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Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
The independent musician's guide to navigating the dynamic landscape of music production and social media promotion. Our weekly podcast is dedicated to unearthing the best kept secrets and practices behind music production and social media marketing, covering everything you need to get started in the music industry. In each episode, the boys cover the most recent news in gear as well as the latest trends, tips and tricks for using social media to build a community around your music.
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- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
157: Roland SP-404 MK2 Update: The Low Down and Reaction / Desert Island Devices
Since we last met, Roland Unveiled their big 404 Day update 5.0. There is a lot going on and the community is divided in what the update brings for the people…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
156: Bleass Tides Rolls In: Our First Impressions & Demo
Our friends over at Bleass were kind enough to alert us to their new delay plugin 'Tides'. With every plugin company from here to Buenos Aires providing a…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
155: Elektron Digitakt II & Digitone II Updates / Dreadbox Artemis
We're awashed with updates are releases! Leading the charge is Elektron with their Updates to the Digitakt II and Digitone II. Trying something this week with…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
Desktop FM Synthesis: Artium Instruments' 'Doppler' is the happy accident machine
In this age of consumerism, sometimes the coolest things come from the crowfunders and the will of the people! Artium Instruments have completed their…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
153: Ableton 12.2 Update: New Features, New Specs, New Ideas
Ableton have gone and announced their 12.2 update and many are quite excited about what it has to offer. The question is, what does it offer and is it worth…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
Tune.fm: A new wave in streaming?
So... Snoop Doggy Dog has rejected streaming and moved his catalogue over to tune.fm, a streaming platform based on the blockchain that supposedly emboldens…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
151: Going Galactic: First Impressions of Sketch Audio Galaxy Brain & Fuzz Droid (Sound Demo)
On this week's show we're having a look at two rather dope lil' plugins from Sketch Audio: 'Galaxy Brain' and 'Fuzz Droid'. These easily accessible sound boxes…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
150: Why Make Physical Media in 2025 and Why You Should Do It
With the Release of Sunwarper's 'Through the Quiet Dark' on Audionautic Records, we're examining the journey through which the album came to be on physical…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
149: Roland S-1 Review / Stacking vs Staggering Releases
We've have the the S-1 in our possession for a while so what better way to review the pocket synth than with two perspectives from two workflows…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
148: More Spotify Changes in 2025, Streaming 2.0: What It Means for Artists
Spotify and Universal Music Group (UMG) just announced a massive multi-year partnership that could reshape music streaming as we know it. With new subscription…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
147: Our Extended Thoughts on NAMM 2025: What We Saw and Our Favorite Gear
Well, NAMM has come and gone. With it, the easy dopamine of the new synthesised releases of all the big names in electronic music. We're running down our key…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
146: Looking to NAMM 2025 / Roland Galaxias Super Instrument / Native Instruments teams up with AKAI
NAMM 2025 is HERE and with it all the GAS temptations, tribulations and abstentions. Sunwarper is there picking around and looking whats up. Kh3rtis and…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
145: The Mixing Process & Social Media Strategies for 2025
Social media continues to be an ever invasive and messy, yet necessary aspect to the independent artist trying to get their music heard. We're hashing out our…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
144: 3 Ways we’re approaching Dawless setups for 2025 // Sonicware Brings the beat with Cydrum
We are back! Easing ourselves into the New Year with a chilled sit down to discuss our new set ups and what the forthcoming year brings for our dawless…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
142: Audionautic Awards 2024 - Our Favorite Hardware, FREE Software & More
It's been quite the year for gear and music marketing. This week we discuss our favorite hardware, FREE software, albums and social media sites. Thanks for…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
141: Do we need AI in our Delays? // Behringer Clones Mutable Instruments with New Swords
AI continues its spread into every facet of our live, including that of music production. Izotope have just released a new delay plugin that supposedly uses AI…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
140: Polyend Synth: Doing a Lot with a Little | Reflecting on Early Music-Making Experiences
Sonic Bending Extraordinaire Frequency Control Centre joins us for this week's musings as we're checking out the specs of the new Polyend synth and pondering…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
139: FREE Dawsome Zyklop is Pretty Awesome // Teenage Engineering OP-XY... Is It Worth The Price?!
Teenage Engineering recently came out with their new lil' Black Box - The OP-XY. Resident TE expert Eonlake returns so this is as good a time as any to peek at…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
138 | Are we witnessing the slow demise of Spotify? | Intentionally Broken: Full Bucket’s ‘Broken Mini'
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…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
137: Maschine 3 Has Arrived, What's New? | Where’s the line between art + product for musicians in 2025
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…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
136: Early Christmas Present from Soundtoys Has Dropped! FREE Phaser // Dreadbox Artemis Snares Us
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…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
135: Elektron Releases New Digitone II, What's New? | Bluesky Announces Monetization
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…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
The State of Youtube Shorts for Musicians in 2024 | Ambient Sound Design Tips w/Billows & Willebrant
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…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
133: Ableton Move Announcement Reaction | Behringer Grind: Hybrid Synth that packs a punch
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…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
132: Live Roland P6 Demo | New Toys in Native Instruments Kontakt 8
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…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
ADSN 131: Exploring New Sonic Frontiers with Bendu - Merging Modular Synths and Ableton
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…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
Has Roland Outdone the SP404 MK2 with the P6 Sampler? | Promotion vs Community: Finding New Networks
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…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
Is Merch Impossible for Independent Musicians Now? | Spotify AI Streaming Fraud Brings in the FBI
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…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
128: 5 SP404 MK2 tips for making beats | Ableton Video Sync 2 look wild!
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…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
127: Four Years of Audionautic: A Retrospect | Is TikTok Becoming the Platform of the Indie Artist?
It's been four years since Audionautic breathed its first breaths and began exploring the wonderful community of independent electronic musicians that this…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
126: Processing Grief Through Music w/ Lars Har | Maschine Goes Ambient | Teenage Engineering Medieval
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…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
125: Sampling as a Creative Tool | MNTRA Borealis Sound Design Tips | Artium Instruments Swarming the Synth Market
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…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
124: Moog Musing a New Polyphonic Synth | Breaking Down Apple Music For Artists Update
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…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
123: Creating iOS FX with Sketch Audio (Developer Interview) // Does MPC3 Update Change the Sampler Game?
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…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
122: You’ve got a loop… Now What? How to turn loops into finished tracks in Ableton | Audacity is Back! | Donner D1 Drum Machine... Is It Enough For the Price
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…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
121: Ableton Live Looping for Collabs - Our Takeaways | New MOOG Synth Looks Incredible
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…
Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology120: We Traveled Across the World to Meet Live in Real Life for the First Time EVER... Let's Celebrate 4 Years of Audionautic
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…
Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology119: Warner Music Distribution Purchase: Why is a Major Label Shopping for Distro?/Why Bother with Remixes
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…
Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology118: McDSP Brings Real Analog Tape Emulation to DAW with an Expensive Catch | Landscape Ferrous Resonates Our Heart Strings | Are Spotify Playlists Still Worth It in 2024
It's all about the Analog this week: Supposedly McDSP has the answer to Analog tape Saturation, warmth in the DAW.... with a $4000 piece of hardware casually…
Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology117: Exploring Stable Audio Open's 'Ethical' AI: Promises and Realities | Why Your Artist Bio Matters | Free Finds
Stability AI has a new generation model centred around sound generation. Apparently trained on open sourced and non copyrighted samples. Is this a new road for…
Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology116: Mixing Secrets for Better Production: Eonlake’s Tips for Adding Depth and Clarity | Behringer SY-1
'Beyond Polarities' has been out for a week and the man himself returns to the show! It's a perfect opportunity to sit down and talk to Eonlake about his new…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
115: Creating Album Artwork on Any Budget | Randomwaves Drumboy & Synthgirl | Spotify & MLC Royalty Clash
This week, we're discussing how to create album artwork on any budget. Album art is often the first impression a listener gets when checking out new music, so…
Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology114: Our Favorite Gear Announced at Superbooth24 | Authenticity Vs. Crowdpleasing, Where’s the line?
in the wake of Superbooth24 we're taking a look at some of the synths and equipment that caught our eye and allowing our G.A.S to right wild - even if it's…
Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology113: New MNTRA IO Synth Promises Tube Driven Modular Synth in Your DAW, Let's Check It Out // Does Spotify's New Audiobook Addition Have A Hidden Motive
Another level of sound demos this week as we're checking out the latest soft synth from MNTRA Instruments 'Vespera' an electro-acoustic synthesiser that…
Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology112: Breaking Down the Logic Pro AI Powered Update: Stem Splitting & Session Players… But There’s a Catch
Logic Pro is dropping a new update and we'll be running it down together. AI Stem Separation, new plugins and workflow, very exciting. We'll also be discussing…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
111: Crafting a Narrative Through Music with Jonathan Goode | Behringer Vintage Demo & Walkthrough
This week, our new label mate Jonathan Goode joins us on the show for an interview and discussion about his debut release 'Juxtaposition Junction'. Together…
Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology110: Elektron Digitakt 2 Leak Becomes Reality! | Is There A Ticking Clock For TikTok in the US?! | Audiokit Pro Nerd Synth | The Perfect Mix Myth
Chocked broadcast this week! fresh off the press is that there is a Digitakt II incoming, Tik Tok is headed for a US ban, there's fresh soft synth from…
Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology109: SP404 MK2 4.04 Update is CRAZY, Let’s Break it Down | Udio: AI generated Music Making Leaps
This week Roland have done it, they’ve added live looping and a synth engine along with a whole host of other features. We’ll take a deep dive into what…
Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology107: Live First Look: Sneak Peek at What BLEASS Is Cooking | MPC Stems, How Does It Stack Up To Others?
Nerding out on ALL frequency Bands this week. Our Friends over at BLEASS sent us over an early access of their New Multiband Compressor and we're having a Stem…
- Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology
106: We’re tired of talking about Spotify, does James Blake have the answer with Vault.fm?
As the world of streaming keeps digging itself a grave, we look to potential new alternatives that have cropped up. Namely vault.fm and Untitled.stream. Are…
Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology105: Our Thoughts on Spotify "Loud & Clear" Report, Is It Good News for Indie Musicians? | Creating Boards of Canada Style Synths in your DAW | 3 ways limitations boost creativity
Label Mate FCC dropped his new EP 'Somewhere Boy' last week, we're sitting down with him, discussing his release and looking at some of his sound design…
Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology104: FREE Plugins for March 2024: MNTRA Sur Drone Synth & NI Choir | Ableton 12 Out Now, What's New?
We are ALL about inside the box this week! MNTRA Instruments AND Native Instruments have Free plugins that we're looking at and the one and only Ableton has an…
Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology103: Warm Audio Announces Moogerfooger Clone // Musician Marketing Tips Going Beyond Social Media
Welcome to ADSN 103! this week we've got some amazingly priced analog pedal clones, some strategies to grow your music aside from the algorithmic hopes on…
Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology102: Print on Demand Guide for Musicians: You Don't Need a Room Full of Merch | U-He isn't Horsing Around with Zebralette MK3 Beta | Grand Drums with Klevgrand
A topsy turvy episode this week as we kick off the show with the Round Robin. We're discussing how to manufacture and sell Merch without having to sell a…
Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology101: Ableton MIDI Template Tutorial and Workflow Walkthrough - Elevate Your Beatmaking | AI Vinyl… What Is This Thing?!
AI generative music is entering the hardware realm with a rather bizarre vinyl player. Kh3rtis takes us through his beatmaking made easy Ableton template for…
Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology100: Bleass Vox Tutorial & Sound Demo - Unlock Insane Vocal Magic | Bandsintown Teams Up with Spotify | G.A.S. Therapy
Welcome to ADSN 100, officially triple digits! Today we’ve got a deep dive into the new Bleass Vox plugin, a very cool pitch correction and vocal modulation…
Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology99: Our Favorites at NAMM 2024 | NEW MPC Key 37, Is It a Worthy Update? | TikTok Changes You Need to Know for 2024
Today we’ve got a ton to talk about with our recent trip to NAMM 2024, the recently announced MPC Key 37 and lot’s of changes happening at TikTok… Will it…
Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology98: Why Go Dawless in 2024/A Beginner's Guide To Dawless | Korg Updates NTS-1 | Musician Vs. Perfectionism
There's a sick new update to the NTS-1 synth from Korg, we're discussing the benefits of going DAWless in 2024 and in the Round Robin we're all about stemming…
Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology97: MPC Stems: A New Era in Sampling? | NEW Stylophone Analog Drone Synth | 4 Ways to Find Samples
Akai are paving new frontiers of sampling with their incoming update for MPC. Stylophone, that usual stocking filler have landed with a doozy drone machine and…
Audionautic | Covering the Latest in Music Production, Marketing and Technology96: Chiptune in a Box with Sonicware Liven Mega Synth | Is Spotify Editorial Losing its Allure with AI? | Musician Goals for 2024
We kick off the 2024 orbit of Audionautic Deep Space Network with a wonderful looking synth from Liven, we're starting to question the grip Spotify has over…