This is a press-release from C-LAB dated November 15 1994 :
" C-LAB, Hamburg, responsible for the success of MIDI recording products
such as Notator, Creator and Unitor, wich set a standard on the ATARI ST
platform in the late 80's, has signed a worldwide license agreement with
the Atari Corporation of Sunnyvale, California to manufacture, market and
distribute audio workstation products based on the Atari Falcon030 platform
into the Pro Audio and Musical Instrument markets.
C-LAB is authorized to enhance the Falcon030 hardware and software to meet
the specific needs of these markets. C-LAB will handle sales, marketing,
developer and customer support for the new products under this worldwide
agreement.
C-LAB envisions this as the next generation of home recording products,
a "One Stop Sollution" wich will work enrirely in the digital domain as a
fullty accessable workbench for MIDI-/Realtime Hard Disk Recording and
Editing at a very reasonable price. Building on the existing broad
software base, C-LAB will work with developers to fully implement
enhancements to the Falcon technology to the benefit of todays recording
studio user.
The first in this line of products will ship in Januari !995, Named C-LAB
Falcon Mk II, it will be a look-alike of the well-known Atari Falcon030
with some additional improvements for use in the musical instrument and
pro audio fields. Improvements in the internal audio as well as adequate
memory and SCSI hard drive capacity as standard will be the first
major additions.
Further additions, such as an enhanced desktop and a 19' -rackmount version
designed for the professional audio market will follow by mid 1995."
Greets
M.R.