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Subject: Re: Atari ST or Amiga ?  Help !
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mfs@edison.GE.COM (Martin Sant) wrote:
> I have been looking at both the Atari ST and the Amiga. ...
> I will be using the computer for MIDI stuff ...


     I have my Amiga hooked up to a MIDI keyboard and it works very well.
I would assume that it would work even better if I had better software.  
I am using Deluxe Music Construction Set, but I heard the Pro-MIDI-Studio
is much better.  I bought an Amiga, so I believe that it is a better computer 
and preferable if you will be doing things other than MIDI, but for MIDI only
applications, the ST is better.  It is also less expensive, a lot less if you 
get the monochrome monitor, and has a MIDI-port built in.  MIDI ports for the 
Amiga are around $50.00 (Although we built ours for $20.00).
   One other thing.  Just yesterday I was flipping through Keyboard magazine
and noticed several adds for ST MIDI software.  There was only one for the
Amiga: Music X.  I can't say this for sure, but there is probably more MIDI
software for the ST.

Final word:  Buy the ST if you really only want it for MIDI.  Buy the Amiga
	     if you want to use it for other purposes and/or if you want
	     good sound to come from the computer also. (Pretty useful)

						--Rob.



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|Robert Silvers.                                                           |
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