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10.Jan.2001
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"Die Welt": How The Chips Learned Being Noisy
"Until 1985 acoustical there was no alteration according to the standard of computer sound which was introduced by C64. To this time Atari had the idea of producing an home computer Atari ST equip with a MIDI-interface. This Musical Instrument Digital Interface made it possible to control electronic music instruments like keyboards with the computer. Atari ST was the first computer in series that used this possibility and made the data exchange between computer and music instruments possible. The built-in 8-Bit-sound-chip had only the ability of producing three mono voices, but the main processor worked perfectly together with the MIDI-interface. Musicians from all over the world recognized the future of computer music and almost each sound studio connected its mixing desk with an Atari ST. Since the early nineties a MIDI-interface was standard for sound cards.

Two years after the introduction of the ST, in 1987, Commodore set a new standard for music computers with the Amiga 500 for the mass market: four-channel-stereo was the new standard. Programming of music directly in the computer was now possible without expensive equipment. For a long time this was the greatest advantage of the Amiga towards other computers. Because of that and because of its great graphical abilities it was the game computer at all."

Also in the today`s `Die-Welt`-article Concerto Commodore it is reported of the musical abilities of the C64.

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