Xref: utzoo rec.music.synth:3939 comp.sys.amiga:20939 Path: utzoo!yunexus!geac!sq!utfyzx!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!mcdchg!nud!rover!mph From: mph@rover.UUCP (Mark Huth) Newsgroups: rec.music.synth,comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: MIDI Software for the Amiga - a brief review of PRO Midi Soundscape Keywords: SoundScape, MIDI, Amiga Message-ID: <787@rover.UUCP> Date: 11 Jul 88 20:41:55 GMT Article-I.D.: rover.787 References: <786@rover.UUCP> <10555@oberon.USC.EDU> Reply-To: mph@rover.UUCP (Mark Huth) Organization: Motorola Microcomputer Division, Tempe, Az. Lines: 39 In article <10555@oberon.USC.EDU> papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes: >In article <786@rover.UUCP> mph@rover.UUCP (Mark Huth) writes: >>I recently purchased the Mimetics PROMIDI SoundScape program for my >>Amiga to use with my SQ-80. So far, I have used the tape deck for >> ... >>The second problem is that there are logical device names hard-coded >>into the software. This makes it impossible to move everything but >>the key onto a hard disk, as the device name is the same as the disk > [ information about customizing Soundscape startup and location of files} Thanks, you are correct as far as it goes. But the key problem turns out to be what I mentioned - many of the accesses use logical device Soundscape:, which is the name of the master disk. When the disk is in the drive, it takes precedence over the logical device. The way I discovered to help the situation is as follows: Copy all the files onto the hard drive (either build a script to do this or dcopy to another disk, run diskdoctor to fix the file system, and use the copy all option). Fix the ss-modules command file to point the correct place on the disk. Install the libraries. Start Soundscape, with the key disk in the drive (failure to have the key disk present results in a visit to the guru). After the Patch Panel is up, remove the key disk. Now, using another CLI window, assign Soundscape: to the path where the image of the disk resides on the hard drive. Further operations take place without need for the key disk. All this is made necessary because the program uses Soundscape: as both the logical device for loading program modules and as the name of the key disk. Specifically, the soundscape.library contains several pathnames containing the logical device Soundscape:. Mark Huth