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A lot of TV stations used them, but i think you're right. They probably all got replaced with the shift to HD.

I'm pretty sure Fatboy Slim still uses an Atari ST as part of his setup.

We (Norman & I) stopped using the Atari in the studio about 10 years ago (it sits in the corner unloved). Ableton & Protools these days.

Simon.

I've always wondered what guys like you did for a backup strategy. Is the "master" for Renegade Master or I'm Alive only on some shitty DD floppy somewhere?

What about Liam Howlett? Aphex Twin?

Tracks got bounced (ie. rendered/recorded/exported) to DAT tapes.

The record wasn't just stored in the sampler and computer, it was in the state of the whole studio, at a minimum the mixing desk the sampler was plugged into but also likely various external effects units. Digging out the floppy wouldn't recreate the record as it was released.

A little sad to hear, but still! It made it to the 21st century!

This is why I love reading HN comments. On some random Amiga post, the guy that worked with some of my music heroes just pops up and drops a comment like this. Thanks for sharing!

Pretty sure dev Paradox still tours with his amiga:

https://vimeo.com/10383653

(I love that video)

Cool, never heard of him before.

https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/2781

If its an Atari Falcon then it could have been made by C-Lab. The Falcon had the same 56001 DSP that the NeXT hardware had but with MIDI ports.

That DSP is good enough for running Quake 2 on Falcon, no joke:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNs6Jw4V4vlvafSs0H3Ww...

there is also writeup here http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=68&t=26775

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