Sonic RETROCAST - Vintage Music Technology

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?