The
Notator SL user-group
Hallvard
Tangeraas reveals all...
Notator SL
and Creator SL from C-Lab software (now
Emagic) were once upon a time (mid 80s to
early 90s) some of the most powerful MIDI
sequencing software packages around, on
any computer platform.
These days
computers do digital audio and video in
addition to MIDI, and an Atari ST might
seem like something best suited for gathering
dust at the attic -not so! The Atari ST
still rocks with its built-in MIDI ports,
once so popular among musicians. Stability,
rock-steady MIDI timing, ease of use (and
nowadays: very low cost) makes it a computer
which is still attractive for those who
know better.
Even though
Emagic has long since left the Atari platform
and now concentrate on the more profit-making
Macintosh and PC markets there are many
Notator/Creator users around who still see
the value of these programs and that they're
still more than usable in the 21st century.
As a Notator user myself I created the mailing
list so that people could get together and
support each other when official support
has ceased, hoping to bring new life into
the use of these programs. At the time this
is being written, the list has around 140
members from all over the world -new members
are always welcome! List membership is free,
but since we now have a registered domain
(in order to stop moving from one free web
location to another as we've done quite
a few times already), optional monetary
donations from members is relied on to keep
it alive.
So far the
support has been very good considering how
hard and unpopular asking for such support
is. The web site contains a comprehensive
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions), file-downloads,
member contributions, links to other sites
and soon it will also be possible to search
through the complete list-archive.
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