Falcon030 was an eye popping machine.

Had an Amiga 4000/40 back then and it was clear for some time this era went down. Wanted a Falcon030 but couldn't get one, there was a lot of hope in the DSP to turn things around against PCs (for gfx). Got a Bebox instead, with it's dual CPU (back then!) but that didn't also take off. Switched to PCs then.

The company C-Lab that is mentioned in the article was the initial home of the Creator and Notator sequencers. Those would later evolve into Notator Logic and then Logic, now under the Emagic brand. Until Emagic got bought by Apple. The sequencer still lives on as Apple Logic Pro.

The also mentioned Cubase also still exists. The Cubase Audio Falcon version already included some native effects like reverb, thanks to the 56000 DSP. While not comparable in quality to what we have today, it would give musicians a glimpse into what would become Virtual Studio Technology (VST) a few years later.

So, that little computer has quite a bit of legacy in the music production world.

Someone rebuilt the Falcon from scratch, seen recently at the VCF West. Pretty insane.

https://re-falcon.com

Interesting timing. They just announced the Atari 800XL Hybrid Gaming Console, coming out in April:

https://tech.yahoo.com/gaming/articles/atari-800xl-hybrid-ga...

Only ever saw an Atari once at a Harvey Norman window. Never knew anyone with any Atari computer, everyone had a Commodore.

The Atari Falcon was an awesome GEM-based computer. It paired with the Amiga 3000.