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From: dvac@druwa.ATT.COM (Daniel Vachon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Ataris and Midi
Keywords: Music Mongers
Message-ID: <4620@druwa.ATT.COM>
Date: 30 Jan 90 21:01:32 GMT
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Our band is wanting to get into some Midi now that we have a Yamaha PTX8 
Electronic Drumkit, Yamaha TX16W Sampler, and a Kawai keyboard, all Midi..

I priced the stuff I would have to get for my Apple II at about $225 to get
on board with it.  A friend of mine said he could get me a 1040ST with built
in 800K drive, 1 Meg RAM, and Monitor for about $500.  

My question is directed to those Midi Mongers out there who play with midi
all the time.... Is the Atari the best computer for Midi for the price?!
Is the midi software good?!  We just want to use the Midi Computer as a
sequencer to throw some keys on top of some stuff that we want to do, but
are short an extra band member...  However, I would like to get something
that is flexible enough so that if we decide we want to sequence together
like 3 or key tracks and a couple tracks of sampled sounds, etc... if
we get the burning urge...

I would like to get open-minded comments...So please give good and bad points
about Midi on the Atari-ST.   Also, does most of the good Midid software work
on both the 1040 and the 520?!  If we can get by with spending even less for
the 520 and still get the use out of the sequencer that we want, that would be
great also...

Thanks in advance for any info!

Later - Dan Vachon -  !att!druwa!dvac