AudioNowcast January 2, 2012 episode 114

January 13th, 2012

Happy New Years!! We end 2011 and begin 2012 with a good time and some great discussion!

Topics Include:

Diego talks about his newest instrument and a little bit about the making of it, Mike talks about his experience with iTunes match, the current state of streaming and downloading music, how the holy grail of streaming is still yet to be found, Bobby O. talks about some of the streaming business models and why they work and don’t work, the panel goes very in depth into EQ and all of the different ways you can use it to make your projects sound better, and we have yet another giveaway! Thanks to all of the listeners and our friends on our Facebook page and we wish all of you a Happy New Year!!

AudioNowcast December 12, 2011 episode 113

December 24th, 2011

For this podcast we are joined by Andrew Scheps and Rob “Iron Man” Arbittier and that’s pretty much it.

Topics Include:

Mike discovers fire about 40 years after everybody else, Andrew Scheps has been nominated for 3 Grammy’s! And he’ll actually make it to the red carpet this time too, Andrew talks about working on the Adele album and a lot of the work that went in to it, why you might need to buy a backup pair of your KRKs, another discussion on Pro Tools 10, (last one we promise) the panel responds to a Facebook comment (boy do we!), how Pro Tools became the 800 pound gorilla back in the early DAW days, how to stay fresh in your tools and try new things, and some quick tips as a present from the guys at the Nowcast to all of the listeners. Be sure to check out our Facebook and we wish all of you a Happy Holidays!!

AudioNowcast November 15, 2011 episode 112

November 22nd, 2011
Happy Thanksgiving!! On this podcast we talk about a cornucopia of topics (thank god for spell check).
Topics Include:
How many people really aren’t here for this show, what Steve Jobs meant for the music industry (both positive and negative), what the transition was like from Atari and various other gear on to the Macintosh platform, a little discussion on Pro Tools 10 and Rob explains 32-bit floating point audio and why its sounds so good, how to get clarity in your mixes and how you can check your clarity while you’re building your project, and what everybody is thankful for (friends!! Otherwise we would be  lonely in our dark little studios…). Thanks for listening and be sure to check out our Facebook  page!

AudioNowcast November 1, 2011 episode 111

November 1st, 2011

Dusty Wakeman from Mojave Audio  joins us for the second time for this very unusual post-AES show!

Topics Include:

What Scott saw and talked about at Moogfest, how many laptops/iPads vs big modular synths he saw there, what everybody saw at AES, how the general feel of the show was this year, the shrinking size of AES and how it could adapt, some CRAZY awesome new gear, a very detailed conversation on Pro Tools 10 and the new HDX format, how much competition there is for Avid/Pro Tools now, and why analog gear might be making a comeback. Thanks for listening and be sure to check out our Facebook page!