Date: 8-March-2000
From: Pip

I just have to inform all of you of the following:

ATARI 1040 RUNNING NOTATOR USED ON ONE OF THE TRACKS ON MULTIGRAMMY WINNING (8 COUNT 'EM) SANTANA ALBUM SUPERNATURAL.

I am not at liberty to say which one unfortunately but this is a fact you can take to the bank. I also don't know if it was used on other tracks besides this one. But hey anything is possible with a system this powerful.

Pip

Date: 8-March-2000
From: Bbo

In a message dated 3/8/00 12:58:46 AM Eastern Standard Time, Pip writes:

>ATARI 1040 RUNNING NOTATOR USED ON ONE OF THE TRACKS ON MULTIGRAMMY
>WINNING (8 COUNT 'EM) SANTANA ALBUM SUPERNATURAL.

What we should all do is to put "long live atari/notator" in the liner notes of albums or credits of anything we work on.

Date: 8-March-2000
From: Muuzicman

Long live ATARI/NOTATOR :)

Date: 8-March-2000
From: Tim

Also on Notator List of Fame are the keyboardists for Mike and the Mechanics. They used Notator Extensivly in the studio and on stage.
They depended on it to make all thier patch changes as well as run sequences during the live show.They actually purchased an Atari System just to Run Notator!

Tim

Date: 8-March-2000
From: Kevin

also featured running on a Take That Video

Kev

Date: 8-March-2000
From: Tommy

Also read an interview with Madonna's producer about a year ago (was it Flood?) who said they used Atari on her CD, but I think he may have been using Cubase. Someone should give him a talking to. ;-}

-Tommy

Date: 8-March-2000
From: Wayne Anthony-Cole

& also a Barry white video.
Fatboy Slim aka Norman Cook

Regards
Wayne

Date: 9-March-2000
From: Demetrio

This isn't really studio stuff but...

I remember the keyboardist on the Paula Abdul video for "Cold Hearted" back in the 80s ran a sequence using his 1040ST. He pressed play (perhaps with Enter on the numeric keypad--ala Notator), the 1040 beeped the count-in, and the dance song started.
I don't think he played the keyboard at all for the rest of the video and they deliberately showed him just sitting there, letting his sequence run. Cool.
His work was done. Unfortunately, I can't tell you with certainty that it was actually Notator on screen. Perhaps if someone could find that video on a retro video special...

Demzy

Date: 9-March-2000
From: Nick

Pip wrote:

> ATARI 1040 RUNNING NOTATOR USED ON ONE OF THE TRACKS ON MULTIGRAMMY
> WINNING (8 COUNT 'EM) SANTANA ALBUM SUPERNATURAL.

I dropped a line to E-Magic informing them of this fact and reminded them of their disgusting attitude toward support for Notator SL users

Nick (AKA outraged of Wimbledon)

Date: 9-March-2000
From: Kevin

George Formby used a very early beta version with a Uke to Midi converter

Date: 9-March-2000
From: Tommy

> George Formby used a very early beta version with a Uke to Midi converter

Yes, I seem to remember that from his appearance on MTV House Party.

Date: 9-March-2000
From: Steve

kevin writes:

> George Formby used a very early beta version with a Uke to Midi converter

He used it to record "When I'm Cleaning Windows" so I recall......
............or should that be "When I'm Re-installing Windows" !

( Sorry, couldn't resist it ! ) :-)))

Date: 10-March-2000
From: Amy

Tim wrote:

>>Long live ATARI/NOTATOR :)

I seem to remember that the Pointer Sisters carried 5 or 6 Ataries with them "on the road" (used for background music)....and had more at home. Also, one Jim Brown.....then there was Donnie Osmond, who carried the Atari portable (laptop - name?) with him so that he could do his compositions while travelling......he was in his joy when he learned about the Atari.....It seems that the Atari "portable" (it had a girl's name??) even preceded "laptops" in general, did it not?

A number of years ago I watched a show on TV from Britain on the Christopher Dean and Jane Torwell figure skating team - they were in the process of creating the music for an upcoming special event - lo and behold, there it was - on TV - the Atari and Notator in all its glory! There was no mistaking it.....

Also, I have previously mentioned Oscar Peterson as an enthusiastic user - he had the 1040ST at the time- and at which time he tried other computers, but ended up going back to the Atari (for a while, at least!). I recently purchased Oscar's Multi-Media CD-Rom and his "Note-For -Note" Transcriptions of his classic recordings (PG Music) .....
the latter contains 260 pages (18 of Oscar's piano solos - (hand copied!) note-for-note renderings of Oscar's playing taken from the original recordings - transcriptions on the accompanying audio CD are played (note for note) by jazz pianist Miles Black. It's awesome - and one of the easiest installations on the PC that I have ever encountered. The programs are only available for the PC......which incidentally (the PC) still drives me crazy......

Thought I'd mention these few......

Regards, Amy.

Date: 10-March-2000
From: Hal

At 15:00 +0100 10-03-2000, Amy wrote:

> I seem to remember that the Pointer Sisters carried 5 or 6 Ataries with them
> "on the road" (used for background music)....and had more at home.

I read about the Pointer Sisters using Atari ST computers as well, in "Keyboard" magazine several years ago I think. I believe there was an ad. for Hybrid Arts' harddisk recording system in the same magazine as well, with the Pointer Sisters using it. Not sure if they used Notator SL in recording though.

> Also, one Jim Brown.....then there was Donnie Osmond, who carried
>the Atari portable (laptop - name?)

STacy.

On another note, this thread got me thinking... how about someone create a list over famous musicians who have used/are still using Atari ST computers (or even more related to this list -Notator SL), for making music?
I could add it to the website if there's any interest for it.

Date: 10-March-2000
From: Tim

> On another note, this thread got me thinking... how about someone
> create a list over famous musicians who have used/are still using Atari
> ST computers (or even more related to this list -Notator SL), for making music?
> I could add it to the website if there's any interest for it.

I usually pore over my old keybrd and STart mags and they have plenty of Info. I shall start one . Might be intresting research. The only thing is finding people (celebrities) who STILL use Atari. Unless anyone on this list is a "celebrity"!*L*

Date: 10-March-2000
From: Kevin

> seems that the Atari "portable" (it had a girl's name??) even preceded
> "laptops" in general, did it not?

It is called the STacy basically a STFM with an attached LCD screen, it's almost as big and heavy as a normal Atari and never really worked for very long on battery power, some of us on here including myself still have one,
I've brought mine up to date with a HD floppy and a 1gig hard drive, as none of the emulators can do midi or dongle it's the best way to take Notator/Atari to a studio

Date: 10-March-2000
From: Laurence

I know that Depeche Mode used two Ataris running Notator for the album "Ultra". Of course, that was for the sequencing.
The audio was handled by Logic Audio on a mac. Also William Orbit did Madonna's "Ray of Light" album with an Atari. Cabaret Voltaire's Richard Kirk uses ST's as well. As does Drum'n'Bass great Roni Size.

Cheers,
Laurence

Date: 10-March-2000
From: Amy

Hal wrote:

> I read about the Pointer Sisters using Atari ST computers as well
> Not sure if they used Notator SL in recording though.

Chances are that they used the Hybrid Arts program - but it seems to me that it was later on that I read about them using the Atari - somehow, I assumed they were using Notator!

I think there were some professional versions of the Hybrid Arts sequencer - The MidiTrack Series: SmpteTrack, SyncTrack and EditTrack....they worked with either color or monochrome monitor (medium or high res. - the same thing holds true of EasyScore+); I believe there was a MidiTrack ST hardware interface required (for the SmpteTrack and SyncTrak ONLY). EasyScore+ was the Professional Sheet Music Printing Program

>>Also, one
>>Jim Brown.....then there was Donnie Osmond, who carried the Atari portable
>>(laptop - name?) > STacy.

Thanks! I knew it was a girl's name!!!

> On another note, this thread got me thinking... how about someone
> create a list over famous musicians who have used/are still using Atari
> ST computers (or even more related to this list -Notator SL), for making music?
> I could add it to the website if there's any interest for it.

That's a great idea - would we be able to post to it to save time and trouble? It would not be too difficult to check thru old magazines - I have some here, so I will find the articles on what I have - some people could be contacted personally.

Thanks Hal, for your quick response. I for one would love to know who all (artists) used the Atari.

Should we leave the thread headed as "Super System"??? What a great history page we could create!

Amy.

Date: 11-March-2000
From: Kalivale

i know The Bands Future sound of London use Atari's with Creator with Protools on Mac for audio, Depeche Mode use Notator, Bomb the Bass (has part in mode using it) Juno Reactor use/used ataris,Jamiroquai used Notator and recently switched to logic, Gary Numan Used Notator and Sound tools by digidesign and now uses Logic ...
the band Bypass unit uses Notator as well as does the band Baby Fox, Luke Slater used to use Cubase on Atari...et ect=)
Ciao, Nicholas

Date: 11-March-2000
From: Jesse

>> Unless anyone on this list
>> is a "celebrity"!*L*

Nick,
I think that's your que....

Jesse

Date: 11-March-2000
From: DJH

Muir and Medway are both on this list and are celebrities to many in an underground house music medium which includes myself. its inspirational to know that both of the above consistently put out incredible records on atari computers and notator.
As a new york city dj slowly getting into production work, I am constantly being told my1040st is obsolete. This recent forum has been long overdue. There are alot of people that still use atari with much success. Sometimes its helpful to be reminded of that.
houdini

Date: 11-March-2000
From: Jesse

Yes, it's great when people come into your studio, look at the atari and say "what do you do with *that*?" I'd have to say though that the biggest fuss over what computer I used was when I got a PC, all my Mac friends couldn't belive it. I can remember getting into drunk shouting matches over the PC/Mac debate, musn't been any women at the time!

Date: 11-March-2000
From: Hal

At 19:56 +0100 10-03-2000, Amy Macdonald wrote:

> Hal wrote:
>> On another note, this thread got me thinking... how about someone
>> create a list over famous musicians who have used/are still using Atari
>> ST computers (or even more related to this list -Notator SL), for
>> making music?
>> I could add it to the website if there's any interest for it. > That's a great idea - would we be able to post to it to save time and trouble?

No. That would actually be more trouble as I'd have to create a system from scratch to automate that procedure.

I was just hoping that someone out there could compile the info somehow, then later on I could upload it to the website, possibly editing it beforehand to make it fit in with the rest of the stuff already there.

I'm open to suggestions, as long as I don't have to do everything myself ;-)

Hal

Date: 12-March-2000
From: Amy MacDonald

Hal wrote:

> I'm open to suggestions, as long as I don't have to do everything myself ;-)

Hal.....For starters, I have "captured" from the list all the posts so far that members have submitted re. various artists using Notator.......I use a program called ClipQuik, which enables me to save off info onto the clipboard and do a quick paste into one continuous document. So these postings are now in the form of an HTML document....
it shows the name and e-mail address of the person submitting the info, the info provided re. artist(s) using an Atari, also the submitter's web page (URL) where provided.....this could all be edited later as desired.

So far, I have contacted one "celeb" who is currently very busy performing and have been provided with the name and telephone number of the person's manager, so I will follow up on that.

If you would like to see the "html" doc as it is to date, let me know - I can attach it to an e-mail for your perusal - perhaps you can give me an idea as to how you would like it set up...

Great idea of yours, to put up a page in your web......, and I think this will spark some fun....

Regards, Amy.

Date: 12-March-2000
From: Tim

> Hal.....For starters, I have "captured" from the list all the posts so
> far that members have submitted re. various artists using Notator....

Thanks Amy

I have just gone thru my STart and keybrd, electronic musician mags, and compiled a list of Atari users. I will be making a txt file and will be posting this to the List shortly. I might even post it to the Atari newsgrp, and see if anyone else can contribute to it. Might be an interesting project.

See what you started Hal!!

Tim

Date: 12-March-2000
From: Amy MacDonald

Tim wrote:

> I have just gone thru my STart and keybrd, electronic musician mags, and
> compiled a list of Atari users. I will be making a txt file and will be
> posting this to the List shortly. I might even post it to the Atari newsgrp,
>and see if anyone else can contribute to it. Might be an interesting project.
> See what you started Hal!!

Thanks Tim....I will wait for it.....and will check my old Atari mags as well....

Amy.

Date: 12-March-2000
From: Simon Thornton

> Muir and Medway are both on this list and are celebrities to many in an
> underground house music medium which includes myself. its inspirational to
>know that both of the above consistently put out incredible records on atari
>computers and notator. As a new york city dj slowly getting into production
>work, I am constantly being told my1040st is obsolete. This recent forum has
>been long overdue. There are alot of people that still use atari with much
>success. Sometimes its helpful to be reminded of that.

Indeed it is. There's still many Atari systems making big records.

FWIW, myself and Norman (Cook) make those blasted Fatboy Slim records on a beaten up 1040ST (still with 1Mb), an original Unitor and Creator 2.1. Yes, 2.1. Copyright © 1989....it does amuse me that we can make an album that's nearly at 5m worldwide on a system 10 years old....

Simon.

Date: 13-March-2000
From: Brian Becroft

On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, Amy Macdonald wrote:

> Tim wrote:
>> I have just gone thru my STart and keybrd, electronic musician mags, and
>> compiled a list of Atari users. I will be making a txt file and will be
>> posting this to the List shortly.
[snip]

Can someone confirm my memory that in one of those STart magazines there was an article about an Atari computer being used with (was it?) Digidesign Hard Disc recording software and using the Syquest 44MB Removable Hard Drive, I think it was a 4-track Hard Disc Recorder, and this was used for making the sound track of a well known Movie.
I wonder how many Movies had sound-tracks made using an Atari Computer!?? Does anyone know the names of the Movies? I think this was a Hollywood Movie.

Also I realise this is not Notator related but thought the subject may just be of interest for the above list that Tim was referring to.

If anyone knows the facts on these things please post...

Date: 13-March-2000
From: Tim

> Can someone confirm my memory that in one of those STart magazines there
> was an article about an Atari computer being used with (was it?)
> Digidesign Hard Disc recording software and using the Syquest 44MB
> Removable Hard Drive, I think it was a 4-track Hard Disc Recorder, and
> this was used for making the sound track of a well known Movie. I wonder
> how many Movies had sound-tracks made using an Atari Computer!??
> Does anyone know the names of the Movies? I think this was a Hollywood
> Movie.

Yes...after going thru STarts over the weekend, There was a Chris Many who used 4 Ataris with the Hybrid Arts ADAP hard disc recording system, basically a glorified Sampler. He also used SMPTE track to sync it with Film.They also used a few Atari's in the Star Wars Tour in hollywood as "monitor" displays on the "starship. It had a DEgas file on it or something for the display!

Tim

Date: 13-March-2000
From: Tim

HI: I posted this to the Atari newsgrp and already got a response.
This is FUN!
Tim

Artist               Group/Title           Main Midi Application
----------------------------------------------------------------
Chester Thompson     Genesis               SMPTE Track, Cubase
Ronnie Foster        Producer              Various
Greg Giuffria        House of Lords        Various
Lee Ritenour         Guitarist             SMPTE Track
Jimmy Holz           Producer              SMPTE Track/Holz Translator
Mick Fleetwood       Fleetwood Mac         SMPTE Track/Holz Translator
Jon Anderson         Yes                   SMPTE Track/Holz Translator
Greg Whelchel        Pointer Sisters       SMPTE Track
Marc Rittor          Pointer Sisters       SMPTE Track
Terry Riley          Artist                Notator
Mike Pindar          Moody Blues           Various
Edgar Froese         Tangerine Dream       Steinberg Pro24
BB King              Blues Artist          SMPTE Track
Jay Ferguson         Spirit, Film          SMPTE Track
Jim Purcell          Film Artist           Dr T KCS
Dave Mason           Artist                SMPTE Track
Charles Faris        Film Artist           Forth
Leon Russel          Artist                SMPTE Track
Paul Carrack         Mike & the Mechanics  Notator
Adrian Lee           Mike & the Mechanics  Notator
Howard Massey        Programmer            Various
Craig Anderton       Midi Writter          MT Pro/Cubase
Chris Many           Film Artist           SMPTE Track
Randy Roos           Artist                Dr T KCS
Billy Curry          Artist                Steinberg Pro24
Queen                Group                 MT Pro/Notator SL
Gary Neuman          Artist                Notator
Patrick Leonard      Producer              ?
Debbie Gibson        Artist                Notator

Date: 14-March-2000
From: Nick Muir

Simon Thornton wrote:

> Indeed it is. There's still many Atari systems making big records.
> FWIW, myself and Norman (Cook) make those blasted Fatboy Slim records
> on a beaten up 1040ST (still with 1Mb), an original Unitor and Creator 2.1.
> Yes, 2.1. Copyright © 1989....it does amuse me that we can make an album
> that's nearly at 5m worldwide on a system 10 years old....

And there's more!! How much did you say this Mac is gonna cost? Two and a half grand for a f**kin headache! Can't wait!

Date: 14-March-2000
From: Nick Muir

Jesse Skeens wrote:

> Nick,
> I think that's your que....

> > > Unless anyone on this list
> > > is a "celebrity"!*L*

No photo's! No interviews! Talk to my manager etc.etc. No, I leave all that stuff to my protege, DJ John Digweed, who incidentally is putting insane pressure on me to get a Mac. I think I will get one and clandestinely do all the writing on the Atari, then record it onto the Mac so we get all the pretty pictures!

Nick

Date: 14-March-2000
From: Hal

At 15:33 +0100 12-03-2000, Amy Macdonald wrote:

> Hal.....For starters, I have "captured" from the list all the
> posts so far that members have submitted re. various artists using Notator.......
[.........]
> So these postings are now in the form of
> an HTML document....it shows the name and e-mail address of the person
> submitting the info, the info provided re. artist(s) using an Atari,
> also the submitter's web page (URL) where provided.....
> this could all be edited later as desired.

Great! Except, I don't want anyone's email addresses submitted. Many people (such as myself) want to keep their email addresses private, which also prevents spam-robots picking up their address, and posting all sorts of trash email to them.
(just in case someone is wondering about the archive of all messages posted here -no worries, as email addresses are all converted to images instead of text, thereby fooling those "spambots").

> If you would like to see the "html" doc as it is to date, let me know - I can
> attach it to an e-mail for your perusal - perhaps you can give me an
> idea as to how you would like it set up...

Sure, send it to me privately and I'll take a look. Perhaps you could author that document, in case someone else has something to add they can contact you, then you can get back to me when you're done?

Hal

Date: 14-March-2000
From: Hal

At 19:52 +0100 12-03-2000, Tim wrote:

> I have just gone thru my STart and keybrd, electronic musician mags, and
> compiled a list of Atari users. I will be making a txt file and will be
> posting this to the List shortly. I might even post it to the Atari newsgrp,
> and see if anyone else can contribute to it. Might be an interesting
> project.

It sure is. I'm sure the list will be pretty long. I suggest the list contains references (if available) as well, so people can read more about the particular artist's use of the Atari ST in making music.

As for the Notator website... I think it would be best to have a "Notator/Creator-only" list there as it's not a general Atari MIDI website.

> See what you started Hal!!

Yeah, I just can't keep my mouth shut ;-)

Hal

Date: 14-March-2000
From: Tim

>> See what you started Hal!!

> Yeah, I just can't keep my mouth shut ;-)
*L*

> Did anybody get the foreward that I had posted to the Atari newsgrp?It was
> the list I started asking for anybody else to contribute. I had a few
> responses. Perhaps I should have kept it in this thread.
Is the list a good format?

Date: 14-March-2000
From: Amy MacDonald

Brian Becroft wrote:

> Can someone confirm my memory that in one of those STart magazines there
> was an article about an Atari computer being used with (was it?)
> Digidesign Hard Disc recording software and using the Syquest 44MB
> Removable Hard Drive, I think it was a 4-track Hard Disc Recorder, and
> this was used for making the sound track of a well known Movie. I wonder
> how many Movies had sound-tracks made using an Atari Computer!??
> Does anyone know the names of the Movies? I think this was a Hollywood Movie.

> Also I realise this is not Notator related but thought the subject may
> just be of interest for the above list that Tim was referring to.

Brian - I believe I have most of the START magazines - I will check them out.

I am under the impression that the Hybrid Arts Sequencer with Sync - to sync to movies - was originally developed for that purpose on the ATARI and was used in the making of many movies...

Amy.

Date: 14-March-2000
From: Amy MacDonald

To Tim and Hal.....in response to the mssgs. below ....

Hal, the list is ready to go, but I will hold on to it to see if Tim is able to add the Mags. where the articles appeared as you suggested in your e-mail below....they are not in the present list...

Amy.

Hal wrote:

> At 19:52 +0100 12-03-2000, Tim wrote:

>> I have just gone thru my STart and keybrd, electronic musician mags, and
>> compiled a list of Atari users. I will be making a txt file and will be
>> posting this to the List shortly. I might even post it to the Atari newsgrp,
>> and see if anyone else can contribute to it. Might be an interesting project.

> It sure is. I'm sure the list will be pretty long. I suggest the list
> contains references (if available) as well, so people can read more
> about the particular artist's use of the Atari ST in making music.

Date: 14-March-2000
From: Amy

Tim wrote:

>> Did anybody get the foreward that I had posted to the Atari newsgrp?It was
>> the list I started asking for anybody else to contribute. I had a few
>> responses. Perhaps I should have kept it in this thread.
> Is the list a good format?

Yes Tim...thank you! I have it - I have been saving all responses (I thank everyone for the enthusiastic responses!!) re. this particular thread and have collected them in one HTML document, which I will now further edit and send to Hal for his perusal....see Hal«s posts of earlier today.....

I will continue adding to the list as responses come in....after I forward the current list to Hal, I will start a "new" one. Perhaps Hal can get started with the current one - then pages that I forward in the future could simply be add to the first one.

It is best that members continue sending in their information to this (Notator) list - then others will see them. I will pick them up from there and add them to the current HTML document.

Thanks for the contribution.....

Amy.

Date: 14-March-2000
From: Amy

Hal wrote:

> At 15:33 +0100 12-03-2000, Amy Macdonald wrote:

> > Hal.....For starters, I have "captured" from the list all the
> > posts so far that members have submitted re. various artists using Notator.......

> Great! Except, I don't want anyone's email addresses submitted.

I will remove them all...

> Many people (such as myself) want to keep their email addresses
> private, which also prevents spam-robots picking up their address, and
> posting all sorts of trash email to them.

I am experiencing that thru "listbot".....right now, because of another (genealogy) group list.!

> (just in case someone is wondering about the archive of all messages
> posted here -no worries, as email addresses are all converted to images
> instead of text, thereby fooling those "spambots").

Thanks!!!!

> > If you would like to see the "html" doc as it is to date, let me know -
> Sure, send it to me privately and I'll take a look.
> Perhaps you could author that document, in case someone else has
> something to add they can contact you, then you can get back to me when
> you're done?

I just suggested in a reply to Tim (posted to the list) that people send them as they have been doing (to the list) - that way hopefully, there will be no duplication. Also, it is easier for me to pick them up from there, as they all go into a Notator mail folder that I have set up for Notator stuff. Hope that's O.K. with you Hal. The subject "Super System=Supernatural" certainly stands out....I don't expect to receive very much more, but who knows!

I will edit what I have now for you to take a look at and send it to you.

Best regards, Amy.

Date: 14-March-2000
From: Tim

> To Tim and Hal.....in response to the mssgs. below ....

> Hal, the list is ready to go, but I will hold on to it to see if Tim
> is able to add the Mags. where the articles appeared as you suggested in your
> e-mail below....they are not in the present list...

> AMY:

Did you need the Exact issues (year/month) that the sources were from? (YIPS!!!)I went thru quite a stack of them on the week-end. They were STart,Keyboard and Electronic Musician basically 1988-1994 Of course I did not have ALL of them, but the ones I did have, I was able to go through.
Tim

Date: 14-March-2000
From: Amy

Tim wrote:

> Did you need the Exact issues (year/month) that the sources were from?
> (YIPS!!!)I went thru quite a stack of them on the week-end. They were
> STart,Keyboard and Electronic Musician basically 1988-1994
> Of course I did not have ALL of them, but the ones I did have, I was able to
> go through.

Tim, I don't know - that was a suggestion from Hal in this morning's post from him - Tues. 17:00.....here's the snip from his post:

"It sure is. I'm sure the list will be pretty long. I suggest the list contains references (if available) as well, so people can read more about the particular artist's use of the Atari ST in making music."

That would be a lot of work!

Amy.

Date: 20-March-2000
From: DJH

http://www.jeepjazz.com/sounddr.html

check this site out and what hes used atari 1040st and notator on.
harry

Date: 4-April-2000
From: Hal

According to the May 2000 issue of the UK musician magazine "The mix", an article about the UK duo "Coldcut" use Creator SL on an Atari STe.

They also had a Macintosh G4 (running Cubase VST, probably mostly for harddisk recording), so it just goes to show that even with the availability of more expensive, sophisticated and modern equipment, the Atari ST is often the choice when it comes down to MIDI sequencing!