"The software was strictly to control external hardware midi devices. Hard discEmile Tobenfeld recording and virtual instruments were years away from hitting the mainstream. A guy named Emile Tobenfeld (see photo) was the man behind Dr. T’s and KCS and he created this software in 1984.
Take a look at the screen shot above of the “Track Mode”. You see those 48 “clip slots”? Each one would play back a midi part. You could mute and un-mute parts to try different musical ideas. You could also record midi into any part. Sound familiar? It’s an early version of Ableton Live’s session view! Amazing no?
KCS also had an “Edit Mode” where you could transform parts. You could do quiet a lot with your midi data including change the pitch, velocity, controllers, pitch bends, compress and expand length, reverse, and much more. I have strong memories of using the “Step Time Track” feature to make drum patterns. The “Step-Time Track” is used to enter notes one at a time. You specify the value of the note, (half-note, quarter note, etc.) and its length, and then play the note on your MIDI keyboard. Velocity can be recorded from the keyboard, or it can be preset. Step-time tracks can be appended to existing tracks."
Then there is an editing module you will not find on ANY sequencer even to the present: The PVG (Programmable Variation Generator.) Using the various tools in the PVG, variations can be created from your "raw" sequences with results that can be quite fascinating. For example; adding flams and fills in a drum track, Creating harmonies on a melody track, adding stick bounce effects on a marimba track. The possibilities are endless.
http://tamw.atari-users.net/omega.htm
EDIT
some more pics
Looks like it went from Dr T's to OSC to Cakewalk then to Metro
http://www.sagantech.biz/
at least there is hope
