adamjking

Definitely, that sounds great Lyle... can't wait to see it!

Yes, agreed... I've actually had this idea in the back of my mind for some time. It is on the TODO list, there are some more pressing issues first but it is definitely something I will be adding. Cheers, Adam

Good questions. Does anyone have a copy of the Java source code?

Good news, I've finally made the switch and bought a 13" MacBook Pro. So expect to see some more refinements for running on OSX soon! Someone want to point me in the right direction for an SVN client for Mac?

I'm in Melbourne too.

Yes, the helpfile needs updating - it's on my list of things to do. The Rescan Devices button is on the Select Devices screen. I've had mixed results with picking up USB devices, yet another thing to add to the list ;) Thanks for the tip.

Does pressing the Rescan Devices button pick it up again? That'd be me, I took over the project after Wilba got the ball rolling with his neat little Java application that uploaded Hex files ;) Cheers, - Adam

Have you tried running it via the command line as suggested by others?

Care to elaborate on that?

I'd say you need to go through the Sun site and agree to the license, therefore you'll need JavaScript or Cookies enabled. Sucks I know, but legally we can't redistribute the runtime. Cheers, - Adam

Thanks for pointing this out George. I've obviously been out of it for a while as I wasn't even aware of it, but a quick glance at the JavaSound mailing list (which I used to subscribe to) shows you are right. It doesn't look like anything is certain at the moment, so am not sure of the future of MIDI support in Java. Hopefully, if they do remove it from the core runtime, it'll be just a matter of downloading a separate library - similar to what Mac users do with Plumstone. As for porting to another language, it is unlikely to happen from my end. For the most part Java has been ideal and allows me to write a program once that bahaves uniformly accross all versions of Windows, Linux and newer versions of OSX without having to worry about GUI toolkits, threading issues, MIDI drivers, etc. All the source code is available if anyone feels like porting it to another language/platform. Cheers, - Adam

Hi ilmenator, There is a growing list of work that needs to be done on MIOS Studio, and after uni exams are over in a couple of weeks I will finally have some time to jump in and start improving it. While I don't really have time to have a good look at your editor software, I'm happy to help out and answer any questions you might have in regards to JAVA and MIDI. One question, is there any particular reason you are using SWT instead of standard Swing? Cheers, - Adam

Hi John, Yes, as mentioned in previous posts, the latest beta versions of MIOS Studio do not remember MIDI settings. This is because the whole underlying MIDI routing has been overhauled and the previous (ugly hack) method of saving MIDI routing will no longer work. Until I have time to fix this, you have two options: 1) Use the latest versions, but re-map MIDI routing on startup 2) Use older versions (circa beta5) and miss out on newer features of the latests beta's Not a great choice of options I know, but unfortunately I've had a busy 6 months and had no chance to devote time to MIOS Studio. Cheers, - Adam

Hi John, While I am toying with the idea of making MIOS Studio backwards compatible with Java 1.4 (and therefore older versions of OS X), this will not be of any use to OS 9. From the Apple FAQ: Java 1.1.8 is just far to old to try and be backward compatible with, so you're gonna be out of luck trying to use MIOS Studio. Cheers, - Adam

Hi TK/Twin-X, miosstudio.midibox.org no longer seems to be working, is this related to the server failure? Cheers, - Adam