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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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Doggiebox 1A4 posted
by Ben Kennedy 22 Nov '02

22 Nov '02

Hey all, Just a quick note to let yall know that a new build of Doggiebox is up. This time it's just simple bug fixes; due to other contracts, the last several weeks have been particularly busy for me. I look forward to getting onto new features by early December. However, a couple of the most annoying problems you've reported have been squashed in this build: - Fixed bug where a crash could occur if a bar were deleted when the insertion point was immediately after it. - Fixed bug where song would continue to play after closing the window. - Fixed bug where playback would skip over the last beat in the song (or selection) when looping. - Fixed bug where extra noise (typically an annoying buzz) would sound repeatedly after playing a song until you quit the program. Grab it at http://www.zygoat.ca/products/doggiebox/download.php Now I'm off to visit New York City for the next three days, and then return to more work! There are several people who have e-mailed recently and deserve personal replies; I apologize for not having had time to get back to you, but I shall next week. In the mean time, 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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Doggiebox build 1A3 available!
by Ben Kennedy 30 Oct '02

30 Oct '02

Hi Mac drummers, A new build of Doggiebox is out! Grab it now at http://www.zygoat.ca/products/doggiebox/download/ New changes in build 1A3 (a.k.a. version 1.0c): - vastly optimized display mechanisms in the pattern editor, so that responsiveness to mouse tracking and clicking is markedly improved. - fixed problems using 3/8, 5/8 time signatures. - improved control over tempo specification; it is now possible to specify the tempo in terms of any base note value via a pop-up menu in the bar properties dialog. - improved zooming function so that it's now possible to add and modify triplets within individual beat positions simply by zooming in. - fixed bug where the drum info controls in the Drum Kit Editor would sometimes be greyed out, in particular after adding a new drum. - up and down cursor keys now move the insertion point to the beginning and end of song, respectively. - fixed cosmetic issue where bar numbers of 100 or greater were truncated (only the first two digits would appear). - fixed some major memory leaks which would sometimes result in memory used by drum kits and songs not to be deallocated when a song was closed. - improved error handling when opening corrupt files or those that are created with subsequent (too-new) versions of Doggiebox. There is STILL no playback position indicator, but I promise it will be in the next release! Given various circumstances I have decided to release this build now, rather than delay things possibly by several more days or a week. Playback indicator was going to be a principal goal, but I became sidetracked in (and totally consumed with) overhauling lots of the display and internal storage in the process, resulting in the huge increase in UI responsiveness that I think you will appreciate in the interim. As usual, please report any bugs, ideas, etc. (Please note also that the documentation hasn't been updated yet to reflect recent changes, but you should be able to figure it out.) -ben -- Ben Kennedy, chief magician zygoat creative technical services 613-228-3392 | 1-866-466-4628 http://www.zygoat.ca

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Doggiebox build 1A2 posted
by Ben Kennedy 13 Sep '02

13 Sep '02

Greetings all, I'm pleased to mention that after a painfully lengthy delay, build 1A2 of Doggiebox is finally packaged up and posted for consumption! New changes in build 1A2: - stereo panning for drum sounds now supported, along with a wider range of input file formats (AIFF, WAV, VOC, AU, IFF, PAF, SF, W64). This comes as part of a significant re-implementation of the audio subsystem which will continue to evolve over the next several builds. Note: you will need to re-import custom sounds into your drum kits; see included release notes. - no longer skips beats during playback under Mac OS 10.2 (when using new/updated drum kits). - bug fixed where preferences dialog would crash upon dismissal. - insertion point now follows pastes (moves to after the last pasted bar). Grab it all now at: http://www.zygoat.ca/products/doggiebox/distribution/Doggiebox.sit 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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copying to both lists
by Ben Kennedy 25 Jun '02

25 Jun '02

Hey all. -- Ben Kennedy, chief magician zygoat creative technical services 613-228-3392 | 1-866-466-4628 http://www.zygoat.ca

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New test to the announce list again
by Ben Kennedy 25 Jun '02

25 Jun '02

oops, screwed up, trying again... really now the main list should be subbed to ann list -- Ben Kennedy, chief magician zygoat creative technical services 613-228-3392 | 1-866-466-4628 http://www.zygoat.ca

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New test to the announce list
by Ben Kennedy 25 Jun '02

25 Jun '02

main list should be subbed to ann list -- Ben Kennedy, chief magician zygoat creative technical services 613-228-3392 | 1-866-466-4628 http://www.zygoat.ca

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test to announce
by Ben Kennedy 25 Jun '02

25 Jun '02

This is a test to the announce list from me -- Ben Kennedy, chief magician zygoat creative technical services 613-228-3392 | 1-866-466-4628 http://www.zygoat.ca

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carpo
by Phaedrus 25 Jun '02

25 Jun '02

crappo

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