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Part electronic visual music artist and part software developer as co-founder of Ableton, Robert Henke delves into the overlap between artist and engineer and how software needs to be accessible in order to encourage and not hinder the creative process.
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
01:12 - Current Projects
03:23 - Lumière - Working With Lasers
06:49 - Building The Performance Software
08:54 - The Beginnings Of Ableton
11:37 - The Overlap Between Artist And Engineer
17:12 - Working With Audio Loops
20:49 - Making Software More Accessible
27:16 - Developing A Unique Sound
30:18 - Working Without Compression
36:27 - 8-Bit: The CBM 8032 AV Performance
First published November 2022
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Robert Henke Biog
Robert Henke's work is not easy to describe in a single sentence, and that already says a lot about what fascinates him: complexity and detail, often emerging from seemingly simple processes. Henke is a software developer, fascinated by the inherent beauty and elegance of technical constructions, and co-founder of music software company Ableton where he still plays an active role in the development department. Henke is a Berlin based electronic music producer who blurs the boundaries between club and listening since the mid 1990s. Henke is a visual artist often working with lasers to create audiovisual performances and installations. And Henke is teaching and writing about computer based audiovisual art and in general is a very nice person happy to share his knowledge.
roberthenke.com
Caro C Biog
Caro C is an artist, engineer and teacher specialising in electronic music. Her self-produced fourth album "Electric Mountain" is out now. Described as a "one-woman electronic avalanche" (BBC), Caro started making music thanks to being laid up whilst living in a double decker bus and listening to the likes of Warp Records in the late 1990's. This "sonic enchantress" (BBC Radio 3) has now played in most of the cultural hotspots of her current hometown of Manchester, UK. Caro is also the instigator and project manager of electronic music charity Delia Derbyshire Day.
URL: carocsound.com
Twitter: @carocsound
Inst: @carocsound
FB: facebook.com/carocsound
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Part electronic visual music artist and part software developer as co-founder of Ableton, Robert Henke delves into the overlap between artist and engineer and how software needs to be accessible in order to encourage and not hinder the creative process.
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
01:12 - Current Projects
03:23 - Lumière - Working With Lasers
06:49 - Building The Performance Software
08:54 - The Beginnings Of Ableton
11:37 - The Overlap Between Artist And Engineer
17:12 - Working With Audio Loops
20:49 - Making Software More Accessible
27:16 - Developing A Unique Sound
30:18 - Working Without Compression
36:27 - 8-Bit: The CBM 8032 AV Performance
First published November 2022
soundonsound.com/people/robert-henke-visual-music-artist-podcast
Robert Henke Biog
Robert Henke's work is not easy to describe in a single sentence, and that already says a lot about what fascinates him: complexity and detail, often emerging from seemingly simple processes. Henke is a software developer, fascinated by the inherent beauty and elegance of technical constructions, and co-founder of music software company Ableton where he still plays an active role in the development department. Henke is a Berlin based electronic music producer who blurs the boundaries between club and listening since the mid 1990s. Henke is a visual artist often working with lasers to create audiovisual performances and installations. And Henke is teaching and writing about computer based audiovisual art and in general is a very nice person happy to share his knowledge.
roberthenke.com
Caro C Biog
Caro C is an artist, engineer and teacher specialising in electronic music. Her self-produced fourth album "Electric Mountain" is out now. Described as a "one-woman electronic avalanche" (BBC), Caro started making music thanks to being laid up whilst living in a double decker bus and listening to the likes of Warp Records in the late 1990's. This "sonic enchantress" (BBC Radio 3) has now played in most of the cultural hotspots of her current hometown of Manchester, UK. Caro is also the instigator and project manager of electronic music charity Delia Derbyshire Day.
URL: carocsound.com
Twitter: @carocsound
Inst: @carocsound
FB: facebook.com/carocsound
About The SOS Electronic Music Podcast Channel
On this channel we feature some of the pioneers of the industry, interview musicians and talk about retro and current gear.
______________________________________________________
Catch more shows on our podcast channel.
soundonsound.com/sos-podcasts
Available on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon or wherever you get your podcasts.
______________________________________________________
Subscribe to Sound On Sound: https://sosm.ag/subscribe
Visit our main website (over 16,900 articles!): soundonsound.com
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Get FREE 170-page RECORDING TECHNOLOGY eBook: https://sosm.ag/recording-ebook
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Get 50% SAVING off a Sound On Sound Digital Subscription.
Go to https://sosm.ag/digital and apply Promo Code: SOSYT50
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