The Urchin Studios Podcast

Matt and Dan discuss attention grabbing music, Coachella and perform excerpts from the Lord of Rings soundtrack (apologies in advance) Artists mentioned: Grimes CeeLo Green Lump Blur Oasis Laura Marling Nigel Olsen (Elton John’s Drummer) Lizzy McAlpine Brian Eno Hanz Zimmer Ludwig Göransson Producer/engineers mentioned: Bob Clearmountain Stock Aitken Waterman -------------------------------- Something to say to us? E-mail [email protected]
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Matt and Dan discuss the language of audio engineering, Software instrument strings and the power of bad ideas Artists mentioned: Nine Inch Nails Atticus Ross Yehudi Menuhin Soundgarden Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds “Wild God” Mixers mentioned: David Fridmann Bob Clearmountain Spike Stent Ben Baptie David Wrench Plugins mentioned: Spitfire BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover Felt Instruments Blisko Timeless Textural Strings UAD Soundcity, Ocean Way -------------------------------- Something to say to us? E-mail [email protected]
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This week Matt and Dan discuss the parallels between audio, writing and painting, as well as listening from the audience’s perspective and how we as engineers interact with a mix (see, we can do sensible descriptions sometimes!). Also everyone turns up early for their sessions. Hardware mentioned: Moog Sub37 Steven Slate Raven series Digidesign Command 8 SSL Nucleus 2 Avid Control (iPad app) -------------------------------- Something to say to us? E-mail [email protected]
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This week Dan and Matt discuss what Glyn Johns said on Instagram, What James Blake said on the social media site formally known as twitter, and a synthetic Taylor Swift Glynn Johns clip https://www.instagram.com/p/C37_Vw_RMrd/# James Blake Tweets https://www.instagram.com/p/C4C5NxSuIiv/?img_index=1# https://twitter.com/jamesblake/status/1764200702837191119 Artists mentioned: Caroline Polachek The 1975 Big Thief James Blake Bruno Major -------------------------------- Something to say to us? E-mail [email protected]
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This week Matt and Dan dig in deep on microphone polar patterns (NERD ALERT) , how many people make a choir and when is Matt going to drop. £15k on a vintage Neumann U67? Microphones mentioned: Neumann U47, U67, U87, TL103 Electrovoice RE20 Shure SM7b, ksm141 Audio Technica AT4033a AKG C414 Aston Spirit Artists Mentioned: Radiohead - In Rainbows From the Basement (https://youtu.be/DWuAn6C8Mfc?si=HwwxquuGt2RbwY5Z) Tom Odell Lianne La Havas The Kenneths Plugins mentioned: XLN Audio - RC-20 Retro Color Massey De-esser Ceremony Melodyne -------------------------------- Something to say to us? E-mail [email protected]
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