I started a Squeak Swiki page on Sounds in Squeak, and created another page off that to talk about my experiences with trying to get a variety of sound stuff to work on G3 Powerbooks (http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak.477).
Some of the open questions that some out here may know about:
- There doesn't seem to be a way to "close" a G3 Powerbook modem/printer port, so rebooting is the only way to switch between apps (even AppleTalk) that don't close the port well.
- I can't figure out any way to get OMS (necessary for Siren) to recognize my modem/printer port. I got it working fine with my PowerMac 6100, so it's not the synthesizer or interface.
- MIDI input on Squeak 2.3beta is really fuzzy. The input itself is probably going fine, but 2.3beta then tries to play the input note via the internal synthesizer, and the sound quality is noisy on the G3PB. Are other people finding a way to get it to work more smoothly?
Thanks! Mark
-------------------------- Mark Guzdial : Georgia Tech : College of Computing : Atlanta, GA 30332-0280 (404) 894-5618 : Fax (404) 894-0673 : guzdial@cc.gatech.edu http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/people/Faculty/Mark.Guzdial.html
Mark Guzdial wrote:
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- There doesn't seem to be a way to "close" a G3 Powerbook modem/printer
port, so rebooting is the only way to switch between apps (even AppleTalk) that don't close the port well.
There's a good freeware app/conreol panel called MIDI Mangler that frees serial ports (and can zap PRAM as well).
I'm confused by a couple of the statements on your SWiki page.
1) OMS should work fine on a G3 PowerBook (I use one all the time). It's really the only way to go for serious MIDI. Getting OMS to recognize your synthesizer should be easy; what kind of MIDI interface do you have?
2) Please send me email about the startup problems you've had with Siren. I'm preparing a new release of the "polished" Siren for 2.3.
Mark Guzdial wrote:
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- There doesn't seem to be a way to "close" a G3 Powerbook modem/printer
port, so rebooting is the only way to switch between apps (even AppleTalk) that don't close the port well.
There's a good freeware app/conreol panel called MIDI Mangler that frees serial ports (and can zap PRAM as well).
I actually just (FINALLY!) found a way to get Squeak to close the port. SimpleMIDIPort closeAllPorts works just great!
But AppleTalk doesn't let go well -- I'll look for the MIDI Mangler. Thanks!
Mark
-------------------------- Mark Guzdial : Georgia Tech : College of Computing : Atlanta, GA 30332-0280 (404) 894-5618 : Fax (404) 894-0673 : guzdial@cc.gatech.edu http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/people/Faculty/Mark.Guzdial.html
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