@jabirulo

Any plans to use it in the future?

@trixie

Wiki quote:

"Version Information

Current version is 8.1 bundled with the A600GS computer system. In 2024 it is due to be released as a separate digital download and boxed software for Commodore-Amiga and Amiga compatible systems. "

I've seen the latest videos of Octamed being demonstrated on A600GS (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08wnYfD7Hco).

The interface shown on video looks like the same as old 1.03c version, but on Trevor's Amiwest 2021 slide interface presented looks much more modern. (See screenshot here: http://densho.fi/jakorasia/octamed/octamed-alpha.png )
Also the layout of the windows with tabs, icons and such doesn't look familiar to me when compared to original version.

Are there two versions of the program to be released or does it take advantage of modern look on the new systems automatically? Or is that screenshot of some old version which development was stopped?

I'll start commenting on the Octamed Soundstudio issue first. If emulation fails, you can wait for the new Octamed which will be released this year for x5k (https://wiki.amiga.org/index.php?title=OctaMED). It will support CAMD MIDI devices and AHI directly.

Haven't used Bars and pipes for a looooooong time but if there a setting you can choose which MIDI interface to use for in and outs? No idea about wireless midi, but if it works with standard midi cable first, then it must be some kind of problem with wireless :)

@trixie

If that's the case, the wiki page has misleading info about "CAMD Midi Library support" :/

Looking at the photos Amigakit released Octamed8 seems to be running on "Amibench 46.1". I've understood it is 68k desktop which runs emulated on A600GS. Dunno how they handle the midi on A600GS, but an USB MIDI interface would be the closest option.

Finally! :--D

AHI is definitely the standard on higher end systems today. And really suprised to see CAMD Midi Library supported as well!

There are more features listed on wikipage:

- AHI support for Amiga's retargetable audio subsystem
- CAMD Midi Library support
- MIDI file support
- ARexx support
- 16-bit and stereo samples support
- Hard drive recording
- Support for up to 64 channels

https://wiki.amiga.org/index.php/OctaMED

Good to see the basics are slowly starting to form up. Is it 68k only at this time or is the native version coming later?

Anyways, good to see some progress after years. There has also been some nice delevelopment on amiga tracker side lately. But good things usually come in pairs?

@trixie

Forgot to report that mouse selection goes bonkers when used with rowspacing tooltype over 8 pixels.

When pattern position is on line 0 and using rowspacing=12 starts mouse selection on line 13. And with rowspacing=16 mouseselection starts on line 21.

@trixie

I remember trying to make fonts more readable by creating custom fonts. Fonts are editable bitmaps and their width can be defined in fontdatas.txt. I don't know if height can be controlled somehow outside of source code..
It would help a lot if spacing around fonts (and font size itself) could be changed. Dunno how this is done in code and how PT's gui does the scaling.

Native gui would be neat, SDL2 version with accelerated renderer as well.

Quote:

Would be awesome :) Let me know if you need any help!

@smarkusg & Maijestro

Have you tried to play with PROTREKKR_MAIN_LOOP_DELAY env variable discussed on os4depot comments section? IIRC it did have some positive effect on playback with slower machines.

http://www.os4depot.net/?function=com ... =audio/edit/protrekkr.lha

@trixie

Thanks! Most welcome xmas gift!

It took some time to test this release since my soundcard was fried during a short break.. luckily got a spare SB live 5.1 card gathering dust on my peg2.

On quick test everything seems to be working fine as usual. New Amiga specific options are definitely needed, I can finally see something

Btw, os4depot release has icon tooltype for "linespacing" while readme mentions "rowspacing" (and this tooltype also does something).

Anyways, thanks again for the update - I'll keep on testing this.
So, is the next milestone MIDI?

@trixie

I've been following this project closely since the beginning and Rave definitely starts to look very promising editor - Good work!

One feature request to consider: zooming with mousewheel could be mouse position dependant? Now zooming is always centered in wave display.

@Joerg

Yes, VSYNCMIN was defined.

@Raziel @MichaelMerkel

Exactly the same problem, good info - thanks!

Can't check the serial output at the moment.. So, it looks like this problem is related to either graphics.library bug or to gfx card rom code handling.. It's weird that on some setups 30hz is working but on some it's not.

I've been playing with screenmode settings lately too, but unable to pinpoint where the bottleneck is.

Got LG 38UC99-W ultrawide monitor which is capable of 3840x1600 resolution. This works fine with displayport and pc.

On X5000 I'm unable to get the full resolution with HDMI. When modes are queried with DDCMODE=ALL it lists all possible modes, including 3840x1600. When testing this resolution with screenmode prefs screen stays black until I hit esc. 3440x1440 resolution is fine.

Monitor is capable of hdmi v2.0 and cable is high speed certified. Radeon R9 280X has HDMI 1.4 which should be able to display even 4k at 30hz?

Is it possible to define screenmodes which have different refresh rates, ie 3840x1600@30hz and all other modes smaller than this @60hz?

No matter what modes I input to devs/monitors/radeon tooltypes, only the default modes are displayed in the screenmode prefs. Even if it's only tooltype 3840x1600@30hz (yes, DCC is disabled in this case).

For some reason 3840x1600 is always reported 61hz in the screenmode prefs.

@trixie

Nice rack

@trixie

Rave definitely looks sweet! Is it commercial software or free? File requester looks interesting too, is it replacement for ASL written only for this program? Plugin system is a good idea.

So far I've used AmiSoundED but it's pretty basic for larger editing. I've used Stefan Kost's SoundFX too but nowadays it's quite outdated, unstable and never liked the way you select the range in sample window

There was *huge* changelog in the latest OS4.1FE update which was a joy to read.

However, changelog was quite technical so thought to start a new thread which lists all the changes in concrete examples. So, if you've found software or feature which benefits of the update 2, please list it here.

I'll start with these:

- Horny midi sequencer: scrollbars nad gadgets are now drawn correctly
- Blender: Starts now without crashing
- Return to castle wolfenstein EGL: Feels stable and changing screenmodes on the fly works now

Latest OS4.1FE Update2 fixes the scrollbars and dropdown menus, just like Trixie mentioned - very nice :)

Small donation sent to Frederic for fixing this, I suggest others do the same.

There are small drawing issues still, but these are not showstoppers:




Above happens when you load sample project and zoom the horizontal view, and depending windows size those black likes are drawn to scrollbar and window border.

@trixie

What, like I'd give up so easily after been holding my breath and waiting for decades?

Yeah, there are better alternatives but the best alternative is missing some essential features. I started a thread on amigaworld earlier but it seems there isn't interest.

Talking about alternatives, there's also Horny sequencer, which doesn't work correcly on current OS4 release and isn't actively developed anymore.

Also HD-Rec and AudioEvolution4 are no more developed.

So, it's pretty much dead end everywhere.

@Capehill

Thanks for the new version. This program has became my favourite shadertool on amiga!

Missed the year 2019 but heres the official "Any news?" for 2020

@trixie

Thanks for checking this. Using reaction gadgets outside of gadget group sounds like a not correct way to do it and maybe it was fixed in later reaction releases.

Fredrik, are you reading this? Or can you Trixie submit a bug report?