sb@pnet91.cts.com (Stephen Brown) (12/17/90)
Background Sound is a Classic Desktop Accessory (CDA) for the IIGS which is supposed to be able to load and play both SoundSmith files and SynthLAB files. I have tried it and it works perfectly with SS files. But when I load ANY SynthLAB file, it loads, plays, and bombs. I have tried this with both System Disk 5.0.2 and 5.0.3 on a ROM 01. A few others I know have found this problem. (version 1.1) Are we doing something wrong or is there (gasp!) a bug?? Thanks... STEPHEN BROWN Apple II Forever. UUCP: lsuc!graham!pnet91!sb INET: sb@pnet91.cts.com
toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) (12/21/90)
To play synthlab songs with BGSound you need to remember two things: 1. TOOL035 had better be in your system/tools folder. Synthlab can find it on the synthlab disk, but BGSound can't. 2. DON'T EVEN TRY to run a prodos 8 program with a synthlab song running in the background. Things will go boom because the MIDI synth tool has to use some of the memory that prodos 8 also needs. Todd Whitesel toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu
seah@ee.rochester.edu (David Seah) (12/23/90)
In article <293@generic.UUCP> sb@pnet91.cts.com (Stephen Brown) writes: >Background Sound is a Classic Desktop Accessory (CDA) for the IIGS which is >supposed to be able to load and play both SoundSmith files and SynthLAB files. >I have tried it and it works perfectly with SS files. But when I load ANY >SynthLAB file, it loads, plays, and bombs. Parik Rao, the author of BGSound, confessed that there is a bug that prevents the playing of synthLAB sequences. Version 2.0 is available from the dude himself on America Online. Note that you still need Tool 35 installed to be able to play the synthLAB sequences. -- Dave Seah ^..^ | Analog Design Automation Research Group - Graphics & GUI | | University of Rochester, Dept. of Electrical Engineering | ////// Internet: seah@ee.rochester.edu ////// America Online: AFC DaveS //////
sb@pnet91.cts.com (Stephen Brown) (12/27/90)
toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes: >To play synthlab songs with BGSound you need to remember two things: > >1. TOOL035 had better be in your system/tools folder. Synthlab can find it on >the synthlab disk, but BGSound can't. > >2. DON'T EVEN TRY to run a prodos 8 program with a synthlab song running in the >background. Things will go boom because the MIDI synth tool has to use some of >the memory that prodos 8 also needs. > >Todd Whitesel >toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu I have Tool035 in */system/tools/ And I haven't tried to run a P8 program while a SynthLAB song is running. I enter the Desk Accessories menu, select Background Sound, load a SynthLAB song... when it begins to play, the text screen is jumbled, as it appears that I have visited the monitor with a really screwy text window down the lefthand margin. The only exit is control-reset, which, incidentally also kills the music. UUCP: lsuc!graham!pnet91!sb INET: sb@pnet91.cts.com