Javalobby - Comments for "1st Binary Release of Java Music Composer"

Thanks all for the comments!

geertjan — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:09:31 -0400

Thanks all for the comments! Yes, several things need to be worked on still (as indicated in the "Known Issues" above, which already listed most of the issues in these comments). By the way, you can't open files into the composer yet, as Mike P above tried to do, you can only create new music. External MIDI keyboards can't be hooked up yet, but that's a plan for the future. Don't know about the bitmap question, someone else on the project worked on that part. Thanks for the tips for getting Java sound working on Linux, because I have the same problem too since moving to Gutsy Gibbon!

It just kind of worked. Do

andrewm — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:16:48 -0400

It just kind of worked. Do you have sound working through ALSA? Or the older OSS? I think it wants ALSA.

yeah, it's all configured as alsa. i'm looking into why it doesn't work...

isn't it ironic though -- i moved off windows to linux about 3 years ago, and this is the first time that i've noticed that sound in java doesn't work! clearly a very important part of the programs i write...

Cheers,
Andrew

It just kind of worked. Do

okidoky — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:38:55 -0400

It just kind of worked. Do you have sound working through ALSA? Or the older OSS? I think it wants ALSA.

Hey guys, I recognize that

jo32124 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:29:29 -0400

Hey guys, I recognize that treble clef, it's from the Opus font which is part of the well-known Sibelius notation program.

Are you using that font, or have you taken a bitmap?

looks very nice, but i was

andrewm — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:20:54 -0400

looks very nice, but i was unable to get the midi playback under linux? has anyone managed to get java midi working under linux?

Cheers,
Andrew

It starts up nicely. I

okidoky — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:57:29 -0400

It starts up nicely. I didn't have to finick around with java path environment variables. I'm on Linux.

I created a new file, selected an instrument, and deposited a few notes. It plays.
But how do I insert notes between other notes and how do I drag around notes?
Also, every time I click the save button, it creates a new file. mifi-file5.mid etc...
The save option from the menu is always grayed out. Strange to see Tools - midi files instead of a file->open option.

One of the CPU's goes to 100% when a note is selected is red and stays at 100% until it is no longer red.

I tried loading a bunch of midi files, but showed up as text. Incompatibility between different midi versions? File does hat the MThd MDtr things like that...

Anyway, it looks good though. It reminds me of that music program that I got for the Amiga eons ago.

Can you hook up external midi keyboards? Can I play music through the computer's keyboard?

Neado.Feedback: Why does the

dieter krachtus — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:46:38 -0400

Neado.

Feedback: Why does the music play in the EDT resulting in GUI freeze until the tune finishes (same when sampling single instruments)? This makes it also impossible to add a "Stop Playback" button to the menu, which is a feature people might like. The Save icon in the toolbar har the wrong tooltip "Play". I would also consider using nicer icons for new/save/play. Netbeans icons when scaled down might be just fine. Somehow it doesn't always work for me to select a new instrument and add notes with that instrument? Is it double click on the instrument or select from the context-menu? By selecting a note (red) one could modify the funtion of the "Play" button into a "Play starting from selected note" button.

Anyway, that's what came to mind after 3 min. testing...keep up the great work!

cool,please add support for

mbien — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:30:19 -0400

cool,

please add support for importing tabs. I would love to play smoke on the water while the unit tests are running ;)

(and The End from The Doors if they fail :D)