Re: [jazzplusplus-devel] Status ?

[Pete S. <pst...@gm...>]

BV = Bob Vogel
BV>>> Haven't heard anything on this list for a while.

PS = Pete Stieber
PS>> I've been distracted by work and I've started
PS>> giving drum lessons on Saturday mornings.

BV>>> Is it near operable?

PS>> I managed to get it recording MIDI from my
PS>> Roland drum kit.

BV>>> How much more needs to be done?

PS>> I would like to remove all of the deprecated
PS>> wxWidgets code.  This means I need to convert
PS>> several dialog boxes to modern wxWidgets.
PS>>
PS>> What functionality were you looking for?

BV> I have a copy of Dave Phillips book, Linux
BV> Music & Sound, from 2000 which describes
BV> jazz++ this way:
BV>
BV> "...Jazz++ is a professional grade tools for
BV> recording, editing, and playing midi data and
BV> has the distinction of being the first Linux
BV> sequencer with integrated MIDI and digital
BV> audio sequencing. It provides a wide
BV> assortment of tools for the manipulation of
BV> recorded MIDI data, including a full
BV> complement of the basic tools (cut, copy,
BV> paste, mute/solo, track quantization and
BV> transposition, and so on), a variety of
BV> interesting and useful MIDI event generators
BV> and modifiers, and an editor and other tools
BV> for digital audio tracks."
BV>
BV> It goes on for a few more pages with more
BV> detail. There is also a CD included with the
BV> book that has a 386 rpm, some documentation,
BV> and other material that is likely outdated by
BV> now.
BV>
BV> Since it is all under the GPL, I could send
BV> you copies of those files if they are of any
BV> use to you.

I didn't even know this book existed.  If you browse the SVN repository 
I inherited you will notice some old branches

http://jazzplusplus.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/jazzplusplus/branches/

Do you happen to know the version of Jazz++ that was included on the CD?

BV> I was hoping that it could get back to its
BV> original functionality with a nice new wx gui.
BV>
BV> What are the chances?

It's functional.  IIRC you are a Debian user.  Is that still true?

What distribution/hardware are you using?

Would you be willing to try and build version 2.8.10 of wxWidgets and 
the current Jazz++ code in subversion?

It might take some effort, but I promise to help.

Pete