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Steinberg's 'Avalon' - the first virtual modular? (Atari ST)


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anyone ever use this program for the Atari? it started out as a sample editor (maybe an early version of Wavelab?), but v2.0 added a sort of virtual modular synth environment that featured some pretty advanced forms of synthesis for the time. i was just thinking about this yesterday, i *really* regret getting rid of it sometimes. i'll admit though that i never had an ST that was quite powerful enough to run it smoothly, it crashed frequently when i pushed it too hard. i would have liked to see how it ran on a 4mb ST. check it out if you're interested, it's pretty damn cool for when it was released. here's a link to a great Sound On Sound review of it along with some screenshots...

 

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jul99/articles/retrosteinberg.htm

 

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I had it and used it on a Falcon. It STILL was not nearly enough power to keep it from crashing.

 

I went from that setup straight into Turbosound on a MacIIfx.

 

Then real life kicked in (university), and my days of tweaking a sound for hours were gone. Hello, ROMplers.

 

I TOTALLY regret selling my Atari. I did more personal (non-commissioned) music in the few years I had C-Lab Notator than I have in all the subsequent years combined.

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