Sonic RETROCAST - Vintage Music Technology

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/

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?