Atari - Music and MIDI

MIDI, an acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, and as a synopsis is a protocol which allows instruments, and music based software to communicate between each other.

Atari and MIDI, why do I bother? Come on bin it already, you need a PC or Mac with a DAW, actually no DAWs are rubbish, go 'DAWless', MIDI sucks and MIDI on an Atari suffers from latency despite what the fanboys say!

The music industry is like any other industry, trends come and go, people will of course tell you how best to build your studio, but the only person who should be telling you what is best is yourself. Simply be confident and understand your opinion for your own preference is paramount.

So why do I persist with Atari? The simple facts are that it is partly nostalgia, it is partly hobby, and it is also dependability. Emulators are cool, it is very useful to be able to use Hatari on my Macs. For feel however, I will always prefer the real hardware, as it combines my hobby of old computers, hobbyist technology and music technology, merging both the old and new. It's the perfect blend for my interests, and of course it is well versed that the Atari TOS family of computers have built in MIDI, are solid, and are a very good basis for a MIDI studio. They are frankly simple, reliable and are not interrupted by modern day issues such as OS updates, which have the potential to render software useless. Should you wish to move into the modern era and embrace that beautiful technology, you can, and use modern technology alongside your trusted Atari, it does not have to be instead of. Remember though, what is new today, will be old tomorrow!