MIDI on an Atari ST

From: Glen Goodwin <acme_ent_at_bellsouth.net>
Date: Fri Feb 22 23:27:19 2002

> From: Christopher Smith <csmith_at_amdocs.com>

> Here's an odd one. Hypothetically, if I have a keyboard, with no
> internal sampler (a hypothetical Ensoniq ZR-76, say... for which
> I could probably never hope to find the sampler upgrade board ;),
> and would like to use an Atari ST to do some sampling (and play
> back of samples, too -- triggered by the keyboard), is there a
> way to do it?

You cannot transfer a sample to a non-sampling synth. All you can send it
is MIDI and patch data.
 
> I'm not familiar with Atari ST software, but I just happen to
> have an ST520 setting around not doing much, and wonder whether
> it could be used for this purpose. ISTR that STs had decent
> MIDI capabilities for the time.

MIDI and sampling are unrelated.

> Otherwise, what sort of MIDI-ish stuff can be done with this
> machine?
>
> It might make a good secondary sequencer, patch editor, etc,
> anyway...

Sure, as long as you can obtain or write a sequencer and patch editor. The
patch editor has to fit both the Atari *and* the target synth.

Glen
0/0
Received on Fri Feb 22 2002 - 23:27:19 GMT