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A hot date with Ripon Cathedral's MIDI port, lunching with Alessandro Cortini and vibe coding baguette calculators… it’s got to be another annual sit down with Tom Whitwell of Music Thing Modular. In this eighth iteration, we’re hosted by Tim Exile at his brand new London space “Timbers.” We dig into the pros and cons of AI in music technology, spatial audio, and some of our gear of the year picks - plus Tom brought in a little surprise for us to play with... If you enjoyed the episode, please share it and consider contributing on Patreon! 👉 https://www.patreon.com/c/mylarmelodies 🙌 THANKS TO SPONSORS: ▶︎ SIGNAL SOUNDS http://signalsounds.com ▶︎ CHUNKY STUDIO FURNITURE https://chunkystudiofurniture.co.uk Follow Music Thing Modular: @MusicThingModular ▶︎ https://www.musicthing.co.uk/ And also Tim Exile: @timexile ▶︎ https://timexile.com/ Other links to things we mention throughout the podcast: ▶︎ The online Music Thing Workshop system: https://vincentmaurer.de/patch-notes/ ▶︎ DSP56300 The Usual Suspects: https://dsp56300.wordpress.com/ ▶︎ The 5 Minute Baguette https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-husjZkxHw My gear of the year links: ▶︎ The story of my ear surgery: https://youtu.be/k8-0m8NQf8Y ▶︎ Obsidian: https://obsidian.md/ ▶︎ NoteBook LM: https://notebooklm.google/ ▶︎ SoundThread: http://jphiggins.co.uk/software/ ▶︎ Claude: https://claude.ai/ ▶︎ Hundreds of 90's sample CDs: https://archive.org/download/nnty.fun-90ssamplecds/converts/ ▶︎ Arturia Pure Lofi: https://www.arturia.com/products/software-instruments/pure-lofi/overview ▶︎ RODEC Ministyler: https://www.rodec.com/shop/ministyler-103 LISTEN AND SUBSCRIBE TO WHY WE BLEEP ON: APPLE PODCASTS: ▶︎ https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/why-we-bleep/id1338201154 SPOTIFY: ▶︎ https://open.spotify.com/show/7geAIMtHFkCjEiRy3oqez0?si=wJOmlqVDR1CHur1PBrDlXg&nd=1&dlsi=61dbd2eeee5a4a0a Chapters: 00:00:00 - In this episode of Why We Bleep... 00:03:35 - A word from our Sponsors 00:06:12 - Workshops and responses to The Workshop System 00:16:50 - The effect of AI in music, technology and coding 00:31:00 - A gift from Tom... 00:36:10 - DSP56300 - The Usual Suspects 00:42:20 - What has Tim been working on? - Timbers Studio and Music in & for Spaces 01:07:57 - Strategies of indie hardware / software developers 01:21:17 - Vibe coding plugins (and baguette calculators) 01:26:45 - Tim's Gear of the Year 01:29:11 - AI generating ideas vs Human's lived experiences 01:40:29 - Should there be free versions of popular DAWs? 01:53:56 - Tom's Gear of the Year 02:05:51 - Thanks Tom & Tim! - A recap of our conversation 02:07:53 - My Gear of the Year 02:32:02 - Thanks for listening SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL: ▶︎ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/mylarmelodies (Help fund more podcast episodes, videos, join a community of music makers and ask me questions directly!) ▶︎ Buy some music on Bandcamp: https://mylarmelodies.bandcamp.com/ ▶︎ Buy your gear thru these affiliate links: 👉 SHOP AT KMR AUDIO AND GET 5% OFF ANYTHING WITH CODE MYLAR5 👈 ➡️ KMR Audio: https://kmraudio.com/?ref=mylarmelodies ➡️ Signal Sounds: https://www.signalsounds.com/?ref=mm ➡️ Perfect Circuit https://link.perfectcircuit.com/t/v1/8-12626-312335-9759?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.perfectcircuit.com%2F ➡️ Sweetwater https://sweetwater.sjv.io/DKnn6y ➡️ Thomann: https://www.thomann.de/?offid=1&affid=845 ➡️ Plugin Boutique: https://www.pluginboutique.com/?a_aid=642c4629ec8ef ▶︎ Make a one-time donation via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/KNLRQUDAUDUUJ ▶︎ Subscribe to my podcast Why We Bleep: https://www.whywebleep.com/ (...and rate it on your favourite app!)