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as long as your "machines" do support OG MIDI, then yes, why not. Be sure your ST will have 1MB RAM for Cubase 2.0 or older, and 2,5+MB for Cubase 3.x. If your ST comes for free, then good, if you are shopping for one, get the STE no matter what version (can be upgraded via SIMMs). When you shop for Cubase, be sure to get the cartridge dongle (software can be downloaded for free) and/or MIDI /SMPTI ports multiplicators like MIDEX+. You also probably will need to get MIDI DIN5 to USB adapter, since modern tools often lack DIN5 ports. I also recommend some HDD replacement for you, like Ultrasatan mini, easy to use SD Card based, makes work much more convenient then just using the floppy all the time.

with a midi interface, you could also use the Amiga as a full multitasking sequencer, enabling you for exemple to play samples on the Amiga's 4 voices while controlling the midi instruments. I used my expanded Amiga with Bar&Pipes software until 1999 and in those days it blew away everything that existed on other platforms.

​@pumpum800 Yes but the midi.library on the Amiga had timing issues.

@@jimbotron70 I may have been lucky, but I've never had a problem like this.

@@pumpum800 It's a known issue, you can google it.

Hi, I have no tutorials at the moment. I can try and make one. Which part interests you the most?

@@acidieusawesome, I’m interested in how you did the vocal tracks! I just subscribed to your channel, love your content 😊

@@pauldiaz4273 Thanks for subscribing and feedback! :) I will look into some type of tutorial when working with vocals like this!

Thanks for listening! It's a Moog sample I use on Yamaha A5000 and run through the internal dist effect, and then through the A5000 filters :)

Thats 2nd suggestion of Dark Train. I will have to look that one up! This idea was based on this track: th-cam.com/video/aEvi8_GTrZA/w-d-xo.html

Hi, yes I believe the SMP24 needs the newer 1.65 ROM to work properly with Cubase. Thankfully the one I bought about 20 years ago had this already applied. They are a brilliant add-on when using Cubase with multiple MIDI devices! :)

Great job on the STacey find and refurb! I use ST to trigger PC sometimes via MIDI. The audio hardware I have for PC has MIDI I/O, so I just use that. MIDI <-> USB cable should do the trick as well. There's a good Atari ST forum with a section for music. Cubase is discussed there too ;) Cubase can load MIDI files into an arrangement. It would be a great place to start: www.atari-forum.com/viewforum.php?f=111

@@acidieus awsome. Yeah I found a NOS display and keyboard for it so the screen is nice and bright and all keys work. It’s got an external sd card hard drive and it’s all dialed in. I put Cubase 3 on it last night. Now I need to drag my Orbit and Emax II out of storage. For now I’d like to just find some midi tracks I can load in for testing and setup. All I have is the one that came with Cubase lite. I need some good ones like yours (hint hint 😆)! Actually in need your help setting up my Emax and teaching me how to make some non crappy tracks too. No matter how much equipment I have I still suck.

@@sideburn Thats amazing you were able to get NOS on those items. Thats a great machine you have!! Ok, no problem, I will try my best to help you, although Ive no experience with Emax II or Orbit. I can maybe point you in right direction, and help with Cubase too. Let me see how I can do this :)

@@acidieus cool. Ok. Well for starters I bought a midi to usb cable on Amazon and figured I’d try to get my op-1 keyboard to connect and maybe my MacBook Pro with ableton or logic ? Is there a way to email you from here ? Not sure how that works on TH-cam to avoid the spammerz…

@@sideburn Check your inbox ;)

Hi, all of the vocal files loaded in to Akai is about 45 meg. 16bit 44khz stereo. Thanks for listening and subscribing :)

@@acidieus OK, thanx. What is the total amount of mem in your Akai? Do you use additional HDs?

​@@artem34901 The Akai I use in this has 256 meg ram. I don't have an internal hard drive. I have samples, multis, programs etc saved on a PC and I used AkSys on PC and the USB board on Akai to transfer.

@@acidieus That's pretty big RAM. Thanx.

@@artem34901 They can be upgraded using old PC memory. 256 meg is max for machine. If you have a S5/6k sampler, I highly recommend maxing out it's memory if not already done. They are very powerful machines, especially when used alongside a computer for sample editing / optimising.

The ST with a Roland SoundCanvas is what I used when studying music in the 90's. A great setup!!

Yes, very true!! Im just glad they didnt call themselves "Quantize" :D

Thanks for listening :)

It's so much fun using Cubase on an ST!! :)

Ah, great choon! Haven't heard that in a long, long time!

Ableton seems to be very demanding. I tried it on my PC (i7 24 GB ram) and it was not what I was hoping for. The Atari is really just sending pulses out, and all the "hard work" is done by the attached hardware, although it is possible to push the hardware to it's knees when used in anger. But yes, the Atari works brilliantly. It's a very reliable setup :)

Remember no PCM sound are involved in the process MIDI was just keyboard data recorder only note and pitch bend data were record Midi cable can send and received 16 track of data in almost realtime, it was a rock solid protocole that can work with any synth, sampler, drum machine and computer that use it.

Hi, thanks for listening :)

Estoy usando Google Traductor. Los sonidos son del hardware Roland JV1080, Akai S5000 y Yamaha A5000 :)

@@acidieus oye me gustaria hacer musica electronica lo que mas me llamo la atencion son los sonidos que son ideales para hacer musica electronica como las canciones de atb better of alone etc mi idea es hacer musica que tanto necesito por que la verdad algo tiene que te hace sentir como aquellos tienpos crees ayudarme en pasarme links para descargar herramientas y que herramientas necesito

@@omarvarguez7845 ¿Quieres usar Atari para escribir música o PC?

@@acidieusno se como explicar pero ntp dejalo asi jejeje

Thanks so much for listening and the comments. Ive still to finish this track. Hasnt been loaded up since I took this video, but I will be doing a v2 of it. Modern DAW's are really great. I do love using the Atari though!! :D

@@acidieus Looking forward to hear it! And I imagine it’s great to use Cubase Atari ST to produce, as it puts you in context of how some producers in the 90s made music. :)

​@@beepst​I've been using Cubase on ST since the early/mid 90's and it's what I started writing electronica on. The real reason to me why it's so good, is that it's an amazingly complex piece of software running on a very reliable OS. Zero distractions when using it.. and the ST metronome sticks out like a sore thumb! It works exactly the same and as reliably as it did in the 90s... plus I'm able to load up my old dirge music from the 90s and work on it again exactly as I'd left it... so it's kinda like a time machine as well!! :D Modern DAW and hardware is really impressive. I do like working within the limitations of the older hardware though... and also that (most) hardware isnt as expensive now as it was in the 90s!!

Hi, thanks for listening and the comments. The Atari is so much fun to use with 90's hardware. I would recommend it to everyone! :)

you can do it now without breaking the bank. it´s all still available and cheap.

Thanks for listening and comments :) I should really get to work on doing a longer version of this!!

Yes, the Atari ST is a very capable machine :) With the hardware you already have, I would suggest a sampler. The SC55 is one of the fist sound modules I ever used with an Atari. It has some very usable sounds for something like this! Definitely look at a sampler as well. It would work great alongside an SC55. I have put together some basic MIDI parts for Cubase v3.1 on the following page. You could program some of these in and see how it sounds with your existing hardware :) www.acidarbiter.com/atari/210-cubase-v3/remixes/21993-cafe-del-mar-midi-parts

@@acidieus Thx!