Veterans of the Atari ST often argue that the MIDI timing on the Atari ST running Cubase 2.0 or 3.0 is superior to modern computers. Because the OS was so stripped down and the MIDI chip was integrated into the processor, the latency was virtually non-existent.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the combination of Steinberg’s Cubase and the Atari ST was the undisputed king of the home studio. cubase atari st