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Marcus Leadley talks to Suzie Cross about his new book, Field Recording: A Practical Guide, exploring the techniques, equipment and creative approaches to capturing sound in the field. From microphones and denoising to electromagnetic and underwater recording, Marcus shares practical insights from more than 40 years of experience. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 00:47 - Reasons For Writing The Book 03:04 - A Background In Field Recording 05:36 - Commonly Used Microphones 07:05 - Discovering Hidden Sounds 08:38 - Different Microphone Use Cases 13:04 - Digital Denoising Tools 14:25 - Using The Sounds In Compositions 16:03 - Making Creative Decisions While Recording 19:25 - Electromagnetic Detectors 25:04 - Underwater Recording With Hydrophones 29:18 - Managing Unpredictability 30:52 - Allowing For The Unexpected 32:36 - Analogue Pitch Shift And Time Stretch 36:19 - Contact Microphones 40:27 - Where To Hear Marcus' Work Marcus Leadley Biog Marcus Leadley is a field recordist, sound artist, composer, curator and academic specialising in field recording, soundscape composition and environmental sound. He is Head of the Electronic Music Studios at Goldsmiths, University of London, where he teaches experimental sound and Sonic Arts. His research interests include phonography, soundscape composition, acoustic ecology and ecoacoustics, and his artistic practice includes field recordings, soundscape compositions, installations and collaborative projects. Marcus has been creating work based on field recordings since 1997 and also teaches field recording and soundscape composition through online courses and practical field trips. Before moving into academia, he worked as an engineer, producer and music technology journalist, managed commercial studios in Australia and edited Guitar & Bass magazine. He holds an MMus in Studio-Based Composition and a PhD in Sonic Arts. https://www.marcusleadley.com/ https://www.crowood.com/book/field-recording/ https://www.facebook.com/marcus.leadley Suzie Cross Biog Suzie Cross is an award-winning creative producer and multidisciplinary artist whose work explores connections between people, places and the natural world. Her practice spans sonic art, eco-acoustics, immersive installations, film, projection, poetry and electroacoustic composition. Her film Newland: New Vision for a Wilder Future, made with Dave Lynch, won Best Climate Film at the 2021 Research in Film Awards and led to an invitation to speak at COP26. A Clore Fellow, Suzie was awarded the Cultural Leadership Fellowship for Global Environmental Impact in 2018. She is Artistic Director of the Land Lines research project at the University of Leeds, Sound Artist in Residence at Manchester’s Mayfield development, and helps run SynthFest UK for Sound On Sound. She is also a member of the Frozen Music Collective, exploring neurodiversity and the relationship between the human brain and technology. https://suziecross.wordpress.com/ https://www.instagram.com/suzieloves432/ https://x.com/TheSuzieCross Catch more shows on our other podcast channels: https://www.soundonsound.com/sos-podcasts

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Michael J. Morgan joins Sam Inglis to discuss the practical challenges of working freelance in the audio industry, from setting rates and finding clients to building relationships and developing a sustainable business. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 00:28 - Business Mentoring For Freelancers 07:43 - Modern Career Paths For Audio Engineers 09:51 - The Right Time To Go Freelance 13:19 - The Benefits Of Specialising 16:30 - The Role Of A Manager 21:24 - The Importance Of Networking 26:44 - Utilising Social Media Wisely 32:25 - Setting The Right Price 40:53 - Streamlining Your Workflow Michael J. Morgan Biog Michael J. Morgan is a business coach for audio engineers and founder of The Business of Mixing, where he helps mixers, mastering engineers, producers, and other audio professionals build stronger, more sustainable freelance businesses. He has worked with approximately 500 audio professionals, including engineers behind records by Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Harry Styles, Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Ariana Grande, Dua Lipa, Tame Impala, and others. His work focuses on understanding the market, positioning, pricing, client relationships, and the business systems behind a long-term career in audio. Michael has also led research and strategy work with pro-audio companies including PMC Speakers, oeksound, and OHMA Microphones, and has shared his work with audiences through Sweetwater, Mix With The Masters, Sound On Sound, and a number of industry podcasts. https://mixing.biz https://www.instagram.com/mixing.biz Sam Inglis Biog Editor In Chief Sam Inglis has been with Sound On Sound for more than 20 years. He is a recording engineer, producer, songwriter and folk musician who studies the traditional songs of England and Scotland, and the author of Neil Young's Harvest (Bloomsbury, 2003) and Teach Yourself Songwriting (Hodder, 2006). Catch more shows on our other podcast channels: https://www.soundonsound.com/sos-podcasts

Bob Coover and Anthony Marinelli join Julian Rodgers to explore the history, evolution and creative potential of wavetable synthesis, from its early origins to modern instruments, discussing waveform morphing, iconic sounds and where the technology is heading next. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 01:43 - What Is Wavetable Synthesis 11:08 - Morphing Between Waveforms 14:42 - History Of Wavetable Synthesis 19:05 - The Wavetable Sound 24:41 - Software Using Wavetables 26:46 - New Instruments With Wavetable Synthesis 30:05 - Morphing Sounds With Tactile Controls 34:01 - Examples In Popular Recordings 39:12 - The Future Of Wavetable Synthesis #3rdwave #fairlight #ppg #serum Bob Coover Biog Bob Coover is co-founder and Principal DSP Engineer at Groove Synthesis, where he helped create the award-winning 3rd Wave series of advanced wavetable synthesisers. A veteran synth designer and software engineer, he previously worked with Sequential alongside Dave Smith, contributing to instruments including the Prophet-12, Pro 3 and OB-6. Before co-founding Groove Synthesis in 2021 with Andrew Silverman, Coover also spent many years developing music technology for companies including Avid/Digidesign. His passion for classic PPG wavetable synthesis inspired the creation of the 3rd Wave, a modern instrument that combines vintage-inspired sound with contemporary synthesis techniques. Through his work, Coover continues to push the boundaries of hardware synth design, creating instruments that balance deep sound-design capabilities with an intuitive, musician-focused workflow. https://groovesynthesis.com/ https://www.instagram.com/groovesynthesis/ Anthony Marinelli Biog Anthony Marinelli is an American composer, synthesist, producer and educator whose career spans more than four decades across film, television and popular music. A pioneer of synth programming, he contributed to Michael Jackson's Thriller and has worked with artists including James Brown, Lionel Richie, Van Halen, Supertramp and Herb Alpert. As a film composer he has ammassed more than 100 credits, including Young Guns, Leaving Las Vegas, Internal Affairs and 2 Days in the Valley. An award-winning composer and sound designer, Marinelli is also recognised for his expertise in synthesis and music technology, sharing his knowledge through educational videos, courses and workshops that explore the creative potential of electronic instruments and sound design. https://www.anthonymarinelli.com/ http://instagram.com/anthonymarinellimusic https://www.facebook.com/anthonymarinellimusic https://x.com/amarinellimusic Julian Rodgers Biog Julian Rodgers is a freelance writer and audio engineer with a background in live sound. After many years working in education introducing new users to Pro Tools, he now lives by the sea in West Cornwall, where he plays keyboards in a couple of bands. He also plays bass and guitar equally badly, and remains an enthusiastic collector of microphones and opinions about all things audio. https://www.linkedin.com/in/julian-rodgers-04621926 Catch more shows on our other podcast channels: https://www.soundonsound.com/sos-podcasts

Lincoln Grounds joins Julian Rodgers to discuss guerrilla recording techniques, exploring how a focus on authentic performances, unconventional spaces and adaptability can matter more than technology and complex setups when creating compelling recordings. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 01:09 - Definition Of Guerilla Recording 05:59 - Not Over-Indulging In Tech 11:14 - Getting A Good Performance Quickly 16:18 - Recording Bands In Their Own Element 19:50 - Working With Spill 30:18 - Headphones And Clicks Where Needed 33:10 - Post Production Techniques #BozDigital #ProTools #FabFilter #NoiseWorks #iZotope #Waves Lincoln Grounds Biog Lincoln Grounds is a composer, producer, recording engineer and owner of Maverick Music. His work spans production music for TV, film and advertising, alongside live performance and recording projects with artists including Sister Sledge, Cockney Rebel and Kid Creole. He has worked in a wide variety of recording environments, from improvised setups to world-renowned studios including Abbey Road and Blackbird Studio in Nashville. https://x.com/lincolngrounds Julian Rodgers Biog Julian Rodgers is a freelance writer and audio engineer with a background in live sound. After many years working in education introducing new users to Pro Tools, he now lives by the sea in West Cornwall, where he plays keyboards in a couple of bands. He also plays bass and guitar equally badly, and remains an enthusiastic collector of microphones and opinions about all things audio. https://www.linkedin.com/in/julian-rodgers-04621926 Catch more shows on our other podcast channels: https://www.soundonsound.com/sos-podcasts

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Eddie Bazil explores a range of advanced effects techniques, using practical audio examples to demonstrate how creative combinations of delays, reverbs, harmonisers, flangers and phasers can add depth, movement and texture to your productions. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 02:43 - Example 1: Multi-Tap Delay 05:43 - Example 2: Granular Resynthesis 08:10 - Example 3: Wrapping Reverbs 12:21 - Example 4: Adding Frequencies With A Harmoniser 16:10 - Example 5: Flangers For 3D Motion 20:43 - Example 6: Flanger, Phaser and Reverb #EventideUltraTap #SoundtoysCrystallizer #IKMultimediaCSRPlateReverb #AcusticaAudioRICE #EventideH949Harmonizer #BlueCatFlanger #InitialAudio808Studio2 #SoundtoysPhaseMistress #GForceM-tronProIV #EventideBlackhole Eddie Bazil Biog Eddie Bazil launched his music industry career at the age of 17 as a synth programmer for a range of Electro / New Wave bands, including Art Of Noise, Spandau Ballet, Pet Shop Boys, Bobin, Paul Dee, DJ Krush, DJ Shadow, Jets Orchestra, and many more. By his 20s, he was working as a sound designer for Akai, Roland, Emu/Ensoniq, eventually signing on exclusively with the latter. Later, due to a growing demand for software instruments and libraries, Eddie began developing libraries for various software manufacturers, including Native Instruments, Kiesel, Sound Effects Library, Rob Papen, Arturia, and Propellerheads. During this time, he trained in music production. He soon gained several prominent contracts working with some notable artistes such as Busta Rhymes, Greensleeves, 9 Bar, SFP, Sleeveless, Chris Campbell and Gam Productions. He contracted to Island Records and Chrysalis as a producer and remixer, and was commissioned to write the score for Macbeth that ran at 2 Way Mirror at Alexander Palace for the Cambridge Shakespeare Company. This led to him offering educational workshops and classes, and becoming a contributing creator and Forum moderator for Sound On Sound. Recently, he was invited by the Recording Academy to become a professional member, approved educator, and mentor for their member base. Eddie now concentrates on providing private sound design and mixing/production tuition, and creating content for Sound On Sound magazine. https://eddiebazil.co.uk/ Catch more shows on our other podcast channels: https://www.soundonsound.com/sos-podcasts

Gérard Assayag talks to Nick Rothwell about his pioneering work in creative AI and computer music at IRCAM, exploring co-creativity, computer-aided composition, musician–machine interaction and the evolving relationship between artificial intelligence and musical performance. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 00:51 - Background Story 03:18 - Working at IRCAM 05:33 - Computer Science 09:26 - Music Presentation Software 13:13 - Co-creativity with OMax and Somax 16:37 - Exploring Creative AI with REACH 23:45 - Generating Symbolic Scores 28:34 - Music As A Prompt 31:23 - Improtech Workshop Festival #ircam #openmusic #OMax #Somax #Improtech Gérard Assayag Biog Gérard Assayag is Research Director at the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM) in Paris, where he founded the internationally recognised Music Representations team. He also directed IRCAM's Sciences and Technologies of Music and Sound (STMS) laboratory, and led the development of influential computer music software including OpenMusic, Antescofo, Orchidea, OMax and Somax. Assayag is a co-founder of the Sorbonne University Institute for Music Sciences, the Sorbonne Institute for Artificial Intelligence, the French Society for Computer Music, the International Society for Mathematics and Computation in Music, and the Journal of Mathematics and Music. His research focuses on computer languages and algorithms for music, computer-aided composition, and creative AI for musician–machine interaction. He is the recipient of a European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant for REACH (Raising Co-Creativity in Cyber-Human Musicianship), an international project exploring creative AI for music. He also performs live as a generative electronic musician using the AI tools he has developed. https://www.ircam.fr/en/people/grard-assayag https://www.facebook.com/iIRCAM https://www.ircam.fr/www.instagram.com/ircam_paris Nick Rothwell Biog Nick Rothwell is a composer, performer, software architect, coder and visual artist. He has built media performance systems for projects with Ballett Frankfurt and Vienna Volksoper, composed sound scores for Aydın Teker (Istanbul / Kapadokya), Shobana Jeyasingh, AWA Dance, Luz&Mannion Dance (Flamenco) and Undercurrent Theatre, programmed physical media sculptures with Simeon Nelson and Rob Godman, live coded in Mexico and in Berlin with sitar player Shama Rahman, collaborated with the body>data>space collective in Prague, Paris and Dresden, written software for Studio Wayne McGregor, Beinghuman in Kathmandu, the Pina Bausch Foundation and Nesta's FutureFest, consulted for Tate Modern, and developed algorithmic visuals for large-scale outdoor projections in Poland, Estonia, the Cambridge Music Festival and Lumiere (London / Durham). He has taught design at CODE Berlin and currently runs the Computer Science undergraduate course at University of the Arts London. Nick Rothwell - Project Cassiel - https://cassiel.com Catch more shows on our other podcast channels: https://www.soundonsound.com/sos-podcasts

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KOGG's Selena Kay and Cerys Hogg talk to Caro C about combining their classical and jazz disciplines with creative sound design, custom instrument building, live performance and rhythmic experimentation. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 01:40 - Meeting On A Tech Course 03:14 - Electronic Experimentation 04:50 - Developing As A Duo 06:52 - Releasing On Nonclassical 08:45 - Balancing Structure With Experimentation 10:43 - Sound Design Audio Examples 15:10 - Creating Custom Instruments 16:55 - Triggering And Processing Sounds 19:06 - Current Hardware Triggers 21:22 - Using Scores And Improv In Shows 24:40 - Combining Jazz And Classical 25:18 - Differences To Previous Projects 26:54 - Compositional Process 29:00 - Next Steps For KOGG 29:57 - Describing The Musical Style #AbletonLive #AkaiMPD #AbletonPush2 #RolandSPD #TCHeliconVoiceLiveTouch #ZoomMultiStomp KOGG Biog KOGG are an experimental electronic duo formed by composers and performers Selena Kay and Cerys Hogg. Combining contemporary composition, improvisation and custom-built instruments, they create music from found sounds and unconventional sound sources. Since forming in 2018, they have performed at festivals and venues including Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Aldeburgh Festival and IKLECTIK. Their debut album, Mechanista, explores the relationship between human performance, electronics and mechanical sound. https://www.koggmusic.com https://www.instagram.com/koggmusic https://www.facebook.com/KOGGMUSIC https://x.com/KoggMusic https://www.selenakay.com https://www.ceryshogg.com Caro C Biog Caro C is an artist, engineer and teacher specialising in electronic music. Her self-produced fourth album 'Electric Mountain' is out now. Described as a "one-woman electronic avalanche" (BBC), Caro started making music thanks to being laid up whilst living in a double decker bus and listening to the likes of Warp Records in the late 1990's. This 'sonic enchantress' (BBC Radio 3) has now played in most of the cultural hotspots of her current hometown of Manchester, UK. Caro is also the instigator and project manager of electronic music charity Delia Derbyshire Day. URL: http://carocsound.com/ Twitter: @carocsound Inst: @carocsound FB: https://www.facebook.com/carocsound/ Catch more shows on our other podcast channels: https://www.soundonsound.com/sos-podcasts

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