Sonic RETROCAST - Vintage Music Technology

In this month’s RetroCast, Paulee Bow  chats to Florian Schimikowski from the German Spy Museum (Deutsches Spionagemuseum). The two chat about the museum’s history and then delve into subjects like cryptology, numbers stations, secret gadgets, covert telephone operations and listening devices and ask “what makes a good spy?” More Info: https://www.deutsches-spionagemuseum.de/en Plus this month’s retro news: Analogue Sanity Forum: https://analogue-sanity.freeforums.net Indie Retro News: https://www.indieretronews.com X1LE Closer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcj9a_byFbA Jenovi 32X: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRYMxTwz7Fk Plogue sndstation: https://cdm.link/sndstation-linux-distro-for-game-handhelds/ Sponsor: https://liquidskyeurope.com ​

Welcome to Sonic RETROCAST Episode 5. Paulee Bow talks to Gavin King aka DJ Aphrodite , the legendary British jungle and Drum & Bass pioneer. In his early work with Urban Shakedown, he & collaborator Micky Finn pioneered the use of two hand synchronised(!) Amiga 500 computers - to create fully realised songs using 8-channels of sound. News Links Reassembler Games, Sonic the Hedgehog: https://reassembler68k.itch.io/aonic AmiGUS mini: https://www.amiga-shop.net/en/Amiga-Hardware/Amiga-classic-hardware/AmiGUS-mini-PCMCIA-sound-card-for-the-Amiga-600-1200::1487.html Commodore 77: https://commodore.net/commodore-jacks-into-night-city-with-the-commodore-77-an-all-new-cyberpunk-2077-collaboration/ IMFM Synth: https://imfm-synth.com/en Lotharek Bison Prof: https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=432 M5Stack Cardputer ADV: https://shop.m5stack.com/products/m5stack-cardputer-adv-version-esp32-s3?srsltid=AU7gw4UGLwoj0Fy9jF-XaVAiaRMQcHlEV8ngmovlnHjpGYLTswww_Sau 00:00:00 Intro and Episode Overview 00:01:03 Retro News Segment Begins 00:01:31 Reassembler Games’ Sonic Amiga Demo 00:02:01 Amiga 1200/600 PCMCIA Sound Card 00:02:32 Commodore 77 Cyberpunk Tie‑In 00:03:02 IMFM 8‑Operator Soft Synth 00:03:28 Lotharek Bison Prof Announced 00:05:31 M5 ADV Card Computer 00:05:54 Main Interview: DJ Aphrodite 00:07:02 Busy B Amiga Musicians Meetup 00:07:32 Discovering Amiga And MED 00:09:17 City Sounds, Mickey Finn, Bass 00:11:05 Some Justice, Carl Cox Mixdown 00:11:55 Manual Syncing, Phasing, OCD 00:13:12 Amiga-Era Sound Prep Ethos 00:14:18 Amiga Limits Foster Creativity 00:16:21 From Amiga To Digital Era 00:19:59 Amiga Hardware Drop And Fix 00:21:14 Derby Amiga Get‑Together Plans 00:21:43 Busy B Sample Swap Sessions 00:23:05 Aura 14‑bit And Sample Hygiene 00:23:57 Mastering Hears 8‑bit Artifacts 00:25:17 Industrial Distortion Perspective 00:25:51 AI‑Generated Promos And Mixing 00:27:43 AI Noise Reduction And Stems 00:28:42 Apple Updates Break Plugins 00:29:32 Re‑recording Catalog: Two Amigas 00:30:31 Re‑record To Regain Rights 00:31:16 Stalker, Human Traffic, Rebuild 00:32:09 King Of The Beats 2016 Remake 00:33:24 From Mixtapes To Career 00:34:19 Signing To PWL, Industry Swings 00:35:23 Jungle Emerges, Starting Over 00:36:44 Release Criteria And Discipline 00:38:29 Ganja Man Lyric Controversy 00:41:49 Switching To Logic, Late Change 00:42:38 Amiga Twilight Years Revival 00:43:10 Amiga Graphics In Video Era 00:43:37 Commodore’s Downfall, DIY Spirit 00:45:22 Resource Limits: Mono Loops 00:46:34 All Over Me Flash Video 00:48:17 Career Longevity And DJing 00:49:12 Older DJs Accepted, Era Mixing 00:50:59 Signature Tracks And Sub Updates 00:52:21 Plan: Re‑record From Source 00:53:17 SyQuest And Jaz Drive Woes 00:54:32 Legacy SCSI Cables And Clutter 00:55:00 Emulating Amiga With Disk Images 00:55:29 A600 Driving Akai Mixdown Plan 00:55:53 Amiga MIDI Interfaces Offered 00:56:20 Documenting The Restoration Project 00:56:44 Wrap‑Up And Sign‑Off 00:58:36 Postscript: Amiga Live Remark

Welcome Episode 4 of Sonic RETROCAST Episode 3 with host Paulee Alex Bow and legendary guest Robert Henke aka Monolake. He describes himself as “a toolmaking artist. Code and hardware are a source of inspiration and a necessity” Robert is perhaps best known as the co-creator of Ableton Live alongside Gerhard Behles, as well as his musical and audio visual performances as Monolake in which he uses much of his own hardware and software. Robert Henke: https://roberthenke.com News Links Synthesized Cambridge: https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/72242/Synthesized-(29th-30th-June-2024)/ PSG Editor: https://nukegaradhp.net/psgsehp/ Open MPT: https://openmpt.org Thanks to our show sponsor: Liquid Sky https://liquidskyeurope.com/collections/liquid-sky-d-vices

Welcome Episode 3 of Sonic RETROCAST Episode 3 with host Paulee Alex Bow and guest vintage computing and podcast host Ravi Abbott. Ravi is a prominent British retro computing enthusiast, journalist, event organizer, and podcaster based in Nottingham, England. He is most widely recognized for his extensive work celebrating vintage technology and video game preservation, with a particular specialization in the Commodore Amiga platform.   Thanks to our show sponsor: Liquid Sky  https://liquidskyeurope.com/collections/liquid-sky-d-vices News links: C64CU: https://commodore.net/computer/ Virtual OS Museum: https://virtualosmuseum.org Econet Lan Party: https://www.colinhoad.com Atari Mini St: dennis.schauw Guest Links: Retro Hour Podcast: https://theretrohour.com Dj Formula Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RaviAbbott Kickstart Amiga Event: https://www.amigashow.com Attributions for opening titles: “Knight Riding a Horse” by kratosgd96 is licensed under CC BY 4.0.  “Old Computer, Mouse and Keyboard Low Poly” by lucasalic00 is licensed under CC BY 4.0.  “Roland TR-909” by sprtkle is licensed under CC BY 4.0. “ZX Spectrum 48K” by MaaB is licensed under CC BY 4.0. “Sinclair ZX Spectrum +2” by AndreuMartiBas is licensed under CC BY 4.0. “TV , Old TV , Retro TV” by Denys Hroshko is licensed under CC BY 4.0. “Prophet 5 Synthesizer” by Faheem Yusuf is licensed under CC BY 4.0. “Carpet Iranian” by Mehdi Shahsavan is licensed under CC BY 4.0. “Atmega328pu” by rave-games is licensed under CC BY 4.0. “Pine Tree low poly” by Daniel.2U is licensed under CC BY 4.0. “English Rose Kitchen” by 20thcenturycloth.com is licensed under CC BY 4.0. “Boom_5.wav” by shiru8bit is licensed under CC BY 4.0. “Low Poly Snow Island” by Sahir Virmani is licensed under CC BY 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Our 2nd episode featuring the legendary Anders Enger Jensen a musician from Norway. He’s been playing keyboards since 1986 and is deep into retro hardware and software. Welcome to the Sonic RETROCAST a companion show to SONIC TALK, focussed on vintage audio hardware, software, workflows and even videogames. With regular contributions from musicians, producers, software developers, journalists and other retro-enthusiasts, we talk pixels, bleeps and voltages. 00:00:00 Start 00:00:37 Intro and news 00:04:00 Interview with Anders 00:04:57 A look at the studio 00:06:17 What is retro 00:11:53 Selecting sounds 00:15:25 Musical beginnings 00:29:12 Musical Genres 00:36:16 Roland synths 00:51:49 The CM-64 01:04:14 CM-64 sounds

The first episode of a new podcast from us - welcome to the Sonic RETROCAST a companion show to SONIC TALK, focussed on vintage audio hardware, software, workflows and even videogames. With regular contributions from musicians, producers, software developers, journalists and other retro-enthusiasts, we talk pixels, bleeps and voltages. To kick off the show, Paulee Bow ( @magicalsynthadventure3216 ) talks to Nick Batt about what is retro, and first synths 00:00 Retrocast Theme 00:38 An Introduction to Retrocast 01:29 Retro News 05:26 Main Segment - All Our First Synths 06:19 What IS Retro? 11:24 OUR First Synths 32:41 YOUR First Synths 51:12 What’s a Good First Synth?