Thanks, David, I'll look into the downgrade.

Tim

On Jun 7, 2012, at 10:06 AM, "David" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I searched the list archives, and found a similar question. Seems that
> the book is based on version 2 of Common Music (which used Common
> Lisp), but version 3 of Common Music uses Scheme. I downloaded the
> last stable version of 2 (2.49) and some of the problems went away. If
> you want to try that, you'll also have to download some version of
> Common Lisp (it isn't bundled in with Common Music). I'll keep you
> posted on my progress.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Timoth E. Gard <[email protected]> wrote:
>> David et al,
>> 
>> I've also been trying to work through the examples in the book (bought 
>> softcover some years ago and am finally getting around to it). I am having 
>> similar problems trying to get the OO examples working. The book says that 
>> some of the examples are idealized, but I cannot find a working equivalent 
>> for "new midi", for example. I've tried what I could find using Common Lisp, 
>> CLOS and various Scheme/s7 implementations, but no luck. (make-instance 
>> note-on, "mp:out", stuff like that)
>> 
>> Also running Win/Grace (3.8.0) and am wondering if I may have to install 
>> Cygnet to move forward.
>> 
>> I managed to find the example code that came with the hardcover book using 
>> the Wayback Machine at archive.org, which has at least shown me what gets 
>> generated when the code runs. You're welcome to a copy if you don't have 
>> them.
>> 
>> Searching around, I've found a few people asking similar questions over the 
>> years with little results. Sorry I can't offer any good answers but wanted 
>> to add a "me too".
>> 
>> Tim
>> 
>> On Jun 7, 2012, at 5:46 AM, "David" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi!
>>> 
>>> I just ordered a copy of the book, "Notes from the Metalevel", and I'm
>>> trying to work through some of the examples. I'm using the latest
>>> version of Common Music (Grace 3.8.0), and some of the examples don't
>>> seem to work. I believe I installed it correctly (there's just one
>>> executable file, 'Grace.exe', for Windows, so it's hard to make a
>>> mistake). But I'm getting "unbound variable" errors for names like
>>> "*scale*" and "pprint". I'm guessing that "pprint" isn't defined in
>>> the version of Lisp that comes packaged with Grace, but what about
>>> "*scale*"? Shouldn't that be part of Common Music?
>>> 
>>> So far, the examples work with the version of Common Music on the
>>> book's disk (version 2.4.2), But in the book it says this is just a
>>> "bare bones" version. Which version would be most compatible with the
>>> examples in the book, and where could I find it?
>>> 
>>> Thanks for your help.
>>> 
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