Conference hydra::amiga_v1

    	There is also an article on the latest Amazing Computing, written
    by one of the authors. I'm not "music literate", so I can't comment
    on the capabilities, but for someone who gets interested in the demo
    and is looking for additional information, he/she can find it there.
    It's a four/five ? page article.
    
    Miguel A.

 Once again ED comes through. I had just read a message on usenet about the
 DEMO and already read the Amazing Computing article.  This sounds like a good
 one.  I was going to ask the Plinkers for an upload, but ED, (even with a new
 baby, ;-) ) anticipates when I am ready to cry for my Amiga Demos...
 Dave

    
    
     Oh sure here we go again   :^) :^)
    
     Ed makes the Music-x demo available - I try it and end up buying the
    real thing. Now he gets Bars and Pipes. I suppose I'll have to fire
    up the modem and dust off the checkbook. How am I ever gonna save
    for a synth !
    
    
     Thanks Ed!
                  
     brien
    

    Just an idea.  I noticed several archives in the 
    TAPE::user2:[upload] area, that sounded interesting.  However,
    they didn't have any associated documentation with them,
    and I don't remember hearing about them in this conference.
    
    In the future, how about including a README type file, to
    anything that you upload. [ in addition to posting a note 
    as Ed has done here ]
    
    I am leary about uploading anything unless it's been recommended
    by someone here.  It's not just the threat of a virus, but
    the time involved also.
    
    Thanks,
    
    Steve - just what are SEVEN-SINS.ZOO and SOLAR.ZOO?

    
>    Steve - just what are SEVEN-SINS.ZOO and SOLAR.ZOO?


Copper demos. Not bad. More of the same (DOC like)

John

re: .5

I agree. When using LHARC (or WARP) you can't look at the Doc's or ReadMe in 
archive before downloading (since we don't have a VMS LHARC).  With ZOO's or 
ARC's I always extract the Docs and look at them, deciding if it looks worth 
downloading.   I really like LHARC since it reduces the download time but it 
would be nice to see what the archive is about first.

...Ed_@_1200_baud_still

     A note about this demo archive. On my version all the files are
     at top directory, and two directories (tools and accessories , I
     think) have .info files only. To get this thing to work correctly,
     create new directories that match the directory .info file names,
     and move the appropriate files to each directory. The files to move
     have extensions that relate to the directory names.
     Dave

>                      <<< Note 3307.8 by STAR::ROBINSON >>>
>                    -< Some file moving required for Demo. >-


Or use

	1> lharc -x x bar_pipe.lzh

The "-x" means deal with extended filenames (i.e. directories)
the "x" means extract.

This is equivilent to ZOO e// zoofile.ZOO

John

     RE. .9:
     
     Very interesting. I "assumed" that the subdirectories
     were missing because
     
      1> lharc l bars_pipes.lzh 
     
     didn't list them the way zoo does. So,
     
      1> lharc -x l bars_pipes.lzh 
     
     which includes the "deal with extended filenames" switch,
     is reaquired for the full listing, too.
     
     Thanks for setting me straight, John.
     I'll try to be more unassuming...   %-)
     Dave
                                       

    Even if you're not into music or midi devices, give this demo a try.
    I know diddly about midi but had some fun this weekend playing around
    with the features of Bars & Pipes. It's an impressive piece of software
    engineering. Although I haven't the foggiest idea of what I'm doing
    with all the gadgets, (there is a doc file & 2 .iff files which semi-
    explain what the menus & gadgets do), I was able to get the demo song to
    play & alter the sounds on some of the tracks. And as Ed mentioned in
    the base note, you don't need a midi device to hear what's going on. Just
    use the AmigoPhone. 
							    -Dom

    I downloaded this demo and broke it out to floppy (lharc -x x ...).  It
    does precisely the same thing every time.  It puts up a screen, turns
    the general tenor (pun intended) of my screen red and hangs the
    computer.  Am I doing something stupid or have others had this problem?
    
    The diskette was renamed to "Bars&Pipes Demo".
    
    Tony (a musician; I'm not called HOSS Trumpet for nothing).

       I have exactly the same problem loading to a hard drive.  I have
       killed (or rather not started) all of the usual background jobs,
       with the same results.  I get a SOFTWARE FAILURE requestor, and a
       hung system.
       
       Art