Sonic TALK Special - Eric Persing Spectrasonics

[@OfficialStevenCravis]

Eric Persing is a creative genius mad scientist who has made the world of music production a much better place!

[@mattsynth]

I just purchased Omnisphere 2 and I am amazed at the endless sound creation I can produce from this software synth/sampler. These guys do a great job in making sound creation fun again.

[@DD-sw1dd]

After watching this it's no surprise how great Spectrasonics Instruments are. Had no idea Eric was so involved with the development of sounds and synthesis back in the 80's and 90's.

[@Edu888777]

Eric Persing should write a book.

[@codemode1324]

3 thumbs down so far? The internet is a cruel place. For me this is one of the more enjoyable shows they've had in a while. Also I would say Omnisphere is probably the most used VST instrument for people that actually write music, compose, make music for tv and film etc.. interesting to hear the insight and history of it.

[@nutelina]

+Code Mode I never used it, always choosing oddball interesting stuff like Tassman, Modartt, OhmForce I like the French stuff!

[@ScottWozniak]

This was awesome. Eric's been a hero of mine for nearly 30 years now. Thank you for this great interview, Nick!

[@TOMMEEH2]

Fascinating. I love listening to old stories.

[@analogrich]

I gotta say I was glued to the monitor watching this. I can't wait to see what they are going to bring out this year,great interview Nick

[@OfficialStevenCravis]

This is probably the highest quality, best value digital music production product I've ever come across.

[@celticprogeny1569]

Personally I think Sonic State's product reviews are outstanding and the chat videos they do are interesting, nerdy and so informative so please accept a massive thank you from me. Omnisphere is my favourite software synth. I find it an absolute joy to use. It's like a rabbit hole that just gets deeper and deeper the more I use it and the user interface is just perfect for me. I also use Trillian and I have to say that they both bring outstanding sound quality with absolute rock solid stability. I look forward to see what they bring next. Eric, Nick many thanks :)

[@llmrfantasticll]

This is one of the best sonic talks ever.

[@Kirk-Monteux-Production]

It is amazing what influence Eric had in the entire music production world, I've been using atmosphere and subsequently omnispher 2 for years and ever will. Also I could listen to Eric's stories for hours. Thanks Nick for the great show!

[@MrBitterman75]

Very grateful for this interview with da man.

[@edwinkeys]

That was GREAT Nick..!! Thank you ..!!

[@basehead617]

Interesting to hear him talk about Bad and Man in the Mirror.. he's not credited on that song at all.. but I guess maybe he came up with some sounds but didn't play them.. he's only credited on programming for Speed Demon.

[@superviewer]

Great talk between some great guys. I knew one guy using the Spectrasonics products and he totally praised them. Around 52 minutes, the laptop they talk about must have been a Powerbook Titanium :) it also brought video editing to the laptop.

[@ZenithMusicNet]

Great interview. Eric is a genuinely nice guy, and has influenced and inspired so much artists with his sounds. Truly at the right time at the right place. Interesting point about controlling soft-synths with a hardware device, I like real knobs and sliders instead of clicking with the mouse. In my opinion that is where huge improvements can be made.

[@nutelina]

Wauw, what a great interview indeed, Eric seemed a bit stiff in the beginning but what a nice guy. I'd like to watch a whole documentary and what he was talking about, programming all those sounds, meeting MJ. That must have been incredible.

[@rickclausenmusic6239]

Eric is a sonic genius. His sounds are all over my material.

[@neilloughran4437]

Nice to hear from Eric. Remember him being the guy behind the JX8P presets and remember him talking about how they changed the setup of the synth causing his creations to not quite sound like they did. Think he fixed it just before production started. Love Voices and Soudtrack.... classic sounds.... not to mention those pianos! Superb esp on the JX10!

[@funkyfredfrog]

I wish omnispheres gui was more like serum or massive but it's damn amazing

[@OfficialStevenCravis]

Great interviewing job, Nick Batt!

[@jean-charlesnavet4641]

I been saying for many years that Spectrasonic had the Best Patch's by fare but I never anderstanded why , now I know that it is because of this guy ! awesome interview :)

[@Novaheart1998]

I got my first Roland in 1984? or 1983? I can't remember, and have had about 60 Rolands since then, and probably half of them had Eric's patches in them lol... all those great sounds and memories man! He's a hero of mine!

[@johnb2602]

Thanks guys - a great use of an hour, or so!

[@devingademan]

Hi Nick, I subscribed to the channel! You did a great interview with Eric Persing. Enjoyed it very, very much! Happy to see more content in the near future. Greetings from the Netherlands!

[@JustaArmada99]

This guy made the sounds of the 90s and 2000s and we had no idea!!!

[@dalecharlesphoto]

Great great GREAT interview! Persing The King!

[@TimeLimey]

Omnisphere 2 is my favorite synth period. Great interview with Eric.

[@Morganstudios]

This is fun to listen to. I was recently hired by Roland =)

[@rogerfelez7478]

Morganstudios Congrats man!

[@breslin44]

You'll have to set up a tour of Eric's synth collection pre/post NAMM next year Nick.

[@audiolandscapes1]

What a fantastic interview!!

[@ozorg]

Great interview! Thx!

[@marktywharton]

interesting man looking forward to something which is not what I am expecting

[@braincoral9866]

MSQ-700! my first sequencer!! I loved that box.

[@JemenJ]

Two years has passed from 59:53 and that software-hardware gap is bridged with Omnisphere 2.5

[@EannaButler]

59:54 How prophetic Nick! So Omnipshere 2.5 was your idea 💡 Even mention granular engine 👍

[@SheldonKreger]

Fascinating interview.

[@SampleScienceSounds]

This guy is a legend!

[@braincoral9866]

Eric is one of the most unknown, yet most influential, music business peeps..His work for Roland is legendary..Spectrasonics is ace (own all 3!) and he's an all-round good guy. Respect.

[@XenoxParticularSound]

+Braincoral Music Eric is unknown? For sure, NOT, he is one of the wellknown sound designers in the business

[@braincoral9866]

not to the general musician or the public he isn't

[@braincoral9866]

yet they all know his work..that was my point

[@XenoxParticularSound]

+Braincoral Music He is for sure known in the synthesizer scene because he is there since a long time...

[@LimGiong]

Thanks Spectrasonics.

[@basehead617]

A true genius and legend

[@zedster911]

every respect to Eric

[@rhill109]

Very interesting interview. Great job.

[@Heathcliff_hensel]

That's a great interview, Eric unknowingly contributed to 90's rave culture amongst other things.

[@JSprayaEntertainment]

+friendofCHAKA oh he knows ... and spectrasonics is pretty big now , so he's in lots

[@Heathcliff_hensel]

+J-N-H-M it kind of seems like Roland went down hill after he left. I could be wrong but that's what is seems like.

[@bobfrode]

+friendofCHAKA yes..i had no idea Eric P was so involved in the 80s 90s :) Thanx for this great interview

[@zedster911]

Finished watching the entire interview ... amazing

[@theinterruptor]

What exactly is the point of having sequencers running on a moog modular when there is not a single patch cord connected ;-) ... Great interview!

[@bewhereyouareimhere6425]

Great talk thank you for uploading and sharing but around 57/58 mins in he was truly in his element and I know it's hard (I'm terrible for it) but you could have let him speak more rather than interrupting or shoving him on to the next topic/question:) just my two cents great interview all the same, thanykyou:D

[@maxim_imanou_fadeev_podcast]

damn, Nick, let the man finish a sentence!

[@crosswick]

Very nice! Great stories

[@YEE941]

LEGEND

[@olleandersson8054]

Btw Nick! when is the post namm sonic talk scheduled?

[@glenesis]

Any chat with Eric Persing is most welcome :)

[@mangepange9252]

EricP:"We got some cool stuff happening in 2016, it's not what people will expect" Will it be a hardware VA synth. Just do it now Eric!!! Or a Roland Boutique D-50 with new EricP sounds. :-)

[@Seekthetruth3000]

This man is a genius.

[@AlainRaes67]

great insight into the d50 , it was more a rival and inspired by ppg / prophet vs rather than the dx7 , still think it was rolands shining digital synth and incredibly well buildquality , you could throw it of the stairs and it would still work , not like the plastic crap they started making from the 90s onwards

[@OfficialStevenCravis]

32:05 LOL "512K" !

[@briannicepianoworship8944]

Did anyone catch the HARDWARE announcement at 63:00 minutes??....ohhhh....ahhhhhhh :-)

[@DD-sw1dd]

Just go to the Specrasonics website! Just afew more hours until the new instrument is announced! Can't imagine what type of instrument they've made...but regardless what it is I'm positive it will be of the highest quality.

[@briannicepianoworship8944]

+Dereck Dunn ..thanks dereck...its supposed to be a HARdware announcement...if this is the case..it changes the game..by by...korg kronos, motif, and montage lol :-)

[@dubment]

@Nick, please forward this to @Eric, until the quantum leap of processing power, some people have started looking in to Gpu synthesis, since most video cards today massively outrun normal Cpus , Im sure you know something around the topic , so looking forward to see some gpu synth modeling from Spectrasonics ! here is a example of normal open cl programming on it, I was reading that it can handle massive polyphony, so I think that nvidia cuda will handle those notes that munch the whole cpus processing power like Eric was saying... Gpus can finally be used by artists instead of gamers, password hackers and cripto-currency miners or whatever nowadays, so check the link :v kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipiWgImYqKehbMU

[@lifeisgood6737]

me need spectrasonics hardware analog synth

[@paultorbert6929]

I see a BODE FILTER !!!!

[@voicesofdust4749]

Spectrasonics is straight garbage. I got copy of Stylus (non-RMX), in 03 or 04. I tried to make that shit vst sound remotely decent for commercial work at the time, biggest waste of $99 ever went back to my MC-307 and Lexicon setup in an instant. One of my friends a recently, as well as unfortunately, bought a copy of Omnisphere 2 and asked me to listen to it with him in his home studio. The only thing I could think of while we were going over it was how dull, lifeless and plastic it sounded. There are other things I could say in regards to problems with loading files as well as constant crashing in the two DAW's that we tested makes this program utter shit. Then there's the GUI, the absolute ugliest GUI EVER made it looks like 97-98 office software with so much purple it would make Grimace puke. The way it's laid out, insipid, ugly, sterile.Hell they're all equally bad but Omnisphere is the worst. Spectrasonics is nothing a bonafide sample company, through it's main company ILIO, that just markets crap sounds through even crappier GUI's. What you're buying is basically old rehashed sample CD's in a rompler format at best. Save your money and buy better gear by companies that care about making good products like Arturia, IK-Multimedia, Native Instruments, U-he and Valhalla. This company is nothing but a cash grab for dumb people want 60+gigs of boring uninspired dogshit. They also make customers agree to a license upon buying any of there products that states: Non-music use = Not Allowed. So now this company can dictate users how to use a product, why because it's sample-based. What if you had idea for an audio art project or a sound design installation project and want to use Eric's stale software forget about it. Could you imagine if any other hardware or software manufacturer placed these kinds of restrictions on musical instruments and ideas. FUCK ERIC PERSING AND FUCK SPECTRASONICS.

[@robertmichalscheck3072]

I wanna hear Eric play piano more than anything,not to be disrespectful but I’m no fan of talk vids when it comes to music

[@sonicstate]

Fair enough, probably best avoid titles that include the word "Talk" then.

[@robertmichalscheck3072]

@@sonicstate I agree