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- From: chang@adelphi-assb01.army.mil (Forrest Chang)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Falcon030 -- Truth not Fiction
- Date: 22 Dec 1992 11:14:32 -0600
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- >Are you going to buy a Falcon030?
- >
- >If so, WHY?
- >
- >If not, WHY?
-
- Maybe, depends primarily on the direct to disk multitracking
- ability, secondly on graphics and desktop video.
-
- If the rumors turn out to be true that the 8 track direct to
- disk will be a couple hundred bux, we might have something here.
-
- The alesis ADAT -- modular, SVHS based digital multitrack recorder
- is the rage and also next on my expensive toy list. It lists for about
- $4K and lowest price I've heard was $3K. I'll spare those people not
- interested in recording the details, but it's kicking, and very modular
- (need 8 more tracks, add another adat).
-
- Well, if I can buy a falcon for 1200 dollars or so ( gotta have
- more than 1 meg and a HD ) and the 8 track attachment for say $400,
- a huge HD for $800 and a tape drive to store the songs on say $300, lets
- say I'll have spent $2700 -- pretty close to adat.
-
- Hmm... well if I can chain together multiple falcons for up to
- 128 tracks (which what the adat is capable with the BRC -- another $2K
- tho') then I have the side benefits of running my ST software.
-
- Since atari is looking at niche market, esp. music/midi it would
- be a good move to take market an "alesis adat killer" (I actually like
- this company not and laud it's service and products -- but as far as
- digital multitracking they are current the people to beat.)
-
- Take the thing out of the carpal tunnel syndrome inducing (ask
- me about it), non ergonomic, looks like a game machine, isn't really
- all that much more portable for those midi musicians on the move, box
- and place it in a rack mountable box which includes a HUGE HD for
- multitracking and a tape drive to back up your precious work.
-
- Then make an optional keyboard about the size and config of
- the apple power book, i.e. small functional keyboard with the track
- ball attached. Then with a long cord or better yet an infrared remote
- on the keyboard you can control everything from the various locations.
- I've got a 1040 as my sequencer/smpte chaser. I have to constantly get
- up from my various equipment/racks and go to type on the the non detachable
- keyboard. I use a cordless mouse to help so I can operate parts of the
- the sequencer, but still it's not too convenient.
-
-
-
- With this we could have a true professional music recording
- workstation..
-
- 1) rack mountable -- goes in the rack w/ the rest of the music
- equipment. And were I to take in on the road with me, you put it in a
- rack case.
- 2) functional portable keyboard -- control of everything from
- any place in the room.
- 3) central control of virtually everything in one unit.
-
- Midi and D2D this can control the bulk of what's being
- recorded, disk for analog signals, midi for synths, effects. Pep
- up the machine and you could probably display animation at the same
- time -- you could make a whole video on one machine..
-
- If someone can make this for the same price as an alesis ADAT,
- then you've got something. Esp. if they were to make slave rack mount
- devices to be controlled by the master one for modular addition of
- digital tracks. These slave boxes you could probably make for the $700
- falcon box, no keyboard, no peripherals expept i/o to the master and
- disks.
-
- If atari could make this, studios and musicians alike would
- snatch the thing up, like they are with the ADAT, but in this case
- it would be more flexible and and cost less to come up with a 128
- track digital studio.
-
- Fo
-
-