Fatboy Slim

[MegaManFan]

As I don't own an 8-bit of my own (not yet anyway) this may be one of the first and last times you see me in this forum, but I had to share this anyway! During an episode of MTV's "Cribs" as I was flipping channels, I happened to catch Fatboy Slim talking about his crib in Brighton Beach and he invites the cameraman into his personal recording studio. He shows off all the records, the mixer, the equipment, and then he says "And this is my awesome Atari" and sitting in the midst of this menagerie is what to my untrained eye looked either like an XL or an XEGS computer. I think, quite possibly, he was using it to do some of his mixes! Who knew? I think his albums should come with a sticker that says "powered by Atari."

[atarian1]

Actually, it's an Atari ST. He's yet another big name Atari user from the long list of professional and popular musicians who have good taste in computers.

 

If you get a chance, check out the Fatboy Slim interview on Disc 2 of the Moulin Rouge DVD under "The Music". It shows a lot of closeups and pictures on his Atari setup (even a closeup of the "Atari" name). I wish I knew how to do screen captures on my system so that I can post a picture here.

 

It's very cool to see Ataris still being used today to score films! (Many late 80s and early 90s movies and TV shows were scored using Atari STs)

[tyranthraxus]

Even though I was a Commodore guy back in the day even I knew that

the ST was the choice system for music. Atari missed an oppurtunity

by not catering to this market. Sure its small but they could have

made some money by offering some expensive high end computers

for musicans. However I am surprised to hear it still is being used

as more than a mere novelty. Why?

 

John

[Happy_Dude]

However I am surprised to hear it still is being used

as more than a mere novelty. Why?

 

John

The best Midi timing ever

It can be set up as a Stand alone / dedicated sequencer.

Not to mention it's cheaper than modern equipment and it does the same job.

Plus people making big money today most likely learned on these things

 

....And its Atari

[+Sauron]

Atari actually did make plenty of high-end equipment that catered to musicians. It's just that the music market in itself wasn't enough to keep an entire computer line alive. I know there's still quite a few professional musicians who use STs for sequencing.