December 2002 - Doggiebox-announce

New build 1A6 is up
by Ben Kennedy 28 Dec '02

28 Dec '02

Hey all, 1A6 (aka 1.0f) is available for download! Here's what's new: * Resolved incompatibility with Mac OS X 10.2.3. * Introduction of a long-awaited playback position indicator. * Fixed bug where drum sounds were not playing while editing the song. * Fixed a crash that would occur when loading a song whose drum kit is not available, and the load is subsequently canceled or a substitute kit is not specified. * Plus a handful of miscellaneous UI improvements (export audio dialog, zooming, remembering window positions). http://www.zygoat.ca/products/doggiebox/distribution/Doggiebox.sit Hope everyone is enjoying the Christmas (or holiday-of-choice) break! -b -- Ben Kennedy, chief magician zygoat creative technical services 613-228-3392 | 1-866-466-4628 http://www.zygoat.ca

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Doggiebox 1A5, with full export support!
by Ben Kennedy 16 Dec '02

16 Dec '02

Greetings all, Build 1A5 is up! http://www.zygoat.ca/products/doggiebox/download.php As mentioned earlier this week on the list, there are a couple of bug fixes regarding drum precedence (hi hats now close where they should), plus a problem with saving drum kits that would trash all the drum icons. The biggest news for this release though is that export-to-AIFF (and in fact, about a dozen other file formats too) is now a reality, so you can start using your beats in other apps like ProTools and whatnot! Woo hoo! As usual, please report any strangeness, weird behaviour, bugs, etc. Much of the underlying rendering code has changed since the last release. Also, I've compressed the archive with DropStuff 7.0, which seems to have yielded about a 10% file size reduction. I hope that isn't indicative of a file which is incompatible with older versions of StuffitExpander. If you have problems with the archive, please let me know. enjoy, -ben -- Ben Kennedy, chief magician zygoat creative technical services 613-228-3392 | 1-866-466-4628 http://www.zygoat.ca

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Status report, and questionnaire
by Ben Kennedy 08 Dec '02

08 Dec '02

Greetings all, This is just a brief message to let you know where things are at with Doggiebox! First of all, the "lack of muting problem" is fixed for the next build. This is the one where certain drum sounds should cause earlier sounds to stop, but currently don't (e.g. a closed hi-hat following an open hi-hat, or a hand-muted crash cymbal following a normal hit on the same crash). Secondly, the mechanics for audio file export of the whole song is now in place, and I have it working locally. There is still more to be done, but I hope to post a new build -- complete with audio export -- within the next couple of days! Third, I would appreciate your feedback in a brief Doggiebox questionnaire. It should only take a minute or two to fill out. Visit it here: <http://www.zygoat.ca/products/doggiebox/questionnaire.php> thanks, -ben -- Ben Kennedy, chief magician zygoat creative technical services 613-228-3392 | 1-866-466-4628 http://www.zygoat.ca

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