Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!bu-cs!hen From: hen@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Bill Henneman) Newsgroups: rec.music.synth,comp.sys.atari.st,rec.music.makers Subject: Re: ATARI ST w/hybrid arts smptetrack; Message-ID: <9516@bu-cs.BU.EDU> Date: Sun, 12-Jul-87 12:45:07 EDT Article-I.D.: bu-cs.9516 Posted: Sun Jul 12 12:45:07 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 13-Jul-87 01:17:48 EDT References: <4552@ihlpa.ATT.COM> <9@lzfme.UUCP> Reply-To: hen@bu-cs.UUCP (Wm. H. Henneman) Organization: Boston Univ. CS Dept. Lines: 27 Keywords: ATARI ST, smpte, sequencing Summary: It's a dyn-o-mite combo. Xref: mnetor rec.music.synth:1073 comp.sys.atari.st:4369 rec.music.makers:640 Boston University has been growing a digital music studio,+primarily designed to supply sound for animations producedin our Computer Graphics Lab. The studio has a Macintosh, an an Atari 1040ST with B/W monitor I picked up used for $300. The studio also has access to Suns, Encores, and an IBM 3090 (on each of these we have some student-generated software). I originally bought the Hybrid Arts MIDI track because it had the interface box to do SMPTE, but I immediately fell in love with their sequencing facilities. I use the Mac, (do a little Jam Factory every morning) but for day-in-day-out work, I use the Atari w/ Hybrid Arts MIDI track (along with Gen Patch & various 'droids). They have the cleanest user interface I can find on any of the packages: somebody inside Hybrid Arts knows how to put together software that is intuitive to a musician and at the same time feels right to the compunerd. Every visitor to the studio who has experience with some other hardware/software combination (particularly Dr.. T) has told us that our system is unbelievably much easier to use - they very often end up grumbling about how their software is too much like a spreadsheet. I would sooner give up one of our keyboards than give up the MIDI track. Another suggestion: I would also say that the B/W monitor is much better than a color monitor if you are going to be using the software for any length of time. Color is very useful for cramming lots of information on a screen, but your eyes get glazed over much faster. I started with an Atari 1040 w/ color monitor, but I took it home as soon as I got the b&w Atari.