Although the music appearing in these pages is "free for private use", the copyright and
all mechanical rights of each song is retained by Denis Hillman.
This site is dedicated to the arts of midi recording and audio recording.
Also hosts music and audio projects by Denis Hillman and, in time, other likeminded
musicians.
The first thing to understand about midi sequencers is that they make no sound
of their own. True, some later hardware units come with onboard sounds that the sequencer will use, but when
midi sequencers originally came to market they were a stand alone application (both hardware and software units)
and it was necessary to plug the midi output of the unit into the midi in of the desired sound module (there
were dozens of them; DX7 (keyboard), TX7 (module) various Roland units (Sound Canvas, MT 32), Korg, and many
others. For more information on this subject go to the midi recording
page.
Atari Falcon with Soundpool SPDIF and 8 channel converters.
Click for larger photo.
All the songs on these pages were written, recorded and produced by me between 1990 to 2000 on
minimal ( ha ha - minimal equipment back then easily cost me the price of a modest house in a
country town) equipment with Atari computers, 8 or 16 channel desk and external sound modules.
First, a 1040 with sync lock to a Tascam 8 track cassette, then an Atari Falcon - 8 track to
disk drive (using Cubase Audio Falcon). Unfortunately the Atari hard drive has since died and,
although I replaced it with a larger one, I can no longer get my PSI Backup software to load
the drive, therefore some songs like "Jimbour" which went out fast due to a competition
deadline were unable to be better finished. The Atari Falcon came with midi recording onboard.