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THE INTRANCER · Post by **THE INTRANCER** » Sat Oct 02, 2021 3:10 am

Not really talking about love at first sight in first seeing a DAW but rather a time or occasion in your life where you had no sequencer or even a computer to use one.

For me, it would have been some time in 1992/3 I think… I went through a period where I didn't have a computer to use at all and spent more time playing on consoles like a Sega Mega Drive or Nintendo NES. My Atari 800 XL 8-Bit computer, had really been relegated to non use by 1990, so I actually more fun just being outside with friends, playing, snooker, darts, chess, watching videos, going out in the bay with my brother and our 25-foot cabin cruiser boat to catch fish on and other things like going to amusement arcades and fun fairs...playing football and kerby (bouncing a ball off kerbs) It was probably the most fun of times in my life... Getting dressed up at Halloween as a soldier and holding a M16 machine gun, didn't really bother anyone back then as we went around all the houses in the village to get candy and bonfire nights were special too...but anyway, back to DAWs… Actually, DAWs actually seem quite boring in comparison to how things were in years prior. I've so many great memories... So what did I see that made me want to use a sequencer... I believe it was an episode of Bad Influence, a kids program about computers and computer games, in addition to news from the USA. I had spent many of my young years through the 1980s wanting an Atari ST, not to make music, but to play games. By 1993 I had one, although a partially broken one with a keyboard with a cracked PCB. It was a Mega ST1 machine, which a courier called Parcel Force took a month to deliver. Interestingly when we complained and wanted compensation, they sent two guys in black suits out to have a look at my machine in my bedroom. Yup, totally weird in times before the internet, but in any case... they had the nerve to blame the sender for how it arrived in the unprotected box and did nothing, which was particularly annoying as a 14-year-old kid... There was some music software, but it was primitive and not exactly appealing in a monochrome monitor. I used it for CAD purposes, which was more fun....

antic604 · Post by **antic604** » Sat Oct 02, 2021 8:28 am

As I probably mentioned few times, I've not touched music between 2000 and 2015/16 and before that I was 100% trackers, but I vaguely remember seeing Ableton Live screenshot somewhere and - to me - it looked like one of those computers they use in Star Trek. And I thought I would never be able to comprehend or use it

Scrubbing Monkeys · Post by **Scrubbing Monkeys** » Sat Oct 02, 2021 9:14 am

Mine was seeing a friend's set up usiñg Cakewalk by Twelve Tone on a DOS OS controlling a Korg O1/w. It was playing a midi file for Billie Jean. 1986

FapFilter · Post by **FapFilter** » Sat Oct 02, 2021 9:30 am

First sequencer i really used was the onboard thing on my Technics KN650 in 1993, but i think i also had a Cakewalk sequencer or so before that came bundled with my Sound Blaster 1 or 1.5.

First software sequencer i actually used has been Cubase on a friend's ST in 1998 or 1999, but i still loved my QY70 more.

First DAW i bought was Cubase SL3 which i almost immediately ditched for Project 5 v2 which actually was the first DAW i really fell in love with, despite everyone else i knew in my area was using Cubase

Tj Shredder · Post by **Tj Shredder** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 6:54 am

I programmed my own Midi stuff in the early days on obscure computers. Then I switched to a Mac (a IIci) and Max. I got on Opcodes Vision finally which was fun. But my focus was more and more on Max/MSP and I didn‘t use DAWs except for jobs for many years. Even Max4Live could not get me into it… Until Bitwig appeared…
The very first for sure was on my Appl ][ clone, but I it wasn‘t important enough to remember…
In a way I had three. Apple ][, Vision and Bitwig…

gentleclockdivider · Post by **gentleclockdivider** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 1:55 pm

Please move to off topic
Again you're using a popular subforum forum to tell your life story .

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 2:00 pm

or he is encouraging talk about sequencers and early DAWs, others have also responded as well about their early experiences...I'm sorry, I dont want to wear out the move button on my computer (already lost my any key) and if I move this now, look how many other threads from other posters I would have to move...it is still KvR afterall

rezoneight · Post by **rezoneight** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 2:10 pm

Dr Ts KCS on the C-64. Then Master Tracks Pro from Passport on the Amiga. Then Cakewalk on the PC. Then Logic and Ableton on the Mac. Much simpler times back then

Spring Goose · Post by **Spring Goose** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 2:27 pm

1998 Cubase 5 i opened it and it looked like a blank piece of paper to me. I didn't have a clue what to do, but i persevered with the manual and i learned what to do.

starflakeprj · Post by **starflakeprj** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 2:41 pm

I think it was Emagic Logic, before Apple purchased Emagic, with Cubase as a close second. I remember logic being VERY illogical.

scalawag · Post by **scalawag** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 4:02 pm

I believe it was Dr Ts KCS on the Amiga circa 1989. Then later i moved to Protracker.

Edit: Actually, i was digging deeper, and the first one was Deluxe Music Construction Set (DMCS)

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 4:08 pm

Pro12 on Atari STe ... back in 92/93

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 4:49 pm

Mine was a 15,000 event (not note) Sequencer program for the Atari 520 ST circa 1985.

I also had Roland JSQ-60 sequencer unit for the Juno 60 or at least I think I did. I just remember a box that attached to the Juno 60 but I'm be damned if I can remember exactly what it was now.

EDIT: Damn there are a lot of old farts here.......

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 5:00 pm

around 2000, my ex started working for some tech company as a beta tester and programmer for pos.
we got what at the time, was a very powerful machine as she needed it for working from home

before that, guitarist with pedal board and a sampler

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 5:05 pm

Teksonik wrote: Sun Oct 03, 2021 4:49 pm EDIT: Damn there are a lot of old farts here.......

Your First Sight Of A Sequencer / DAW