Do any of you use a Virus TI with an Atari ST?
 

I was just wondering as im thinking of picking up an Atari ST1024 to learn midi sequencing on. Im confident ill get my DX7 running with it.....am i right in thinking i'd be able to do basic midi sequencing with a TI on it also.

Anyone here think it could work? Sorry....i am totally naiive about midi and how to use it......but ive heard the Atari have good midi timming with zero conflicts.

Any ideas/suggestions?

DS

Fuck me. You are taking me back 10 years. I used to run C-Lab Creator (Emagic) back in the day on my old ST. Highly recommend it if you want to get into MIDI sequencing - it was rock solid for me (timing wise). Your DX will sync up lovely - my old TX81Z did. Bit of shame really as my TX is sitting in a box in my loft...

Thats cool to hear m8. Right, im currently looking at Atari St's on the SoS website....they tend to go for about ?100 -

Can you remember which were the best music sequencing programs at that time?

Thx!

DS

DS. Like I said mate C-Lab Creator/Notator was great for me (it was developed into Logic) and I highly recommend using it. Back in the day it was either this or early Cubase.

There is a great deal on ebay going at the moment for this software (You may want to check that it is in English before you buy!) But it gives you an idea of pricing. The Export is a great little piece of kit - it gives you 3 more MIDI outs for your ST. It's just a little dongle that plugs straight into the back of your ST. I used to use one and it gave me 64 channels of MIDI sequencing in my poor old ST!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Notator-SL-C-L...ayphotohosting

What makes me laugh is the timing was far more rock solid 10+ years ago using my ST than what it is these days!

?100 should get you an 1040ST and a little monitor with your choice of software supplied. Be careful when you buy an ST - make sure you see a sequencer up and running on it. There are a lot of very sick, ill ST's out there these days. Edit - (some also come with an extra meg of memory - very worthwhile).

Cubase on Atari is fine, ezee to use wikid tight timing. I have a Mega STE 4with 4 meg ram and 40 Meg Hard drive, OS boots from the hard disk instead of a floppy in the case of a 1040. Boots much faster.

isn't a gameboy more powerful than an atari?

Never seen one that's capable of midi sequencing though.