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Version 2.8
 License:   Freeware
 Updated:   March 15, 2007
 Source:   Source Not Available
Well, as I keep needing new facilities for myself, I guess I will keep releasing updates... (:-)

The main enhancements this time are actually to StreamWeaver components. I have been using Jens Kilians old port of Csound a lot recently, and it turn out to be very convenient to run it as part of a MusicWeaver configuration, as a command in a PipeStream element. The old PipeStream necessarily buffers its piped output, which stops one seeing Csound messages as delivered. I was able to learn from Jens CsoundShell code to build a PTY version that has proper real time output. I also wanted to be able to load text (for Csound parameter input) into a StreamView at startup, hence GetFile.

There are a couple of fixes, to the RePlay and DeGlitch modules, and improvements to Transpose, SysExGen, and Notator. Transpose now can be told not to transpose the drum channel(!), SysExGen will compute checksums, and Notator has better display, including the occasional double-sharp.

Intel Version - requires R5   (1.6 MB) 91 downloads
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PowerPC Version - requires R5   (850 KB) 29 downloads
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Version 2.7
 License:   Freeware
 Updated:   January 12, 2007
 Source:   Source Not Available
This release supersedes 2.6 which had a number of bugs that (of course!) showed up just after its release. (Furthermore the PPC version -- if anyone still uses it -- was completely messed up, as a result of using the wrong build directory!)

Also, the documentation now agrees with the package a bit better, and the modules ChordSelect, KeySig, and Analyze have been improved a bit. One more example configuration has been added, to show the use of the newer modules in analyzing a MIDI stream.

Intel Version - requires R5   (1.5 MB) 71 downloads
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PowerPC Version - requires R5   (820 KB) 24 downloads
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Version 2.6
 License:   Freeware
 Updated:   January 3, 2007
 Source:   Source Not Available
Seems I can\\\'t stop tweaking... (:-/) This release has FilePanels that actually follow symbolic links(!) [funny how that got overlooked all this time...], a rewritten MidiPlay module with some added features, and a new \\\'Notator\\\' module that shows the notes being played as they would appear in a score, on a standard musical staff, with sharps and flats appropriate to the selected key-signature (only the current chord -- no timing info).

(I\\\'m a lousy sight-reader, and I figure Notator might help me by showing a \\\'reverse translation\\\' of what I\\\'m playing.)

Intel Version - requires R5   (1.5 MB) 52 downloads
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Version 2.5
 License:   Freeware
 Updated:   September 1, 2006
 Source:   Source Not Available
This release fixes a couple of persistent but evasive bugs in the Weaver main program itself (crash on diagram loading and the occasional 'vanishing element'). It also has an updated 'RePlay' module, with also a bugfix or two, plus a new "Stepped" output mode for stepping through events in a sequence by external trigger. An added mode for recording lets you create sequences with events grouped suitably for stepping through.

The download is the complete suite (simpler for me than providing updates). Should unpack over an earlier version without problems, unless you've moved things around.

Intel Version - requires R5   (1.46 MB) 69 downloads
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PowerPC Version - requires R5   (770 KB) 19 downloads
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Version 2.4
 License:   Freeware
 Updated:   May 22, 2006
 Source:   Source Not Available
[OK I couldn't resist updating...! ]
This release adds a few new (hopefully) useful modules:
  • SysExGen At long last the MusicWeaver can generate arbitrary System Exclusive sequences. This element accepts text packets defining the desired output.
    Apologies  the original release of the x86 2.4 package didn't get the fix to a code error for this module (might cause random failure to send). As of May 23 it is fixed.
  • MasterVolume This sends the special System Exclusive "Master Volume" message to set the output level of all channels of a sound source.
  • ValueAdjust This is much like the old "VelAdjust" element, excepts that it adjusts the value byte of any MIDI event that has a value. It is intended, for example, to modify the response of a "D_Controller" to "GamePort" input.
  • D_Aftertouch (In the "Experimental" folder) This accepts e.g. "GamePort" element signals to generate Aftertouch ("Channel Pressure") events. (And of course has a slider to generate them directly.)
  • RanDelay Similar to "MidiDelay", except that the delay applied to each packet is random within the set maximum.
  • ChordSelect This is a rather complex module that extracts chords from a MIDI stream (with the help of 'KeyTrack') and separates the notes in some way either to different channels or by MusicWeaver 'marks'. See the README for more.


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Version 2.3
 License:   Freeware
 Updated:   March 3, 2006
 Source:   Source Not Available
OK folks, it's this way... I keep using the MusicWeaver myself extensively, so I keep on developing it when I get the chance. However, writing docs and organizing it for publication takes much, much longer than making the code work. And it's definitely wasted effort if no-one else is using it!

So I suspect that this is the last release. If someone gives me feedback, I might change my mind...

This package has a couple of added modules, some enhanced older ones,and actually a revised main program. For details, see the README or the Web Page.

As of April 17, I've quietly added the PPC version [my old BeBox stayed up long enough, finally... (:-/)].

Intel Version - requires R5   (1.3 MB) 116 downloads
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PowerPC Version - requires R5   (700 KB) 10 downloads
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Version 2.1
 License:   Freeware
 Updated:   January 16, 2001
 Source:   Source Not Available
Version 2.1 adds control from a Gameport (to drive Pitch Bend from
a joystick, for example, or to change paths with a button or foot
pedal), has a few other new modules to extend capabilities, fixws
a bug in RePlay, and adds docs for the 'ChordMarker' module (which
was actually included last time...)

Intel Version - requires R4   (1 MB) 742 downloads
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PowerPC Version - requires R4   (600 KB) 203 downloads
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Version 2.0
 License:   Shareware
 Updated:   September 11, 2000
 Source:   Source Not Available
Release 2.0 adds a module to record and play back MIDI sequences. Other new modules allow other apps that utilize the new R5 MidiKit to connect to MusicWeaver configurations. (Aside from these, the suite remains compatible with R4 and later.)

A licensing mechanism has been added to the package, and a few features (such as saving recorded sequences) are disabled until the licence is applied. (Shareware fee still $20!)

Both PPC and Intel versions are now available (Sept 16)

Intel Version - requires R4   (1 MB) 329 downloads
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PowerPC Version - requires R4   (600 KB) 113 downloads
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Version 1.3
 License:   Shareware
 Updated:   August 27, 1999
 Source:   Source Not Available
release 1.3 has a much-enhanced Weaver core program, plus new and enhanced modules.
This release (Aug '99) has a considerably upgraded Weaver main program
('v3.0'), with hierarchical diagrams ('Composite Elements'),
on-line help, routing and naming of paths, direct replacement of
elements in a diagram, and so on. The MusicWeaver modules now all have
on-line help included as well, a few have been upgraded, and a couple
of new ones -- such as text-display of MIDI events -- have been added.

  Note:  There are no downloads available for this version.


 
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