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The Happy Music bundle: Atari 1040 STFM computer, SM124 monochrome monitor and Kawai MS710 keyboard It was 1991 when I bought the bundle Atari was then selling as "Happy Music": an Atari 1040 STFMAtari 1040 STFMCPUMotorola 68000, 8 MHzMemory1 MB RAMDrivebuilt-in 3.5″ floppyMIDIIN/OUT built inOutputTV and monitor computer with the SM124Atari SM124Typemonochrome CRT monitorResolution640 × 400 pixelsRefresh71 HzReputecrisp display, a pro favourite monochrome monitor, a Kawai MS710Kawai MS710Keyboard49 mini keysSounds20 presets + 4 user, 16-bit PCMRhythms24, with auto-accompanimentExtrasOne Finger Ad-Lib, Top Note DualMIDIIN/OUT, 4+1 channelsPolyphony13 voices keyboard and music software by Steinberg. Three companies — Atari, Kawai and Steinberg — had joined forces to make MIDI music affordable for everyone; the German magazine TOS dubbed them "the three Musketeers of music".

Yamaha PSR-E383 keyboard These days I use Windows and a Yamaha PSR-E383Yamaha PSR-E383Keyboard61 keys, touch responseSounds650 (GM/XGlite), AWMStyles260 with accompanimentEffects15 reverb, 7 chorus, 41 DSPMIDIover USB, 16 channelsPolyphony48 voices. Thanks to AI, though, I decided to bring my old keyboard back to life — so I now make arrangements for the Kawai MS710 as well. You can also watch how they sound played live on the keyboards on my channel.

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Song YYamaha PSR-E383KKawai MS710 Playback uses a generic GM sound bank. The plain speaker plays the PSR-E383 version as rendered by the GM bank. The speaker marked K plays a preview of the Kawai MS710 version — its sounds and drums are remapped to the nearest GM equivalents, so you can hear roughly what the keyboard plays (it cannot replace the real MS710 sound). Song YYamaha PSR-E383KKawai MS710 Playback uses a generic GM sound bank. The plain speaker plays the PSR-E383 version as rendered by the GM bank. The speaker marked K plays a preview of the Kawai MS710 version — its sounds and drums are remapped to the nearest GM equivalents, so you can hear roughly what the keyboard plays (it cannot replace the real MS710 sound).
Ordinary WorldOrdinary WorldArtistDuran DuranOriginDuran Duran (1993), the Wedding AlbumHookguitar arpeggio and vocal lineSize16 channels, 13,901 notes Holding Out for a HeroHolding Out for a HeroArtistBonnie TylerOriginFootloose soundtrack (1984)Hooktenor sax soloSize16 channels, 16,680 notes

Classical

Song YYamaha PSR-E383KKawai MS710 Playback uses a generic GM sound bank. The plain speaker plays the PSR-E383 version as rendered by the GM bank. The speaker marked K plays a preview of the Kawai MS710 version — its sounds and drums are remapped to the nearest GM equivalents, so you can hear roughly what the keyboard plays (it cannot replace the real MS710 sound). Song YYamaha PSR-E383KKawai MS710 Playback uses a generic GM sound bank. The plain speaker plays the PSR-E383 version as rendered by the GM bank. The speaker marked K plays a preview of the Kawai MS710 version — its sounds and drums are remapped to the nearest GM equivalents, so you can hear roughly what the keyboard plays (it cannot replace the real MS710 sound).
Hallelujah ChorusHallelujah ChorusComposerGeorge Frideric HandelOriginMessiah oratorio (HWV 56), 1741ForcesSATB choir, trumpets, timpani, strings, oboesSize15 channels, 6,717 notes Allegro con brioAllegro con brioComposerLudwig van BeethovenOriginSymphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 — 1st movement (1808)Size15 channels, 13,741 notes
SpringSpring — La PrimaveraComposerAntonio VivaldiOriginThe Four Seasons, RV 269 — 1st movement AllegroSize15 channels, 9,616 notes Kde domov můjKde domov můjComposerFrantišek ŠkroupOriginnational anthem of the Czech RepublicSize16 channels, 1,574 notes