Patch In

In this episode, we chat with Mark Phillips between concerts at the Electro-Acoustic Barn Dance about composing with KYMA, interactive works, and composing for pretty much everything at once. Plus, the death of a legendary synth, and Ben explains ADSR.

In this episode, Ron Herrema takes a break from his vacation to talk about aesthetics, algorithmic composition, Deep Listening, app design, and hackerspaces in the UK. Ben encourages you to upgrade to Windows 10, and Nate takes on vocoders.

In this episode, Greg Dixon joins Ben and Nate to talk about video game music, creating a super-clarinet, and programming a Bösendorfer. Plus, a special comment from Dave, and in the 2 Minute Challenge, Ben explains spatialization with speakers.

In this very special episode, Morton Subotnick discusses technology, the past/present/future of music, the legendary Buchla 100, and of course, "Silver Apples of the Moon." Also a special comment from Dave, and Nate looks at keyboard contacts.

In this episode Ben and Nate talk with Tom Erbe about SoundHack, designing plugins, and creating modular synth modules. Chrome gets HTML5 MIDI hardware support. And in the Two Minute Challenge, Ben explains square waves and duty cycles.

This month Ben and Nate talk with Mike McFerron about EMM, SCI, multi-channel audio, and Heisenberg's uncertain talents as a pianist. Also, some major updates to Reason, Rapture, and the open source MuseScore and Ardour. And Nate explains balanced cables.

In this episode, Keith Kothman stops by to talk about Ball State University, teaching, why Blackboard is evil, and composing for a hardware controller as an instrument. Ableton's new book is discussed, and Ben attempts to explain Markov Chains.

This month, Ben and Nate talk with Chris Biggs and Keith Kirchoff about the SPLICE institute, their music, teaching performers to run Max and DAWs, helping composers to go to the next level. Then Nate explains microcontrollers.

In a very special episode of Patch In, Ben and Nate talk with David Cope, creator of EMI and Emily Howell, the two composing AIs that he created, style, the nature of musical creativity, and breaking the rules. Also, NAMM, and Ben explains noise.

In this episode, Andrea Cheeseman joins Ben and Nate in a discussion of electro-acoustic music from the performers perspective. Teaching new music, prep and tempo alterations are discussed. And Nate explains reverb for the 2 minute challenge.