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Software => Vintage Software => Topic started by: chrisNova777 on December 17, 2015, 04:32:31 AM
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author: Roger Powell
http://www.vintagesynth.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=63185
http://www.magneticmusic.com/downloads.html
(http://vogons.zetafleet.com/files/texture.png)
(http://www.oldschooldaw.com/forums/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=2394.0;attach=5340;image)
(http://www.oldschooldaw.com/forums/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=2394.0;attach=5342;image)
At the heart of Texture is a very simple (and very msuical) idea; notes are recorded into patterns, them. patterns are linked together to create songs, this concept will enable you to create whatever kind of music you like. quickly. easily. but make no mistake, while texture is easy to learn, it is the most powerful MIDI processor you can buy.
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v1.0 - 1984? 1985?
Texture program was versioned at "Texture v2.5" as of nov 1988
(first version was claimed to be 4 years prior to v2.5 which would be november 1984!
which would coincide with the claim that it was one of the first midi sequencers ever)
v3.0 - dec 1988 (?)
https://books.google.ca/books?id=TJuFGeKsMJ0C&pg=PA261&lpg=PA261&dq=texture+by+roger+powell+application+copy+protection&source=bl&ots=Fd7V46WxAL&sig=BzGxfN2W73IKGsRiC2AIl4NMxbY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjRi4CZv8HVAhVF7oMKHVvgBx8Q6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=texture%20by%20roger%20powell%20application%20copy%20protection&f=false
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Powell_(musician)
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Roger Powell's TEXTURE was nearly one of the first sequencer. The very first MIDI sequencer on the market IIRC was the Hybrid Arts Master Tracks Pro for the Atari 800. HA MTPro was introduced in 1983, while the Atari 800 was introduced at the Winter Consumer Electronics exposition in 1982. You needed an extra add-on serial port to get the whole setup to work, since the Atari 800 didn't come with one out of the box.
That version of Texture I believe will only run with the IBM Music Feature card as the MIDI output.
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It runs on the Yamaha C1 Music Computer (8X8 MIDI OUT/IN)
Jan Hammer used it on Miami Vice back in the day (along with UpBeat and JamFactory).
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Roger Powell's TEXTURE was nearly one of the first sequencer. The very first MIDI sequencer on the market IIRC was the Hybrid Arts Master Tracks Pro for the Atari 800. HA MTPro was introduced in 1983, while the Atari 800 was introduced at the Winter Consumer Electronics exposition in 1982. You needed an extra add-on serial port to get the whole setup to work, since the Atari 800 didn't come with one out of the box.
Do you have any more information on Hybrid Arts Master Tracks Pro for the Atari 800? I'm having a hard time finding stuff.
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Do you have any more information on Hybrid Arts Master Tracks Pro for the Atari 800? I'm having a hard time finding stuff.
It looks like they got the name wrong. This page (https://ataribits.weebly.com/midi.html) seems to indicate that it was called MIDITrack.
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This page (https://ataribits.weebly.com/midi.html)
Interesting.
The MiST/MiSTer FPGA emulation platform has an Atari800+ core.
https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Atari800_MiSTer
I wonder if support for the integrated MIDI DIN could be added by integrating the MIDIMate into the software. :o
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this app was mentioned specifically by Kerri Chandler on his 2008 Album
https://www.rushhour.nl/record/cd/computer-games
There was this company not to far where I lived, that still exists,called The Electronic Barn. We would get parts and hack the Machines and build things to make music and whatever else we could dream up. The parts were cheap, so we were able to experiment. After that we got hold of all sorts of other Machines and modified and programmed them: Trs80’s(trash 80), Timex Sinclair, Atari 400 and 800, Commodore 64, Pet 2001, IBM PC JR, Magnavox Odyssey(with the voice module), But no matter what machine we used, we always programmed some kind of game. So about 3 years went by and I got my hands on a Compaq portable (it wasn’t really all that portable by today’s standards) but that’s when I learned how machines and music could be combined (Mpu 401 and Texture).
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