[Coco] MIDI with drivewire 4

Thu Oct 4 02:20:05 EDT 2012

Bob, you should get a list on the screen that's numbered. It should list all available midi drivers on your system.
 Is the file "DW" in your current CMDS dir? if not, then nothing is getting set. I haven't put many "error traps" in yet so most errors will go unreported. And since the screen is redrawn almost immediately after you hit a number, any "error 216" would be erased anyway. I need to set up an error trap that does an overlay window to let you know what's going on.
 I run this system A LOT daily as I'm working on it. Also, others seem to be running it fine. It has to be something on your end. The only thing I can think of at the moment is no dw in the CMDS. This is the cmd to talk directly to the DW console and I use it to set the midi ports. I hope to build this into SoundChaser so it doesn't need to be loaded. That's coming soon as I get all the players working right.

Try typing on an os9 command line

dw midi status

and see what you get.
If it lists to the screen, this is the same list you should be seeing in SC. If it's error 216, then you don't have it. You need to copy it from one of the DW ditro disks to your CMDS

Bill P

Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
Bill Pierce
ooogalapasooo at aol.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Thu, Oct 4, 2012 1:59 am
Subject: Re: [Coco] MIDI with drivewire 4

Bill,

when I hit "o", "Set Midi Out Drv", then "Use Drivewire 4 Midi Driver", SC 
asks "Please select you driver by number". It seems to accept only one 
character here. Does this number refer to the /Nx descriptor?

When I do select a number, and then play a song (.lyr or .ume) nothing 
happens at my PC, but there seems to be activity in the "virtual serial 
operations" window. No sound from my speakers, though.

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Pierce" <ooogalapasooo at aol.com>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] MIDI with drivewire 4

>
> Bob,
> If you are trying to use Ultimuse 3, Sound Chaser, or any other OS9 Midi 
> program, as Aaron replied, just use the /MIDI descriptor supplied in the 
> Nitro DW distros, as most Midi software in OS9 is coded for the /MIDI 
> driver or to use the Coco Midi Pak & Bitbanger directly (they need no 
> driver). Though there is a driver available called /midi that uses the 
> serial port. It's part of the "MidiSft" package I think. Do not use this 
> driver for drivewire.
>
> In Ultimuse:
> Get the program going by creating or loading a song. I'm pretty sure 
> there's alos a selection to "Enter Score Screen" directly without creating 
> a file or loading. Once you get to the main screen, hit "m", then "m" 
> again. This goes to the "Midi Menu" then to the "Midi Modes" submenu. 
> Deselect "Serial" (important) and select "/Midi device".
> Hit <enter> twice to exit the menus and you are now in "Driveiwre Midi" 
> mode. Load or create a song and hit "p" to play.
>
> In Sound Chaser:
> Start the program, once SC is running, hit "o", got to "Set Midi Out Drv", 
> then "Use Drivewire 4 Midi Driver".
> You will then see a display of your DW Midi options. Select the option by 
> hitting the number. If you are using Windows, the MS Wavetable Synth 
> sounds the best.
> Set your music dir in "File", "Change Music Dir" and just hit "p" on any 
> song that says "Lyra" or "Ultimuse 3" on the status bar at the bottom. I 
> think I also included a few ".mid" files to play around with on the 
> distro. DriveWire Midi should be set as default from the start if it's 
> detected, The "DW" utility needs to be in the CMDS dir. This file has to 
> be present to change the Drivewire synths. It is in the CMDS on the Nitro 
> dw distros.
>
>>From HDBDOS to run "Lyra" for Drivewire, You need Lyra.2.87 for HDBDOS 
>>1.1, or Lyra 2.88 for HDBDOS 1.4. Both versions of Lyra are available from 
>>my site as well as Ultimuse 3 and Sound Chaser 1.1 beta.
> Use DRIVEON to access the 0-3 virtual floppies, or DRIVEOFF to use the 
> real 0-3 floppies.
> Once Lyra is running, Click "MIDI", you should see "Serial Port" at the 
> bottom. You must go to this twice and click till it says "Drivewire 
> 4"..... Load and play
> Lyra will access the 256 virtual drives from "FILE" / "SET DRIVE". If you 
> have real floppies on, always start at no lower than drive 4 unless you're 
> loading from a real floppy. When you're in the "LOAD" directory listing, 
> you can change drives by clicking "increase" & "decrease"
>
> Hope this helps
> Bill P
>
> Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
> Bill Pierce
> ooogalapasooo at aol.com
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Wed, Oct 3, 2012 11:38 pm
> Subject: [Coco] MIDI with drivewire 4
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> I haven't played with drivewire for some time, so today I downloaded the 
> DW4
> package.
>
> Question: How do I use the MIDI part of the DW server from OS9 on my 
> Coco3? Is
> there a special driver/descriptor?
>
> Regards, Bob Devries
> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>
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