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2010-08-16 05:56 General (Nick) - Doesn't work on Mac

Hi, I can't wait to use this software but I'm having the same problem as Roberto and Zach (listed below). I click on the downloaded file and get 'The jar file "ordrumbox-V0.9.02.jar" couldn't be launched. Check the Console for possible error messages' please help asap. Thanks. Nick.

2010-08-08 17:04 General (alberto) - boton tempo

I can´t change the time of the music. How I change this ?

2010-08-05 17:18 General (Roberto) - Installation problem Osx 10.4.11 orDrumbox

Hi, I typed the line you wrote logged as a user, but Terminal wrote:'Unable to access jarfile /Users/roberto/Desktop/ordrumbox-0.9.02.jar'
If I type the same line in the administrator terminal (logged as Admin) It appears:'>' and after that, if I click on the jar files It appears an error window: 'The jar file "ordrumbox-V0.9.02.jar" couldn't be launched. Check the Console for possible error messages'

What's wrong? Thanks

2010-08-05 16:10 General (Roberto) - Installation problem Osx 10.4.11 orDrumbox

2010-08-05 10:15 General (ordrumbox) - Installation problem Osx 10.4.11 orDrumbox

Hi Roberto, you should type something like:
java -jar /Users/roberto/Desktop/ordrumbox-0.9.02.jar

2010-08-05 01:35 General (Roberto) - Installation problem Osx 10.4.11 orDrumbox

Hi,
I wanted to try your orDrumbox but I have an installation problem.
My O.s. is: OS X 10.4.11
I tried to install orDrumbox V0.9.02 by double clicking but It appears errors window : 'The jar file "ordrumbox-V0.9.02.jar" couldn't be launched. Check the Console for possible error messages'
Afterwords I Tried typing in Terminal :' /Users/roberto/Desktop/java -jar ordrumbox-0.9.02.jar' as read in the instructions but no such files or directory were found. (The jar file is in my desktop and the version is the 0.9.02).
Tried typing as well only: 'java -jar ordrumbox-0.9.02.jar' (unable to access).
I attempted doing the above mentioned after being logged as administrator with no result.
Java is installed (latest version)

Please could you tell me whether am I making mistakes?

Thank you .
Regards

2010-07-10 14:10 General (ordrumbox) - time signature

Hi time keeper,
In the online demo you can't change the time signature, however, in this demo, most patterns are 4/4 and some are 6/4...You can download the desktop version to have this feature or you can wait for the next online demo (soon available on the same url)

2010-07-10 02:55 General (time keeper) - time signature

Sorry, didn't mean the tempo, I meant the time signature. like 4/4, 3/4, 6/8, etc.

2010-07-09 10:44 General (ordrumbox) - changing timing

Hi time keeper:
Just click and drag on the "tempo" button just right to the play button, it should works. Default value is 120 bpm, but you can go from 50 to 250 bpm (beats par minute).

2010-07-09 06:46 General (time keeper) - changing timing

i was messing with the demo and can't seem to figure out how to change the timing...

2010-03-30 09:53 General (ordrumbox) - download songs & loops

Hi, Aidan,
There is a few demo songs available and inclued in the main package.Anyway, it will be a good idea to allow users to share songs and loops...
Just now, you can send to the contact mail your songs made by the ordrumbox, we will publish them in a new section.

2010-03-30 08:34 General (Aidan) - download songs & loops

nice program! Just wondering if there is anywhere to download pre-made songs and or loops? If not, it would be cool to have a section on this site where people can share loops.

2010-02-22 11:16 General (ordrumbox) - v0.9.00 guide

Hi David,
We are currently working on a new tutorial for the 0.9.00 version, including some video tutorials, but it's a hard work and it will take some time.

2010-02-20 08:42 General (David) - v.9.0 guide

Is there a user guide available for the newer version of this? I don't know anything about it and am rather lost.

2010-02-17 12:16 General (ordrumbox) - drumkit

Hi doug,
There is a new version: 0.9.00 http://www.ordrumbox.com/download.php many bugs are fixed, you can try the new version, hope it will solve this problem.

2010-02-17 12:16 General (ordrumbox) - drumkit

Hi doug,
There is a new version: 0.9.00 http://www.ordrumbox.com/download.php many bugs are fixed, you can try the new version, hope it will solve this problem.

2010-02-15 16:58 General (doug) - drumkit

maybe im just stupid,but when i add the drum kit,I then go to add pattern and it is still the same instruments to choose from,i cant figure this out

2010-02-11 19:02 General (ordrumbox) - drumkit

For the version ordrumbox v0.8.05, you have to choose menu 'view' item 'view drumkit' then you can click on 'add from zip' or 'add from ordk' to add a complete drumkit. You can also choose 'add from directory' this option will import all wav files in a directory to create a drumkit

2010-02-11 18:42 General (doug) - drumkit

iI have been reading on how to add a drumkit,there is no option to LOAD anywhere in this program ,what gives

2010-01-18 10:30 General (ordrumbox) - drumkits

In the version orDrumbox 0.8.05, click on the view menu and choose 'view drumkit' item. You can now add a new drumkit. ordrumbox can use a directory with wave sound file as drumkit or even a zip file containing sound files. In this windows you can also edit/add/delete your sound files of the current drumkit.

2010-01-15 21:47 General (the main drummer) - drumkits

the software works great, but i was wondering how i upload different drumkits into it. thanks guys

2010-01-09 15:54 General (ordrumbox) - note scale

This feature (note pitch) works fine with ordrumbox latest version (0.8.05), tested on vista and ubuntu 9.10

2010-01-09 04:25 General (drum man) - note scale

Whenever i try to change a note from for example, c to e, it remains at c in the sound output. Any ideas?

2010-01-08 15:43 General (ordrumbox) - saving

This is a bug in the latest version, the file is saved in the current working directory (and not in the specified directory)
. This will be fixed in the next release. For new, you can find the exporded song in the ordrumbox directory

2009-12-29 01:43 General (beatbox) - saving

When i save a song, i cant find it when i go back to the folder. Any suggestions thx.

2009-11-28 15:44 General (ordrumbox) - exporting

There is no mp3 export (for now v0.8.xx), just a wav export, therefore you can transform a wav into mp3 with another software. wav file quality is better than mp3 quality.

2009-11-28 06:37 General (jon) - exporting

I'm interested in this product, but nothing I can find on this site says if it exports mp3s. Is that the case? What other export options are there? Thanks!

2009-11-27 12:09 General (ordrumbox) - Important question

Hi Stewmeway, thanks for your interest on ordrumbox. This is a little forum, there is no need for a moderator here. Anyway, feel free to post messages on this forum if you have questions (..or answers !).
You can directly reach ordrumbox team on contact@ordrumbox.com

2009-11-24 22:31 General (stewmeway) - Important question

Could not find a suitable section so I written here, how to become a moderator for your forum, that need for this?

2009-10-10 14:47 General (ordrumbox) - Unable to run...still

Ok ! That's because we use a maven plugin for eclipse. So you can either add the maven2 plugin in your eclipse or in eclipse
"configuration/java application/mainGui/classpath/advanced/add folder/ choose "orDrumboxMVC/src/main/resources/ok/apply/run (!)
Hope it will fix your problem

2009-10-09 11:54 General (Truck) - Unable to run...still

Hi, cheers for the quick response. Followed your instructions and got maybe a bit closer. In addition to the NullPointerException and 'instruments.xml not found' I had before, I also got this when I ran it this time:

file to read:no latest song
readFile(String fileName)no latest song
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: InputStream cannot be null
at javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder.parse(DocumentBuilder.java:120)
at com.ordrumbox.core.description.Song.readFile(Song.java:112)
at com.ordrumbox.core.description.Song.loadSongInJar(Song.java:132)
at com.ordrumbox.desktop.gui.control.Model.readSong(Model.java:600)
at com.ordrumbox.core.control.Controler.initAndLoadSong(Controler.java:432)
at com.ordrumbox.core.control.Controler.initAndLoadDefaultSong(Controler.java:412)
at com.ordrumbox.desktop.gui.swing.MainGui.main(MainGui.java:444)
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at javax.swing.ImageIcon.<init>(ImageIcon.java:167)
at com.ordrumbox.desktop.gui.swing.editor.JEditorPattern.initComponents(JEditorPattern.java:140)
at com.ordrumbox.desktop.gui.swing.editor.JEditorPattern.<init>(JEditorPattern.java:71)
at com.ordrumbox.desktop.gui.swing.MainGui.initComponents(MainGui.java:228)
at com.ordrumbox.desktop.gui.swing.MainGui.<init>(MainGui.java:102)
at com.ordrumbox.desktop.gui.swing.MainGui.main(MainGui.java:447)

I get a series of message boxes saying "not found: no latest drumkit/ no latest song" followed by a blank gui from the actual program. And I checked for the resource files and they're definitely all in the build path.
Chances are its something way obvious I'm missing here, but any other help would be really appreciated

2009-10-08 20:04 General (ordrumbox) - Unable to run

Hi, you should launch "MainGui" to run the ordrumbox as an application (and not an applet)...
In eclipse menu:"run as/java application/MainGui"

The applet "SoundGeneratorAppletMain" is an old code

Anyway, you have to check that the Intruments.xml file (and all others resources files) is in your eclispe project (src/main/resources)

2009-10-08 18:27 General (Truck) - Unable to run

Hi, managed to build program in Eclipse 3.4, then get this error message when I try to run:
ordrumbox.properties readed elemants =10
Load Instruments inputStream:null
ERROR default Instruments.xml not found in jar :Instruments.xml
open Drumkit in jar :orSongPack/orDrumkits/default.ordk
java.lang.NullPointerException: in is null
at java.util.zip.ZipInputStream.<init>(ZipInputStream.java:56)
at com.ordrumbox.core.description.Drumkit.loadFromIs(Drumkit.java:114)
at com.ordrumbox.core.description.Drumkit.loadKitInJar(Drumkit.java:95)
at com.ordrumbox.applet.gui.SoundGeneratorAppletMain.loadDataFiles(SoundGeneratorAppletMain.java:56)
at com.ordrumbox.applet.gui.SoundGeneratorAppletMain.init(SoundGeneratorAppletMain.java:24)
at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(AppletPanel.java:424)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

Also, get applet saying it hasn't been initialised. If this seems like a noob problem, its probably because I am, in fact, a noob at Java

2009-09-19 15:40 General (Mweb) - Inserts Notes

Hi,
The only way to play a particuar rythm with the OrDrumbox is to use its graphic interface. As far as I know, we don't have any Taiko or wadaiko samples for now in a drum kit, but you can use a sample of yours or a sound approaching taiko (bas drum, low tom).
Mweb, sound designer for OrDrumbox
Greets

2009-09-19 12:49 General (Mister Warung) - Inserts Notes

Hi, i just started to play Taiko and i got a beat in notations. Is there a possibility to insert the notation into the orDRUMBOX. Sorry to ask such a simple questions but for me it is the biggest mountain ;) Thx for a quick reply

2009-08-15 08:05 General (ordrumbox) - noob help

Hi Dave,

Just choose menu "view" then "view pattern list" . To click on the menu show/hide the pattern list selector

2009-08-15 04:28 General (dave) - noob help

Okay so it defaults with pattern 0... but it doesn't show up in the pattern list and I can't delete it! How do I get rid of it, or at least get it to show up in the pattern list?

2009-06-30 14:31 General (REX) - Cymbals

I wish there was mute version of Cymbals. I could download online for it, but it's better if it's already in a drumkit.

Heavy Metal Drumkit...I wish there was such thing. And also the Hihat-to-pedal thing.

2009-06-21 12:36 General (ordrumbox) - Jar file won\'t launch on Mac OS 10.4.11 with all updates

Many thanks for your report !
The release was build for the JRE 1.6, so you got this error

We have just uploaded the same version build for the JRE 1.5, this version should work with MAC OS 10.4.x

You just have to re-download the jar file: ordrumbox-0.8.04.jar

2009-06-20 04:09 General (Wes Groleau) - Jar file won't launch on Mac OS 10.4.11 with all updates

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:620)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:124)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:260)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:56)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:195)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:268)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:251)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:319)

2009-06-14 19:07 General (ordrumbox) - Wav export not working?

We just test the 0.8.04 to export demos songs (default and jazz song) on a XP SP3 with JRE 1.6 and it's works fine. A new song build from scratch of more than 2 minutes long was exported too.
- You must stop the playback before exporting the song as wav. So press stop, then export (in next version,this will be fixed)
- The display of the sequencer window is not as user friendly as we want, you have to carefully use and check this display before exporting.
- We have already patched this version a few days after the release to fix a similar bug, may be you got the non patched version, so you can re-download and install the 0.8.4
- You can also try to export the demo songs
Hope it will solve your problem...

Of course you can downgrade but with some versions, there is no backward compatibility for the songs

2009-06-13 19:59 General (AA) - Wav export not working?

Do you think if I downgrade Java to 5 this might work? Is this kind of thing recommendable? Thx.

2009-06-08 20:56 General (ordrumbox) - Wav export not working?

OK, thanks for your report, we need a little time to fix this problem (a few days...)

2009-06-07 20:21 General (AA) - Wav export not working?

Ok. I'm playing on song mode, and i'm exporting doing the Export Song as Wav menu, also have a song formed with the sequencer (I'm doing a test with 6 sequences using 3 patterns, no Fantomfill nor scales defined). I'm using ver. 0.8.04 with Java 6 update 13 (which I just had to install on this machine). I'm also using Win2k SP4 with RU1.

BTW: I tried exporting patterns alone to wav and those seem to work fine so far. The problem is exporting songs to wav.

2009-06-07 18:36 General (ordrumbox) - Wav export not working?

We never experienced this problem in the latest version (0.8.4), we have to check this.
Be sure you export the song and not the pattern, maybe the 15 seconds export was just the first pattern.
Be sure your song is well formed and you are in 'song mode' and not 'pattern mode' for playing

2009-06-07 16:43 General (AA) - Wav export not working?

I've been trying to export the finished song to wav, but I only get 15 seconds. No matter if I add or remove any item from the sequencer, I just get the first 15 seconds when exporting to .wav. What's wrong? Thanks!

2009-06-07 13:03 General (REX) - about Ride Cymbal

It's about the Ride Cymbal for the Acoustic drum kit.

It sounds like it is hit very lightly. I want a firm Ride Cymbal sound like one we can hear in Heavy Metal when they do blast beats. So can you upload a drumkit with Ride Cymbal that sounds more firm? or can you upload a wav file?

2009-06-06 17:36 General (ordrumbox) - It would be cool if..

Hi, tanks for your message !
Yes, we will add midi support and midi synchronization, so vsti support and audio tracks can be synchronized bu other software. We are currently writing a new version of the sound engine to do that !

2009-05-28 05:32 General (Everette Munroe) - It would be cool if..

It would be cool if this program had a MIDI Editor/Softsynth/VSTi Suport/ And Audio Tracks for Vocals

Just a thought

2009-02-10 12:30 General (ordrumbox) - drumkits and wav files

This function is not implemented yet, but it's a good idea, may be in the next release...

2009-02-10 12:28 General (ordrumbox) - HELLLLPPPPP

It's means java is not installed on your system, see documentation on:

http://developer.apple.com/java/

hope it will help you

2009-02-09 17:32 General (mike) - drumkits and wav files

is there a way to extract the wav files from an ordk file? I'd like to mix and match from some of the different kits.

2008-12-28 19:14 General (Zach) - HELLLLPPPPP

I've been trying to figure it out since like 2 am, but apparently my java skills are zero. I'm on a mac, OSX tiger. I download the ordrumbox jar file, and double click. and I get this "The jar file "ordrumbox-V0.8.04.jar" couldn't be launched. Check the Console for possible error messages."

Then I went on with the terminal, typing in the "java -jar ordrumbox-V0.8.04.jar"

In response I got: "Unable to access jarfile ordrumbox-V0.8.04.jar"

HELP

2008-11-10 19:28 Features (ordrumbox) - MIDI Export

Thanks ! And Yes, definitivly, midi export is a feature we want to add !!!

2008-11-10 19:25 Web (ordrumbox) - Web Recorder

This software is not designed as a recorder ! This is a Software Drum Machine, you can't record or web-record (what does it means ?) anything, but you can write drum patterns !

2008-11-05 17:49 Features (Ferret61) - MIDI Export

Nice work! Hope a MIDI file export of Pattern or Song is still on your list of features to add ;-)

2008-11-03 18:38 Web (Osama) - Web Recorder

can any one answer me please.

2008-11-01 21:03 Web (Osama) - Web Recorder

can I use this software as a web recorder in my web site.
if yes where i can get a demo to install it for testing first ?

2008-05-31 11:42 Bugs (ordrumbox) - Volume Control

Maybe the compressor checkbox (in the transport bar window) is on ...

2008-05-24 08:56 Bugs (ordrumbox) - Volume Control

Hi Francis, We have tested on XP with Java6and we can't reproduce the bug... Maybe it's a problem withyour sound card driver (?)
Anyway, weare cunrently working on a new version with a complete new sound rendering will be avalaible soon.

2008-05-22 00:43 Bugs (Francis) - Volume Control

Hi, on WinXP Java 6, the volume control in the Pattern dialog has no effect. Tempo control is fine. I'm finding all sounds too loud. Any ideas?

2008-02-11 09:47 Installation (ordrumbox) - orDB installation

The install files don't need to be unzipped ! Just double click on the downloaded ordb file

2008-02-11 04:31 Installation (Mike) - orDB installation

i have unzipped the file of orDB and cannot get it to run.

2008-01-26 09:36 Installation (ordrumbox) - Extracting Drum Kits

You don't have to extract the drumkits files (ordk extension). The ordrumbox is designed to use the ordk extension files

2008-01-05 01:45 Installation (Jay L) - Extracting Drum Kits

Every time I try to extract a zipped folder containing a drum kit, I get the message: "Windows cannot complete the extraction. The compressed folder is invalid." Any suggestions on how to overcome this?

Thank you.

2007-10-26 09:48 Bugs (Mweb) - note values

Hey Rick,
I work on the OrDB as sound designer.
Actually the ordb do not import/export midi. Not yet, but soon! Currently the ordb is able to play a few midi sounds like BD, AC, CC, CH, bass (as far as I know). Then ordb create wave files that you can export and use with any DAW like Protools. Here you can assign sounds as you like, there is no "pre-assignation".
We are working on a better midi implementation according to the General Midi standard. So channel 10 will be dedicated to drums, AO (33) will be a BD, Bbo (34)will be a snare+rimshot and so on...
I hope my answer will help, feel free to ask, comment, suggest!

2007-10-25 15:29 Bugs (Rick Herron) - note values

In Midi each drum is triggered by a note. Do the virtual drumpads correspond to a standard note value for that drum so that if I create a VAW file Pro Tools will play the corresponding drums?

2007-10-10 08:07 Bugs (ordrumbox) - exporting

Ok, we have to fix this bug for the song export. Also, you may test the pattern export instead of song export

2007-08-22 03:56 Bugs (Pete) - exporting

When I export a song there is dead space the end and start of the pattern..what gives?

2007-08-20 21:37 Bugs (ordrumbox) - load and play song

Many thanks for your bug repport!
Yes, song and drumkits are not saved in the same file. If you try the "autoassign" item, the instruments are mapped to the current drumkit whith the nearest instrument name. The "test" label is a bug ! Pressing the stop button should not gives a long wait (!!!) We have to work on it for the next release

2007-08-12 19:15 Bugs (cml) - load and play song

seemed simple enough. this thing is buggy as all hell.

(win ver): FILE:open song:open 'salsa2':auto assign = yes

1 song comes up in pattern editor 'salsa2'
2 transport bar still on the 'test' song
3 pressing play gives me a red bar going across the 'salsa2' pattern editor as it plays the 'test' song??
4 pressing STOP gives me a long buggy wait.......
5 double click 'salsa2' on PATTERN LIST. Transport bar now says 'salsa2'
6 PLAY gives me what may be 'salsa2' but the instruments are wrong.

oh, now i get it - i need to save the -drumkit- separately.
ak.

2007-05-16 10:41 Features (LG) - Midi

Just a suggestion..midi effects would be great. It would become as good as groovebox.

2007-03-28 11:52 Osx (ordrumbox) - thanks/merci

You re welcome!

Feel free to ask for new features and to report bugs !
( We will provide a new release with many bug fixed in a few days)

2007-03-22 00:14 General (sfd101) - perfect program/ le machin tambour parfait

what a perfect program/ C'est un machin tambour parfait!

2007-03-22 00:12 Osx (sfd101) - thanks/merci

thanks for the program/merci pour le machin tambour!

2006-10-29 12:57 Web (ordrumbox) - TR808.ordk file?

poop<-
Ok thanks, the link is fixed now !

2006-10-26 09:24 Web (POOP) - TR808.ordk file?

POOP

2006-10-25 23:53 Web (mweb) - TR808.ordk file?

thank you, i like these vintages!

2006-09-04 21:00 Web (ordrumbox) - TR808.ordk file?

Yes !
In fact 'tr808Like kit' was an old version of the 'eletro kit'
But we will soon release new complete drumkits.

2006-09-01 19:37 Web (alfakilo) - TR808.ordk file?

The link for this just connects to the same file as the 'Electro' kit. Is this because....????

2006-08-13 08:07 Features (ordrumbox) - bit depht

For now we don't have check the 48,96 and 192 Khz compatibility

2006-08-13 08:06 Features (ordrumbox) - xtra features

You can assign any sample on any track, so you can get two (or more) kick tracks.
We are working on a real quantize function for the next version, so you can have any number of beat in a pattern
And yes, we can add a drumkit with guitar sounds (maybe in a few weeks/months).

2006-08-10 15:12 Features (jah) - xtra features

hi i'm lovin the program, it's great, but i was wondering if i could request some new features in the next version, i've noticed that the kick sample is a single kick per beat only, is it possible if we can get a double-kick (2 kicks per beat) sample in the next version, and also more beats in the pattern, they only go up to 32, and guitar sounds for the instrument list

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