Steinberg Pro24 (Cubase) Atari MT32 Roland AlphaJuno

~Star-Dater~

20 years from buying my first Midi setup - it all still works beautifully!

Got the Roland Alpha Juno synth, back in 1987 but after working in the music industry for Peter Gabriel promoting Fairlight CMI III, I saw the burgeoning power of the (by comparison) simple Atari 520 and 1040ST setups in many Midid suites at top recording studios, and so splashed out nearly a £1000 for a 1040St, monitor and Steinberg Pro24 III and a Roland MT32.

Hours of editing using Synthworks also resulted in a massive 800 strong library of usuable sounds for the MT32 and of course its bigger brothers - D10 D110 U110 and even the D50...

I thought the time had come to show how this now little considered unit could dish out synth sounds comprable to many modern units... it just takes a bit of careful and creative programming.

This clip has to rely upon my Canon A70 and for some reason it kept cutting out, so a couple of glitches in the mixes of this and others I am adding, but you will get the idea.

I have these sounds available on eBid and ebay if others want to investigate further. All come packaged to help get the most from them. Get your set here:

http://musicsoftware.jimdo.com/




or look for "Unique sound files for the MT32.D10/D110 Roland synths" on ebay

Enjoy...

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Steinberg
• Pro24
• Cubase
• Atari
• MT32
• Roland
• AlphaJuno
• Juno
• Sound
• Module
• Midi
• 1040st

[xoio]

I remember using Pro-24 III in the early 90's.

Trouble was, i was creating dance music, - with the evolution of BPM's going through the roof.. I was really pushing the limites of what 24 & the atari could cope with.. & in the end started to experience timing errors, even when closely examing each track & not seeing any errors of any data type ..

I use the QY700 now. after getting pissed of with Cubase.

[snotmale]

Upgrading the ST to 4Mb and simply PLAYING BACK your tunes in a Midi player running in a Virtual RAM DISK can solve this...

[snotmale]

it is:

Atari IN to Out of master keyboard

Atari Out to IN of master keyboard

Master Keyboard THRU to IN of MT32 (or other module)

MT32 (or other module) OUT to IN or THRU to additional keyboard/Module - depends on mftrs adherence to MIDI standard

[snotmale]

...Its like riding a bicycle! Actually does an awful lot more than was documented - often you stumble on it by mistake! I will never dispose of my ST as it is so dependable, the only downside is the wear on the Pro24 dongle that actually started early on. As Steinberg had just brought out Cubase they wouldn't replace it - I had even paid an additional £25 for registration and updates. So I have a crack'd Cubase V1 Only fair under the circumstances - Pro24 cost me £220 in '88!

[1xstew]

Rock on Pro 24 . .

[AGWhiteman]

@Toffeln I was reading that the Atari Midi controller is an 8Mhz chip while even in the later Apples they only used 1Mhz. It's not necessarily that you can get a 32k baud Midi Signal on the atari and the 38k serial on the Apple, it's the off balance of the Apple running a high speed Cpu against a low speed controller, where as the Atari is in sync.

All Atari midi tracks pushrecords.official.fm

[man0in0a0funny0hat]

@karadok666 Hi - no normal TOS (1.2 even I think as is an STf model) However, I have 4Mb RAM retro fitted. Yes, I can realtime the Midi desk accs for my setup, except for the partial switcher which is a static command in the Roland module itself.

[karadok666]

@snotmale do you use Mint or Magic? Normal TOS does not work with Accessories in realtime. It does switch to Accessories.

[Ryoga2K]

@NotMarkKnopfler To be honest yeah! i had problems with PC's timing back in the day (actually I didn't had any with my first PC, then with my second PC I had them) but later I learned it depended on the soundcard or MIDI interface I used not, MIDI is fairly easy to handle but still hardware has to be good and not a pseudo software solution, still I do like the ST because there's nothing else to distract you is like powering up a dedicated Sequencing Device.

[maccagrabme]

Who would want to go back to that in their right mind? Sorry I'll stick with Cubase SX and to my ears the midi doesn't sound any tighter either. I've had an Atari and it was good for its time but lets not overhype it. For a start there is no way on this earth I'm using floppy disks again.

[Dant2142]

@NotMarkKnopfler That's because they bog down today's comps too much for the idiots that can't learn how to use them. A little common sense is worth more than any anti-virus, Browser-based E-mail is a must, and for god's sake turn off Windows Update!!!

[MrDebauch]

nice man.. classic sound on the real deal

[snotmale]

...not strictly true, as (depending on memory fitted) you can run multiple Desktopp Accessories in real time too. Here I run 3 plus have a resettable Ram Disk loaded!

[ElasticMinds]

@ScienceFictionHairdo Timing and very low jitter. Most modern systems have lots of jitter problems, which is why Ataris are still used for midi in some studios. Im still looking for a modern solution myself.