In this week's Podcast Julian and Ashea are joined by Russ Hughes to discuss the new products released in April 2023.

• Toontrack EZkeys 2 Announced
• Neumann MT 48 Audio Interface Announced
• Sound Radix Auto-Align 2 Released
• Antares Auto-Tune EFX+ 10.0 and Auto-Key 2 Released
• Speed Up Collaborative Mixes With Nugen Jotter

Finds Of The Week

Julian - Sonnox Envolution
Ashea - Grimes AI 50% Royalties
Russ - Freakonomics Podcast - Swearing

In this week's episode Julian is joined by Ashea and NAMM stalwart James Ivey to discuss the show and the products which were being shown!

Julian

• Sound Radix Auto Align 2
• Yamaha DM3
• Sound Particles Skydust 3D
• Yamaha CK88

James

• Vangard Audio Labs - Stereo Tube/Valve Condenser Mic
• Nektar CS12 Channel Strip Controller.
• Antelope Audio Atlas i8 Active Speakers
• Fender Rhodes Mk8

Ashea

• Dreamtonics VStudio
• Eclipsed Sounds

In this week's Podcast Julian is joined by Stian Aagedal of Acon Digital. They discuss Plugins, computers, processing and AI.

Finds Of The Week

Stian - MusicLM from Google Research
Julian  - Benidub Audio Electronics Digital Echo

In this weeks edition Julian is joined by Russ and Platinum selling songwriter and producer Ashea. They discuss developments and releases in March, including a discussion of the Waves subscription announcement and subsequent retraction.

• Waves…
• Audient iD24 1st look
• Fabfilter Twin 3 Synth Virtual Instrument - Expert Review
• Pro Tools 2023.3
• Cranborne Audio Carnaby 500 Harmonic EQ Announced

Finds of the Week

Ashea - Musikhack Master Plan
Russ - Cranbourne Audio Camden EC1 Preamp
Julian - The Lazarus Heist

In this week's Podcast Julian is joined by Matt Lange and Greg Chin of Avid. We discuss Avid’s new monthly content program Sonic Drop.

Finds Of The Week

• Julian - Kimchi Grilled Cheese
• Matt - Cello bow on Jackson 8 string
• Greg - Aikido Pioneers - Prewar Era by Stanley Pranin

On this week's Podcast Julian is joined by Roland Stenz of Eve audio and Tonmeister Sebastian Breiter. They discuss designing and testing studio monitors and the philosophy behind Eve Audio.

Finds Of The Week

Julian - Rediscoverng a clear desk
Roland - Reading real books
Sebastian - Streaming masters to a smartphone using Sonobus

In this week's podcast Julian is joined by Mike Thorne and Paul Maunder. Three Pro Tools users, they discuss potential new features they would like to see in a future version of Pro Tools.

Finds Of The Week

Mike - Massenburg Design Works MDWDRC2
Paul - Synology 8 Bay NAS
Julian - The massive waves at his local beach this morning!

In this week's podcast Julian is joined by Russ Hughes and Mike Exeter to discuss the new releases of February 2023.

• DAW Survey results
• UAD Native
• FabFilter Twin 3 Released
• Flux Evo series bundle - first look
• Softube Icons: The Compressor Collection Released
• Tierra New Twenties

Finds Of The Week

• Julian - Charity Shop guitar stand
• Russ - The Gold  
• Mike - Massenburg Dynamic Range Controller

In this week's podcast Julian is joined by Steve DeMott and Luke Goddard for a discussion on microphone polar patterns. Cardioid might be the default choice for many but many issues can be solved by using the alternative patterns.

Finds Of The Week

Steve - JBL 104-BT
Luke - Third Man Hardware x Coppersound Triplegraph Pedal
Julian - Yum Audio Spread Light

In this week's podcast Julian is joined by William Wittman who follows up his excellent article  The Great Balance Mix Off in which he tasked three experienced mixers to mix the same track using a restricted set of tools as would be found in the monitor section of a split console.

William is joined by mixers John Agnello and JJ Blair who both participated in the challenge, hear their thoughts on the challenge.

Finds Of The Week

Because of the change in format for this week's podcast there are no finds of the week this week.