Retro Computer Music: Cubase 2.0 on Atari ST with Roland MT-32

I composed this piece a few months ago to prove that the 520ST I'd purchased could still be useful and interesting. Now that I'm preparing to sell the old Atari, I finally made a video of it, which I have posted here for the world to see.

Update: I have since sold the Atari. I still plan on keeping the MT-32, however.

I deliberately made this piece sound a bit cheesy, especially in the first half. Hopefully you'll have as much fun listening to it as I did making it.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Atari
• ST
• computer
• music
• cubase
• MT-32
• cheesy
• retro

[NebelmaschinenTV]

Amazing i really like it.

I have 2 questions.

first: does cubase 3.1 runs on the 520st ?

second: where does the drums come from ?

[daev3000]

@NebelmaschinenTV First question: Possibly, but probably not. The RAM would need to be upgraded from 512 KB to 1 MB. Second question: The MT-32 has a built-in percussion channel.

[NebelmaschinenTV]

@daev3000: Okay Thanks

do you like more cubase 2 or cubase 3 ?

because im thinking about buying a Atari ST with cubase.

I also have a question about the Roland MT-32

How can you program your own sounds / patches on this thing=?

is there a external programmer ?

Thanks for your fast first answer !

[daev3000]

@NebelmaschinenTV I must confess, I haven't delved that deeply into the MT-32, so I haven't gone beyond using the standard patches. Last I checked, there were some good websites on the subject, and at least one good librarian/utility program for DOS.

[daev3000]

@NebelmaschinenTV Regarding Cubase 2 vs Cubase 3, I can't really say much since I haven't used Cubase 3 on Atari. I will say that I was quite impressed with Cubase 2 - it's both feature-filled and user friendly. I imagine Cubase 3 would be a bit better at some things, but you'd probably want a more powerful machine to run it. If you can find a TT030 or a Falcon, that would certainly be your best bet.

[quipzz]

Great song btw. Would you like to share the .mid File? My Roland LAPC-I would love it too! :)

[stillmans39]

I'd buy it!

[ThePhoneUpdate]

That's cool! Gotta love that monochromatic interface too :)

[EvilMaxWar]

Can you also use Cubase 2 to track for the Ym-2149 sound chip?

[Arniarn29]

wow



[NebelmaschinenTV]

@daev3000 Okay thank you one last question.

Could you sent me the song from the video ? i really like it !

(if it is possible in mp3 with 320kb/s)