In the past I started a music software
company called Hybrid Arts, Inc.
We helped keep Atari alive for its last
year or more, by convincing
them that there was a Music market for
personal computers. Atari was the
first computer manufacturer to sell to
the music market. We invited them to share
a booth with us at NAMM in June 1986,
which they did. That was their first
music trade show they (or any other PC
manufacturer) ever participated in. That
show resulted in around 30% of their sales,
to the music market, which we had
already been selling to for more than
a year prior. At the end of Atari, much more than
½ of their sales (possibly 100%),
was to the music market, because of the
strong MIDI / Music products from our
company and others, Steinberg and many
others.
The Atari ST, using
one my "inventions", the ADAP, a professional 16 bit,
digital audio music and sound design and
editing system, actually became a
standard Sound Editing system for about
a year. Todd AO, Glen Glenn had 1
in each of their 10 PAP rooms for sound
editorial. Todd AO is the largest
sound for film and tv, company in the
world. The ADAP was their sound
editing system for more than a year (from
1988 to 1993). The ADAP is still
used today on every episode of "The Simpson's"
and "King Of The Hill", by
Bobby Mackston and his company Mackston
Soundworks, located at Sony Pictures
Studios. Bobby uses the ADAP with
an Atari ST, because the ADAP does things
no other system does and faster.
He uses his Avid AudioVision for most of
the editing, but for simple quick FX that
his $65k system can't do, like
MIDI control of FX, creating stereo 16
bit loops of Bart Simpson and
etc.,.... I think you kind of get
the idea.
HAI developed some great
products. HAI was the first to offer MIDI software
and hardware starting in May 1983, and
first demonstrating a 16 track MIDI
Recorder and full graphic interface and
programming, using a light pen, for
the ProPhet 600! This integrated
system of 16 Track MIDI Recorder and GUI
P600 programmer, Librarian was in a single
program. We first showed this
product in October 1983. MIDI was
not excepted by the MI manufacturers
until December 1983.
I was the idea person and founder of HAI.
Most and all key products were my
idea.
Some of this info is at my WebSite, if
you are interested, at---->
http://www.loop.com/~worldmusic/rombio.html
I do still have several, original, HAI
MIDI interfaces and SMPTE synce boxes
and the software for the Atari 8bit CPU's
and ST's,... as well as software
for all products. I have been wondering
how to sell this. Perhaps you can
help me?
How do you advertise now?
Oh well, the point of all of the above
was really to say, HAI started off in
my basement, my new business is now in
my upgraded garage,.... I understand
how "tiny Businesses" operate and I prefer
it that way.
Soooooooo, thanks for the help and I appreciate
what you, Cathy (and
others?) at your business are doing.
Sincerely,
Robert Moore - Owner
WorldMusic, USA
PS: If you visit genie.com, you will
find a RoundTable there called,
MIDI/WorldMusic RoundTable. I started
that for GE / GEnie back in 1988,
which is also when I started my present
company, WorldMusic, USA. MWR's
purpose was to provide data music services
to music makers around the world.
At GEnie you will find soug and sound
files for Atari computers, as well as
all other CPU's. My contract with
GE was from 1988 to 1992. GE saw my BBS
at HAI, which lived from 1983 until 1992
(HAI's end) and GE wanted the same
service on GEnie. GE called me,
offered me a contract and I reproduced our
MIDIWorldMusic Network for them.