On 24 Aug 98 at 22:31, Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
> Uncle Roger wrote:
> >
> > At 11:45 AM 8/24/98 PDT, you wrote:
> > >Today I saw an Atari 5?0ST and an 800XL. As I understand, the ST ran
> > >GEM. Is this an interesting computer at all? What about the XL? Was
> > >this one of the BASIC computers?
> >
> > 520ST does indeed run GEM; it's about equivalent to a Mac Plus or so. 512K
> > RAM, (unless expanded) 68000 CPU. What it does have that other machines in
> > the same class (early Mac's, early Amigas) don't have is built-in MIDI
> > ports for connecting to musical keyboards and synthesizers.
> >
> > That's what I (would) use in my studio (if I had it all set up) for
> > composition and sequencing. (Doncha just hate moving?)
>
> Yeah, I know a number of musicians using STs in preference to more
> modern PC VESA/PCI sound cards -- there is some program out of
> Germany (dongle protected) that apparently has yet to be equalled on
> Wintel platforms.
> --
> Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram_at_cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/>
>
"Cubase" from Steinbergs. Another excellent one is "Notator" used by French
performer Michel Jarre among others on his STs. Cubase has been ported to Mac
and PCs IIRC but most prefer it on the Atari.
ciao larry
lwalker_at_interlog.com
Received on Tue Aug 25 1998 - 01:20:03 BST