TALK 903 - KARST and Luxury Studios

Our weekly music technology show. SonicTALK Covers the latest news and releases in synthesizers, software, recording, plug-ins, DAWs and music production - techniques, tips and stories from the recording studio and on the road.

With guests who are producers, musicians, manufacturers and other industry insiders.

This week:

• Tim Exile (karst.systems) - Musician, instrument maker, performer

• Steve Hillier (stevehillier.net) - Songwriter, DJ and Dubstar

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sonicst.me/cherryesq1 Cherry Audio (sonicst.me/cherryesq1) Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Ensoniq ESQ-1 with their latest release. A recreation of the classic 80s synth powerhouse. Featuring te original and licensed waveforms, MPE support, FX and plenty of modulation, plus you can import your original presets.

In this show:

• SHOW START

• 00:17:43 Win Circuit Happy Missing Link X2 (sonicstate.com/competition)

• 00:19:17 AD:Members (sonicstate.com/members)

• 00:23:44 New Studio On Turkeys Aegean Coast (sonicstate.com/news/2026/08/04/pur-recording-r…)

• 00:33:31 AD: Cherry Audio ESQ1 (sonicst.me/cherryesq1)

• 00:35:21 Tim Exile’s Karst Environment Is Now In Beta (sonicstate.com/news/2026/07/29/tim-exile-opens…)

• 00:57:10 30 years Of VST

• 01:05:00 Court Rules Suno Music Training Illegal (gearnews.com/gema-vs-suno-tech)

• 01:23:32 Moog 903A Random Signal Generator (modularsynthesis.com/moog/903a/903a.htm)