12 Mar
2010
12 Mar
'10
2:38 p.m.
Ken Restivo wrote:
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 04:12:31PM -0600, Josh
Lawrence wrote:
Hmmm, I believe someone wondered how the Atari ST's "6809" processor
could outperform newer processors? Among other things, it used a 68000
processor, not a 6809.
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David
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I found this to be interesting:
http://www.velvetacidchrist.com/2010/03/08/sequencing-atari-st-cubase-2-0/
(site is pretty heavy on graphics)
summary for the lazy:
person did a test of various MIDI sequencers on various platforms, the
Atari STe was the winner.
Awesome!
I have fond memories of Atari ST's. I had an Atari 1040ST running HybridArts
SMPTETrack. It had a greyscale monitor, and I combined it with a Roland MT-32 and an
RD-250 piano, and that was my studio for a couple years.
I did a bunch of anal-retentive "masterpeices" on that setup, i.e. this one,
which is probably the most prog-rock-like thing I've put out:
http://www.archive.org/download/AtmosphericCD1998/12_Spaceman.ogg