Show Notes
Welcome to the first episode of Signal Flow, a new podcast from Signal Sounds! Luke Palmer and Tom Churchill will be chatting about synths, modular, studio gear, patching techniques... basically, anything to do with recording and performing electronic music! In this episode, Luke and Tom discuss the upcoming Korg Phase8 acoustic synthesiser, Intellijel's new Jellymix performance mixer, the unprecedented Eurorack phenomenon that is the Forge-TME Vhikk X, and much more. Get in touch wi...
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