Download and execute this file to install the freeware ordrumbox desktop application on windows. This installer contains demo songs and drum kits sounds. To uninstall, use the "uninstall orDrumbox" item menu in the "ordrumbox" item menu in the windows start menu. This will remove your drum machine. Ths installer works also for Windows x64 architectures.
On Mac OS X 10.3 and superior from apple:
First try to double click on the downloaded ordrumbox jar file
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Another way is to open a terminal window. You can find this under Go -> Applications -> Utilities
You should now have a terminal window on the screen. It will have a command prompt that looks something like:
[username:] ~>
First check your java version: type "java -version" in the terminal. The "java version" must be 1.6 or superior.
Then type "java -jar ordrumbox-0.9.08.jar" in the terminal.
You have to do that in the directory you have downloaded the jar file.
orDrumbox is 0.9.07 listed on softpedia
Thanks to oc2pus the binary and source code rpm and drumkit rpm for SuSE-10.x and SuSE-9.3 or any distribution using RPM can be downloaded from this repository http://packman.links2linux.de/ .
http://packman.links2linux.de/package/orDrumbox
You can find other RPM by searching ordrumbox at http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3
This is a classic RPM installation:
Install the application with the command
rpm -i ordrumbox-0.7.01-04.noarch.rpm.
Desinstall it with the command
rpm -e ordrumbox.
You have to be root to do this.
The installer will add a menu entry on the application/sound with gnome.
You can also launch it with the command /usr/bin/orDrumbox/orDrumbox.sh
You can also type "java -jar ordrumbox-0.9.08.jar" in the terminal. You have to do that in the directory you have downloaded the jar file.
It's a GPL2 licence, so sources files are available. You have to be a java programmer to use it. A Ant make file (build.xml) is included in the root directory.
French localisation is in main package
Tanks to xucker Japanese version of the orDrumbox is available with user manual.
You need a 1.6 JVM (Java Virtual Machine)from Sun Microsystems. See java and download a JRE.
If java is not yet installed on your computer, Install java or automatic installation of java from Sun Mircosystems. Be sure your Java works on your system and uninstall any previous Java version
For Mac users the orDrumbox-06.02 was tested on Mac OS X 10.3, other versions should work just upgrade java if needed.
For Windows users, the orDrumbox was tested with jre 1.6 on Windows XP and Vista.
The orDrumbox desktop drum machine and the orDrumbox applet are distributed as freeware.
Source code is open source. The license for the packages is GPL2. See details: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ordrumbox/