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Atari Computing website changes!
http://www.ataricomputing.com/
We've taken the plunge and registered our own easy to remember domain
name. The new site mirrors our zetnet pages and offers easy email access
to the editorial team:
Jinnee
Jinnee is yet another replacement desktop, programmed by Manfred Lippert,
and marketed by ASH. Jinnee runs on any TOS compatible machine from
640x200 (ST medium) resolution upwards and looks set to challenge the
established alternatives - check out Jinnee's tree style display in text
windows. No details of an English release date as yet.
Calamus offers
IMAGE Applications have released their first home grown CD, Calamus
Ultima 1. This CD contains over 450Mb of Calamus goodies including:
- Over 3000 colour CVG images
- Over 6000 mono CVG images
- Over 500 in-house CFN fonts
- Over 600 PD CFN fonts
- Volume's 1,2,3 User to User SL hints, both 1.09 & SL Productivity
Packs include Control lines, Raster settings, CDK templates, Colour
curves, Vectors, Fonts and much more!
- Large number of Calamus related Demos including Calamus SL96, modules
from Adequate System and Invers Media.
- Calamus related PD/Shareware software £40 including VAT and P&P
IMAGE Applications also have a limited supply of the original mono
Calamus 1.09n packages available for £35 including VAT and P&P.
These are supplied complete with 1.09 Productivity Pack and an Easy To
Use Guide.
Contact:
IMAGE Applications, Unit 3, Wellesley House, Walmer Castle Road, Deal,
Kent, CT14 7NG, UK
Tel:
+44 (0)1304 369364
Email:
caluser@cix.compulink.co.uk
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The cow has been busy producing her summer collection:
MIDI Arpeggiator v2.11
New features include 64 step tracks, an improved MIDI mixer section, with
a channel for the duophonic part, and now runs as a program or desktop
accessory.
Snippit Synth v1.21
Since its review in Atari Computing the new features are:
- Ability to load any AIFF/AVR/SPL or raw 8-bit data and use them as complex waveform grains
- Akai S900/S950 driver for the MIDI sample dump option
- sample crop, distortion limiter and optimise tools
- Improved interface with easier to edit numeric fields.
Sound Chip Synth v3.0
This latest release is really a completely new program masquerading as an
upgrade! The software now looks and operates more like an old analogue
mono-synth. Real-time performance attributes have been added and improved,
MIDI triggering of notes, and portamento (note gliding) are featured. And
there's a wealth of new synthesis controls too - LFO, AM, and a
pitch/amplitude envelope generator for starters. Sounds can still be saved
as samples, and the routines for generating these is much faster than
previous versions! Here's a feature list:
- Square wave oscillator (30Hz to 125KHz) with two sub-oscillators
- Noise generator (4KHz - 125KHz) mappable to any oscillator
- Oscillator volume, detuning, and octave shift controls
- Amplitude modulator with depth, rate, and four waveforms
- LFO with depth, rate, and four waveforms, and pulse effector
- Four-pole envelope shaper mappable to amplitude and/or pitch
- Real-time MIDI control, with portamento and omni-mode support
- Export sounds as AVR/AIFF/SPL format samples (8 or 16-bit)
- Variable sampling rates: 16, 22, 33, 44, 48KHz and user-definable,
with digital audio playback on the STe/TT/Falcon
- Load and save patch data from and to disk using SYN format file
- On-line ST-Guide hypertext help and an eight-page printed manual
- Free user support and upgrades
Upgrades
Registered users can upgrade free of charge, by email, or by sending
their original disk(s) in a suitable stamped addressed envelope. Prices:
- £15 MIDI Arpeggiator
- £10 Sound Chip Synth
- £16 Snippit Synth
- £1.50 Post and packing
Attention Cubase Users!
Would you like:
- A bigger monitor so you can display and open more edit windows
- Much faster editing
- The cursor to follow the score and other editors in time
- Faster printed output
Take a look at the supercharged HADES Atari/TOS compatible computer. Hades
comes with standard Atari MIDI ports, offering precise, rock solid, MIDI
timing.
This supercharged computer allows you to use your existing Cubase software
to load, display and edit large arrangements faster than you ever thought
possible. For more details contact:
Floppyshop have announced a "Trans-Atlantic cooperation" with Suzy B
Software, a leading supplier of PD/Shareware software in the States.
As a result three CD-ROM compilations of the best PD/Shareware/Freeware
software ever produced for Atari computers will soon all be available.
The first two titles already available with the third title due before the
end of this year. All three CDs have been compiled by Michael Burkley -
"The Unabashed Atariophile" of Z*Net, ST Report and Atari Explorer
On-Line. Floppyshop will handle the manufacture, packaging and
distribution of these titles within the UK, Suzy B Software will do the
same for North America and other European distributors may be appointed.
Suzy B's Software Treasury #1
When originally released this double CD set was hailed as the best
compilation of English language Atari software to date. The downside was
the price tag of over £50. This re-release includes the complete
contents of the original two CD set archived to fit onto a single CD.
Suzy B's Software Treasury #2
This follow-up CD-ROM contains more of the same. There's almost one
Gigabyte (when uncompressed) of Atari software - equivalent to over 1400
floppies!
Much of the software on these CD-ROMs is American in origin and has
never made its way onto the Internet, BBSs or PDLs. They cost £25
each plus P&P (UK £2, Europe £3, ROW £4).
Double-sided drives
Floppyshop have managed to obtain a small consignment of DS/DD floppy
drives which are fully compatible with the all ST models (but NOT STe
models). These are brand new but old models which work better on STs!
New PC floppy drives are all HD these days, some do not support DS/DD
formats and others have their ID hardwired to 1 instead of 0 rendering
them useless for STs.
These drives cost £25 each plus P&P (UK £2, Europe £3,
ROW £4), while stocks last.
Titan Designs have been appointed as the exclusive UK distributor for
Digital Art's LAYOUT. DA's Layout v6.1 integrates tools for practically
any publishing job. Here's the key features:
- Object oriented page layout with direct placement of objects in real-time.
- Unlimited document wide layers.
- Integrated vector editing with true Bézier curves and a complete range of editing tools.
- Integrated image editing functions for on-line correction of images.
- Extensive typographical control including powerful vertical justification options.
- Expandable with plugIn modules offering powerful solutions for complex designs.
- Powerful output control with FM Stochastic screening, Reference.K,
hand optimised screens and more.
Introductory price is £199 including VAT.
There are four different versions available:
- DA's Layout: £222.06 including VAT. This incorporates full DTP
page layout combined with vector editing features
- DA's Layout Pro: £363.08 including VAT. As Layout, but with
font editing, barcode generation and vector autotracing.
- DA's Layout EPS: £468.83 including VAT. As Layout, but bundled
with clipping extensions and EPS-AI3-Import modules.
- DA's Layout Pro Designer Bundle: £739.08 including VAT. As
Layout Pro, but bundled with archive, extruder, compose, calibration,
clipping extensions and EPS-AI3-import.
A range of modules is also available, prices include VAT and P&P:
- £79 DA's Archive
- £79 DA's 3D Extrude
- £109 DA's Compose
- £109 DA's Calibration
- £109 DA's Clipping Extensions
- £199 DA's EPS-AI3-Import
- £159 REFERENCE.K
- £159 DA's Photoscreen 720dpi
- £249 DA's Photoscreen 3600dpi
42BBS closes
After a spell of ill-health and financial pressure Colin Fisher-McAllum,
SysOp, closed 42BBS on 26th September 1997 bringing to an end a
successful run of over two years. Existing points and nodes have been
offered the same NeST addresses at the Meon Valley BBS hosted by SysOp
Si Gardner. We'd like o thank Colin for his support for Atari Computing
and wish Si Gardner every success.
1997 Atari Times Awards
The Atari Times disk magazine launched these awards to pay tribute to
people who have supported the Atari scene over the last year.
Voting closes on 1st December 1997 and the December issue of the Atari
Times (UK) and the Atari Times web pages will publish the results.
Voting Categories:
- Best Programmer of 1997
- Best commercial release of 1997
- Best Shareware release of 1997
- Best PD/Freeware release of 1997
- Best TOS game of 1997
- Best Jaguar game of 1997
- Best Demo of 1997
- Best hardware add-on of 1997
- Best Atari supporting company of 1997
- Best non-profit making Atari organisation of 1997
- Best Disk Magazine of 1997
- Best paper based magazine of 1997
- Best Atari supporting web page
- Best Internet Service Provider for the Atari range
- Most exciting announcement for Atari owners in 1997
- Best thing to happen in 1997
- Worst thing to happen in 1997
- Special award for long standing services to the Atari community
You can vote as follows:
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