I thought this was great, an Atari I think doing the sequencing.
Effin hell, I’m glad CRT isn’t a requirement for having a computer on stage anymore 
They seem to be playing a sequence from Cubase (15:30), so it’s just knob tweaking…
I remember seeing local techno guys (around 95 or 96) perform with 30 or something small tracks in Cubase, all containing an 8-bar loop, and muting/demuting them. Again, Atari ST and CRT, Mackie Mixer, E-mu or quasimidi rompler and Juno-106. I was super impressed!
I wonder if there were better software tools to do that. Or was it all MMT8s?
I wonder if there were better software tools to do that. Or was it all MMT8s?
I’ve also seen people doing this with a Roland W30 and with an Amiga running OctaMED. I don’t think I’ve ever seen any 90s software dedicated to loop triggering for the Atari or any other platform really.
…seems to still rock the DAW->Output everything->Mix on console set type
A lot of people (still) do this. It’s a great way to keep a single point of hands-on control.
Spot the MMT-8 in this video from the early 90s:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xO4xddwggQ8
(You can also try spotting me in the audience…)
I did a few gigs with Cubase on my Atari ST.
I had a combined mixer and 2-track cassette recorder, so as far as I remember, I’d play a track from the ST, sequencing a sampler and a cheap ROMpler-type synth, and muting/unmuting tracks, fiddling with synth params, then I’d play a track back off cassette, while I cued up the next Cubase arrangement (from floppy disk).
I also had a simple Zoom effects unit, and a Waldorf 4-Pole filter (that Frank now has), that I used to make blippy sample-and-hold type noises, in an attempt to paper over the cracks…
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It was quite good fun, but I don’t remember the crowd (on the occasions when there was one) being especially appreciative…
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“I remember seeing local techno guys (around 95 or 96) perform with 30 or something small tracks in Cubase, all containing an 8-bar loop, and muting/demuting them”
Well… yeah, that was pretty much the standard way to do it back then… brings back memories. I also remember using a minidisc for transitions while the ST was loading another cubase project.
“Effin hell, I’m glad CRT isn’t a requirement for having a computer on stage anymore :D”
Mind you, some of us were lucky enough to have a STacy
That Atari Stacy looks pretty cool. Guarantee it’s never been available where I live though. Atari didn’t do particularly well here, unlike Commodore, or any of the number of IBM compatibles.