[Coco] MIDI with drivewire 4

Thu Oct 4 03:06:56 EDT 2012

Bob, copy it all over to a VHD and you can have up to 500 songs in a dir, mixed formats. I'm working on fixing Lyra's timing and SMF's memory problem and doing new players as well. Soon I hope to add Orchestra 90, Bells & Whistles 2, and sound samples. I may even make a go at doing MOD files.

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 2:34 am
Subject: Re: [Coco] MIDI with drivewire 4

Bill,

you were right.... I was using your disk image of Sound Chaser, and sure 
enough, there's no dw on that. Once I copied dw to the CMDS dir, it all 
worked properly.

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 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] MIDI with drivewire 4

>
> 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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