Sonic RETROCAST - Vintage Music Technology
Jul 24, 2026 · 58 min · 11 segments
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…
Robert HenkeGuest
Paulee Alex BowHost
[upbeat music] First up, I got a quite interesting email this month from Juan, also known as The Chiptune Archiver.
Juan asked if any of the cool Amiga soft synths I'd featured on the channel could be made accessible to a blind person.
Still, he showed me OpenMPT, which is a, a tracker which does have screen reader support, and maybe some of these Agisonics and Sonic Arranger algorithms could be ported to that.
Amiga fans who would like to see an Amiga 3000 put through its MIDI paces can check that out in my new review of the Waldorf Iridium Mark II, where I pair the 3000 with the Iridium's new note parameter locks.
Just this last month was Synthesise, a two-day festival in Cambridge which celebrates the computer and the synthesizer.
You can tweak square waves, noise, and cycling envelopes that go up to audio rates.
You can tell me your latest retro finds, uh, if you've used old gear in an interesting way.
I don't mind if you want to declare your enduring love, just don't send me much hate mail, please.
[upbeat music] First up, I got a quite interesting email this month from Juan, also known as The Chiptune Archiver.
Juan asked if any of the cool Amiga soft synths I'd featured on the channel could be made accessible to a blind person.
Still, he showed me OpenMPT, which is a, a tracker which does have screen reader support, and maybe some of these Agisonics and Sonic Arranger algorithms could be ported to that.
Amiga fans who would like to see an Amiga 3000 put through its MIDI paces can check that out in my new review of the Waldorf Iridium Mark II, where I pair the 3000 with the Iridium's new note parameter locks.
Just this last month was Synthesise, a two-day festival in Cambridge which celebrates the computer and the synthesizer.
You can tweak square waves, noise, and cycling envelopes that go up to audio rates.
You can tell me your latest retro finds, uh, if you've used old gear in an interesting way.
I don't mind if you want to declare your enduring love, just don't send me much hate mail, please.
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