Appetite For Production

#95: Loss of Appetite

10/16/2021

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Appetite For Production Podcast · #95: Loss of Appetite
This is the last A4P episode for a while. We’ve had to put the show on the back burner for now, but we’re aiming to get back as soon as we can dedicate enough time.

In the meantime, check out episode 95 for a portion of sausagey synth control, and our (outdated) hot take on the totally expected death of Roli!
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THE POST WITH ALL THE T SHIRTS

10/7/2021

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UK
Knob Per Function: Blue Synth SHIRT (choice of ten colours)
Knob Per Function: Red Synth SHIRT (choice of ten colours)
Knob Per Function: Blue Synth
HOODIE (choice of seven colours)

USA
Knob Per Function: Blue Synth SHIRT (choice of ten colours)
Knob Per Function: Red Synth
SHIRT (choice of ten colours)
Knob Per Function: Blue Synth HOODIE (choice of seven colours)
Knob per Function: Blue iPHONE CASE (choice of models)
Knob Per Function: Blue SAMSUNG GALAXY CASE (choice of models)

GERMANY
Knob Per Function: Blue synth SHIRT (choice of ten colours)
Knob Per Function: Red Synth SHIRT (choice of ten colours)

Email country and shirt type requests to us at [email protected]
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#94: Making LoFi Beats

8/17/2021

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Appetite For Production Podcast · #94: Making LoFi Beats
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#93: Destroy the Internet

8/1/2021

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Appetite For Production Podcast · #93: Destroy the Internet
Are music shops worth saving? Are subscription deals letting people down? Why are there no new synths to talk about? All these questions are half-answered in this slow-news episode

IN THIS EPISODE
James bought a mic stand... in a REAL store!
Brick & mortar stores! are they worth it?
We follow  up on the CUBE! by Lunacy Audio and Pigments 3 has come out
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#92: Grain Strain

7/20/2021

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Appetite For Production Podcast · #92: Grain Strain
The World is in flux and so is this podcast's format

IN THIS EPISODE
Music over 120bpm is getting banned!
a chip emulation leads to divergent takes
Bitwig 4 comes out with some lucky new features
We take a look at the KVR Developer Challenge 2021 entries
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#91: Please Don't Explain

7/4/2021

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Appetite For Production Podcast · #91: Please Don’t Explain
Loads of new instruments have arrived, and we're putting a few through their paces

IN THIS EPISODE
Algonaut Atlas 2 is the drum skymapper that got there first
Abyss is a colourful new synth from Tracktion and Dawesome
Capsule is a new subscription instrument library
We finally try out Plasmonic after following its progress through development.

Also featuring: a MIDI scarf!



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#90: Sensible and Sexy

6/13/2021

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Appetite For Production Podcast · #90: Sensible and Sexy
Splice just started releasing plugins and there's three of them; We report back on Lunacy Audio's CUUUBE; Tracktion have come up with a comprehensive FM synth, but what's it called? 

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IN THIS EPISODE
Splice Sounds' new beatmaking and synth plugins, the start of an arms race?
The Izotope VocalSynth 2 - It's sexy
Trying out the CUUUUBE! by Lunacy Audio - Timmie finally gets his NFR!
Tracktions' F.'em, how is it pronounced and is this a modern day FM8?

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#89: Wherever You Want it to Bounce

5/30/2021

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Appetite For Production Podcast · #89: Wherever you Want it to Bounce
A synth based on a cube, a synth based on thermodynamics, and an iLok based on the world's most annoying type of USB. Elsewhere, Tim has bought something new and James has to guess what it is; we take an intimate tour of FabFilter Timeless 3's privatest parts; and we (don't) discuss regional words for bread rolls.

IN THIS EPISODE
​iLok now has a USB-C vesion, marrying every producer's favourite two things
SonicLAB Thermo, and SonicLAB's other in-depth plugins
Things you might have missed in FabFilter Timeless 3 – VIDEO VERSION HERE
Lunacy Audio CUBE
, the synth that's a synth, but also a cube
Tim bought a Korg Trinity, and he bloody loves it doesn't he?
Rolls, Barms, Baps and Cobs (and more)
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#88: Awash with Knobs

5/16/2021

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Appetite For Production Podcast · #88: Awash with Knobs
We investigate an acid banger that won't stop rolling, the new version of FabFilter Timeless, and the little-known technology that could… transform the world of plugins forever. Oh, and Tim is a YouTuber now.

IN THIS EPISODE
​Vitling's Endless Acid Banger just keeps going and going
FabFilter Timeless 3 has finally landed, and it's pretty sexy
Celemony releases ARA as open source and provides an SDK. More interesting than first glance
Calling for a junior marketer to help with the podcast, ends Wed 26th May
Tim has a YouTube channel now, please like, share and subscribe
Applied Acoustics Systems Multiphonics CV-1 is a modular synth in plugin form
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#87: Our Sweet Spot

5/2/2021

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Appetite For Production Podcast · #87: Our Sweet Spot
It's a software haul as we check out two new synths, two new effects plugins, and Random Kontakt Instrument Corner makes a return. Elsewhere, we're chatting about our super-mature industry, and taking a couple of online quizzes. Tim is also a gay model now.

IN THIS EPISODE
Shure Microphones' MicMatch microphone quiz
Accusonus audio waveforms vs genres quiz
James is looking for a marketing freelancer and a wordpress developer, email us to enquire
Softube Model 84 brings back the Roland Juno-106
Arturia Pigments 3 brings some meh new features to the synth
RKIC: Rigid Audio's Pad Therapy is a surprisingly panicky Kontakt instrument
Spazio Light is a new free reverb plugin
Baby Audio's Smooth Operator is a spectral soother
​Focusrite have bought Dave Smith, and his company too maybe
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#85: Panny Panny Filter

4/4/2021

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Appetite For Production Podcast · #85: Panny Panny Filter
We chat about the tremendously featureful new version of Audacity, zplane's two-dimensional plugin that might help someone somewhere somehow, new news from Spectrasonics, and a wee bit more.
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#84: Yahoo Drum Bus Compressor

3/21/2021

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Appetite For Production Podcast · #84: Yahoo Drum Bus Compressor
iZotope and Native Instruments get caught in bed together, Tim started exercising, and everyone's making web apps. We check out Google's AR Synth setup, Beatport's in-browser DJing setup, and plenty more in this episode.

IN THIS EPISODE
Native Instruments and iZotope
are doing something completely undefined together
Tim started exercising,here are his ridiculous bone 'phones
Lola Bunny is back and she's sexier than ever?
Google's AR Synth, as part of their Music, Makers and Machines 'exhibition'
Julian Gray installed every version of Ableton and made a video
Behringer try to patent Behringer Oberheim
Beatport DJ is a DJing app inside your web browser
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#83: Nostalgia-Inducing Processors

3/7/2021

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Appetite For Production Podcast · #83: Nostalgia-Inducing Processors
We get tired of Valentine's Day sales, check out Soundcloud's new system of royalty payments, and have a look at some vibey new instruments.

Elsewhere in this episode, Tim talks about his Roland Cloud saga, and we make reference to having sex with animals two separate times. The first person to find them both wins a pencil.

IN THIS EPISODE
Plugin companies keep trying to cash in with Valentine's Day sales
Tim bought the SSL ChannelStrip, DrumStrip and Talkback
Focusrite's FAST Compressor, FAST EQ and FAST Reveal plugins have Sonible AI technology
Sonible's smart:comp, smart:eq et al
Siri and Cortana give us some production advice
Ableton Live 9 is a pain to authorize
Focusrite's The Collective plugin subscription thang

Soundcloud's Fan-powered Royalties aim to make artists' payments fairer
The Grauniad's article on Soundcloud's Fan-powered Royalties
French study finds that 10% of Spotify and Deezer revenues go to 10 artists

Thenatan Vybz – the nostalgic strip that tickles our retro fancies
AudioThing Reels, AudioThing VinylStrip
XLN Audio RC-20 Retro Color
Multi-effects are getting more specialized

RKIC: Audiofier Ekorain is a Kontakt instrument inspired by rain

Tim's Roland Cloud saga, featuring the JD-800, D-50, Roland Zenology, and JV-1080
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#82: This Actually Sounds Like a Good Idea

2/21/2021

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Appetite For Production Podcast · #82: This Actually Sounds Like a Good Idea
Ableton Live 11 is wife material; LANDR's new video conferencing service for musicians actually looks kind of like an OK idea; and we begin the quest for the ultimate utility plugin.

IN THIS EPISODE
Tim reports from deep, deep inside the Ableton Live 11 beta. How's the comping? Is there a comb filter? You're about to get those answers you really wanted
LANDR Sessions is a video conferencing solution with a plugin attached
We want to create a plugin called Ultility (or Alltility) which would be the ultimate utility plugin. What features would be in the world's greatest utility plugin?
Recent and future music-making times
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#81: Why Don't You Get a Job?

2/7/2021

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Appetite For Production Podcast · #81: Why Don't You Get a Job?
Our blood is boiling thanks to subscriptions, MIDI biodata sensors and hippies as we look at Reason+, the MIDI Biodata Sonication Device, and a new Greenpeace sample pack. We also check out a new distortion plugin, discuss PRS's backtracked tariff hike, and get down to talking teeth.

IN THIS EPISODE
James's tooth issues
Tim gets inside the Ableton Live 11 Beta
Reason+ is the new version of Reason, and it's a subscription service (as well)
A toddler wrote an album? Of course not! It's more aleatoric MIDI generation
Delta Sound Labs' Fold is a new distortion plugin
Greenpeace release a sample pack… and a music competition
Tim and James's recent favourite retro consoles
PRSformusic backtrack on their proposed livestreaming charges
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#80: Gibbering and Drooling

1/24/2021

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Appetite For Production Podcast · #80: Gibbering and Drooling
Musical burnouts, musical buyouts, and musical dropouts. We're back after a few weeks off, but has it been productive? Has it balls.

IN THIS EPISODE
James has a new phone
James went on the excellent Tunelighting podcast
HEX Drum giveaway winners
We now both have Slate VSX Headphones, Steven Slate Audio's room and speaker emulating hardware/software package
Christmas break
Musical burnout
Native Instruments more fully acquired by investors. How could the quality of the musical instruments possibly decline? Of course it won't, there's no precedent for that sort of thing when people who are solely interested in money take over a company.
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Tim's vinyl release IS HERE

We made it into Feedspot's Top 35 Music Production Podcasts list. Feedspot helps you keep up with multiple websites in a single place.

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#79: Rotating Gift Horse [Patron Only]

12/27/2020

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Appetite For Production Podcast · #79: Rotating Gift Horse [Patron Only]
Episode 79 is a Patron-only episode for adoring clam supporters only! You can donate via Patreon or via PayPal [over in the right-hand sidebar] to get access to this episode.

You can donate as much or as little as you like per month, starting at one single little US Dollarclam.

IN THIS EPISODE
Spotify offers lower royalties in exchange for playlist exposure
Angie C plays TONTO with her mind
Amazon releases guitar pedals within the AmazonBasics range
Mac vs PC: the ever-spiralling argument
Brain – the 'intelligent synth' plugin by Thenatan
SM57 appreciation – the MusicRadar story
KVR Reader's Choice Awards 2020
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#78: I Like My Musicians Starving [Patron Only]

12/10/2020

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Appetite For Production Podcast · #78: I Like My Musicians Starving [Patron Only]
Episode 78 is a Patron-only episode for adoring clam supporters only! You can donate via Patreon or via PayPal [over in the right-hand sidebar] to get access to this episode.

You can donate as much or as little as you like per month, starting at one single little US Dollarclam.

IN THIS EPISODE
James's Slate VSX Headphones arrive
We check out the Musiversal platform for hiring session musicians for $99 a month
The Create/OS Record Deal Simulator lets you work out how much artists actually get from a record deal
How much do the seven top streaming sites actually pay per stream?
Scope Labs' Periscope is a microphone, a compressor, and a Cluedo murder weapon.
Apple's M1 Chips: a few verdicts from around the internet

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#77: My Favourite Plugin in the Universe

11/29/2020

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Appetite For Production Podcast · #77: My Favourite Plugin in the Universe
Three new instruments – Matt Tytel's Vital, AAS Chromaphone 3 and Oblivion Sound Lab Hex Drum – are under discussion this episode, as well as the chilling (and final) end to the mouse saga.

This episode is sponsored by iZotope. You can get 10% off your order at izotope.com/appetite by using the coupon code appetite10.

IN THIS EPISODE
Tim's mouse situation is over, for now
Vital is a new free wavetable synth (with some paid options too) by Matt Tytel
We're taking a break over December Break – Patrons will still get episodes on-schedule
Oblivion Sound Lab's HEX Drum – email us to enter a giveaway or something???
iZotope Vinyl has been updated and we take it for a [sigh] spin. Check out the video version here.
Applied Acoustic Systems' Chromaphone 3, beloved by James – Video here!

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#76: A Buxom Update

11/15/2020

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Appetite For Production Podcast · #76: A Buxom Update
DAW updates turned up to 11, new Macs on the horizon, and we get visual with a sound quiz.

This episode is sponsored by iZotope. You can get 10% off your order at izotope.com/appetite by using the coupon code appetite10. Check out our Iris 2 quiz here.

IN THIS EPISODE
Tim's mouse problem 
Getting bored by Ableton Live's version 11 update
New Silicon-based Mac releases from Apple
iZotope Iris 2 Quiz (Video Version Here)
Free Plugin Deals from Plugin Boutique
Cubase 11 makes us not so bored as Ableton did
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#75: Wild and Out Of Control

11/1/2020

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Appetite For Production Podcast · #75: Wild and Out Of Control

One free compressor, five free filters, and a wind sound generator are on-test this episode. Elsewhere, we're talking about 45 million clams, a felted piano, and Tim's battle with a horde of mice.


THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY DISTROKID. For 30% off your first year of DistroKid membership, head to https://www.distrokid.com/vip/a4p

IN THIS EPISODE
Tim has mice in his house and can't deal with it
Tokyo Dawn's Molotok is a free compressor that makes you more attractive
Tonsturm Windmaschine: much better than blowing into a microphone
Imagiro's Piano – a felted piano plugin by a clam – and it's $20
Output raised $45M for… something? (MusicBusinessWorldwide story)
Output also sell studio desks with laughable delivery prices
Five Free Filter Plugins
– BPB Dirty Filter
– TAL-Filter 2
– Audiomodern FIlterStep
– AudioThing FilterJam
– HY-Filter 3 Free
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#74: Schrödinger's Distortion [Patron Only]

10/24/2020

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​Episode 65 is a Patron-only episode for adoring clam supporters only! You can donate via Patreon or via PayPal in the sidebar to the right to get access.

You can donate as much or as little as you like per month, starting at one single little US Dollarclam.

IN THIS EPISODE
General update on the podcast
James's 'Sort Out Your Plugins Folder' article for MusicTech
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Tim's new phone, new OS, new glasses and new nostril hair trimmer
AutoTune is now available on subscription
EncoreMusicians' Study: The Majority of Musicians are Considering Quitting
EncoreMusicians.com, featuring harpists and more
Herman Miller’s Gaming Chair (not wanking chair)
and Herman Miller’s £1000 Desk
​Tim's new turntable and his quest for the ultimate Amen
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#73: Let My Plugins Go

10/17/2020

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Appetite For Production Podcast · #73: Let My Plugins Go
A new platform for downloading free plugins, the first Minimoog emulation ever, and a sub-only synth with more under the surface. Elsewhere in this episode, we're checking out a MIDI controller made out of joysticks, and wondering with car Steven Slate drives. Oh, and we sell T shirts now.

This episode is sponsored by iZotope. You can get 10% off your order at izotope.com/appetite by using the coupon code appetite10. Check out our Neoverb video here. 

IN THIS EPISODE
Sonisto free plugin database and installer software
iZotope Neoverb – AI reverb with Auto-Cut, Unmasking and unique reverb blend
iZotope Neoverb Video (sponsored)
Native Instruments Super 8 released as a VST3  plugin. More to come?
We sell T shirts now!
Steven Slate Audio VSX: Headphones with match room emulation software
Ableton Live 10 Lite is available for free on Splice until the end of the year
Flight of the Navigator soundtrack
Iceberg Audio The Sub: Simple sub bass synth with Drive and Glide
Joyst: The MIDI controller that's made out of joypads
Softube Model 72: The first Minimoog emulation plugin ever made

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#72: Taco Tuesday

10/4/2020

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Appetite For Production Podcast · #72: Taco Tuesday
Kylie Minogue's learning Logic, Tim's learning music theory, and Behringer are learning how to squeeze guitar pedals into a Eurorack format. Elsewhere, we're chatting about a new compressor with over 50 styles, UVI's creative EQ, and the possibility of a mini Prophet-5 synth.

Tim's attempts in music theory
IK Multimedia MixBox
Behringer Float the Idea of Eurorack Guitar Pedal Clones
A.O.M. Nu Compressor
Kylie Minogue Learns Logic
UVI Shade
PikoPiko Factory Prophet-Mini
Roland TR-6S
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#71: Part of the Maschine

9/20/2020

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Appetite For Production Podcast · #71: Part of the Maschine
Two new synths from Newfangled Audio, James is nonplussed about the new Maschine, iZotope RX 8 scrubs up well, and which 90s hits will be remembered for millenia to come? [Please not Chumbawumba]
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IN THIS EPISODE
Fender's Mojo Grip again
SIR Audio Tools StandardCLIP​
Newfangled Audio Saturate
Venn Audio V-Clip
LVC-Audio Clipped-MAX
Reggles10 – Soundcloud tracks from a Clam
Native Instruments Maschine+
Newfangled Audio Pendulate (Free)
Newfangled Audio Generate
The Pudding: Defining the 90s Music Canon
iZotope RX 8 Advanced
LetiMix GainMatch
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