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From: blochowi@cat28.CS.WISC.EDU (Jason Blochowiak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Computers & MIDI
Summary: Get an ST
Keywords: Atari ST, MIDI, Music, Tangerine Dream
Message-ID: <2246@puff.cs.wisc.edu>
Date: 10 Feb 89 02:11:02 GMT
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Reply-To: blochowi@cat28.CS.WISC.EDU (Jason Blochowiak)
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	Please don't flame for posting this here - I thought that some Apple
users might have REASONABLE comments in response to what I post.

	The Atari ST (you'd probably want to get a 1040ST, but you'd have to
look into exactly what you wanted) has a TON of MIDI software available for
it. It also has a builtin MIDI port (In and Out, no builtin Thru, but it can
be added with a minor hardware hack), and is fairly inexepensive for what you
get.

	My reason for recommending the ST over the gs: The //gs is just too
slow... Anything beneath that (the //c, for example) doesn't have much in the
way of software available for it. If you're not planning on going very far
with the MIDI stuff, the //gs might be fine for you, but if you plan on
becoming a bit more serious later on, the ST is (in my opinion) a better
choice.

	The ST does have its problems, but I won't discuss them here - take
some time to read through comp.sys.atari.st if you're interested in that.

	My reason for including Tangerine Dream in the list of keywords: Their
most recent album was sequenced entirely on a ST...

	Disclaimer: I don't work for anybody (well, none of the computer
companies). I do, however, own (and program) both an Apple //gs and an Atari
ST, and am familiar with the capabilities and shortcomings of both machines.




	Jason Blochowiak (blochowi@wherever_i_am - garfield.cs.wisc.edu?)
			"Not your average iconoclast..."

Dave Whitney: Where are you? Write to me; either here or @lakesys will do.