January 2003 - Doggiebox - lists.zygoat.ca

Doggiebox news, and 1A7 (1.0g) now online!
by Ben Kennedy 31 Jan '03

31 Jan '03

Greetings all, I am pleased to announce Doggiebox build 1A7, hopefully the last build in the "pre-release" series! You'll notice a bit of a revamped look in this one; here are what's new and changed: - At long last, there are document icons! Many thanks to Scott Bremner for graphic design. - The preferences dialog has been revamped, with several new options. - There is now support for multi-line bar layout, with a user- specified number of bars per line. - It is now possible to choose whether to create a new untitled song on startup. - It is now possible to disable the playback position indicator. - The behaviour of selection highlighting and the insertion point has been changed slightly, to more closely match the behaviour of a text editor: when one or more bars are selected, the insertion point disappears. - Added recognition for AIFF sound files ending in ".aif" (in addition to ".aiff"). - The drum kit editor will now post an alert when trying to import a sound of an unsuitable sample rate. - Drums are now assigned a default sound and icon in the absence of any being defined in the drum kit editor. - Fixed bug where drum sounds would not play back when auditioned in the drum kit editor. - Registration key system introduced, along with a revised About box and application icon. Download now from http://www.zygoat.ca/products/doggiebox/download.php Please note that this one is distributed as an Installer package, which you should be able to double-click to automatically install into your / Applications (or wherever) folder. If you run into any problems with it, please let me know. As usual, all problem reports and feature suggestions are welcome, particularly to this mailing list; if all goes well, we will announce the "1.0 final" next week. Late last fall we ran a short survey of Doggiebox users, and all respondents were eligible to be randomly chosen to win free Doggiebox licences. The response was great and we drew five names at random from the database; congratulations to: Rob Hunter (San Diego, CA, USA) Paul Norman (Cambridge, MA, USA) Robert Koble (Clifton, NJ, USA) Etienne Beaupré (Montreal, QC, Canada) Gavin Mahan (San Diego, CA, USA) Thank you to everyone who provided feedback! -ben -- Ben Kennedy, chief magician zygoat creative technical services 613-228-3392 | 1-866-466-4628 http://www.zygoat.ca

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Re: [doggiebox] No sounds, had to force quit...
by Ben Kennedy 23 Jan '03

23 Jan '03

On 08 1 2003 at 10:13 am -0500, Gavin and Danica wrote: >Hi Ben, >This is what shows up in the console log. >Not sure how to specify a target. 1A4 works fine. >I am sending you the song but I only created it this morning. It really >doesn't matter what beats I put in or what kit I use. This one was using >your Premier kit. I will also send you Phil's 707 kit. Hey Gavin, Remember this thread? To be honest, I can't remember what the exact problem was that we were trying to solve, but the song you sent plays back fine in 1A7 (about to be posted probably tomorrow or the next day), so I'd say wait till then and see if your problems are solved. :) FWIW, it seems that the Roland kit has blank icons for some of the drums. By blank, I don't mean absent, but I mean transparent. There's new code in 1A7 to add default icons to drums that don't have any set, but when I open up the Roland kit, a good portion of the drums still show nothing, which means DB thinks there are icons there for em. It's possible that DB is being buggy, and I can investigate the kit in further detail, but can the creator of the Roland kit confirm or deny this? :) -ben -- Ben Kennedy, chief magician zygoat creative technical services 613-228-3392 | 1-866-466-4628 http://www.zygoat.ca

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input file format
by MATTYJOE＠aol.com 23 Jan '03

23 Jan '03

Also, What's the specific preferred file format for sounds to be added? Sample rate, mono/stereo, file type, etc. ? I'm able to select the .wav files on my machine, but not the .aif files. Thanks, Matt

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Re: [doggiebox] No sounds, had to force quit...
by MATTYJOE＠aol.com 07 Jan '03

07 Jan '03

I've been trying to create/modify kits and having the same problems. I just want to take your Ben's Premier Kit and add some rimshots and such in place of the cymbal rides. Problems aside, I really LOVE Doggiebox. Thanks, Matt

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No sounds, had to force quit...
by Gavin and Danica 07 Jan '03

07 Jan '03

Hi Ben, Gavin here again. I am using the 1A6 build with my Jaguar. Had a couple of bars of 4/4 and just through in some drums. No sound was heard when putting them in. I tried playing (looping playback) them back and again got nothing. It appeared like it was playing. The Stop button appeared and got weird highlights on the actual bars, moving in time.. I had to Force quit, after the spinning circle showed up, the Stop button did not stop the program. I restarted the imac. I have tried it again again no sound when putting in the drums, no sound is playing back, either. The play button appeared gray then after a couple of seconds it played, no sound though. I pressed the Stop button, the spinning circle showed up, but it stopped. I tried the 1A4 build again and everything seems normal.. I have been using a couple of Phil's kits, also. Having troubles with the icons... Happy holidays, (I had to work to 4 am on Xmas eve and 1 am on New year's) Later, Gavin.

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Drum kit with AIFF
by lee gummerman 07 Jan '03

07 Jan '03

I'm creating a custom kit in 1A6 using some AIFF samples. DB lets me select the files (which play fine in QuickTime) but I don't get any sound when I play a song using the kit. Should this work? Are there any known issues/workarounds? Thanks, Lee

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