In this episode, Jorge Variego talks with Ben and Nate about Markov Chains in Charlie Parker's music, SuperCollider, the prepared clarinet, and algorithmic composition. Max/MSP 7 gets gushed over, and Ben explains the flanging process.

In this episode, Tim Reed joins Ben and Nate in a discussion on the importance of balancing work and life, festival programming decisions, and if it's really "tape music" anymore. Also, Avid's new license model, and Nate explains FM synthesis.

In this episode Jay Batzner stops by to talk about tenure, teaching, and composing with the infamous [bubbler~] plugin, natural horns, and a Flaming Carrot. In other topics, we dig into Electro-Acoustic archaeology, and Ben explains amplitude modulation.

In a very special episode of Patch In, Ben and Nate talk to Miller S Puckette, creator of Max/MSP and Pure Data, about the languages he created, his book, teaching, the Raspberry Pi, and his amazing guitar synth. Also, updates to Reason and Max/MSP.

In this episode, Ben and Nate talk to Nathaniel Bartlett about 3D audio, Linux, mic setups for marimba, and generally geek out. Then Ben talks about bit depth. Plus, product news.

The Apple WWDC is on, Theremini hits the shelves, Pauline Oliveros’ Reverberations has a kickstarter, and composer, performer and educator Kirsten Volness joins us this month to discuss her pieces Precious Nothing and River Rising, and much more!

This month, Eric Honour joins us to discuss teaching “audio for x,” groove in modern music, using your gear wrong, and ritualistic beer drinking. We also touch on iConnectMIDI4+, Csound, FCC net neutrality, music for video games and much, much more!

This month, composer and digital artist Ben Grosser stops by to talk about AI, agency, control, painter-bots, art, and de-metricizing Facebook. Ben and Nate talk about updates to your favorite software. And Nate explains OSC in the two minute challenge.

Composer Andrew Cole stops by to talk about Frozen Atmospheres, Fulbrights, recording, and hobbits… Ben and Nate go nuts for Imogen Heap’s new glove. And Ben explains that sample rate thing that ProTools is always asking you to specify.

This month, Ben and Nate talk to Dr. Chet Udell about the Kickstarter for his eMersion controllers, the Margaret Guthman Competition, and an extended look at the amazing stuff announced at NAMM. Also, AVID gets delisted from the NASDAQ!