Doggiebox January 2008

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this may be an already answered question
by jimmya arceneaux 17 Jan '08

17 Jan '08

I finally dusted off doggiebox for some demo work I am doing and have a question: When I export sections of songs, there is always a space at the end of each section that I have to edit in whatever app I am using to track. Is there a way to eliminate this BEFORE I export? Thanks for your time. Jimmy

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Warren Street Kit
by Sion Morris 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

Just thought I'd post up a work in progress of my Warren Street Db kit. Work is piling up a bit at the moment, so I may not be able to get back on to it for a while - but thought you guys would like to check it out so far. www.sionsmusic.cinnamondesign.co.uk Then go to the free music downloads section and click on the doggiebox kits I think its mostly the hi hats that still need attention. I've been trying to organize them by ear rather than filename. To my ears, there is one main useful progression from hh tap to open long hh, I've represented this with a dot which expands to a line as the duration increases, also the line fattens with velocity. The difference in vertical position is there just to add being able to differentiate between lengths of hit. Also I've numbered this progression as an extra cue. There are some of the other hh samples included - don't know what to do with these yet! Also there are some different ones using closed mic. The hh samples are quite different to the other samples. Would appreciate anyone's thoughts on how this might be made better. I think the other kit icons work fine though. I've returned to a colour system to differentiate the different drums blue for kick; red for snare; green for toms. Also a variation in the colours - light green for hi tom, deep for floor. The hardest hit kick is a darker blue too. For the snare, there seemed to be two sample progressions, and although not labeled, I'm guessing that this is left and right strike, so have ordered them as such. There is a little left and right dot to indicate which one is which. I've also separated them out by a few percent in the pan. Velocities are indicated by 4 sized circles and where there are variations on a similar strike, I've put numbers in the circle so its easy to see at a glance. Most velocities have a few variations. One big omission is a ride. Maybe one from another kit can be added later. I like this kit a lot as there are no too many variations in velocities to be un-manageable, but enough to give very good expression especially in kick, snare and tom combinations. One thing I have noticed is that the toms are a little basey, so filtering out the very deep bass in Garageband might be a good idea. Also included in the download is a sample db track ('The End' by the Beatles, as its got a good drum solo in the middle) and the photoshop file I used for the icons. Enjoy :-) Sion ------------------------------------------ Sion Morris www.sionsmusic.cinnamondesign.co.uk

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New beta release (universal binary)
by Ben Kennedy 12 Jan '08

12 Jan '08

Hey folks, Here's a Christmas- (or other choice holiday-) season gift for you all, at long last! Changes in this build (1F2) since version 1.3.1 (1E15): ? Now a Universal Binary (will run natively on Intel-based Macs). Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) is now required. ? The framework for loading and saving sound file on disk has been replaced with entirely new code. Known issues: ? Sound playback is inconsistent under Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard). ? Exporting to some file types (e.g. MP3) does not work properly. Areas for testing: Please make backup copies of your song and drum kit files before re- saving them with this version of Doggiebox, particularly if running on an Intel-based Mac. With this in mind, please test to make sure that files you create with this build still open and work properly in Doggiebox 1.3.1. Please also verify sound file importing and exporting and note any problems with compatibility of output files or the user interface. Download at <http://www.doggiebox.com/distribution/Doggiebox-1F2.zip> The move to Univeral Binary has meant increasing the minimum supported Mac OS version from 10.3 (Panther) to 10.4 (Tiger). This is a side effect of portability; put simply, the routines that Doggiebox has used since 1.0 for handling sound files (a library called libsndfile by Erik de Castro Lopo) is hard to build for both PowerPC and Intel without involving two physically different computers. Fortunately, starting in 10.4, the Mac OS has provided similar sound-file services. Thus I made the decision to retire libsndfile in favour of the OS-provided code. Aside from the Universal Binary build, this is the new major change in this build. The playback problems under Leopard still persist for the moment, but I will be addressing those next. I appreciate the words that several of you have sent to me and the list lately. As stated previously I've been busy juggling new opportunities recently but I do hope to become more involved again. Happy holidays everybody! -ben -- Ben Kennedy (chief magician) zygoat creative technical services http://www.zygoat.ca

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Another beta (playback fixed under Leopard)
by Ben Kennedy 04 Jan '08

04 Jan '08

Yall, Between sips of egg nog, if you have musical leisure time you may wish to try this latest build wherein I believe I have fixed the playback problems under Mac OS 10.5 Leopard (though be advised I have not yet taken the time to verify under Tiger). <http://www.doggiebox.com/distribution/Doggiebox-1F3.zip> Merry Christmas everybody, -ben -- Ben Kennedy (chief magician) zygoat creative technical services http://www.zygoat.ca

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Doggiebox January 2008