DAWbench Radio Show – Détails, épisodes et analyse

TechBytes 11 :  2025 Music Technology Round Up : The Year 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 catch up again on what Pete and Chris have been up to since last show, get an overview of the guys adventures at NAMM, and check in on Petes work on MIDI 2.0 and the inbox Windows ASIO Driver, etc

We do a general catch up and summary of the last 6 Months in DAWbench testing and development work. We discuss the details of the official DAWbench Suite 2026 release after 3 years of development, and cover some of the most recent testing and resulting fallout and ongoing discussion.

We again cover some of the major new DAW/Sofware releases, and some cool Emerging Tech, cover some of the more recent aquisitions, and also cover the fallout from the NI preliminary insolvency actions currently playing out. 

We discuss the emerging CPU and Platform Wars covering Apple M4/5 Series vs x86 vs Arm , cover the Intel Ultra 200 Series CPU and AMD's X3D CPU refresh's, discuss the Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 CPU release, and cover the incoming Nvidia N1X Mobile/Desktop chip.

We share some more stories from the Tech Support Trenches, and much more.

Host & Guest Links :

AAVIM Technology : www.aavimt.com.au

DAWbench : www.dawbench.com

Microsoft : www.microsoft.com

Pete Brown : https://twitter.com/Pete_Brown

Link Audio : www.linkaudio.com.au


VO :

Andrew Peters : www.andrewpetersvo.com

Music Themes :

Original DAWbench VI Theme Music composed by Rob John : Independent Music Productions : http://www.indmusicprods.com

DAWbench Radio Show ReMix by Erin McKimm : www.erinmckimm.com

All Rights Reserved : © AAVIMT 2026

The Art of Virtual Synth Design II :  Surge XT : Open Source Powerhouse !

"It's fun working on stuff that works!"

Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology, I am joined by guest co-host Pete Brown of Microsoft and special guest Paul Walker, aka BaconPaul , who is a maintainer and one of the largest contributors on the Surge Synthesizer Team, and also a contributor to several other open source audio projects, including the CLAP plugin standard.

We discuss Paul's early history with music and technology , and how he found his way to joining and forming the Surge team, and his ongoing role there.

We cover the history of Surge XT, and its initial development by Claes Johanson which he sold as a commercial product via his original company Vember Audio ( Released in 2005).  We discuss how it eventuated that the development went down the open source route , and how that makes it unique regards allowing access to the source code to all developers, over more traditional closed loop development of other major synths.

We discuss how the Surge Synth Team formed, the importance of the team dynamic and tools, (both technological and sociological) , other projects in the Surge Synth Team beyond Surge XT, and the constantly expanding catalogue.

We take a deeper dive into the features and direction of Surge XT, its unique architecture and feature set, and discuss area's like MPE, CLAP, MT-ESP (Microtuning ), accessibility, etc.

We also discuss the current state of Music Technology and the incoming Zeitgeist being driven by AI, and much much more. 

Host & Guest Links :

AAVIM Technology : www.aavimt.com.au

DAWbench : www.dawbench.com

Microsoft : www.microsoft.com

Pete Brown : https://twitter.com/Pete_Brown

Surge Synth Team : https://surge-synth-team.org/

VO :

Andrew Peters : www.andrewpetersvo.com

Music Themes :

Original DAWbench VI Theme Music composed by Rob John : Independent Music Productions : http://www.indmusicprods.com

DAWbench Radio Show ReMix by Erin McKimm : www.erinmckimm.com

All Rights Reserved : © AAVIMT 2025

TechBytes 09 :  2024 Music Technology Mid Year 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 catch up on what Pete and Chris have been up to since last show, Petes overview of MS Build Event - CoPilot+, AI avalanche incoming, Recall, required TOPs - (Tera Operations Per Second), etc.

We cover Computex and detail Intel, AMD and Apples response to the hype/hysteria of AI, AI, AI, AI....., Sigh !

We do a general catch up and summary of the last 6 months in DAW benchmarking and Interface LLP work, the RW Mix Sessions across Multiple DAW's, etc. We take a deeper dive into the varying dynamics surrounding thread management on CPU architectures on both Windows MAC OS , and we also navigate the return of the M Word !

We cover some of the major new DAW releases, and again revisit and investigate the evolving and controversial area of generative AI, discussing the impact on the Music/Creative industries with the looming battle over Generative/Creative/Ethical. We cover the battle lines already drawn legally with AI song creators and the major record labels.

We again dive into the ongoing CPU and Platform Wars covering Apple M Series vs X86 , detail some upcoming releases from Intel and AMD over the next 6 months, and weigh up the pro's and cons of the new Threadripper platform for Music/Audio production.

We share some more stories from the Tech Support Trenches, and much more.

Host & Guest Links :

AAVIM Technology : www.aavimt.com.au

DAWbench : www.dawbench.com

Microsoft : www.microsoft.com

Pete Brown : https://twitter.com/Pete_Brown

Link Audio : www.linkaudio.com.au


VO :

Andrew Peters : www.andrewpetersvo.com

Music Themes :

Original DAWbench VI Theme Music composed by Rob John : Independent Music Productions : http://www.indmusicprods.com

DAWbench Radio Show ReMix by Erin McKimm : www.erinmckimm.com

All Rights Reserved : © AAVIMT 2024

The Art of Virtual Synth Design : Dawesome - From Oscillators, Chaos Theory, Granular and Beyond !

Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology , I am joined by guest co-host Erin McKimm, and also special guest Peter Volaender : aka Dawesome : who is the founder and lead developer at Dawesome Music.

We discuss Peters personal history with audio, music and technology, coding and his eventual journey to founding Dawesome Music, and how he commenced developing his synthesizer designs.

We cover Peters early explorations with AI, starting in the late 90's , his philosophical, innovative and unique approach to synthesizer designs that differentiate his designs from more common and conventional approaches of replicating Vintage Analog, Wavetable, Additive, etc

We take a deep dive in to the area's of Machine Learning, Strange Attractors, Chaos Theory, Universal Laws of Frequency and Harmony, Granular and Spectral Synthesis, MPE and other emerging area's of advanced level of expression, etc.

We also discuss the importance of community and end user feedback, navigating the current and evolving Music Tech environment with the increasing application of AI, and much, much more.

Host & Guest Links :

AAVIM Technology : www.aavimt.com.au

DAWbench : www.dawbench.com

Microsoft : www.microsoft.com

Erin McKimm : https://erinmckimm.com

Dawesome Music : https://www.dawesomemusic.com/


VO :

Andrew Peters : www.andrewpetersvo.com

Music Themes :

Original DAWbench VI Theme Music composed by Rob John : Independent Music Productions : http://www.indmusicprods.com

DAWbench Radio Show ReMix by Erin McKimm : www.erinmckimm.com

All Rights Reserved : © AAVIMT 2024

 

DAW Evolution VIII : Tracktion - Past, Present, Future !

Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology, I am joined by guest co-host Pete Brown of Microsoft and special guest Jules Storer who is the Founder and Lead Developer of Tracktion, now known as Tracktion Waveform, and also the developer of the JUCE programming framework.

We discuss Jules' early history with music, computers and coding, and how that lead a path to his development of Tracktion. We cover the history from Tracktions early days under the Mackie banner, the splitting and development of JUCE as a separate programming framework, the shelving of the application and eventual re-acquisition and independent relaunch.

We cover ongoing development of the application across multiple platforms, including the splitting and licensing of the audio engine, discuss the Tracktion Audio Engine's unique approach to multiprocessing / multithreading routines, weigh up the pro's and cons of hybrid playback engines, and dive into the complexity of threading to larger core and hybrid CPU architectures, etc.

We get into the finer detail of the JUCE framework, and detail just how widely used and influential the framework has become for audio application and plugin developers.

We also discuss Jules' latest project, Cmajor, which is an Audio DSP Language Platform, share some thoughts on the current state and future direction of Music Technology, and much, much more.

 

Host & Guest Links :

AAVIM Technology : www.aavimt.com.au

DAWbench : www.dawbench.com

Microsoft : www.microsoft.com

Pete Brown : https://twitter.com/Pete_Brown

Tracktion : https://www.tracktion.com/

JUCE : https://juce.com/

Cmajor : https://cmajor.dev/

VO :

Andrew Peters : www.andrewpetersvo.com

Music Themes :

Original DAWbench VI Theme Music composed by Rob John : Independent Music Productions : http://www.indmusicprods.com

DAWbench Radio Show ReMix by Erin McKimm : www.erinmckimm.com

All Rights Reserved : © AAVIMT 2024

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 communication, and the overall plugin architecture.

Pete Brown is also pulling double duties on this show as a special guest for his extended role over and above his regular work on the Window Developer Platform Team. Pete is the creator of the Windows MIDI Services Project, client API, virtual MIDI, and applications, as well as being the Chair of the MIDI Associated Executive Board.

We cover the History of MIDI 1.0 since its inception in 1983 , discuss the numerous extensions over the last 4 decades, and the limitations that are being addressed with MIDI 2.0.

We give a detailed overview of MIDI 2.0, and clarify some confusing information in regards to the two "sides" of MIDI 2.0 ( MIDI CI and UMP ), cover backwards compatibility and what problems MIDI 2.0 will resolve for musical, audio and creative application.

We discuss the available tools and applications available for cross platform developers ,and how the MIDI Association works in collaboration OS companies, audio, musical instrument and DAW developers to implement the new protocol.

We take a deep dive under the bonnet of the development of MIDI 2.0 on the Windows platform, discuss future plans with Network MIDI 2.0, and much, much more.

Host & Guest Links :

AAVIM Technology : www.aavimt.com.au

DAWbench : www.dawbench.com

Microsoft : www.microsoft.com

Pete Brown : https://twitter.com/Pete_Brown

MIDI Association : https://midi.org/

VO :

Andrew Peters : www.andrewpetersvo.com

Music Themes :

Original DAWbench VI Theme Music composed by Rob John : Independent Music Productions : http://www.indmusicprods.com

DAWbench Radio Show ReMix by Erin McKimm : www.erinmckimm.com

All Rights Reserved : © AAVIMT 2023

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 to its traditional time of late January, and cover some developing trends.

We again cover the recent acquisitions and mergers, discuss some Pro's, Cons, evolving developments and possible fallout. 

We cover some of the major new DAW releases, and again revisit and investigate the evolving and emerging tech like Atmos Music, MIDI 2.0, GPU Audio, AI.

We dive into the ongoing CPU and Platform Wars covering the momentum to Apple M Series vs X86 , detail the release of the Intel 14th Gen and AMD Threadripper, and do a general round up of whats incoming over the next 12 months.

We share some more stories from the Tech Support Trenches, and much more.

Host & Guest Links :

AAVIM Technology : www.aavimt.com.au

DAWbench : www.dawbench.com

Microsoft : www.microsoft.com

Pete Brown : https://twitter.com/Pete_Brown

Link Audio : www.linkaudio.com.au


VO :

Andrew Peters : www.andrewpetersvo.com

Music Themes :

Original DAWbench VI Theme Music composed by Rob John : Independent Music Productions : http://www.indmusicprods.com

DAWbench Radio Show ReMix by Erin McKimm : www.erinmckimm.com

All Rights Reserved : © AAVIMT 2024

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 introduction of the Universal Category System, and its direct integration with major DAW's.

We take a deep dive in to the area's of Machine Learning, Neural Networks and AI , their collaboration with Acon Digital and Hance, and discuss the area of ethics in using the developing AI tools and capabilities.

We also discuss some new and exiting audio product innovations that are evolving with the increasing application of AI, and much, much more.

Host & Guest Links :

AAVIM Technology : www.aavimt.com.au

DAWbench : www.dawbench.com

Microsoft : www.microsoft.com

Pete Brown : https://twitter.com/Pete_Brown

Erin McKimm : https://erinmckimm.com

Soundly : https://getsoundly.com

Hance : https://hance.ai

VO :

Andrew Peters : www.andrewpetersvo.com

Music Themes :

Original DAWbench VI Theme Music composed by Rob John : Independent Music Productions : http://www.indmusicprods.com

DAWbench Radio Show ReMix by Erin McKimm : www.erinmckimm.com

All Rights Reserved : © AAVIMT 2023

TechBytes 07 :  2023 Music Technology Mid Year 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 the release of DAWbench Suite 2023, detail the changes and additions and also discuss some alternate DAW benchmarking work being done by others.

Pete and Chris give a first hand round up of their personal views and experiences at NAMM 2023 , while covering some cool new products and developing trends. 

We again cover the increasing trend of acquisitions and mergers, navigate and resolve confusion on the activity with some of those involved, and weigh up the Pro's and Con's.

We cover some of the major new DAW releases, revisit and investigate the evolving and emerging tech like Atmos Music, MIDI 2.0, GPU Audio, AI.

We take a deep dive of the accelerating CPU and Platform Wars, cover the release of the Mac Studio/Pro, M2 vs X86 , detail the release and ongoing minefields being navigated with Intels HEDT W Series Xeon Platform, and cover some future rumors.

We take a closer look at Windows 11 and discuss and resolve some recent under bonnet changes that could affect performance, share some more stories from the Tech Support Trenches, and much more.

Host & Guest Links :

AAVIM Technology : www.aavimt.com.au

DAWbench : www.dawbench.com

Microsoft : www.microsoft.com

Pete Brown : https://twitter.com/Pete_Brown

Link Audio : www.linkaudio.com.au


VO :

Andrew Peters : www.andrewpetersvo.com

Music Themes :

Original DAWbench VI Theme Music composed by Rob John : Independent Music Productions : http://www.indmusicprods.com

DAWbench Radio Show ReMix by Erin McKimm : www.erinmckimm.com

All Rights Reserved : © AAVIMT 2023

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, but also the greater audio, musical and creative space.

We cover the addition of Surround and Atmos features, staying ahead of the curve with changing and evolving platform architectures and hybrid processors, discuss community involvement and feedback , and much , much more.

Host & Guest Links :

AAVIM Technology : www.aavimt.com.au

DAWbench : www.dawbench.com

Microsoft : www.microsoft.com

Pete Brown : https://twitter.com/Pete_Brown

Acon Digital : https://acondigital.com/

VO :

Andrew Peters : www.andrewpetersvo.com

Music Themes :

Original DAWbench VI Theme Music composed by Rob John : Independent Music Productions : http://www.indmusicprods.com

DAWbench Radio Show ReMix by Erin McKimm : www.erinmckimm.com

All Rights Reserved : © AAVIMT 2023