In fact if you need an excuse to start, maxYMiser - has a music compo running for it right now - deadline 4th December 2006.
I want to encourage non-typical Atari composers to try out the platform, there are some really good Atari ST emulators out for Windows and other platforms.
If you want to give it a go - here is a list of the simple compo rules http://www.preromanbritain.com/maxymiser/compo.html and also some links for emulator users.
Famous Atari chip musicians Dma-Sc and 505 prepared some instruments and tutorials you can get on the maxYMiser homepage. It would be nice if you could enter! Good luck gwEm
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