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Post by David Etheridge »

...And Satandisk is shipping and the first owners are road testing them now.
Here's this from the Atari Midi users forum:

Satandisk is a Secure Digital and MultiMediaCard adapter for Atari 16-bit
computers, such as the Atari ST. It is out of the pre-production stage and units
have now been shipped to most customers. It is an interface that allows the
connection of an SD or MMC card to be attached to the ACSI (Hard Disc) port of
Atari Computers, and has been tested to be compatible with TOS versions 1.02 to
2.06. The maximum supported size is 4GB. The device appears to the system as any
regular ACSI attached hard disc, and can be formatted and partitioned with AHDI
compatible hard disc utilities.

And this from another happy user:
I tested my new SatanDisk on the weekend and it works just like a hard drive. I am now configuring it to load my programs etc. so I am not running my Notator from the SD yet but expect to be using it later on next week when
I return from a business trip. So far there are no problems. The assembly looks professional. There is no manual to speak of but Jookie has a mini manual on the net. Probably someone� maybe me!- should put together a proper manual to pull together all technical information which is on
Jookie�s web site and the SatanDisk website. One note: You cannot remove the SD card with the system powered. In addition the SatanDisk did not come with a power supply I was under the impression that the SatanDisk would steal
power from the Atari but a 7.5 to 12VDC PSU is required and I had to hunt around to get one.

Thanks to the users group for this one: you can start checking it out or even building your own one (details and FREE schematics on the Satandisk site listed above).

Best wishes,

Dave.
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Hi folks,
here's another FREE download resource for progs and applications:
http://atari.music.free.fr/

Enjoy!

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...and have a look at this site:
http://atari.nvg.org/

which under the hardware section shows how to adapt an XG soundcard into your Atari! :bouncy::bouncy:

(some soldering skills and electronic knowledge required :?)

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Post by Neo-Classical Guitar Man »

I've seen that soundcard article before I think many years ago, although I am not sure if it only handles MIDI or whether audio sequencing was possible, even if only stereo?

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I think it's just MIDI only, allowign for full GM stuff without even needing an outboard expander.

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Here are some new hardware upgrade links, courtesy of Neo Classical Guitar Man (for which many thanks):
http://hardware.atari.org/netusbee/netus.htm
http://hardware.atari.org/vids/P1010405.html
http://www.digitalera.co.uk/catalog/Compact_Flash_IDE_Adapters-53-1.html

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Here's news from the Atari forum on hardware development.
It's still going on!
http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?t=12516&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
And some pics on what's been achieved so far:
http://download.experiment-s.de/Suska-III%20Classic/Images/Prototype/Images_20071121.zip

Note that these are rather large pics, and the site is not quite up to date, but there's a lot on offer for those with engineering skills.

Best wishes,

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Hi again gang,
here's Mario Beecroft's download ftp site, with everything you need for Atari MIDI work: sequencers, editors and utilities:

ftp://gem.win.co.nz/hall/midi/

and lots more stuff on the parent site:

ftp://gem.win.co.nz/

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And another Atari site full of useful stuff:
http://www.jaapan.de/en/uptodate.php?page=multi_midi

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Here's an interesting site with all sorts of info on various Atari systems:
http://www.atari-korps.co.uk/index.php

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Here's a virtual PG-800 editor for Roland JX8P, JX10 and MKS70 synths:

http://www.home.zonnet.nl/m.tarenskeen/jxeditor.htm

plus the newest version of Uni-man, a universal synth editor:
http://www.home.zonnet.nl/m.tarenskeen/uni_man.htm

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And some more useful downloads from these guys here:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/backroom/MIDI.HTM

and some links and further applications will be found here:
http://microkit.free.fr/Atari/Midi-apps/

and in case you haven't already seen this, one of the largest archives of Atari MIDI stuff is here:
http://archive.cs.uu.nl/pub/MIDI/PROGRAMS/ATARI/

with a mirror site here:
http://ringtail.its.monash.edu.au/pub/midi/PROGRAMS/ATARI/

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Hi gang,
it looks like the Atari Workshop has finally disappeared from sight.
The URL for them comes up as not found.
http://www.atari-workshop.co.uk/
Does anyone know anything about this and can confirm?
If true, then Barrie's our last resort!

I should also point out for our U.S readers the following link:
http://www.myatari.com/
which is the link to B & C computers in the U.S. They have a large range of stuff on offer, although by European standards their prices seem a bit high (which is understandable), their hard drives and peripherrals look reasonable in price.
You got to work with what you got, I suppose......

Dave.
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Here's another archive from the University of Michigan, which is still up and running:

http://www.umich.edu/~archive/atari/Music/

Lots of free downloadable stuff here!

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Hi folks,
just talking to Barrie today and he pointed out that the ST now dates back to 1985. That means we're using technology that will soon be a quarter of a century old!! :shock:
I have to admit that when BOTH my Macs threw a wobbly two weeks ago it was very reassuring to fire up my faithful Atari and everything worked fine. :angel:
And if they do conk out , getting them fixed is a lot cheaper (YAY) and quicker (double Yay :bouncy:) than my local Apple centre :roll:.
Sometimes I think we forget how lucky we are.
So in 2010, I'll try to plan a 25th anniversary bash or get together for Atarians.
Best wishes,

Dave.
a Mega STE, 3 STEs and an STFM -still working!
I G3 Mac now behaving itself, a G5 Mac in dry dock :x
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Here's another link to a U.S company specialising in Atari products:
http://www.best-electronics-ca.com/

who have lots of stuff for all Ataris including hard drives and repair bits down to component level.

Can't be bad at all! :D

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Here's a french site with a host of Atari MIDI applications:
http://membres.lycos.fr/falkweb/p-audio.htm

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Here's a site with free downloads of Cubase Audio Falcon (CAF) for anyone whose disks may have gone phut:
http://doyeuxyvan.free.fr/cubase/caf20/

Note that this is not a hack, but the genuine article which will only work with the CAF dongle....

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Here's another Yahoo group Atari MIDI site:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/atari-midi/

Lots of useful stuff here, and the files section has a terrific range of apps:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/atari-midi/files/

with synth editors, sequencers, programming and a whole bunch of useful stuff :D;)

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Hi gang,
I noticed in recent days that my Atari was starting to do an impression of a PC on bootup! :shock:
Problems with not seeing the hard drive, locking up when trying to load Notator, selecting 'Load Song' and a blank list of drives comes up, or 'Save Song' and the same thing happens.
Okay I thought, maybe my Atari needs a service and it's Barrie time. Easy -I can just use one of my spares. Guess what -the same thing happened! :headbang:
Now there's no way that several Ataris all go phut at the same time (that's PC country :D).
So I rang Barrie and asked advice.
What happens is that the C drive on your HD system gets a right caning over the weeks/months/years and eventually things start to get a bit untidy and the boot system starts playing up. Even though I'd suspected a virus, running UVK revealed no dodgies, plus I had some fun even GETTING UVK to load -more boot problems.
So: the fix is to wipe the C drive and reinstall from backups -you do have a backup, don't you? :shock::?:crazy:
Luckily, I have my infamous tower drive system with complete backups for my Syquest drive, so I reformatted the whole drive using ICD format, then repartitioned the drive, and then copied everything across from my backup files.
Now, I'm up and running again (yay :bouncy:).
So every few months or so -depending on how much work you do- reformat your C drive and restore the files to it. Everything will run as smoothly as an Atari can do and is renowned for.
If you're using floppies exclusively, make sure your boot disk floppy is a happy bunny and reformat and load as necessary to keep things running. You'd be amazed at the strange things that can happen with a slightly corrupted bootfile!

Best wishes,

Dave.
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Hi again folks,
just browsing through some more Atari MIDI sites I can across Studioson, a Falcon based DSP program, now in it's latest incarnation (well, from 2007).
Here is the latest txt file from the creator, Yvan Doyeux:

Today, it is not a day of bad luck because there is the new release of Studio Son for your Atari Falcon. Studio Son 2.093b is available in the wonderful french language: http://doyeuxyvan.free.fr/studioson/std2093b/STD2093F.ZIP The english version can be found here: http://doyeuxyvan.free.fr/studioson/std2093b/STD2093E.ZIP You can, of course, find the classic 68030 and 68030+68882 versions in these archives. I have performed a lot of hard tests to check the quality of my algorithms. I have written a lot of different DSP and C programs to obtain correct results. But, it is still a beta version, so be careful with your samples ! This version has been tested with an original Falcon 030 with a 68882 coprocessor. The CT60 card is not officially supported. ----------- Bugs fixed: ----------- - Better WAV, AIFF and AVR formats implementation. - Space disk remaining bug fixed. ----------------------------- New features and bugs fixed: ( since 2.09b version ) -----------------------------
- Rewritten "Apply Effect" function. Studio Son does not need a temporary file any more. - You can now create with "New Sound File..." blank AIFF, WAV, TRK, SND and AVR files. WAV files created are always 8 bits unsigned and 16 bits signed with little endian format ( Intel ). Either are always big endian format ( Motorola ). - You can create you own sample frequency. - New management of external DSP effects. - New useful alert boxes added. - AU/SND files header write error fixed. - Several loop errors. - The approximative hi-speed play has been disabled. - Icons draw bugs. - Intempestive play. - DSP effect restore bug after effects changes during a play. - Reverse stereo with Invert function. - Block undraw after a Scrub. - Undo after the "Replace" function. - Reverse stereo of echo-delay DSP effect. - Record from cursor. - Pause with SPACE while recording under Magic. - Crashs when filtering under Magic fixed. - For a resample process under Magic, internal file management fixed. - Significative noise reduction of plopping sounds as long as you use Studio Son. - Management improved of AIFF files compatible with Cubase Audio. These files are now saved with a physical size rounded to 1024 bytes multiples. Useful to prevent crackling noise when you import your AIFF files with Cubase Audio. - Buggy "Scrub" function rewritten. No crash occurs. - Reverse stereo bug for a "Scrub" fixed but still in beta test mode. - Buggy "Cross Fade" function improved. Autocorrection for wrong parameters. The UNDO is also correct. - Cut, Copy, Paste, Insert and others have their UNDO bugs fixed. - Bug of the current working folder fixed. ( After an Insert for example ) - DSP effect after a Resample and Filtering is now restored with no problem. - Overall settings saving are now re-enabled ! Up to date, you MUST keep the STUDIO.SYS folder. - Rewritten "New Sound File" function. You can now create a file with the fileselector, choose a frequency, ... - Rewritten "Apply Effect" function. Sample gap subtly fixed. Due to the DSP real time application of this function, it is obvious that it remains a very small gap into your final sample. This gap is usually filled by zero values as it has been thought for this rewritten function. So, it's not recommended to apply an effect to a block selection. - Markers management bugs fixed. ( Delete, saving and loading procedures ) - There was play error with "Preview Cut" function. It's now okay. - Block selection with SHIFT+TAB to the next marker has been debugged. - Sample time length is now updated after any UNDO. - Little bug fixed during a play actived by the space bar with an exported sample from Studio Son. - Resampling function added ( Linear Interpolation ). - Resampling function includes a filter and linear interpolation code in only one DSP program. - You can resample from 2 Khz to 192 Khz. - WAV files opening issue fixed. - Huge undo bug fixed. - Huge bug of the volume of mono samples filtered fixed. - FIR filters ( Low Pass, High Pass, Band Pass and Band Reject ) up to 2048 coeefficients. - Resample process can be followed by a LowPass filter up to 1024 coefficients. - DSP Filter algorithm improved. The speed of the treatment have been increased. Now you can enjoy a good optimization of the filtering process. - The end of the sample is now truly filtered. - Vu meter clipping problems fixed. - The cursor running is now correct when sample frequency is not the same as the system frequency. - Desktop background pattern modified to improve the work in monochrome. - Redraw bug of the desktop in monochrome corrected. - Several dialog boxes fields bugs fixed in monochrome. - Crashs at very high zoom levels fixed. - You can now really select all the sample with the mouse. - You can now really place the cursor at the end of the sample with the mouse. - Wrong size of the blocks at the end of the sample corrected. - You can now create a block with a "one sample" size when you make a long click on a part of the sample. - New alert boxes for the Filtering and Resampling function. - New internal undo for the Resampling function. New function "Resample..." allows you to change the frequency of your samples with a linear interpolation and an optional Low Pass filter. The "Filtering..." function enables you to carry out FIR filters ( Low Pass, High Pass, Band Pass and Band Reject ). This is performed by the DSP 56001 and with Direct to Disk process. ------------- Known bugs: ------------- - No sound when playing very high frequency samples. - Slowly WAV files opening. - Selected block after a resampling task is not deleted. - Sample duration and time counter are wrong when the system frequency doesn't match with the sample frequency. - Unable to reduce physically the size of a sample when you cut blocks. - In the time counter, the value 99 is followed by 10. - Several little bugs into the sample window. - The icon of the function "Generate Low Frequencies" differs with the colour of the resolution. - Little bugs of sample drawing. - Random error messages when filter steepness is very low. - Minor bugs. Up to date, you MUST keep the STUDIO.SYS folder with Studio Son program file. If you are using Studio Son on a single TOS, I strongly recommend the launch of ARROWFIX.PRG in the AUTO folder: http://doyeuxyvan.free.fr/studioson/std2093b/arrfix15/ If you are using NVDI, just run ARROWFIX.PRG after this. Otherwise, GEM must be copied in RAM with the program GEMRAM.PRG before running ARROWFIX.PRG: http://doyeuxyvan.free.fr/studioson/std2093b/GEMRAM16/ If you have troubles to run Studio Son under Magic, you can use the patch DSPSLOW1.PRG by Centek included into the package or you can find it here: http://doyeuxyvan.free.fr/studioson/std2093b/DSPSLOW1.PRG Don't run DSPSLOW1.PRG if you launch Studio Son under TOS otherwise you might have display or DSP locked issues. You can also use the nice DSPXBIOS patch by Didier Mequignon: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/didierm/files/dspxbios.ziphttp://doyeuxyvan.free.fr/studioson/std2093b/dspxbios.zip If you use an external clock, run FDI_INIT.PRG into the AUTO folder: http://doyeuxyvan.free.fr/studioson/std2093b/FDI_INIT.PRG FPATCH2.PRG is now included in the package. You can also download self-extracting STZIP unpacker: http://doyeuxyvan.free.fr/stzip26/STZIP26.TOS Have fun ! Yvan Doyeux

Try it and see!

Dave
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Re: FAQs for all Atarians

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Here's another link to various fun programs that you might like to try:
http://www.atari.org/links/Midi/Software/

Dave.
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And for those of you who would like to try Atari programs under STEEM and even use them live, here's some interesting info with links:
http://livepa.blogspot.com/2008/04/past-gets-futuristic-again-atari-steem.html

Dave.
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Here's another U.S. Atari company, Best electronics, who have been going for 25 years! :shock::angel::lol:

Respect, guys!

http://www.best-electronics-ca.com/

Dave.

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