Old DAWs - nostalgia thread
- KVRAF
- 8826 posts since 6 Jan, 2017 from Outer Space
I started out on an Apple ][ clone and had to write my own programs in Pascal, later Modula II. The first real sequencer was Opcode Vision, I still have a StudioVision T-shirt I got on the music fair in Franfurt...
Those first tools had been Midi only, the first DAW was StudioVision, later I had a Digidesign 8-Track and then long time no DAW, just Max/MSP...
Those first tools had been Midi only, the first DAW was StudioVision, later I had a Digidesign 8-Track and then long time no DAW, just Max/MSP...
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- KVRist
- 116 posts since 18 Feb, 2012 from United States
Man Project8 was the shizzzzzz
Let’s not forget Orion Studio either
Also, NanoStudio 1 was an amazing piece of software for iOS. Was honestly responsible for me getting back into music production back in the 2010s. Obviously 2 is out now and is better in basically every way. But 1 also holds a special place in my heart
Let’s not forget Orion Studio either
Also, NanoStudio 1 was an amazing piece of software for iOS. Was honestly responsible for me getting back into music production back in the 2010s. Obviously 2 is out now and is better in basically every way. But 1 also holds a special place in my heart
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 101 posts since 19 Jun, 2013
I know we are all professionals here so definitely no one ever used Magix Music Maker, right?
Anyway, this version from 1999 was actually called Magix Music Maker Professional and it has a cool looking mixer. The effects were offline except aux busses.
Speaking of mixers, Magix Music Studio from 1997 had this mixer which reminds me a bit Reason style graphics...or real life equipment
Anyway, this version from 1999 was actually called Magix Music Maker Professional and it has a cool looking mixer. The effects were offline except aux busses.
Speaking of mixers, Magix Music Studio from 1997 had this mixer which reminds me a bit Reason style graphics...or real life equipment
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 101 posts since 19 Jun, 2013
I've been a fan of Cakewalk Guitar Tracks software.
I've attached photos of version 2 from around 2000 and version 3 from 2004.
I prefer that kind of simple tools for creativity than fully featured DAWs.
With physical discs like these you also get a printed sheet with most common keyboard shortcuts - very useful to put it right next to your computer.
Both versions of GTracks work alright in Windows 10 64-bit.
GT2 doesn't work with ASIO drivers for low latency and doesn't feature input monitoring.
GTPro3 has quite modern specs except for being 32 bit of course.
The bundled IK Amplitube LE (ver.1) sounds surprisingly well and again no need to go through 30 pages to tweak a nice tone.
I also like the two screen concept - you either on mixer or arrange view.
I've attached photos of version 2 from around 2000 and version 3 from 2004.
I prefer that kind of simple tools for creativity than fully featured DAWs.
With physical discs like these you also get a printed sheet with most common keyboard shortcuts - very useful to put it right next to your computer.
Both versions of GTracks work alright in Windows 10 64-bit.
GT2 doesn't work with ASIO drivers for low latency and doesn't feature input monitoring.
GTPro3 has quite modern specs except for being 32 bit of course.
The bundled IK Amplitube LE (ver.1) sounds surprisingly well and again no need to go through 30 pages to tweak a nice tone.
I also like the two screen concept - you either on mixer or arrange view.
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EdgarRothermich EdgarRothermich https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=198722
- KVRist
- 214 posts since 19 Jan, 2009 from West Hollywood
My bedroom studio ca 1988/89 (before bedroom studios were a thing). Commodore 64 running Steinberg Pro-16 and Atari ST running Steinberg Pro-24. For the younger audience, Pro-16 and Pro-24 were the predecessors of Cubase.
Later, I moved on to Cubase on the Atari and then Cubase Audio on then Mac, and then 2005, I switched to Logic (for composing) and Pro Tools for (recording/mixing).
BTW, the videotapes on the shelf were digital audiotapes. At the university, we had a Sony PCM F1, the first digital PCM recorders with glorious 14bit converters. Good times.
Later, I moved on to Cubase on the Atari and then Cubase Audio on then Mac, and then 2005, I switched to Logic (for composing) and Pro Tools for (recording/mixing).
BTW, the videotapes on the shelf were digital audiotapes. At the university, we had a Sony PCM F1, the first digital PCM recorders with glorious 14bit converters. Good times.
Edgar Rothermich
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YouTube Videos https://YouTube.com/c/MusicTechExplained/
Books for Logic Pro X, Pro Tools, GarageBand and FCPx http://DingDingMusic.com/
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- KVRAF
- 8826 posts since 6 Jan, 2017 from Outer Space
And I see an AAW, is it a Teac 4-track? And a real piano...
When did you move to California leaving all that back?
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- KVRer
- 21 posts since 5 Jul, 2020
I wish I could had pics! I remember getting acid music whatever it was and being stunned. Never used my portastudio again. And, I used to record from impulse tracker onto tape into the tascam for drums and guides. I tried to use the portastudio a year or so later and it wouldn't turn on. Didn't really care.
Kind of weird I was so shocked. I had been involved with dat and pro-tools and reel to reel recording already. Maybe it was just the fact that I could do it all myself, I dunno. Can't remember. Can't remember a lot from then tbh. Dunno how much is the senile and how much is something else.
Kind of weird I was so shocked. I had been involved with dat and pro-tools and reel to reel recording already. Maybe it was just the fact that I could do it all myself, I dunno. Can't remember. Can't remember a lot from then tbh. Dunno how much is the senile and how much is something else.
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- KVRAF
- 3623 posts since 5 Jan, 2006 from UK
Oh! SO many hours spent in this. And if you got bored of making music, you could always play the embedded snake game in it.
The same team that developed FastTracker II went onto to work on a game that could have been a Quake beater, never saw the light of day though...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAzJ6yoQecY
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- KVRAF
- 5427 posts since 18 Jul, 2002
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- KVRian
- 912 posts since 18 Feb, 2004
Started with Dr T's KCS on the C64 in the mid to late 80s then moved to Passport's Master Tracks Pro on the Amiga in the early 90s.
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- KVRian
- 1090 posts since 24 Jul, 2018
My first taste of music production software when I was a kid was this gem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbilnExv7Rs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbilnExv7Rs
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Robert Randolph Robert Randolph https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=7328
- KVRAF
- 2225 posts since 25 May, 2003 from Saint Petersburg, Florida
Y'all knew I was gonna pop in and wax poetic about SAWStudio.... well here I am.
(also NoiseTracker)
(also NoiseTracker)
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 101 posts since 19 Jun, 2013
It seems like a lot of people used trackers as one of their first computer music experience.
I remember them too but I didn't find them very intuitive and simple.
Probably the first software that I made proper songs on was Magix Music Maker 2.0.
It allowed for 8 tracks but no recording straight into Magix so we used a Windows recorder running along with Magix, recorded an instrument part, trimmed it appropriately in some freeware sound editor and then back to Magix.
Interestingly, the first MMM was released in 1996, it was a kind of poor man Samplitude.
Especially that the first two versions of Magix were not bloated with stuff appealing to young customers only.
I remember them too but I didn't find them very intuitive and simple.
Probably the first software that I made proper songs on was Magix Music Maker 2.0.
It allowed for 8 tracks but no recording straight into Magix so we used a Windows recorder running along with Magix, recorded an instrument part, trimmed it appropriately in some freeware sound editor and then back to Magix.
Interestingly, the first MMM was released in 1996, it was a kind of poor man Samplitude.
Especially that the first two versions of Magix were not bloated with stuff appealing to young customers only.
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- KVRAF
- 2347 posts since 9 Oct, 2008 from UK
This was my first music software. It's a software sequencer rather than a DAW. Ran under DOS. Must see if it'll run on a modern PC. I had it on an 286 PC.
https://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/pris ... encer/7246
https://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/pris ... encer/7246
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