Dr. T’s KCS Keyboard Controlled Sequencer 1984

[memyselfandus]

You see those 48 “clip slots”?

The one labeled "T.Conrar" made me check. Sure enough, Tim Conrardy was into Ataris. Sure do miss him.

Me too nice to see you meffy!

[memyselfandus]

I love that graphic on the manual, so retro

[memyselfandus]

Quaderno was another amazing App for the Atari

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

But better yet theres been a Windows version for years, I highly recommend it if you want to experiment.
Weve been waiting a long time for v2 to appear so don't hold your breath

So cool! How long ago was version 2 announced?

Just checked and I bought v1.9 in 2004........so v2 could be out in 2024.
At least its halved in price since then

[memyselfandus]

Looks like it went from Dr T's to OSC to Cakewalk then to Metro





http://www.sagantech.biz/

Metro was born in Dr T's as Beyond, and was already the work of Jeremy Sagan, and went later to OSC, as Metro, and Cakewalk, after that, before becoming independent.. It may have inherited some functions and features from KCS, but is not the same product, AFAIK.

Cool stuff

[des]

Wow....my first sequencer was Dr. T's KCS 128 for the Commodore 128 I had back then. Loved that sequencer! Eventually moved from that to Sequencer Plus Gold...

[memyselfandus]

Wow....my first sequencer was Dr. T's KCS 128 for the Commodore 128 I had back then. Loved that sequencer! Eventually moved from that to Sequencer Plus Gold...

Fun!

[johnrule]

Looks like it went from Dr T's to OSC to Cakewalk then to Metro

I believe it went from Dr. T's to Beyond to Metro to OSC to CakeWalk and then back to Metro (and the original author, Jeremy Sagan). I'm (mostly) positive because I took that sequencer upgrade path myself

I do miss some of Jeremy's features, like the subsections and velocity stems. Very intuitive DAW imo.

[memyselfandus]

Looks like it went from Dr T's to OSC to Cakewalk then to Metro

I believe it went from Dr. T's to Beyond to Metro to OSC to CakeWalk and then back to Metro (and the original author, Jeremy Sagan). I'm (mostly) positive because I took that sequencer upgrade path myself

I do miss some of Jeremy's features, like the subsections and velocity stems. Very intuitive DAW imo.

What were the subsections and velocity stems like? are those things in other daws now?

[fmr]

Looks like it went from Dr T's to OSC to Cakewalk then to Metro

I believe it went from Dr. T's to Beyond to Metro to OSC to CakeWalk and then back to Metro (and the original author, Jeremy Sagan). I'm (mostly) positive because I took that sequencer upgrade path myself

I do miss some of Jeremy's features, like the subsections and velocity stems. Very intuitive DAW imo.

It was named Beyond when at Dr T's, changed name to Metro when at OSC, and was named Metro ever since, (at Cakewalk and later on in Sagan Technologies). And it was always the work of Jeremy Sagan, with presumably contributes from others, like for example the notation module, which I believe was from Overture (when Overture was also at Cakewalk, after the demise of Opcode).

[johnrule]

It was named Beyond when at Dr T's, changed name to Metro when at OSC, and was named Metro ever since, (at Cakewalk and later on in Sagan Technologies). And it was always the work of Jeremy Sagan, with presumably contributes from others, like for example the notation module, which I believe was from Overture (when Overture was also at Cakewalk, after the demise of Opcode).

That sounds about right. I also had Deck when I had OSC Metro. The very last iteration of Deck introduced reverb that was fail...reverb was not easy back then

The subsections are similar to folders in other DAWs, but you can easily chain sections together in a main track while maintaining the original (editable) subsection for quick editing.

The velocity stems are just easy to work with in terms of raising/lowering the velocity of a midi note. It is also quick to determine velocity behavior visually. Currently, in Reaper, I have a bar across the tiny rectangle of a note itself.

[deastman]

You see those 48 “clip slots”?

The one labeled "T.Conrar" made me check. Sure enough, Tim Conrardy was into Ataris. Sure do miss him.

[deastman]

I worked with KCS just a little bit, when my band was recording at a friend's studio. He was running it in an Amiga 2000. I remember it felt very primitive to me at the time, because I was using Vision which was a lot more graphical. The variation stuff does look interesting though.

[Roman Empire]

Good memories!

I used this one on my amiga untill I went over to PC in about 97 and started using Cubase. Absolutely great back then, although I remember that people who were into heavy manipulation of data and styles used some color orgy called "Bars & Pipes".

Best Regards

Roman Empire

[Scotty]

Every once and while I bring up a synth patch to discover that Mr. Conrady designed the preset.... TC lives on.

You see those 48 “clip slots”?

The one labeled "T.Conrar" made me check. Sure enough, Tim Conrardy was into Ataris. Sure do miss him.

Me too nice to see you meffy!

[deastman]

Good memories!

I used this one on my amiga untill I went over to PC in about 97 and started using Cubase. Absolutely great back then, although I remember that people who were into heavy manipulation of data and styles used some color orgy called "Bars & Pipes".

Best Regards

Roman Empire

I only got into the Amiga very late, towards the end of Commodore. I did get Bars&Pipes, but yes, it looked hideous and I could never bring myself to actually use it instead of Vision on my Mac.

The other thing I remember about the guy with KCS in his studio was that it was the one and only program he used on his Amiga. When he would boot up the computer, he had it set up with just one giant KCS icon to click and nothing else.