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Our favourite music exploitation platform come out with another milestone! In the same year that they cut Artists' royalties, they announce a profit for the first time ever. Great news for the international corporation, though the people are less than joyous. We break it down. We're also looking at a VST that is broken... on purpose. What's the point of it we hear you cry? Well, stick around to find out. Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mDmGvfdg Help Support the Channel: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/audionautic Thanks to our Patrons who support what we do: Audionauts: Abby, Bendu, David Svrjcek, Josh Wittman, Paul Ledbrook, Matt Donatelli, Stephen Setzepfandt, Mike K Smith & Justin Licameli Lars Haur - Audionaut Engineer Jonathan Goode - Audionaut Producer Join the conversation: 🎙️Discord: / discord 🎧Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7lF... Sunwarper: https://linktr.ee/sunwarper​​​​​​ Kh3rtis: https://kh3rtis.com TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 02:00 - What we've been up to? 12:00 - Spotify's Demise? 56:00 - Community Corner 68:00 - Broken Mini VST

Native Instruments have crossed our radar this week as they released Maschine 3. New avenues for exploration in the stem separation game has our ear perked up. We also have out final Artist Spotlight of 2024. Last week Kh3rtis concluded his 'Intervoidal' Trilogy. We're taking a look at the lessons learned from the experience and where the line lies between art and product as a result. Check out 'Intervoidal III' here: https://kh3rtis.bandcamp.com/album/intervoidal-iii Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/TzZjdZjc Help Support the Channel: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/audionautic Thanks to our Patrons who support what we do: Audionauts: Abby, Bendu, David Svrjcek, Josh Wittman, Paul Ledbrook, Matt Donatelli, Stephen Setzepfandt, Mike K Smith & Justin Licameli Lars Haur - Audionaut Engineer Jonathan Goode - Audionaut Producer Join the conversation: 🎙️Discord: https://discord.gg/N2tkge85UV 🎧Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7lFIuRD0xz87UZ3bRflu9H Sunwarper: https://linktr.ee/sunwarper​​​​​​ Kh3rtis: https://linktr.ee/Kh3rtis​​​ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 02:00 - What we've been up to? 15:00 - Maschine 3 22:00 - New Features in the Update 33:00 - What the Chat Thinks 35:00 - Community Corner 40:00 - New Discord Server Challenge 45:00 - Artist Spotlight: Kh3rtis - Intervoidal III 66:00 - Outro #nativeinstruments #musicproductiontools

Black Friday season is upon us and so far we haven't been disappointed! This week we're checking out deals from Soundtoys and Dreadbox, these lil' devices are sure to trigger our G.A.S In the community we have a new release with Kh3rtis concluding his 'Intervoidal' journey. Check it here: https://kh3rtis.bandcamp.com/album/intervoidal-iii Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/TzZjdZjc Help Support the Channel: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/audionautic Thanks to our Patrons who support what we do: Audionauts: Abby, Bendu, David Svrjcek, Josh Wittman, Paul Ledbrook, Matt Donatelli, Stephen Setzepfandt, Mike K Smith & Justin Licameli Lars Haur - Audionaut Engineer Jonathan Goode - Audionaut Producer TIMESTAMPS 02:00 - INTRO 04:00 - FCC's Tape Loops 10:00 - Discord Server Challenge Updates 13:00 - Soundtoys' Phasemistress 30:00 - Community Corner 35:00 - Dreadbox Artemis 60:00 - What we're up to

This week Elektron announced their Digitone II so we're taking a peek at what we can expect. Also, Bluesky announce a monetisation plan for Content Creators, does this open up the door for a new pathways for the independent musician? Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/TzZjdZjc Help Support the Channel: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/audionautic Thanks to our Patrons who support what we do: Audionauts: Abby, Bendu, David Svrjcek, Josh Wittman, Paul Ledbrook, Matt Donatelli, Stephen Setzepfandt, Mike K Smith & Justin Licameli Lars Haur - Audionaut Engineer Jonathan Goode - Audionaut Producer Join the conversation: 🎙️Discord: https://discord.gg/N2tkge85UV 🎧Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7lFIuRD0xz87UZ3bRflu9H Sunwarper: https://linktr.ee/sunwarper​​​​​​ Kh3rtis: https://linktr.ee/Kh3rtis​​​ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 11:00 - Introducing the Digitone II 15:00 - Digitone II Analysis 29:00 - Which one do you buy? 47:00 - Community Corner 57:00 - Bluesky Monetisation 65:00 - What does it mean? 70:00 - Is Bluesky worth it? 73:00 - Bluesky vs Instagram 77:00 - What we are up to?

Youtube has undergone a huge upheaval in their short form content strategy and we're dissecting it this week's show. The changes that are coming in and what that means for the independent musician looking to market themselves on this platform. We have also welcomed new label mates onto Audionautic Records. Last week The Billows Burn Bright and Willebrant released 'Traveler', a wonderful Ambient EP with us and we're sitting down with them to discuss their collaborative methods and Ambient sound design techniques. Check out 'Traveler' here: https://willebrant.bandcamp.com/album/traveler Help Support the Channel: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/audionautic Thanks to our Patrons who support what we do: Audionauts: Abby, Bendu, David Svrjcek, Josh Wittman, Paul Ledbrook, Matt Donatelli, Stephen Setzepfandt, Mike K Smith & Justin Licameli Lars Haur - Audionaut Engineer Jonathan Goode - Audionaut Producer Join the conversation: 🎙️Discord: https://discord.gg/N2tkge85UV 🎧Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7lFIuRD0xz87UZ3bRflu9H Sunwarper: https://linktr.ee/sunwarper​​​​​​ Kh3rtis: https://linktr.ee/Kh3rtis​​​

All about the gear this week as both Ableton AND Behringer have dropped small lil' boxes of wonders. We're going through them and seeing what's up Help Support the Channel: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/audionautic Thanks to our Patrons who support what we do: Audionauts: Abby, Bendu, David Svrjcek, Josh Wittman, Paul Ledbrook, Matt Donatelli, Stephen Setzepfandt, Jaycee Lewis, Mike K Smith & Justin Licameli Lars Haur - Audionaut Producer Jonathan Goode - Audionaut Producer

You guys vibed with the new Roland P6 Sampler to such an extent that we got our hands on one! We're putting it through it's paces and seeing where it fits in our arsenal. Native Instruments has released Kontakt 8, we're going through the collection and pondering the notions of an all-in-one box, vs the specialised stuff. Help Support the Channel: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/audionautic Thanks to our Patrons who support what we do: Audionauts: Abby, Bendu, David Svrjcek, Josh Wittman, Paul Ledbrook, Matt Donatelli and Stephen Setzepfandt Lars Haur - Audionaut Producer Jonathan Goode - Audionaut Producer Join the conversation: 🎙️Discord: https://discord.gg/N2tkge85UV 🎧Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7lFIuRD0xz87UZ3bRflu9H

In this pre-recorded broadcast we sat down with our new label mate Bendy and talk all about his new release on Audionautic Records, 'Woolgathering'. Join us as we discuss his production process, motivations and what the Bendu sound truly is. Support Bendu here: https://bendu.bandcamp.com/album/woolgathering Help Support the Channel: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/audionautic Thanks to our Patrons who support what we do: Audionauts: Abby, Bendu, David Svrjcek, Josh Wittman, Paul Ledbrook, Matt Donatelli and Stephen Setzepfandt Lars Haur - Audionaut Producer Jonathan Goode - Audionaut Producer

Focusing on the gear this week as Roland released their cheeky ARIA P6 Sampler. If you've been hanging around for a while you know how much we love 'em so we're taking a look and seeing where this pocket-sized prize sits in our arsenal. Another cool lil' gadget that caught our eye is the Demon Box from Eternal Research. This device picks up electromagnetic waves and allows you to mangle them with precision. Definitely one for the Experimental artists. Big news in the Community this week also as we welcome the one and only Bendu to the Audionautic Records Roster. We'll be discussing his new release 'Woolgathering' with us in full next week for his artist spotlight but for now we rejoice and support his album on Bandcamp: Bendu - Woolgathering https://bendu.bandcamp.com/album/woolgathering All this, and more. Massive docket this week. Get involved :) Join the discussion on our Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/F7chztA Help Support the Channel: Audionautic is a crowd funded network of independent musicians coming together to discuss the latest in gear news, music marketing and create a positive space on the internet to share music, get feedback and learn together. This is only possible through your support, thanks :) You can become a patron for bonus podcasts, sample packs and more. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/audionautic Or make a one time donation with no membership PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Audionautic Thanks to our Patrons who support what we do: Audionauts: Abby, Bendu, David Svrjcek, Josh Wittman, Paul Ledbrook, Matt Donatelli, Jaycee Lewis and Stephen Setzepfandt Jonathan Goode - Audionautic Producer Lars Haur - Audionautic Engineer TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 02:00 - Welcome 10:00 - Roland ARIA P6 Sampler 14:00 - Does it oust the 404 MK2? 30:00 - Home Brewed Physicals 32:00 - Eternal Research - Demonbox 42:00 - New Label Mate: Bendu - Woolgathering 45:00 - Round Robin - Celebrating Music as a Community 01:10:00 - What are we up to?

Well well... What a docket we have this week. We are beginning with the FBI's involvement with Streaming fraud racketeering on the likes of Spotify. The insanity of the numbers here is a feast for incredulity. The independent musicians lifeline - merch is under threat once again from the price hikes of international shipping and the closure of Kunaki's international operation. As a label though we are soldiering on. There is an absolute TONNE of news in the community including the winner announcement of our giveaway AND news on our new show and an exciting release that you can get involved in. Help Support the Channel: Audionautic is a crowd funded network of independent musicians coming together to discuss the latest in gear news, music marketing and create a positive space on the internet to share music, get feedback and learn together. This is only possible through your support, thanks :) You can become a patron for bonus podcasts, sample packs and more. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/audionautic Or make a one time donation with no membership PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Audionautic Join the Audionautic Discord: https://discord.gg/F7chztA Thanks to our Patrons who support what we do: Audionauts: Abby, Bendu, David Svrjcek, Josh Wittman, Paul Ledbrook, Matt Donatelli, Jaycee Lewis and Stephen Setzepfandt Lars Haur - Audionaut Producer Jonathan Goode - Audionautic Producer TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 02:00 - Welcome 12:00 - Spotify Streaming 46:00 - Independent Physical Woes 1:10:00 - Community Corner 1:15:00 - GIVEAWAY!!

Sunwarper dropped his EP Golden Hour last week so we're talking all about the release and how he built it on his favourite machine the SP 404. We'll be discussing top tips with this lil' engine that could. Also this week, we're taking a look at Videosync2, a new set of devices that can be used within Ableton to warp and manipulate visuals with the potential of bringing added depth to our live sets. 🎧 Sunwarper - Golden Hour EP (Digital, Streaming and Vinyl): https://www.sunwarper.com/golden-hour Join the discussion on our Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/Fs2AE2P3 Help Support the Channel: Audionautic is a crowd funded network of independent musicians coming together to discuss the latest in gear news, music marketing and create a positive space on the internet to share music, get feedback and learn together. This is only possible through your support, thanks :) You can become a patron for bonus podcasts, sample packs and more. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/audionautic Or make a one time donation with no membership PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Audionautic Thanks to our Patrons who support what we do: Audionauts: Abby, Bendu, David Svrjcek, Josh Wittman, Paul Ledbrook, Matt Donatelli, Jaycee Lewis and Stephen Setzepfandt Lars Haur - Audionaut Producer Jonathan Goode - Audionaut Producer TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 02:00 - Welcome 12:00 - Video Sync2 15:00 - Video Sync2 Analysis 24:00 - NEW Discord Challenge INCOMING! 30:00 - Thank you to all our Patrons 35:00 - Tips for Making beats with the SP404 39:00 - Why use a sampler at all? 44:00 - What is the sound generator all about? 54:00 - Lovin' the Live Looping aspects 60:00 - Bus FX are dope - Here's why 64:00 - BONUS TIP 70:00 - Why the SP404 then? 76:00 - What are we up to?

It's been four years since Audionautic breathed its first breaths and began exploring the wonderful community of independent electronic musicians that this plane of reality has to offer. We host a retrospect discussing our favourite takeaways from our time doing this, as well as comments from the community. Comment below with what you've learned from Audionautic for a chance to win some merch ;) TikTok and Bandcamp appear to be linking up, is this a new future for the independent musician on socials? We'll hash it out. Help Support the Channel: Audionautic is a crowd funded network of independent musicians coming together to discuss the latest in gear news, music marketing and create a positive space on the internet to share music, get feedback and learn together. This is only possible through your support, thanks :) You can become a patron for bonus podcasts, sample packs and more. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/audionautic Or make a one time donation with no membership PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Audionautic Thanks to our Patrons who support what we do: Audionauts: Abby, Bendu, David Svrjcek, Josh Wittman, Paul Ledbrook, Matt Donatelli, Jaycee Lewis and Stephen Setzepfandt Lars Haur - Audionaut Producer Jonathan Goode - Audionaut Producer TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 02:00 - Welcome 07:00 - Bandcamp comes to TikTok 10:00 - Analysis 19:00 - Discord Server Challenge 27:00 - Patron Pitch 30:00 - Audionautic Four Year Anniversary 56:00 - GIVEAWAY! 69:00 - What we are up to

This week, we're chatting with @lars_haur about processing grief through music and creating ambient sounds from the most unlikely sources. We'll then take a quick look at the new sampler from Teenage Engineering https://larshaur.bandcamp.com/album/faces-stained-with-tears Help Support the Channel: Audionautic is a crowd funded network of independent musicians coming together to discuss the latest in gear news, music marketing and create a positive space on the internet to share music, get feedback and learn together. This is only possible through your support, thanks :) You can become a patron for bonus podcasts, sample packs and more. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/audionautic Or make a one time donation with no membership PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Audionautic Join the Audionautic Discord: https://discord.gg/PzYv4yF5 Thanks to our Patrons who support what we do: Audionauts: Abby, Bendu, David Svrjcek, Josh Wittman, Paul Ledbrook, Matt Donatelli, Jaycee Lewis and Stephen Setzepfandt Lars Haur - Audionaut Producer Jonathan Goode - Audionaut Producer #teenageengineering #musicproduction #maschine #ambientmusic

MNTRA are BACK with a cool lil' reverb plugin. We're diving under the hood and looking at how it can we used to create some very unique sounds. Artium Instruments have a sick polysynth on the horizon that's looking to be super affordable In the Round Robin, we're focusing on Resampling, looking at methods for doing such and how it can be such a useful tool. Today we welcome another member to the Audionautic Roster! Please join us as we embrace Lars Haur with his new EP 'Faces Stained With Tears'. You can check it below: https://larshaur.bandcamp.com/album/faces-stained-with-tears Help Support the Channel: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/audionautic Time Stamps:0:00 Introduction 10:00 MNTRA Borealis 19:00 Our Review of Borealis 24:00 Discord Challenge: Track in 60 Minutes 38:00 Artium Instruments Swarm Polysynth 49:00 Help Support the Show on Patreon 58:00 Sampling as a Creative Tool

Fun lil' Poly synth coming straight outta Moog and we're offering our thoughts. Is Apple allowing for the breathing of new life into the notion of radio and offering an alternative to streaming? In the Round Robin, as the modern music industry as our backdrop, with their stats and plays and clicks and hearts, we're collectively sharing our motivations and drives behind making the art we do, all in the name of bringing it back to the centre and reminding ourselves of the playful nature of our work. Help Support the Channel: Patreon: https://Patreon.com/audionautic Thanks to our Patrons who support what we do: Audionauts: Abby, Bendu, David Svrjcek, Josh Wittman, Paul Ledbrook, Matt Donatelli and Stephen Setzepfandt Lars Haur - Audionaut Producer Jonathan Goode - Audionaut Producer 00:00 - INTRO 03:00 - NEW RADIO SHOW! Submissions open 09:00 - EONLAKE ENTERS 11:00 - MOOG MUSE 34:00 - COMMUNITY CORNER 50:00 - Apple MUSIC GOES RADIO 01:05:00 -ROUND ROBIN Join the conversation: 📡Discord: https://discord.gg/xJrTrdF8 Sunwarper: https://linktr.ee/sunwarper​​​​​​ Kh3rtis: https://linktr.ee/Kh3rtis

As musicians we use a lot of effects and today we’re going in depth with a plugin developer to discuss how these are created and what goes into making emulations of our favorite gear. We’ll also discuss the MPC 3 update and what changes it's brought to the sampler. Help Support the Channel: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/audionautic Thanks to our Patrons who support what we do: Audionauts: Abby, Bendu, David Svrjcek, Josh Wittman, Paul Ledbrook, Matt Donatelli and Stephen Setzepfandt Lars Haur - Audionaut Producer Jonathan Goode - Audionaut Producer #iosmusicproduction #musiccreation #sounddesign #mpc

The dreaded 8-Bar loop is Titan to tackle in any genre of Electronic Music production. In this show, we open up an Ableton Project File from Kh3rtis' latest release and take a loop at the ways in which he took a rough idea and fleshed it out into a full track. Also in the news we have a few new releases that we're looking at. Donner have released their D1 drum machine and Audacity has had a face lift. Check out Kh3rtis' latest release on Audionautic Records: https://kh3rtis.bandcamp.com/album/intervoidal-ii Timestamps 0:00 Intro 10:00 Audacity is Back 17:00 Discord Challenges 24:00 Donner D1 42:00 Building Beyond the Loop Help Support the Channel: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/audionautic Thanks to our Patrons who support what we do: Audionauts: Abby, Bendu, David Svrjcek, Josh Wittman, Paul Ledbrook, Matt Donatelli and Stephen Setzepfandt Lars Haur - Audionaut Producer Jonathan Goode - Audionaut Producer Join the conversation: 💌 audionauticsounds@gmail.com 🐤 Twitter @Audionautic 📸 Instagram: @audionauticsounds 📡Discord: https://discord.gg/ZstKVdtRHE​​​​​​ 🎧Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7lFIuRD0xz87UZ3bRflu9H Sounds by Sunwarper Samples: https://soundsbysunwarper.bandcamp.com/releases Sunwarper: https://linktr.ee/sunwarper​​​​​​ Kh3rtis: https://linktr.ee/Kh3rtis

Well, we all made it back home safely. Sunwarper is back state side and Kh3rtis got back within hurling the van off of the Matterhorn. We're back in the studio and it's time to take stock and see what the absolute legend Eonlake has to say about things. this week we're all having a gander at the new release from MOOG and reinvigorating our GAS. Later in the show we'll be talking about the jamming that Sunwarper and Kh3rtis enjoyed in each others' physical company, how they collaboratively wrote some tune in the Swiss Alps and how Ableton was the beast that brought it all together. *Apologies for the mic audio from Sunwarper, the studio is being rebuilt so he had to use his headphone mic and iPad Help Support the Channel: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/audionautic We have a new release out on the label today! This is the second installment of Kh3rtis 'Intervoidal' Trilogy. Check it below: https://kh3rtis.bandcamp.com/album/intervoidal-ii Time Stamps: 00:00 - Intro 02:00 - What we have been up to 08:00 - MOOG 32:00 - Ableton 01:03:00 - Community Corner.

It's been four years since we met through Instagram Hashtags and started Audionautic! To celebrate properly, we traveled across the world to meet in person for the first time ever! In this special episode we discuss the origins of Audionautic, how it's changed us these four years and what's next. Thanks to everyone who's joined us on this adventure over the last four years and all to come :) Help Support the Channel: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/audionautic Thanks to our Patrons who support what we do: Audionauts: Abby, Bendu, David Svrjcek, Josh Wittman, Paul Ledbrook, Matt Donatelli and Stephen Setzepfandt Lars Haur - Audionaut Producer Jonathan Goode - Audionaut Producer Join the conversation: 💌 audionauticsounds@gmail.com 🐤 Twitter @Audionautic 📸 Instagram: @audionauticsounds 📡Discord: https://discord.gg/ZstKVdtRHE​​​​​​ 🎧Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7lFIuRD0xz87UZ3bRflu9H Sounds by Sunwarper Samples: https://soundsbysunwarper.bandcamp.com/releases Sunwarper: https://linktr.ee/sunwarper​​​​​​ Kh3rtis: https://linktr.ee/Kh3rtis​​​

Warner Music appears to be making moves to gobble up CD Baby or Distrokid... perhaps both? What does this mean for our independent distribution? We look over the details and discuss implications. Over on our label last week, we released 'Music For Reimagined Landscapes', a remix album of tracks originally released by our very own Sunwarper. We're celebrating his release and discussing approached to remixes and why they are hella fun. Check out 'Music for Reimagined Landscapes' here: https://sunwarper.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-reimagined-landscapes Help Support the Channel: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/audionautic PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Audionautic Members get exclusive discord channels, the ability to come on the show & more :) Thanks to our Patrons who support what we do: Audionauts: Abby, Bendu, David Svrjcek, Josh Wittman, Paul Ledbrook, Matt Donatelli and Stephen Setzepfandt Lars Haur - Audionaut Producer Jonathan Goode - Audionaut Producer Time Stamps: 0:00 Intro 6:00 Warner Music Eyeing a Distributor 23:00 Community Corner 25:00 Ways to Approach Remixes #warnermusic #musicdistribution #musicproduction