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On today's episode of the Audible Genius podcast, we have Dave Spiers, who talks to us about what it's like co-founding and creating virtual instruments for the music software company GForce Software. GForce is known for its expertise in making emulations of beloved classic synthesizers, and doing so exceptionally well. Spiers further discusses his experiences working with other artists, and his documentary known as Bright Sparks, where he goes into those who were a part of the making of music and the electronic technology “revolution” in the 70s and 80s. Listen to today's episode to get in-depth details of the electronic instrument process and Spier's journey in the music industry. Listen to us on all our platforms.www.audiblegenius.com/podcastOur coursesBuilding Blocks: www.audiblegenius.com/buildingblocksSyntorial: www.syntorial.comOur Social NetworksFacebook: www.facebook.com/AudibleGeniusInstagram: www.instagram.com/audiblegenius/TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@audiblegeniusListen to us on all our platforms.www.audiblegenius.com/podcastOur coursesBuilding Blocks: www.audiblegenius.com/buildingblocksSyntorial: www.syntorial.comOur Social NetworksFacebook: www.facebook.com/AudibleGeniusInstagram: www.instagram.com/audiblegenius/TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@audiblegenius
Episode 40Welcome to episode 40 of Off The Beat & Track Podcast with me Stu Whiffen.This episodes special guest is music producer and musician Dave SpiersI met with Dave at his studio and he was armed with a bag of tunes containing 7 fantastic records each which have sound tracked his life to date and we go in on that journey discussing growing up in the various places around the country and how that shaped his creative path. We cover a lot of ground in this episode, chatting about youth cultures, bands, radio, clubbing and so much moreHope you enjoy this chat and if you do please subscribe and follow the podcast on the social media links belowOff The Beat & Trackwww.offthebeatandtrackpodcast.comhttps://twitter.com/beatandtrackpodhttps://www.facebook.com/offthebeatandtrackpodcast/https://www.instagram.com/offthebeatandtrack/?hl=en See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
With Gaz Williams, Dave Spiers and Matthew Hodson - 2018, AI Xmas Songs, projects
With Gaz Williams, Dave Spiers and Matthew Hodson - 2018, AI Xmas Songs, projects
A rare and welcome visit from Dave Spiers of Gforce Software joins Gaz Williams and Steve Hillier on the panel this week, We talk custom pianos inspired by the Tanked item for Piano Works in Rochester NY, massive reverbs, Spitfire Audio LABS free instruments, and the Momo Korg Volca Keys editor
A rare and welcome visit from Dave Spiers of Gforce Software joins Gaz Williams and Steve Hillier on the panel this week, We talk custom pianos inspired by the Tanked item for Piano Works in Rochester NY, massive reverbs, Spitfire Audio LABS free instruments, and the Momo Korg Volca Keys editor
With Yoad Nevo, Rich Hilton, Dave Spiers and Chris McCleod First up happy holidays to you all - thanks for listening/watching - and also thanks to our panelists, who continue to give their time up to join us each week. We start with the guests' choices for best 2017 gear, then U-he Repro 5, Sugar Bytes Aparillo soft synth, Sonic Manipulations Vibe Bar and finally a chat about cloud storage options.
With Yoad Nevo, Rich Hilton, Dave Spiers and Chris McCleod First up happy holidays to you all - thanks for listening/watching - and also thanks to our panelists, who continue to give their time up to join us each week. We start with the guests' choices for best 2017 gear, then U-he Repro 5, Sugar Bytes Aparillo soft synth, Sonic Manipulations Vibe Bar and finally a chat about cloud storage options.
This week Joe Silva goes 99.99% electronic with an all synth playlist and a special interview with filmmaker Dave Spiers on his new documentary project Bright Sparks “Wait Out” – Ghost Suns “Oil Show” – Radiation City “Flying On The Ground” – Tellef Raabe “Sabali” – Amadou & Miriam “Imaginary Audience” – Tara Busch “Painters Paint” – The High Llamas “Alan R Pearlman and the ARPiological Exploration of the Cosmos” – I Monster “Centered And Honest 2” – Noisettes “Lambda Demo Theme” – Marc Doty “It’s A Memory (Amtrac Remix) – Fred Falke
We kick off with a brief appearance from Darren Price from Underworld - as thats where Dave Spiers is today (thanks for the use of the bandwidth!). We then dive into the Leap Motion and the AirHarp experiment 7:00, Mark Tinley's Christmas Single as the Pink New Dolphins - Sometimes Suicide - a very catchy tune with a serious message 16:10. Then we talk about serious studio disasters - several of which appear to include people smashing up gear... 31:35 The Bass Bott TT Clone TB-303 copy -so similar - can it be legal? 45:00 Waves EMI Redd plugins - emulation of the classic REDD mixing desk from Abbey Road and thats it! 58:00
We kick off with a brief appearance from Darren Price from Underworld - as thats where Dave Spiers is today (thanks for the use of the bandwidth!). We then dive into the Leap Motion and the AirHarp experiment 7:00, Mark Tinley's Christmas Single as the Pink New Dolphins - Sometimes Suicide - a very catchy tune with a serious message 16:10. Then we talk about serious studio disasters - several of which appear to include people smashing up gear... 31:35 The Bass Bott TT Clone TB-303 copy -so similar - can it be legal? 45:00 Waves EMI Redd plugins - emulation of the classic REDD mixing desk from Abbey Road and thats it! 58:00
A real scoop for us here on Sonic TALK, we get the chance to speak to member of Underworld Darren Price on working on the Olympics opening ceremony about what exactly went into a show of such magnitude. Quite possibly the first person involved in the music to have spoken anywhere - thanks to Dave Spiers for hooking us up. Darren joins us from about 29:00mins if you just cant wait. We also speak about the new Behringer X32 and the Nektar P4 which are both now shipping.
A real scoop for us here on Sonic TALK, we get the chance to speak to member of Underworld Darren Price on working on the Olympics opening ceremony about what exactly went into a show of such magnitude. Quite possibly the first person involved in the music to have spoken anywhere - thanks to Dave Spiers for hooking us up. Darren joins us from about 29:00mins if you just cant wait. We also speak about the new Behringer X32 and the Nektar P4 which are both now shipping.
Leap year special - we wont be doing this on Feb 29th again until 2040 - so enjoy! Dave Spiers and Gaz Williams join me to discuss the THX Deep note sound and its origin, the Pulse Controller piezo table drumming device, a Vangelis and Moroder mashup from FlameTopFred, Gaz gives us the headsup on Cubase 6.5 just released and finally we examine the new Stochastik Kit app from Xitive.
Leap year special - we wont be doing this on Feb 29th again until 2040 - so enjoy! Dave Spiers and Gaz Williams join me to discuss the THX Deep note sound and its origin, the Pulse Controller piezo table drumming device, a Vangelis and Moroder mashup from FlameTopFred, Gaz gives us the headsup on Cubase 6.5 just released and finally we examine the new Stochastik Kit app from Xitive.
PJ Tracy, Dave Spiers, Nick Batt. Our first moments are spent marveling in the wonders of Ad Jingles and their creation, with blasts from John Parr and Jonathan Hodge, then we discuss the recently announced Moog Taurus pedals reissue. Then a quote from Blixa Bergfeld on Disquiet gets us onto the topic of originality, then we talk about Raysgigs.com - a site where Ray Morrissey lists over 5000 gigs he has attended and made notes on many occasions - a real goldmine of information and impressions. And thats it for this week.
PJ Tracy, Dave Spiers, Nick Batt. Our first moments are spent marveling in the wonders of Ad Jingles and their creation, with blasts from John Parr and Jonathan Hodge, then we discuss the recently announced Moog Taurus pedals reissue. Then a quote from Blixa Bergfeld on Disquiet gets us onto the topic of originality, then we talk about Raysgigs.com - a site where Ray Morrissey lists over 5000 gigs he has attended and made notes on many occasions - a real goldmine of information and impressions. And thats it for this week.
Electoral preamble aside, we move on to the subject of AsioHead's homework, who gamely rose to the challenge set last week to finish a track by this week - in fact we have two! Well done mate. Then we're on to the Yamaha Tyros 3 - the uber arranger keyboard as demonstrated by Martin Harris, which brings back memories of major chords for Dave Spiers, then more madcap research from those Microsoft boys and girls in the Cambridge Sensors and Devices department with the touch screen you don't touch, the new Fraunhofer HD-AAC mpeg encoding algorithm works on 24-bit 96kHz loss-less compression and what it might mean is next, followed by a discussion on how hard it is to learn a new DAW where I get some useful tips on Ableton Live.
Electoral preamble aside, we move on to the subject of AsioHead's homework, who gamely rose to the challenge set last week to finish a track by this week - in fact we have two! Well done mate. Then we're on to the Yamaha Tyros 3 - the uber arranger keyboard as demonstrated by Martin Harris, which brings back memories of major chords for Dave Spiers, then more madcap research from those Microsoft boys and girls in the Cambridge Sensors and Devices department with the touch screen you don't touch, the new Fraunhofer HD-AAC mpeg encoding algorithm works on 24-bit 96kHz loss-less compression and what it might mean is next, followed by a discussion on how hard it is to learn a new DAW where I get some useful tips on Ableton Live.
Mark Tinley, PJ Tracy, Dave Spiers, Rich Hilton and host Nick Batt As well as the Olympic theme and singers and composers of Olympic theme songs, we linger in the backstage area to discuss band riders and unreasonable requests, a quick announcement for the B52's remix competition winner, GigaStudio to be no more, the enigmatic Studio Electronics Omega Orion - to Nelly Hooper and then 6 degrees of separation just about finishes us off.
Mark Tinley, PJ Tracy, Dave Spiers, Rich Hilton and host Nick Batt As well as the Olympic theme and singers and composers of Olympic theme songs, we linger in the backstage area to discuss band riders and unreasonable requests, a quick announcement for the B52's remix competition winner, GigaStudio to be no more, the enigmatic Studio Electronics Omega Orion - to Nelly Hooper and then 6 degrees of separation just about finishes us off.
We take a look at the new Wii MotionPlus addition for the WiiMote which allegedly ads true 1:1 motion control and increases the accuracy of the 3D positioning and it's musical possibilities - it's demonstrated by the new WiiMusic titles with people "playing" various instruments at the recent E3 demo. Then we talk about virtuoso drummers - with plenty of drummer jokes, then on to famous sounds, green technology and finally David Beckham in the Sharpies ad. Richard Evans, Mark Tinley, Dave Spiers and Nick Batt
We take a look at the new Wii MotionPlus addition for the WiiMote which allegedly ads true 1:1 motion control and increases the accuracy of the 3D positioning and it's musical possibilities - it's demonstrated by the new WiiMusic titles with people "playing" various instruments at the recent E3 demo. Then we talk about virtuoso drummers - with plenty of drummer jokes, then on to famous sounds, green technology and finally David Beckham in the Sharpies ad. Richard Evans, Mark Tinley, Dave Spiers and Nick Batt
A moment of silence for Mark's broken phone, the wonderfully pointless Furby Gurdy, a home made and as it turns out controversial, Laser Harp from Stephen Hobley, Waves and SSL, Jean Michel Jarre and his amazing series of Oxygene concerts with many of the original analogues, SSL and Waves plug-ins, Percussa Audio Cubes, and finally Dave Robinson tells us all about the Jean Michel Jarre gig in Dublin, Dave Spiers tells us how JMJ spoilt his wedding, Steve Strange in the queue, Santeri Ojala's excellent guitar parodies, and finally Digidesign's DShow gets some love.
A moment of silence for Mark's broken phone, the wonderfully pointless Furby Gurdy, a home made and as it turns out controversial, Laser Harp from Stephen Hobley, Waves and SSL, Jean Michel Jarre and his amazing series of Oxygene concerts with many of the original analogues, SSL and Waves plug-ins, Percussa Audio Cubes, and finally Dave Robinson tells us all about the Jean Michel Jarre gig in Dublin, Dave Spiers tells us how JMJ spoilt his wedding, Steve Strange in the queue, Santeri Ojala's excellent guitar parodies, and finally Digidesign's DShow gets some love.
First up, we congratulate Ms Amy Winehouse on her historic 5 Grammy awards romp - Dave Spiers' brother-in-law is bass player and MD for the band and has been round at his partying. Then we get stuck into the Hotz Box - a unique MIDI controller/instrument that was a hit amongst the bigwhigs in the 1980s - I'd never heard of this, but Chris Macleod, had the pleasure of staying with Jimmy Hotz and programming it for Jon Anderson for a Yes tour - he spills the beans. After that, we touch on the art of destruction - with tales of what we have broken - Chris enlightens us with the Keith Emerson L100 on casters story. Then we're on to Virtual Instruments magazine and other favourites, which leads on to a wider discussion of where all this stuff is going.
Dave Spiers, PJ Tracy, John Musgrave, Mark Tinley and Nick Batt discuss: This weeks topics include: the Top 10 Star Wars sound effects and how to make them generally, Mark edits Timbaland's multitrack sessions, Lara Crofts motorbike, what you can find on an old multi-track tape, talking paper, build your own Edison player, Roger Linn on the BBC, mythical tales from on the road.
Dave Spiers, PJ Tracy, John Musgrave, Mark Tinley and Nick Batt discuss: This weeks topics include: the Top 10 Star Wars sound effects and how to make them generally, Mark edits Timbaland's multitrack sessions, Lara Crofts motorbike, what you can find on an old multi-track tape, talking paper, build your own Edison player, Roger Linn on the BBC, mythical tales from on the road.
Mark Tinley, Dave Spiers, Noneric, PJ Tracy. This week discussion ranges from Marks new binaural mics, new multitouch screens from Microsoft and C-Base, a pixelated Stratocaster, Roland System 100 on Youtube, EMI and Youtube cut a deal, iTunes up bit rate and custom built PC's from Rain et al sparks the usual Mac/PC debate.
Mark Tinley, Dave Spiers, Noneric, PJ Tracy. This week discussion ranges from Marks new binaural mics, new multitouch screens from Microsoft and C-Base, a pixelated Stratocaster, Roland System 100 on Youtube, EMI and Youtube cut a deal, iTunes up bit rate and custom built PC's from Rain et al sparks the usual Mac/PC debate.
Mark Tinley, Rich Hilton, PJ Tracy, Dave Spiers and Nick Batt: Much of this weeks show is spent in reminiscence mode, with a healthy chunk devoted to the most underrated synths, Reason 4 beta, the science of quantize, Steinbergs Virtual band plug-ins, $10k to spend on music gear and Nick embarrasses himself with Shannon.
Mark Tinley, Rich Hilton, PJ Tracy, Dave Spiers and Nick Batt: Much of this weeks show is spent in reminiscence mode, with a healthy chunk devoted to the most underrated synths, Reason 4 beta, the science of quantize, Steinbergs Virtual band plug-ins, $10k to spend on music gear and Nick embarrasses himself with Shannon.
Rich Hilton, Mark Tinley, Jon Musgrave, Dave Spiers and Nick Batt discuss: This weeks chat ranges from what it's like being in Chic, to a duet with the Fields of Nephilim and Justin Timberlake. Moving on to Mac migration, the Sony PSP game Traxxpad - a music creation title, a concise video on the pitfalls of audio maximization, techno glasses for all, pop band for sale with a $25k reward, the quaint British Rockschool, and UK ISP blocking AllofMP3.com
Rich Hilton, Mark Tinley, Jon Musgrave, Dave Spiers and Nick Batt discuss: This weeks chat ranges from what it's like being in Chic, to a duet with the Fields of Nephilim and Justin Timberlake. Moving on to Mac migration, the Sony PSP game Traxxpad - a music creation title, a concise video on the pitfalls of audio maximization, techno glasses for all, pop band for sale with a $25k reward, the quaint British Rockschool, and UK ISP blocking AllofMP3.com
Mark Tinley, Dave Spiers, PJ Tracy, Noneric and Nick Batt discuss: Air Guitar, childhood musical aspirations, wrestling, miming live, Pete Townsends Lifehouse-method musical portraits, the KvR Developer Challenge and many other things in between.
Mark Tinley, Dave Spiers, PJ Tracy, Noneric and Nick Batt discuss: Air Guitar, childhood musical aspirations, wrestling, miming live, Pete Townsends Lifehouse-method musical portraits, the KvR Developer Challenge and many other things in between.
Richard Hilton, Mark Tinley, Dave Spiers, John Musgrave and Nick Batt hook up to talk about: Credit Card MIDI control, the Berrtill plug-in modeled on circuit bent toys, wiggly worms make sound, IK Multimedias Hendrix Collection and other emulations, studio tomfoolery and Peter Gabriels We7 music download launch which brings us into a wider discussion on the relationship between advertising and music.
Richard Hilton, Mark Tinley, Dave Spiers, John Musgrave and Nick Batt hook up to talk about: Credit Card MIDI control, the Berrtill plug-in modeled on circuit bent toys, wiggly worms make sound, IK Multimedias Hendrix Collection and other emulations, studio tomfoolery and Peter Gabriels We7 music download launch which brings us into a wider discussion on the relationship between advertising and music.
Todays guests are Andy Jones, long time editor of magazines in the field of hi-tech music making, including 11 years at Future Music, and Dave Spiers, a major part of gentlemens software manufacturer Gmedia, makers of the M-tron, Oddity, impOSCar, MiniMonsta Melohman and more (to come soon possibly) www.gmediamusic.com Watch this space for iTunes feeds and other RSS friendliness Sonicstate.com TALK 001 Topics What Have you Been Up to? Dave Spiers: Stories in Motion – a gig in Brighton Irvine Welsh, of Trainspotting fame, Fight Club writer Chuck Palahniuk and DJ Phil Hartnoll, one half of dance-band Orbital, was labelled "irresponsible and dangerous"http://c6.org/storiesinmotion Apple MacBooks Dave’s got one and while fast, it’s the development cycle that’s the clincher – could it be Gmedia are working on something? Booting into XP, Virtualization and more..Apple.com Native Instruments Kore We’re still not entirely sure what it does, but there’s a bunch of videos from NI themselves at the link.http://www.native-instruments.com/index.php?id=kore_us Waldorf – so where’s the new stuff? Dave waxes about the legendary Wave ubersynth too.www.waldorf-music.de The Price of Copper Tearing down cables to steal the copper in Iran, Audiophiles pay up to 16k for 15 feet of the finest Last Software Bought MOTU Ethno Instrument, Korg legacy Digital Edition, Mach 5 and 3rd party sample library conversion. www.motu.com Listen to the Podcast here: Sonicstate TALK 001 (19.3mb / 16mins) We have set up a Skype account for people to leave comments (which may be played on subsequent episodes) or requests to be considered for a part on the show. You can contact using the Skype handle sonictalk or if you want to use the phone, our number in the US is: US Tel: (312) 376-8089 Just leave a message Discuss @ the-gas-station.com
Todays guests are Andy Jones, long time editor of magazines in the field of hi-tech music making, including 11 years at Future Music, and Dave Spiers, a major part of gentlemens software manufacturer Gmedia, makers of the M-tron, Oddity, impOSCar, MiniMonsta Melohman and more (to come soon possibly) www.gmediamusic.com Watch this space for iTunes feeds and other RSS friendliness Sonicstate.com TALK 001 Topics What Have you Been Up to? Dave Spiers: Stories in Motion – a gig in Brighton Irvine Welsh, of Trainspotting fame, Fight Club writer Chuck Palahniuk and DJ Phil Hartnoll, one half of dance-band Orbital, was labelled "irresponsible and dangerous" http://c6.org/storiesinmotion Apple MacBooks Dave’s got one and while fast, it’s the development cycle that’s the clincher – could it be Gmedia are working on something? Booting into XP, Virtualization and more.. Apple.com Native Instruments Kore We’re still not entirely sure what it does, but there’s a bunch of videos from NI themselves at the link. http://www.native-instruments.com/index.php?id=kore_us Waldorf – so where’s the new stuff? Dave waxes about the legendary Wave ubersynth too. www.waldorf-music.de The Price of Copper Tearing down cables to steal the copper in Iran, Audiophiles pay up to 16k for 15 feet of the finest Last Software Bought MOTU Ethno Instrument, Korg legacy Digital Edition, Mach 5 and 3rd party sample library conversion. www.motu.com Listen to the Podcast here: Sonicstate TALK 001 (19.3mb / 16mins) We have set up a Skype account for people to leave comments (which may be played on subsequent episodes) or requests to be considered for a part on the show. You can contact using the Skype handle sonictalk or if you want to use the phone, our number in the US is: US Tel: (312) 376-8089 Just leave a message Discuss @ the-gas-station.com
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