In order to transmit MIDI the Amiga, unlike it’s rival the Atari ST, required an external MIDI interface.Ī popular interface of the time was AMAS, the Advanced MIDI Amiga Sampler.
Interface Required The back of the AMAS box. This allowed you to add four mono or two stereo 8 bit samples to accompany your MIDI compositions. It wasn’t just restricted to MIDI though, it also allowed you to utilise the Amiga’s internal sound chip which for reasons known only to them Commodore decided to name Paula. It offered the ability to sequence musical notes and send then via MIDI to external synthesisers. Music-X was written by David Joiner and released in 1989 by MicroIllusions. N-N-N-Nineteen To load Music-X double click the Walkman. In 1989 it was a very different story, back then Music-X was the cutting edge music studio on the Commodore Amiga. Modern computer systems and even mobile phones are capable of producing professional grade audio with ease using applications such as Propellerheads Reason, Caustic or Apple GarageBand. The kids today don’t know they’re born more specifically the music making kids of today don’t know they’re born.
