Another source of difference is BIAB's use of sound fonts (samples) instead of the minimum Windows/Mac MIDI synth. This makes a *huge* sonic difference....
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keller_91711
Aug 2, 2009 4:38 pm
Version 4.01 of Impro-Visor is posted in the Files>Software Distribution area. This corrects a problem where the chord was only played with a note on entry...
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acebone@...
acebone...
Aug 2, 2009 4:39 pm
... My BIAB does not, it uses whatever MIDI is available. You may be talking about the REALDrum thing and the new REALTRACKS features, which are samples, but I...
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acebone@...
acebone...
Aug 2, 2009 4:39 pm
I'll try and convert a BIAB style to Impro-Visor - I'd love to use Impro over BIAB, coz it's a much better application, that's obvious. Since Impro-visor is...
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Dave Phillips
linuxdave69
Aug 2, 2009 4:40 pm
... I don't use Windows, but doesn't its synth use soundfonts too ? If I-V is using the Javasound API then you can simply replace the default soundbank in...
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ludo_beckers
Aug 2, 2009 4:56 pm
I had trouble using Impro-Visor before, so I deleted it and downloaded the new zip (401). Extracted it (all in one file) but opening it with JRE gives me this...
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keller_91711
Aug 2, 2009 5:20 pm
... Ludo, I'm sorry you're having problems. I don't have an Ubuntu on which to test this, but the log is symptomatic of not have all the folders, such as...
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keller_91711
Aug 2, 2009 8:21 pm
I'm sorry about the inconvenience, but the "open source" people are complaining about the installer scripts, which were not open source. It appears that oil...
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J. Eric Kent
dadoben
Aug 2, 2009 11:39 pm
Thank you, Bob, for your continued good work. J. Kent J. Eric Kent Newton, MA 02458 (781) 706 7485 To: impro-visor@yahoogroups.com From: keller@... ...
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acebone@...
acebone...
Aug 3, 2009 3:26 pm
Hi ! Running Vista/Java Version 1.6.0_13 from Sun Microsystems Inc. First the help-system bugs. 1. The general help page (accessed from menu Help->Impro-visor...
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keller_91711
Aug 3, 2009 3:33 pm
... Please send both the .ls and .mid files and I'll take a look. Meanwhile, you might want to try the extraction with just 1 or 2 choruses. Also, it is better...
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keller_91711
Aug 3, 2009 7:52 pm
... Esben, I believe that all three bugs are fixed in version 4.02 just posted. On the extraction issue, if you could also include the biab .mgu or .sgu file,...
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jnagarya
Aug 3, 2009 10:23 pm
This is an excellent, objective -- fine -- critique. A model from which can be learned. ... From: acebone@... To: impro-visor@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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keller_91711
Aug 4, 2009 12:43 am
Esben, and anyone else who might be interested: For illustration purposes, I've included in Files>Examples>attya style example the style file I created after...
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keller_91711
Aug 4, 2009 7:17 am
Version 4.03 fixes a problem in the style editor, wherein the chords don't sound following an edit....
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acebone@...
acebone...
Aug 5, 2009 4:37 pm
All three bugs are squashed with 4.03 on my system :)...
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acebone@...
acebone...
Aug 5, 2009 4:38 pm
I've tried your style, and to me it clearly shows that my initial misgivings about the 'sound' (generated lines, NOT instrument-quality) stems from...
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keller_91711
Aug 5, 2009 4:54 pm
... My objection was not so much the canned nature of the licks as it was things like using the same lick twice in one chorus (one a transposed version of the...
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Philippe Lemaire
philippe_lmr
Aug 5, 2009 9:52 pm
Hello, all was fine on my old PC... I just installed the new version 4.03 and : 1. I got the install4j splash screen everytime 2. Impro-visor uses (very) small...
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keller_91711
Aug 5, 2009 10:02 pm
... Phillipe, Once the install is done, you should not re-open the install4j package; Impro-Visor should then have been installed in a folder, and there is a...
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Philippe Lemaire
philippe_lmr
Aug 5, 2009 10:36 pm
Thanks for the fast answer ! Due to some action of mine .jar files are associated with an Unzip program... To which Java program shall I associated (I alread...
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Torkill Bruland
atbruland
Aug 6, 2009 11:08 pm
Thanks for keeping up the good work Bob! Just downloaded it and now I'm as excited as before opening a Christmas present!...
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donjor03
Aug 7, 2009 1:57 pm
I can't see how to do this - can you tell me, please? I see on the page headed "Files > Contributed chords only" that there is one called "leadsheets.zip"...
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keller_91711
Aug 7, 2009 2:03 pm
... In the Impro-Visor distribution itself, there is a folder called 'leadsheets'. You should replace that folder with the 'leadsheets' folder resulting from...
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donjor03
Aug 9, 2009 5:51 pm
... Thanks very much, Bob. Worked fine. And I've already used the program to find the leadsheet for Cedar Walton's "Fantasy in D" (aka Ugetsu), which I have...
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keller_91711
Aug 9, 2009 6:02 pm
... There was a minor mistake in using the new install script generators, that resulted in 4.02 and 4.03 being labeled 4.01. Version 4.04 is the latest. It...
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keller_91711
Aug 10, 2009 1:26 am
I have upgraded the 4.04 releases with packages from a purchased version of install4j, which you can now download from Files>Software Distribution, in case...
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David Baron
dovidbaron
Aug 10, 2009 3:47 pm
The program generated a melody line which was very interesting. MIDI output can be imported into Jammer to create a style if I can get the far. Miles Davis...
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keller_91711
Aug 10, 2009 5:12 pm
... We don't map instruments to range currently. The range can be set in the Lick Generator control panel, if desired. ... Please indicate the hardware and OS...
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David Baron
dovidbaron
Aug 11, 2009 6:05 pm
... I am running under Debian Linux (Sid) using Sun's own Java 1.6. The machine is an older PIII 600mhz clunker. I exercised file-dialogs (slow), entered...
