ppodcast
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#46: MIDI Should Not Be Played Outside
01/12/2019 Duration: 51minTim and James discuss MIDI 2.0, start the Uli Behringer Didn't Kill Himself conspiracy, reluctantly catch up with Black Friday 2019, get juiced for another dodgy MIDI controller, and explain the art of psychoacoustic multiband neonatal white noise. SHOW NOTES AND LINKS https://www.a4ppodcast.com PATREON (new exclusive video out alongside this episode) https://www.patreon.com/a4ppodcast
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#45: The Ultimate Artistic and Intellectual Challenge
17/11/2019 Duration: 50minJames made a plugin trailer, Deezer made a free stems isolator, and Sampleson made an emulation of something that never even existed. In this episode, we're splitting stems, creating custom vocal tracks, and adding new gods to the pantheon of Jump remixes.
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#44: A Thing of Earphones
03/11/2019 Duration: 41minDemocracy will triumph in the KVR Readers' Choice Awards, Elton John is handcuffed to a radiator, James Fs S up on MusicRadar. We're not afraid to address the hardest hitting issues of our generation. SHOW NOTES AND LINKS http://www.a4ppodcast.com SUPPORT US ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/a4ppodcast
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#43: Covered in Bread
20/10/2019 Duration: 50minWe check out a synth that does all the things, the home vinyl recorder that no one asked for but everyone seems to want, and a new recreation of everyone's favourite throbbing organ. Elsewhere, we're checking out the new Launchpads, and having ourselves a Catalina whine mixer. SHOW NOTES AND LINKS AT https://www.a4ppodcast.com SUPPORT OUR ASSES ON PATREON https://www.patreon.com/a4ppodcast
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#42: Changing the Way We Uuh
06/10/2019 Duration: 45minThe Analogue/Digital war is finally over thanks to robots, we trace some curves with Cankleguys PaperBox 2, the ultimate hand clapping plugin awaits, and we change the way you think about changing the way people think about things.
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#41: Anti-Research
22/09/2019 Duration: 56minOne strategy for low Spotify royalties, two questionable things that Tim claimed as business expenses, four new releases from Roland, and eleven Reasons to turn a DAW into a plugin. Add it all up and what do you get? Two douchebags and 57 minutes of low-quality entertainment! SPURT US ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/a4ppodcast WEBSITE AND SHOW NOTES http://www.a4ppodcast.com EVERYWHERE YOU CARE TO LOOK /a4ppodcast
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#40: Tired and Elegant
08/09/2019 Duration: 56minTim and James inspect a guitar-to-synth app, recent Teenage Engineering exploits, an ASMR Kontakt instrument, and the view from the world of bidness. SUPPORT US ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/a4ppodcast WEBSITE AND SHOW NOTES http://www.a4ppodcast.com
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EXTRA: One-Hour Remix Challenge – No Scrubs
04/09/2019 Duration: 01h06minWATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/thVb7-Px4iM We step up to attempt a remix of TLC's No Scrubs in just an hour, thanks to a RemixHits songpack, and a little help from our Patreon supporters – find out more at http://www.remixhits.com SUPPORT US ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/a4ppodcast WEBSITE http://www.a4ppodcast.com
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#39: Gotta Have a Big Red Button
25/08/2019 Duration: 01h02minSmooth electric pianos, Arcade MIDI controllers, Spotify bails on uploads, and Waves releases a small novella about a man who uses all legit plugins and gets amazing mixes. Meanwhile, we dredge the Katy Perry vs Flame case back up from the dirty river bed where it belongs. Outro Music: Sumerki Project, Snow Day. More at https://soundcloud.com/sumerki-project SUPPORT US ON PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/a4ppodcast SHOW NOTES AND LINKS: http://www.a4ppodcast.com FACEBOOK: /a4ppodcast TWITTER: /a4ppodcast SOUNDCLOUD: /a4ppodcast
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#38: First They Came for the Robin Thickes
11/08/2019 Duration: 01h02minKaty Perry vs Flame, Phase Plant vs Massive X, Mac vs PC, and fake drums that sound good versus fake drums that sound like absolute crap. Elsewhere, there's game music gone orchestral, MIDI processing, and a virtual plastic bottle instrument. SUPPORT US ON PATREON MISTER? patreon.com/a4ppodcast SHOW NOTES ARE AT a4ppodcast.com
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#37: Passionate About Referencing
28/07/2019 Duration: 01h13minWaves put Abbey Road in a plugin, Jackson Parodi puts his MIDI controller into the wrong hole, and Spitfire Audio put the entire world into one soundbank. James and Tim, meanwhile, put it all into a single episode. **SUPPORT US ON PATREON** https://www.patreon.com/a4ppodcast **FACEBOOK** https://www.facebook.com/a4ppodcast **TWITTER** https://twitter.com/a4ppodcast
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#36: Dual Monologue of Desperation
14/07/2019 Duration: 01h02minJames struggles to retrieve audio while Tim struggles to chop it up, FL Studio 20.5 brings out new ideas, we leaf through Tim's PRS statement, and guess what? We're now on Patreon! **SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON** https://www.patreon.com/a4ppodcast **WEBSITE** https://www.a4ppodcast.com