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Showing posts with label Atari. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Atari. Show all posts

Sunday, April 06, 2025

Dr T's "M" Midi Music Software for the Atari ST Brochure / Ad



This one is in via plantssystem.

Click the pics for the full size shots.

See see this previous post for some additional info on the software including a demo. You can find additional demos in previous videos by plantssystem featured here on MATRIXSYNTH.

Saturday, March 29, 2025

PlantsSystem-SingleRoom


video upload by plantssystem

"At SingleRoom, we performed an interactive set utilizing the Prophet-5 and 'M.' By blending the warm, analog tones of the Prophet-5 with the refined digital textures of 'M,' we created real-time sonic transformations.

This performance incorporated an improvisational approach, ensuring that each rendition unfolded with unique musical developments. By adapting the sound to the atmosphere and audience reactions, we provided a one-of-a-kind experience.

Harnessing the Prophet-5’s rich filters and the dynamic sound shaping of 'M,' we crafted deep, immersive synth sounds. Characterized by its simplicity yet profound depth, this performance stood as an exploration of the fusion of music and technology, offering listeners fresh inspiration."


Update: Some additional info via plantssytem on M:

"There is a deep relationship between Cycling'74's (MAX) M and ATARI M. Originally, ATARI M was developed by David Zicarelli, the current founder of Cycling'74, and Eric Amres, the founder of the 'Intelligent Sequencer Realtime' that I posted about last time. The prototype of MAX M is ATARI M. In addition, M was also released on the Commodore platform. I use ATARI M, which gives a more cutting-edge, direct and straightforward impression. The current ATARI emulation runs on Linux WattOS using Wine. I will send you the title splash of ATARI M and Realtime."

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

ATARI ST "The Intelligent Sequencer REALTIME" Recording – JAPAN Visions of China


video upload by plantssystem

"This is a rare recording of The Intelligent Sequencer REALTIME by Eric Ameres, a real-time MIDI sequencer for the ATARI ST. In this video, the sequencer is used to play Visions of China by the British band JAPAN.

As the name suggests, The Intelligent Sequencer REALTIME allows real-time recording and editing of MIDI sequences, making it a unique tool among ATARI ST music production software. This video captures MIDI data input, playback, and editing, providing a glimpse into the music production environment of that era.

For those interested in ATARI ST MIDI sequencers or vintage music production, this is a must-watch. Enjoy!"

Update:

"The sound is played using the SoundFont function of the ATARI ST emulator hataroid. The SoundFont is based on the Roland SC-55, and the drums are custom made by sampling the live sounds of the parts myself. hataroid can also control external synths using MIDI."

Sunday, March 23, 2025

PlantsSystem-Interaction


video upload by plantssystem

"'Interaction' is a work that opens up new musical possibilities through the resonance of the beautiful sound of the Prophet-5 and the innovative musicality of the atarist m. Please give this one-of-a-kind sound a try."

Crumar Bit01/Solton Project100/Elka EK22/Solton M160/Orla DSE24 - Atari ST Pulsar Sequencing


video upload by VSMI - Vintage Synths Made in Italy

"3 lines sequencing for 5 Vintage Synthesizers Made in Italy
Crumar Bit01, Solton Project100, Elka EK22, Solton M160, Orla DSE24.
Atari ST Pulsar Sequencer by Neil Wakeling"

Sunday, March 16, 2025

PlantsSystem-ATARI ST+M


video upload by plantssystem

"I tried playing the interactive music software 'M; on an ATARI ST emulator on my smartphone.
The sound is a handmade soundfont that I sampled from the Prophet-5.
#electronicmusic #ambient #atari #m #prophet5"

Sunday, March 09, 2025

MiMa's cover of Tim Follin - Chronos


video upload by mima85

"This is my own arrangement of the theme music of Chronos, a video game made for the venerable ZX Spectrum in the early 80ies. This piece is one of the early tunes from the great Tim Follin, and the term "great" is well deserved here because the ZX Spectrum's speaker by itself was capable to do just boring, monophonic buzzes. Tim, with some very clever programming, managed by software mixing to squeeze five, I mean FIVE channels of polyphony from that thing. So yes, 'great' is very appropriate for Tim.

Nonetheless, the original song is still a mosquitoes orchestra, five channels of polyphony but always of buzzing sounds, which many people can rightly find irritating to listen to. But this means that there's ample room of sound and stylistic choices when doing a re-arrangement. And for me, which I usually stick with the original arrangement and style when doing covers because I don't feel creative enough to come with something of my own, this was a cool exercise of creativity. Who knows, perhaps this means that some time in the future I'll be finally able to make some original music by myself :-)

As usual this video is not exactely a live performance, because the audio comes from the fully finished song. For the video I play the various parts like if I would've beein playing them live, paying attention to all the details (sound changes, execution, etc...) for the most realistic effect.

By the way, if you find yourself puzzled watching the pads I play on the OB-8 in the upper right corner, because chords with higher notes are being played in a lower octave, it's because I have a split patch with a version of the pad with slow attack on the keyboard's left side, and another version with fast attack on the right side. And the left side's patch is transposed up an octave so it matches the other one. This made playing those parts easier. That's one of the details I was talking about before.

As I am, like Tim, a big fan of progressive rock, I chose to do my cover in that style. I hope you're gonna enjoy it. As always, feel free to comment :-)"

Tuesday, January 07, 2025

PlantsSystem-A.E.X(The Tangerine Dream Machine By Dr Ambient)


video upload by plantssystem



"This is a screen capture of A.E.X (The Tangerine Dream Machine By Dr Ambient). Works with ATARI ST emulator."

Tuesday, September 03, 2024

Depeche Mode Enjoy the Silence synth cover Clavia Nord Modular G1 Atari ST Steinberg Cubase


video uploads by Obsolete Nonsense

Use the player controls to skip around.

Playlist:
1. Depeche Mode Enjoy the Silence synth cover Clavia Nord Modular G1 Atari ST Steinberg Cubase
2. Pet Shop Boys It’s A Sin instrumental synth cover Clavia Nord Modular G1 Atari ST Steinberg Cubase
3. Erasure Ship Of Fools synth cover Clavia Nord Modular G1 Atari ST Steinberg Cubase
4. Visage Fade To Grey synth cover Clavia Nord Modular G1 Atari ST Steinberg Cubase
5. Depeche Mode The Things You Said synth cover Clavia Nord Modular G1 Atari ST Steinberg Cubase
6. Barber’s Adagio for Strings Remix synth cover Clavia Nord Modular G1 Atari ST Steinberg Cubase
7. Madonna Into The Groove synth cover Clavia Nord Modular G1 Atari ST Steinberg Cubase
8. Yazoo (Yaz) Don’t Go instrumental synth cover Clavia Nord Modular G1 Atari Mega ST Steinberg Cubase
9. Vangelis Blade Runner (End Titles) synth cover Modal Electronics SKULPT CRAFTsynth 2 Atari ST Cubase

Video Descriptions:

1. Depeche Mode Enjoy the Silence synth cover Clavia Nord Modular G1 Atari ST Steinberg Cubase

All drum and synth sounds produced simultaneously by the Nord Modular without any multi-tracking.

This is my attempt at creating a ‘one synth’ cover of Enjoy the Silence, using only 4 sound patches on my Clavia Nord Modular G1 (with DSP Expansion), sequenced using Steinberg Cubase 3.1 on my old Atari ST.

Just for fun, I thought it might be interesting to use Logic Pro, synchronised to Cubase on the Atari using MIDI Time Code, to playback the original DM vocals (on track 1) in sync with the audio coming from the Nord Modular. Tracks 2 and 3 are recording the audio coming from the Nord Modular, along with reverb from my Soundcraft mixer recording on track 4.

Playlist:-
0.06 Nord Modular + original DM vocals
4.28 Individual sounds and sequences
8.03 Nord Modular instrumental

Nord Modular Patches:-
Slot A = Drums (CPU = 89.3% Poly = 1)
Slot B = Bassline and Bells (CPU = 49.4% Poly = 3)
Slot C = Vox Chords, Phaser Strings and Vox Melody (CPU = 76% Poly = 7)
Slot D = Guitar, Filter Sweep Bass and Synth (CPU = 95.7% Poly = 4)

Nord Modular audio outputs:-
1+2 = Dry / No effects
3+4 = Hall reverb from my Soundcraft mixer

Monday, July 01, 2024

Walkabout at the Synthesized event, Cambridge


video upload by MIDI IN

"I wasn't able to do the usual musical Sunday video this week, I was at the Synthesized event at the Centre for Computing History in Cambridge.
Tony the organiser had caught everyone for interviews which will be on the museum's own channel here: (link when available)
So I just picked a quiet moment for a walkabout to show the variety of musical technology on display."

Also see Synthesized Festival 2023 - Cambridge Centre For Computing History & Making Drums For Modular Synth

Saturday, June 15, 2024

SIEL 80 Synth Test with Notator MIDI CC's.


video upload by loksync

"Testing out the SIEL80 synth and Notator's Realtime MIDI Generator on the Atari 1040STE.
You can control it's parameters over MIDI CC.
It uses an SSM filter.
I recorded the audio a bit too hot so it clips a bit."

Thursday, January 25, 2024

New life for old synths: Kawai K4(r) as Wavestation with Electra One & Atari ST Emulator, Librarian


video upload by Jürgen Moßgraber

"While everybody is talking new gear this week, I go retro :-)
Unbelievable what you can do with these old machines!

0:00 Introduction
2:10 1st Demo of Electra One Template
2:50 Update the Firmware
3:58 Patches for K4
4:25 2nd Electra One Template Demo: Wave switching!
9:26 Installation of Atari ST emulator
15:42 Atari ST Librarian / Editor for Kawai K4/K4r

Firmware 1.4:
https://monotanz.de/product/kawai-k4r...
https://stevereaver.com/k4r-firmware-..."

Saturday, May 20, 2023

Atari 2600 Synthcart Player


video upload by H00kflash

"Demonstration of hardware designed and built for custom control of the Atari 2600 Synthcart software. Features include: Midi clock sync, 16-step sequencing, variable note length and beat-per-measure settings. Packaged inside an Atari 2600 Flashback console."

Friday, April 14, 2023

German Rackmount Yamaha TG77, TG33, CPX, Synthax RACKWare RG 124 & Kawai MAV-8



via this auction

This one was spotted and sent in via M Me.

Interesting rig. You'll find a picture of the back below with the TG33. This is the first post to feature the Hybrid Arts CPX computer module. Hybrid Arts also made the ADAP SOUNDTRACK SAMPLER ADAP-1. If anyone has any info on the CPX, feel to leave a comment. Curious if it's simply a computer with an editor for the TG77 and TG33, or it's own synth/sample playback module. Take a look at the back below. The Synthax RACKWare RG 124 appears to be the monitor for the system, and the Kawai MAV-8 is a midi patchbay.

It's interesting to see the TG77 and TG33 in a different enclosure.

Sunday, March 19, 2023

ATARI Labeled Nord Micro Modular

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.


via this auction

Monday, September 26, 2022

"Seq" (Atari ST, Akai S1000)


video upload by Zoë Blade

"Recording a track, 'Seq', to try out obscure MIDI sequencer Sweet Sixteen some more. I'm really digging the Atari ST running a MIDI sequencer + Akai S1000 sampler combo, it's very much like when I used to use trackers in the '90s..."

Thursday, August 18, 2022

RK008 MIDI source recording - and track expanding


video upload by Retrokits

"One track on the RK008 can contain MIDI messages for any of the 16 MIDI channels - and what if you want to make a recording more editable afterwards: Meet the expand function.

When you do a track expand, the RK008 analyzes the MIDI data and determines if it is a drum track you want to expand or if it's MIDI data with multiple instruments. It works pretty neat!"

Monday, May 09, 2022

Modified Atari 2600 Synthcart 8-Bit Synthesizer Drum Machine SN 568374353

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.


via this auction, also on Reverb

ACCESSORIES INCLUDED:

2 Remotes
Synthcart Cartridge
RCA Cable
RCA - 3.5mm Cable

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Klaus Schulze: A tribute to his music and legacy


video upload by CatSynth TV

"We play tribute to electronic music pioneer Klaus Schulze, who passed away on April 26, 2022.

Schulze was known for his early work with Tangerine Dream, the krautrock band Ash Ra Tempel, and especially his electronic music solo work as part of the so-called Berlin School in the 1970s. He used a wide array of analog synthesizers during this period, but in the ensuing decades he embraced new technologies, including MIDI, computers for music, virtual instruments, and more. He also explored various styles and techniques in his later music.

His final album, Deus Arrakis, will be released in June of 2022."

An amazing tribute by https://catsynth.com.

Also see: Klaus Schulze Has Passed Away

Saturday, February 12, 2022

Dataline Sound Pack - DSP: AtariTakt - For Digitakt, Octatrack, Rytm, Polyend Tracker!


video upload by MrDataline

"DSP: AtariTakt features 150 Samples from the Atari2600 Synthcart! Featuring Bass, Arps, Synths + Project files for Octatrack, Digitakt, Polyend Tracker, Rytm! Download at, https://dataline.gumroad.com/l/axzol or https://dataline.bandcamp.com/album/d...

To celebrate these samples, I have made exclusive patterns to some good old machines - which are featured in the audio examples and bundled with the DSP: AtariTakt!

DSP: AtariTakt includes,

- Royalty Free 150 Samples from the Atari2600 Synthcart - processed with Analog Heat.

- Projects for Polyend Tracker, Digitakt, Analog Rytm & Octatrack. These projects come along with premade Patterns, Kits, Scenes and Performance modes.

You can find out more about the legendary Atari 2600 Synthcart here: https://atariage.com/store/index.php?...

Enjoy!"
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