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OctaMED 8 Channels and MIDI screw ups...
« on: May 31, 2012, 08:56:46 PM »
So I got one of my 1200's up and running. Currently it does not have an accelerator, so I am using it with it's 2Gb GFX RAM, and 2Mb of RAM which I plugged in through the PCMCIA slot.

Anyhow, when I set up OctaMED S.S. to use 8 Channels, I can not get the MIDI to work.

MIDI is fine under 4 Channels, but not 8.

Also when I press play, it keeps jumping up to the top, sometimes it will get to line 4 before it jumps to the top, sometimes line 10. The odd thing is that it will jump to the top regardless if I have MIDI hooked up or not. Likewise it does not matter if I've entered in any commands into the tracker or not.

Could this be a fault of a low end Amiga, or could it have something to do with using the slow PCMCIA memory on a 1200?

All my other machines are down or off for repairs atm, so I can't test with them.
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Re: OctaMED 8 Channels and MIDI screw ups...
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2012, 09:40:57 PM »
Hmmm...

Sounds like I'm going to have to break down my OS to the bear essentials if I'm going to remove that RAM.

Sadly, I have recently entered into the wide world of unemployment, so I won't be able to afford any upgrades for a while. Not even a small little RAM expansion board. :/

On the other hand, my A600 is in New Jersey waiting for Sloopy to recap it. I've already paid for the work so now I just need to wait for him to find the time. When that is back, I can pop my 030 back on it and go to town!

Assuming the recap job resolves the issues I was having with it.


Anyhow, thank you.

BTW, that PCMCIA RAM expansion really doesn't seem to slow things down.

What is the best software to test its speeds with?
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Re: OctaMED 8 Channels and MIDI screw ups...
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2012, 10:01:43 PM »
Quote from: Karlos;694813
Don't laugh, but for a while I used to use custom-rolled floppies that contained the absolute minimum system resources to run SS, which resided on the disk.


Oh, now that's rich!!! :)


So um...

Anyone got an old Trap Door type RAM expansion laying around collecting dust that you don't want very much for?!? ;)
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Re: OctaMED 8 Channels and MIDI screw ups...
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2012, 10:16:10 PM »
OctaMED has always been the main driving point behind all my upgrades too! :)

I began on a stock A500 with 1Mb of Chip (if memory serves correctly) and 2Mb Fast, all running off floppy. All that time making cheap Tekno tracks with OctaMED.
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Re: OctaMED 8 Channels and MIDI screw ups...
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2012, 10:34:15 PM »
Really?

How does all that work through a serial cable?
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Re: OctaMED 8 Channels and MIDI screw ups...
« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2012, 10:47:46 PM »
I did not know that!

So if I set up two miggies, the one used for samples, would I then just configure each sample as a midi channel as well?
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Re: OctaMED 8 Channels and MIDI screw ups...
« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2012, 05:22:10 PM »
I really need to freshen up on my musick vocabulary. You just lost me with part of that, but I think I get your meaning.

BTW Muffles = Miggies. Damn iPod spell correction! :/
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Re: OctaMED 8 Channels and MIDI screw ups...
« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2012, 06:12:08 PM »
He he he! :)

Oh ya! KarlOS, you set me straight man!

Note to self: stay out of Song Prefs, remain in Block Prefs and Mixmode!
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