10.Jan.2001
Fun Time World
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"Die Welt": How The Chips Learned Being Noisy
"Until 1985 acoustical there was no alteration according to the standard of computer sound
which was introduced by C64. To this time Atari had the idea of producing an home computer Atari ST
equip with a MIDI-interface. This Musical Instrument Digital Interface made it possible to
control electronic music instruments like keyboards with the computer. Atari ST was the first computer
in series that used this possibility and made the data exchange between computer and music instruments
possible. The built-in 8-Bit-sound-chip had only the ability of producing three mono voices, but the
main processor worked perfectly together with the MIDI-interface. Musicians from all over the world
recognized the future of computer music and almost each sound studio connected its mixing desk with
an Atari ST. Since the early nineties a MIDI-interface was standard for sound cards.
Two years after the introduction of the ST, in 1987, Commodore set a new standard for music computers
with the Amiga 500 for the mass market: four-channel-stereo was the new standard. Programming of music
directly in the computer was now possible without expensive equipment. For a long time this was
the greatest advantage of the Amiga towards other computers. Because of that and because of its great
graphical abilities it was the game computer at all."
Also in the today`s `Die-Welt`-article Concerto Commodore
it is reported of the musical abilities of the C64.
[News message: 10. Jan. 2001, 20:11] [Comments: 0]
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