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pethu · Post by **pethu** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 11:54 pm

kovacs wrote:I used some sort of drum software on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum...I don't remember the name...needless to say it was remarkable state of the art.

The legendary Cheetah SpecDrum! I had one too.

It actually had a good little pattern editor, all things considered.

Here's an article:
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/hardware/feat42.html

The state-of-the-art Spectrum emulators now emulate the SpecDrum, so if you really want to feel nostalgic,

here's an emulator:
http://www.spectaculator.com

And here's the software:
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/utils/s.html

(Looking at this now, I'd completely forgotten that it had replaceable drum kits!)

Meester Smeeeth · Post by **Meester Smeeeth** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 12:16 am

Yamaha QX21 + RX21 drum machine ->
Opcode EZ Vision ->
Opcode Vision (RIP) ->
Emagic Logic v1.1 all the way up to Logic Pro 7.1

Rhett · Post by **Rhett** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 12:53 am

Cakewalk on Windows 3.x (I think).

Rune · Post by **Rune** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 1:47 am

morelia wrote:Notator, yay!

Another yay to Notator!

Started out on this piece of fantastic MIDI sequencer together with a Roland D-10 and sometimes a Juno-1, Proteus-1 and TR-505.

On PC I was first using TakeTracker, then moved on to FastTracker II. Used FT2 for along time. Got Cakewalk Pro Audio 8 as a gift some time, but didn't really use it much. Some years later I got a great bargain on Cubase SX2 and never looked back since.

A bit off topic, but does anyone know if it's possible to run Notator with an ST emulator? I still have the diskettes and the dongle.

opiadream · Post by **opiadream** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 1:56 am

back at the reformatory I had me a harmonica

Z3R0T0N1N · Post by **Z3R0T0N1N** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 2:03 am

Rune:
aparently it is possible. find 'tims atari midi world' website, and i think there is info there.
STEem is a good emulator, i have used ims on it ( that is what Muzys evolved from, originally a really sweet little atari sequencer ).

Z3R0T0N1N · Post by **Z3R0T0N1N** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 2:04 am

err... you you not get the Atari's rock solid MIDI timing though.

Rune · Post by **Rune** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 2:31 am

Z3R0T0N1N wrote:Rune:
aparently it is possible. find 'tims atari midi world' website, and i think there is info there.

Hmm... didn't find any info. Looked around manually on the site and also ran this search on Google: notator steem site:tamw.atari-users.net

Anyway, did some more Googling and pretty much get the impression that this is the most common ST emulation question, but there is no solution to it because of the dongle.

Anyone handy with a soldering iron want to make a PCI card I can plug my Notator dongle into?

Still sorry for hijacking the thread. Now back to old DAWs

Z3R0T0N1N · Post by **Z3R0T0N1N** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 3:59 am

hmmm.
i still think tim conrardy is the one to ask about this. i kind of forgot about the damn dongle. I wonder if there is some pc external that can take that style of cartrige?

btw: first ever sequencer i used was the one in the roland mc 202. messed with it and the pro one. Also the little programmable arpegiator in the pro one. after that, the first digital sequencer i used was in the roland d-10, but i moved to the qx 21 by yamaha right after that. then creator (same as notator basically)

mystahr · Post by **mystahr** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 4:38 am

I actually started out with tape and a cutting machine in my early years, but first host to work with was cubase on an atari512. Probably why I'm still happy with 5.1

bitfreak8 · Post by **bitfreak8** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 9:55 am

I started with the c-64 to, using steinbergs pro-16 software. Not exactly my definition of user-friendly, but I made a lot of tracks with it.

It was also my first experience with copy-protection, becasue it had some kind of protection on the disc. That ment I often had to load it 2-3 times before it worked.

arguru · Post by **arguru** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 10:16 am

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10 PRINT "Frere Gustav"
	20 BEEP 1,0: BEEP 1,2: BEEP .5,3: BEEP.5,2: BEEP 1,0
	30 BEEP 1,0: BEEP 1,2: BEEP .5,3: BEEP.5,2: BEEP 1,0
	40 BEEP 1,3: BEEP 1,5: BEEP 2,7
	50 BEEP 1,3: BEEP 1,5: BEEP 2,7
	60 BEEP .75,7: BEEP .25,8: BEEP .5,7: BEEP .5,5:BEEP .5,3: 
	       BEEP.5,2: BEEP 1,0
	70 BEEP .75,7: BEEP .25,8: BEEP .5,7: BEEP .5,5: BEEP .5,3: BEEP .5,2: 
	       BEEP 1,0
	80 BEEP 1,0: BEEP 1,-5: BEEP 2,0
	90 BEEP l,0: BEEP 1,-5: BEEP 2,0

with quite good latency...

KTS · Post by **KTS** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 12:26 pm

here is the link to Tim's Atari site....

http://tamw.atari-users.net/index.htm

http://tamw.atari-users.net/steem.htm

ttwalter · Post by **ttwalter** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 12:52 pm

arguru wrote:

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10 PRINT "Frere Gustav"
	20 BEEP 1,0: BEEP 1,2: BEEP .5,3: BEEP.5,2: BEEP 1,0
	30 BEEP 1,0: BEEP 1,2: BEEP .5,3: BEEP.5,2: BEEP 1,0
	40 BEEP 1,3: BEEP 1,5: BEEP 2,7
	50 BEEP 1,3: BEEP 1,5: BEEP 2,7
	60 BEEP .75,7: BEEP .25,8: BEEP .5,7: BEEP .5,5:BEEP .5,3: 
	       BEEP.5,2: BEEP 1,0
	70 BEEP .75,7: BEEP .25,8: BEEP .5,7: BEEP .5,5: BEEP .5,3: BEEP .5,2: 
	       BEEP 1,0
	80 BEEP 1,0: BEEP 1,-5: BEEP 2,0
	90 BEEP l,0: BEEP 1,-5: BEEP 2,0

with quite good latency...

Cool

Is it a C64? Not shure long time ago

haydxn · Post by **haydxn** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 12:54 pm

i had a really crude sound sampler on my sinclar spectrum 128k, but i couldn't really compose with it. my first real music software was octaMED on the amiga (given away free on an issue of CU), then FT2 on the PC. then i tried the demo of FL for a few months, then a few years later i was a logic user. now Tracktion!

What was your first sequencer or DAW?