Unfortunately it is not working for me :( On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 3:50 PM, John Maloney <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Amos. > > The Scratch Player is supposed to be able to download the soundbank from the > website if it doesn't have a local copy. But it's possible that: > > a. the soundbank file was not in the right directory on the website (that > would affect non-Linux users, too) > b. Linux Java was failing to download the soundbank before, but now it > works (no idea why that would happen) > c. you recently installed a local copy of the soundbank on your Linux > machine, or perhaps it came along with some upgrade > d. you've recently gotten a new version of Java that fixes some problem > with soundbank loading > > It might be interesting to try to figure out why it suddenly started > working. We'd need to so some experiments on your computer to figure out > where it's getting the soundbank (i.e. does it have a local copy or is it > downloading it). > > In any case, it's cool that it's working now! > > -- John > > > > On Mar 29, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Amos Blanton wrote: > >> Hmmm.... I always used to get an error message in the applet saying >> something like "Failed to load soundbank"... it's been a while. I always >> figured it was b/c of lack of good midi libraries in Linux, but maybe it was >> just temporary problem with my applet or Java config. Hrm... >> >> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 2:46 PM, John Maloney <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> Hi, Amos. >> >> Wow, that's very cool! (And a nifty random-music project featuring the old >> I - IV - V - I chord sequence). >> >> But are you sure MIDI has not always worked in the Java player? Java has >> it's own MIDI synthesizer, so I would have expected MIDI to work even on >> Linux. Unfortunately, that doesn't help with playing MIDI from within the >> Scratch application. >> >> -- John >> >> >> >> On Mar 29, 2010, at 2:13 PM, Amos Blanton wrote: >> >> Recently I noticed that when I view this project in my FF browser, I can >> hear the midi music: >> >> http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/zxz1661/947956 >> >> That means something in the browser or java applet is processing midi and >> playing it back on my _Linux_ system. Andres, does it work for you too? >> >> The only piece of software installed on my system that's midi related >> appears to be: libwildmidi0 >> >> "MIDI streaming library designed to process a midi file and stream the >> results >> as stereo audio data through a buffer which an external program can then >> process further." >> >> So - I'm not sure that's it, and if so how it's working... but it's >> working! >> >> Amos >> >> >> -- >> _____ >> Amos >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> _____ >> Amos >> > >
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