Doggiebox July 2003

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Kit building feature request
by Mike Carlyle 12 Nov '03

12 Nov '03

Ben, How hard would it be to include an "export sound" button in the kit building window? Sometimes, when building a kit, or modifying another's kit, it is neccessary to tweak a sound and import it back into a revised DB kit. Example: my ns_kit that I sent you has a ride crash in it that has a tiny bit of excess space at the front of it, causing it to sound like it's slightly mis-hit when played in a song. I want to export the sound, clip the start, and import it back in. My original sound file is (hypothetically) not available. Currently, I must put the sound into a song, export it, edit it, then import it back. It would be great to save the song building step and just export it from the kit. Having said all that, it would be a redundant feature if you decided that it was worthwhile to implement the export of discreet drum sounds from a song file. In other words, I could more easily post process the sounds if they could be exported as separate wave files, making the "export sound" button not as important. I appreciate you listening. I hope others are finding the application as useful and rewarding to use as I am. I'm getting pretty good reviews from the folks that I've either programmed tracks for, or who have heard my stuff in songs. Thanks again in advance for whatever you come up with next.

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A nice article on programming drums
by Michael Carlyle 04 Aug '03

04 Aug '03

A lot of the tips in this article ring very true. I hope someone finds it helpful. http://www.sospubs.co.uk/sos/mar98/articles/rythm.html

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Re: [doggiebox] Recent Posts: Samples/Kits
by Scott Newbern 03 Aug '03

03 Aug '03

I've had some luck with the Natural Studio samples. Their aim is to have the best sampled free drum kit available. Check it out: http://www.nskit.com/ The sounds are very high quality. The samples are setup with velocity layers for sampler/sequencer type software, but if you download the set of .wav files you can pick and choose the samples you want for doggieBox. The levels need to be adjusted a bit because of this, but they sound great. Ben, you might want to check these out for when you get around to working the dynamics / velocity feature. -Scott

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by Martijn & Angela 30 Jul '03

30 Jul '03

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Mailing list back online
by Ben Kennedy 30 Jul '03

30 Jul '03

Greetings all, The Doggiebox mailing lists should now be back online, running under improved mail server software. Posting to the list is unchanged (send messages to doggiebox(a)lists.zygoat.ca as usual). However, there are a few improvements. You can change your subscription options (e.g. digest mode, etc.), as well as view past archives from the list, here: <http://lists.zygoat.ca/mailman/listinfo/doggiebox> If you perceive any odd behaviour, or have trouble with anything, please let me know directly and I'll look into it. -ben -- Ben Kennedy, chief magician zygoat creative technical services 613-228-3392 | 1-866-466-4628 http://www.zygoat.ca

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Reconfiguring the list server
by Ben Kennedy 29 Jul '03

29 Jul '03

All, I am in process of migrating the list server software from ezmlm (www.ezmlm.org) to Mailman (www.list.org). This might result in some interruption of service to the Doggiebox mailing lists, hopefully only briefly. I'll post again if and when the transition is complete. :) In the mean time you receive any error messages or such while attempting to post to the list, please forward them to me (ben(a)zygoat.ca) and I'll try to sort 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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MacWorld article online
by Ben Kennedy 25 Jul '03

25 Jul '03

For those of yall who don't subscribe to MacWorld mag, the August issue is now on their web site along with the text of the Mac Gems column in which Doggiebox was lauded: <http://www.macworld.com/2003/08/reviews/macgems/> Yay! :) -ben -- Ben Kennedy, chief magician zygoat creative technical services 613-228-3392 | 1-866-466-4628 http://www.zygoat.ca

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Version 1.0.4 beta finally
by Ben Kennedy 23 Jul '03

23 Jul '03

Hi all, It's been too long since there has been any news on the Doggiebox front... so I am finally pleased today to post a new beta build. This collects some minor improvements I began working on several weeks ago (before I got sidetracked with lots of summer musical events and other projects), and the like. What's new: - Fixed bug where some Undo functions would not work on a newly created song file. - Fixed bug where importing or exporting sounds would fail when the filename contained non-standard characters. - Added collapse-to-mono toggle button. (NOTE: does not yet save in song file) - Improved responsiveness of user interface and position indicator after stopping playback. - Improved alert messages (such as 'Cannot find "(null)"') shown when a drum kit is missing or unavailable. Grab it at <http://www.doggiebox.com/distribution/Doggiebox-1A16.sit> -ben -- Ben Kennedy, chief magician zygoat creative technical services 613-228-3392 | 1-866-466-4628 http://www.zygoat.ca

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Help the stupid... please.
by dpwalsh6＠cox.net 22 Jul '03

22 Jul '03

Hi, though i've done little programming in doggiebox i am excited by its potential. i've seen a few emails asking for some stuff that when implemented would really make this already unique program sing. so i thought i'd toss my hat into the ring and ask about the keboard mapping feature mentioned in the upcomming improvements. for those of us with little actual drum programming experience being able to assign a kit to the keyboard of my laptop and tap in beats like a regular drum machine would be great. also it would help those of us without step writing experience to see what these tapped in beats looked like. it's very easy to assume that once you've done this for a while the patterns would start to sink in and the tapping would eventually lead to real programming. damn, it would almost end up being a teaching tool! well, that's just my 2 cents. thanks for listening and all the great suggestions, resources and tips so far. later, dan walsh ============================================================

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Re: [doggiebox] multiple kits in a song?
by Carl Edlund Anderson 18 Jul '03

18 Jul '03

At 21:00 17/07/2003, Michael Carlyle wrote: >I think that, in my minds eye, I picture a main rythym, and two or three >separate percussion sections with totally different sounds, merging >together in one song file. >I understand where you're coming from, though. I only wanted to offer a >workaround that might be worth looking at while we wait for the next >release. I think you're looking at a compromise for now. Yeah, though I thought I would kick the multi-kit loading idea out into the list-forum. It will take me some time to figure out how to best construct even a single conga/timbale based kit and then figure out how to make the rhythms work, so I've got plenty keep me occupied while Ben keeps developing Doggiebox in one direction or another :) Cheers, Carl -- Carl Edlund Anderson mailto:cea@carlaz.com http://www.carlaz.com/

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