I think that all the programs from DrT where really inovative ... to my opinion probably much more that Steinberg.
It is a different philosophy not as professional, clean, and "square" but with a lot of very advance capabilities... not found on any other programs.
Of course the master piece is the KCS/Omega composition system ... Tim Atari Midi World present it (http://tamw.atari-users.net/omega.htm) as the "Serious Software for the THINKING Musician". For sure you had to think a bit before using some of the features
But other programs like:
- Graphic Song Editor
Tiger
Tunesmith
Fingers
Music mouse
...
The Instrument Editor/Librarian like the DE50 where more conventional.
For information All these programs are using "floppy disk protection" (you can look at my document on the subject at http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.ph ... 67#p102867 ). But they can be copied with the Discovery Cartridge. I did not try to make copy with pasti but this should work if you want to run them on Steem.
So much work still to do! If you feel up to it, I'd love post an updated overview article up on AMN about KCS Omega. Apparently, Emile Tobenfeld still sells KCS Omega although he hasn't updated it since 1993 and states on his website that he's no longer in business. I wonder if he knew he could still make some money from us Atari musicians, if he'd be interested in making a new version. Perhaps taking a poll on the front page of AMN would spark his interest? What do you think?