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#Amiga mac emulator midi software#

This two volume collection of music, which I've named Universal Synthesizer Interface (after Dave Smith's original acronym for the system that would later become MIDI), was made entirely with programs from this era programs like Intelligent MusicвЂ™s M by David Zicarelli, which brought some of the first interactive and intelligent features to creating electronic music with personal computers in the 80вЂ™s, David Snow's MIDI Master Drummer, a rhythmic sequencer with the ability to generate randomized/algorithmic patterns over multiple MIDI outputs, and Diablo, by Frank BaldГ©, which allows a user to draw in MIDI with a user interface that looks similar to the early black and white MacPaint.Д®ach piece of software used in the making of this album exists in the form of a single program on floppy disk (or a disk image used with a floppy emulator). Following leads found in Laurie's archive, Tim's Atari MIDI World, and Joel Chadabe's book Electric Sound, I was able to track down and explore a dizzying array of 80's and 90вЂ™s software. Many of the approaches to music creation and sequencing now taken for granted in contemporary DAWs like Ableton and Logic were first developed and explored here, in the DIY world of software creation. Thus began a period of extensive personal research into early forms of algorithmic MIDI sequencing software designed for use with systems like the Amiga, 68K Macintosh, and Atari ST.

#Amiga mac emulator midi full version#

I contacted Laurie to enquire into other versions of the software and she was immediately supportive, sending me a full version of the Macintosh Plus edition of Music Mouse as well as introducing me to her extensive online archive of software for the Atari ST. The simple, intuitive nature of its interface immediately appealed to me, especially in comparison to the 'menus within menus' design of most contemporary DAWs, and I soon found myself not just experimenting, but making music. After sourcing a compatible MIDI interface from an online Amiga users group, I was able to load the floppy and begin exploring the software. I owned an Amiga and was curious, so I bid on the item and ended up winning it for a few dollars. This was one of the first 'intelligent instruments' for personal computers, created by Spiegel in 1985 as an interactive and playable MIDI sequencer for the 68k era of Macintosh computers.

In 2019 I came across a floppy disk for sale on eBay containing the Commodore Amiga version of Laurie Spiegel's Music Mouse.