Audio Club

Join us as we dive ears-first into the world of post-production audio and sound design – the often-invisible but vital process of creating the soundtracks for films, TV shows, podcasts and much more. As we discover, the job goes far beyond just creating attention-grabbing whooshes, requiring the piecing-together of multiple tracks of dialogue, background sounds, music and special effects to immerse us in the action.

Host Caro C is ...

Grab a handful of leads and join us as we patch our signal into the world of modular synthesisers. If you’re only familiar with prebuilt synths, modular can seem like just a learning curve too far. But once you get to grips with them, they can be absorbing, endlessly adaptable…and perhaps a little addictive.

Host Caro C is joined by two guests who have caught the modular bug: music educator, composer and sound designer Dr Liz Dobso...

In this episode, we’re slowing down, taking a moment to listen and talking about sound art. What is it, where might you find it and is it purely about sound or more about a state of mind?

Host Caro C is joined by two artists working with sound, Ryoko Akama and Amy Beeston. Ryoko is a Japanese-Korean artist and composer living in Huddersfield, who uses everyday items to create kinetic installations that are often driven invisibly by...

Does your love of music go further than listening to or making it? Host Caro C is joined by two guests who had an idea and didn’t wait for someone else to do it for them. Sophie Cooper has been putting on DIY gigs where she lives for nearly 20 years, while Liina Turtonen set up her own YouTube channel to explain music technology and now has more than 20,000 subscribers. Together, they share what they’ve learned along the way: not ...

Don’t know your Arduino from your elbow? No problem! Host Caro C is joined by guests Ann Fomukong-Boden and Cat Scott as we delve hands-first into the world of music tech makers. Find out what you could create, the best kit for getting started and where to learn the skills. They also chat about the support to be found in makerspace communities and reveal why it’s a good idea to whistle while you solder…

Ann Fomukong-Boden is a Ches...

Arm your tracks or just listen from a safe distance as we prepare for the outbreak of DAWs wars! Host Caro C is joined by guests Emily J Electric and Angel Lee to chat about digital audio workstations. Known as DAWs for short, these are the software packages that enable you to record and produce your own music.

Angel is a Leeds-based DJ and producer who uses Logic Pro, while Sheffield musician and educator Emily is a self-described...

Host Caro C is joined by guests Laura Clough and Hayley Suviste, who share their experiences of recording on the move. While Laura can often be found holding a boom on TV and film sets, Hayley uses field recordings ranging from nature sounds to oral histories to compose her pieces. Together, they chat creativity, careers, gear tips and what they love most about listening through a mic.

Laura Clough is an audio professional based in...