Doggiebox August 2009

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1G07 posted
by Ben Kennedy 28 Aug '09

28 Aug '09

Hey all, Just posted a new build; get it through "check for updates..." What's new: - Cosmetic changes to the drum kit list and the song document window. - The floating song inspector now hides itself when a song document is not foremost. - Fixed a crashing issue manifest when unpacking legacy (embedded) sound buffers where sample rate conversion was required (broken in 1G06). - Added some additional statistical counters to the system profiling. - More significant under-the-hood changes. The "statistical counters" mentioned here will help me assess, over the course of the next couple of builds, usage frequency for some activites including: - how you insert drums into patterns (via normal click or command click) - frequency of changing drum kits in a song - reconciling mismatched drums when changing kits or copy/pasting The numbers are reported (anonymously) when you check for updates. I have some ideas regarding functionality and changes to the UI to support new features, but I want to base them on how people are using Doggiebox. Thus, the more people who use these builds regularly, the more helpful. cheers, -b -- Ben Kennedy (chief magician) zygoat creative technical services http://www.zygoat.ca

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1G06: sample rate freedom
by Ben Kennedy 15 Aug '09

15 Aug '09

Build 1G06 (14 Aug 2009): This build features a significant re-working of some internals, including audio loading and mixing routines (among other things). Most notably, sample rate conversion is now handled automatically for all sounds, opening up flexibility. Here is what's visibly new: - The 44.1 kHz stereo limitation has been removed from the drum kit editor; now any sound files may be assigned to drums, regardless of sample rate. - An arbitrary sample rate may now be chosen when exporting audio files (and the file size estimate is once again provided). - Changing drum kits in a song now works properly, and in addition, can now be undone without weird side effects. - Fixed a long-standing bug in the pattern editor that could sometimes allow multiple variants of the same instrument (e.g. open and closed hi- hat) to be inserted concurrently. Please report any problems that manifest when saving and loading drum kits or using them with songs. -b -- Ben Kennedy (chief magician) zygoat creative technical services http://www.zygoat.ca

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DB on MacZot tomorrow
by Ben Kennedy 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

Hey all, In an effort to generate some publicity and awareness of the new development push, and try to get the recent build cycle into more people's hands, Doggiebox will be running as the one-day deal on www.MacZot.com tomorrow (Thursday). I figured I would provide a heads-up in case you have friends who might be inclined to buy a copy of Doggiebox for cheap. :) Also, I have posted a new page on the web site with a general overview of what's done so far and what's upcoming: <http://www.doggiebox.com/development.php> -b -- Ben Kennedy (chief magician) zygoat creative technical services http://www.zygoat.ca

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Doggiebox August 2009