Stephen McCaul's guest appearances

Stephen McCaul

Art + Music + Technology

Data Cult Audio

TXS Radio

Todd Barton

Chris Meyer

Ian Boddy

Tom Hall

Philippe Petit

Bana Haffar

Kim Bjørn

Nathan Moody

Anthony Baldino

Garth Paine

Peter Grenader

Jill Fraser

Eric Schlappi

Kris Kaiser

Benjamin Forest

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Voltajes Aleatorios con Kris Káiser y Stephen McCaul. 28 de Agosto

About:Though most known to musicians as the founder of Noise Engineering, Stephen has been creating music and sound for nearly his entire life. Early experience started with childhood piano lessons and playing bass in an orchestra throughout his teens. As the use of computers to make music became feasible Stephen experimented with every format he could. This eventually grew into a small MIDI and analog studio. Around this time Stephen was also finishing his undergraduate degree in Mathematics while making his living developing software. Soon after in a fit of extreme wanderlust he uprooted his entire life and moved to Dallas, Texas to get another degree. This degree was for video game programming and led to Stephen moving to Los Angeles for a job. Eleven years of audio software development for video games ensued. Stephen worked closely with sound designers to implement systems and tools for a popular video game franchise. During this time was Stephen’s second introduction to modular synths which rapidly became an obsession and eventually his next step professionally.Notes on the piece:This piece is one of many in a series (currently around 35 hours of recordings) of extemporaneous improvisations using a small modular case (208 HP + external sequencer) that has been evolving over nearly two years. This case has been the inspiration and the proving ground for many of Noise Engineering’s recent products. This jam was the first test jam using the recently released Viol Ruina. It is the grittiest in the entire series of recordings in large part due to Viol Ruina. It was recorded on May 16, 2019.Links:https://stephenmccaul.bandcamp.com/https://noise.engineering@noiseeng

About: Though most known to musicians as the founder of Noise Engineering, Stephen has been creating music and sound for nearly his entire life. Early experience started with childhood piano lessons and playing bass in an orchestra throughout his teens. As the use of computers to make music became feasible Stephen experimented with every format he could. This eventually grew into a small MIDI and analog studio. Around this time Stephen was also finishing his undergraduate degree in Mathematics while making his living developing software. Soon after in a fit of extreme wanderlust he uprooted his entire life and moved to Dallas, Texas to get another degree. This degree was for video game programming and led to Stephen moving to Los Angeles for a job. Eleven years of audio software development for video games ensued. Stephen worked closely with sound designers to implement systems and tools for a popular video game franchise. During this time was Stephen’s second introduction to modular synths which rapidly became an obsession and eventually his next step professionally. Notes on the piece: This piece is one of many in a series (currently around 35 hours of recordings) of extemporaneous improvisations using a small modular case (208 HP + external sequencer) that has been evolving over nearly two years. This case has been the inspiration and the proving ground for many of Noise Engineering’s recent products. This jam was the first test jam using the recently released Viol Ruina. It is the grittiest in the entire series of recordings in large part due to Viol Ruina. It was recorded on May 16, 2019. Links: <a href="https://stephenmccaul.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://stephenmccaul.bandcamp.com/</a> https://noise.engineering @noiseeng

Data Cult Audio 0115 - Stephen McCaul

One of the things that I try to pay attention to is this: situations where people are doing or using a thing, but not necessarily talking about it. This is the case with Noise Engineering modules: it isn't necessarily the 'I built my case around...' thing, but it seems almost everyone sneaks an NE module into their systems. But when you dive into it a bit deeper, there is an extreme passion about those modules. With devices like the Basimilus Iteritas, you find people having that 'pry it from my cold, dead hands' reaction - many would consider it central to their recording/performance rig. And NE has been on a roll, and is on the way to being able to have a NE-only system; something that few modular companies can manage. It's cool that this hot, fast-moving company is run by two of the coolest people you'll ever meet. Kris and Stephen (with some help from WMD manufacturing) run the whole show, from design to support, and are as passionate about their modules as we are. They also have an interesting and unique background that really informs the design and implementation of the modules they create.  Enjoy the chat, and check out their modules: https://www.noiseengineering.us/. I think you'll get it...

One of the things that I try to pay attention to is this: situations where people are doing or using a thing, but not necessarily talking about it. This is the case with <a href="https://www.noiseengineering.us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Noise Engineering</a> modules: it isn't necessarily the 'I built my case around...' thing, but it seems almost everyone sneaks an NE module into their systems. But when you dive into it a bit deeper, there is an extreme passion about those modules. With devices like the Basimilus Iteritas, you find people having that 'pry it from my cold, dead hands' reaction - many would consider it central to their recording/performance rig. And NE has been on a roll, and is on the way to being able to have a NE-only system; something that few modular companies can manage. It's cool that this hot, fast-moving company is run by two of the coolest people you'll ever meet. Kris and Stephen (with some help from WMD manufacturing) run the whole show, from design to support, and are as passionate about their modules as we are. They also have an interesting and unique background that really informs the design and implementation of the modules they create.  Enjoy the chat, and check out their modules: <a href="https://www.noiseengineering.us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.noiseengineering.us/</a>. I think you'll get it...

Podcast 176: Stephen McCaul and Kris Kaiser of Noise Engineering