MIDI 2.0 : 40 Years in the Making ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology , I am joined by guest co-host Pete Brown of Microsoft and also special guests, Andrew Mee , who is a MIDI 2.0 consultant to Yamaha, and Gary Daniels of Microsoft.  Andrew is the author of open source libraries, and also tools for certification for MIDI 2.0, as well as being Chair for the Developer Support Working Group for the MIDI Association. Gary is an Engineer on the Microsoft Audio Team, and is the architect of Windows MIDI Services, and primary developer for the Service, Driver and other cross-process ..read more

TechBytes 08 :  2023 Music Technology In Review ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology , I am joined by guest co-hosts Pete Brown of Microsoft and Chris Mann of Link Audio. We cover whats been happening in the land of DAWbench, and whats in store for 2024. We discuss how far the session templates have grown over a 10 year period to cover the scaling in CPU performance , and revisit some alternate DAW benchmarking work being done by others. Pete gives a first hand round up of NAMM 2024 , we discuss the participation with the return of the show back its traditional time of late Janu ..read more

The Art of Sound Design : Soundly : Sound Creation, Cataloguing & Archival ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology , I am joined by guest co-hosts Pete Brown of Microsoft and Erin McKimm, and also special guest Peder Jogensen , who is the Co-Founder , CEO and CTO of Soundly We discuss Peders personal history with audio, music and technology, sound effects and design, coding and his eventual journey to founding Soundly.  We cover the history of Soundly and its milestone releases and feature additions , the creation, expansion and cataloging of the cloud SFX library, the introduc ..read more

TechBytes 01 : DAWbench 2020 Suite, Decade in Music Tech ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology, I am joined by guest co-host Leon Herbers of XI Machines. We cover the DAWbench 2020 Suite and Cubendo's exit from the default testing environment after 15 years, a summary of the last decade in Music Tech, the end of Windows 7 official support and what that means for those remaining on the platform. We also discuss the new Mac Pro, the current and emerging high core CPU landscape and how that is panning out regards DAW environments, touch on Linux, navigate some announcements at the summer ..read more

DAW Evolution : Reaper - Past , Present , Future ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology, I am joined by guest co-host Erin McKimm, and special guest Justin Frankel, the founder and lead developer of Reaper. We cover the history and ongoing development of Reaper and company culture, Justins involvement with DAWbench over the years, dive into some first hand power user application of the DAW software, revisit and expand on the challenges of navigating DAW multithreading/multiprocessor performance from both an end user and developer perspective We also continue to explore the recent ongoi ..read more

DAWbench History : DAW Builder Round Table : Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology , I am joined by guest co-hosts Leon Herbers of XI-MACHINES and Pete Kain of Scan Pro Audio. We cover the History of DAWbench and how it has evolved to being the pseudo industry standard for measuring DAW Performance , past and present curves of navigating the constantly evolving area of multiprocessor support and optimizations , dip our toes into the pro's and con's of hybrid playback engines, and more. Credits and Links. Host & Guest Links : AAVIM Technology : www.aavimt.com.au DAWbench : www.dawben ..read more

Digital Audio Editing and Restoration : Acon Digital : Mastering the Art !  Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology , I am joined by guest co-host Pete Brown of Microsoft and special guest Stian Aagedal , who is the Founder and Lead Developer of Acon Digital. We discuss Stians early musical and technical explorations that lead him to found Acon Digital, navigate the history and ongoing development and milestone releases of Acoustica, and the Restoration and Mastering Plugin Suites. We dive in to the area's of Machine Learning, Neural Networks and AI advances not only in audio DSP, bu ..read more

DAW Evolution VII : n-Track Studio - Past, Present, Future ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology, I am joined by guest co-host Pete Brown of Microsoft and special guest Flavio Antonioli who is the Founder of n-Track Studio. We discuss Flavio's early history with computers, technology and coding , and how that lead a path to his founding and development of n-Track. We cover the history and the ongoing challenges of maintaining the development of the application across multiple platforms, both desktop and mobile. We take a deep dive into the various milestone versions of n-Track, cover ..read more

Music Tech Pioneers IV : Marcus Ryle : 4 Decades of Music Tech Innovation ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology, I am joined by guest co-host Pete Brown of Microsoft and special guest Marcus Ryle , whose career spans over 4 decades on the front line of Music Tech Innovation. We discuss Marcus' early history with music and technology , and how that lead a path to starting his career at Oberheim. We cover his involvement in the development of  some of the final iconic products at Oberheim, including the OB-Xa, Expander and Matrix 12. We discuss the fall of the company and his co-fo ..read more

TechBytes 06 : 2022 Music Technology in Review ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology , I am joined by guest co-hosts Pete Brown of Microsoft and Chris Mann of Link Audio. Comeback show after an extended break. We cover the last batch of DAWbench and alternate testing results, and weigh up the +/- feedback from the assembled gallery. We discuss some recent acquisitions and mergers, and look back at some from the past that have prospered, and others that have gone south. We cover some of the major new DAW releases, and investigate the evolving area of Atmos Music, the support uptake in ..read more