Dr. T's Music Software Explained

Dr. T's Music Software was a software company based in Massachusetts and founded in 1984 by Emile Tobenfeld.^[1] The company developed music software for the Atari ST, Commodore 64, Commodore 128, Amiga, and Macintosh. It operated until the mid-1990s.

Products

Software

• Hitman - cue sheets
• X-oR (Amiga, Atari, Macintosh) - patch editor^{[2] [3]}
• Tunesmith - composing
• Tiger Cub (Atari ST) - sequencer^[4]
• Tiger - sequencer
• Samplemaker - sample editor
• Realtime 1.2 - sequencer
• Music Mouse - composing
• Midi Recording Studio (Atari ST, Amiga) - sequencer^{[5] [6]}
• M - composing
• Keys! - composing
• KCS - sequencer (Commodore 64/128, Amiga)^{[7] [8] [9]}
• KCS Omega - Keyboard Controlled Sequencer
• Tempo Master MPE
• Fingers - composing
• Copyist Professional (Amiga) - scoring^[10]
• Copyist Apprentice (Amiga) - scoring^[11]
• Algorithmic Composer (Commodore 64/128) - algorithmic composition
• Echo Plus
• Convertifile Plus
• T-Basic (Atari) - BASIC programming^[12]

Patch editors for:^[13]

• Roland MT-32
• Roland D-110
• Oberheim Matrix 6/1000
• Lexicon PCM-70
• Korg M1
• Korg DS-8
• Korg DP3000
• Kawai K5
• Kawai K3
• Kawai K1
• FX-Pac-1
• Caged Artist - Roland D-50^[14]
• 4-op Deluxe^[15]
• ESQ-apade - Ensoniq ESQ-1/Ensoniq SQ-80
• E-mu Proteus/XR
• DX/TX Heaven
• Casio VZ Rider
• Casio CZ Rider
• VDS - Ensoniq Mirage

Hardware

• Model-A (Amiga 500/1000) - MIDI interface
• Model-T (Commodore 64/128) - MIDI interface
• Phantom - MIDI interface/SMPTE synchroniser

Further reading

• Web site: Atari Music Software. Atari.
• MIDI sequencers. Amiga World. December 1990. 43–46. 0883-2390. 925165916.
• Dr. T's Keyboard Controlled Sequencer. Amazing Computing. 37–8, 44–5. 5. 3. March 1990. 0886-9480. 476303273.
• Audio. .info. 46. January 1992. 44–5. 0897-5868. 17565429.
• KCS. Amazing Computing. 6. 10. October 1991. 45–6, 68, 70. 0886-9480. 476303273.
• KCS 3.0 Level II. Amiga World. 6. 7. July 1990. 80–4. 0883-2390. 925165916.
• Keyboard Controlled Sequencer 3.0. Amazing Computing. 5. 9. September 1990. 10–11, 14. 0886-9480. 476303273.

Notes and References

1. The Doctor Is In. STart. April 1989. 46–7. 3. 9. 0889-6216. 14047163.
2. Audio. .info. 45–47. April 1992. 49. 0897-5868. 17565429.
3. Book: Rubin, David M.. The Audible Macintosh. X-oR, pp. 152–6. Sybex. 1992. 0782110452. 924911746.
4. Tiger Cub. STart. 38. November 1990. 82–83. 0889-6216. 14047163.
5. U2 can play music?. ZZap!. 41–42. 64. August 1990. 221369109.
6. Dr. T's MIDI Recording Studio. Atari Explorer. January–February 1988. 8. 1. 27–30. 0882-3340. 11835345.
7. Music by the Numbers. Compute!. 41. 103. December 1988. 0194-357X. 767965694.
8. Dr. T's (KCS V1.6) MIDI Sequencer. Amiga User International. 48–9. July 1988. 0955-1077. 465372833.
9. Dr. T's C128 Keyboard Controlled Sequencer. Commodore Magazine. 38, 127. November 1987. 16109538.
10. The Copyist Professional. Amiga World. 14, 66–8. May 1989. 5. 5. 0883-2390. 925165916.
11. What's new from Dr T?. The Australian Commodore and Amiga Review. 17–18, 20–21. May 1990. 7. 5. 1034-3806. 220898079.
12. Dr. T's T-Basic. STart. 43–5. 4. 10. May 1990. 0889-6216. 14047163.
13. MIDI Editor/Librarians. Amiga World. 48. June 1988. 4. 6. 0883-2390. 925165916.
14. Best D-50 Editor/Librarians. Antic's Amiga Plus. 43–4. 1. 5. December 1989 – January 1990. 1044-8306. 19913530.
15. Taming the TX81z Tone Generator. STart. 79–84. 4. 4. November 1989. 0889-6216. 14047163.