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banneduser · June 28, 2004, 3:59pm

Hey.

I am having some trouble with the JsynthLib thing… Actually, it doesn’t work at all…

I have really no idea what to do… All I did was to download the zip file that should contain the executive version and no source, wich fits me fine, coz I am not a very good programmer - yet!

The problem is, I understand from this post that I should run the program from the shell - does that mean that I press “run” in windows and runs it from there? Or some other way.

I also understand that I can just run a bat file… I may be very stupid or blind, but I can’t seem to find any bat files… Not any exec files at all actually. I am kinda stuck here, so help would be appreciated very much.

Can someone tell me exactly what to do to get it going?

I downloaded the zip file, but all there is is a hell of a lot of folders, and some files - a html documentation I think, a .class file and a .properties file. There’s also a .dll file and a .txt file.

Do I need some kind of “java runtime enviorment” or what it’s called to make it work? Anyway - I downloaded some JRE thing or what it’s called, installed it, but no difference… Please Help!!

Cheers!

shed · June 28, 2004, 7:01pm

ok runing java aplications is a little bit difrent from ordenary programs. Firstly You need to have the Java Runtime enviroment installed (most people do anyway)you can download it from http://java.sun.com/

then you unzip the jsynth lib zip to some folder. Â Then open the command prompt (in acessorys in win 2000). Navigate to whereever you unziped the file using the cd comand (ie cd foldername). Â Then when your in the JSynth Lib folder type in java jsynthlib

Alternitively you can set up a file assocation for.class files and point it to java

Check out the docs http://www.jsynthlib.org/docs.html

-ed

T.K · June 29, 2004, 12:17am

You will find the “run.bat” file only in the special MIDIbox SID release with the updated driver module for MBSID V1.6

See http://www.ucapps.de/midibox_sid.html, search for “Updated version of JSynthLib”

Best Regards, Thorsten.

banneduser · June 29, 2004, 4:48pm

OK, Thanks for the info…

I now found out that I had not installed the JRE. I’m now downloading a file I think is the right one… about 50megs or something like that.

Thorsten:

I can of course see the snapshot of the program, but nowhere to download it. I mean - a picture doesn’t do any good :P. Should I use the version of JSynthLib I downloaded at their site, and then update it with a new SID driver module? I don’t understand… Please Help someone…

thanks!

banneduser · June 29, 2004, 4:53pm

Anyway…

If I decide to make my own control panel for cubase or one of those programs that support such stuff, how do I start? I mean - I don’t need any information in the actual programming, I don’t know how to yet, but I used to do a lot of programming some years ago, so I’ll find out - and I recon that telling me how to do it is a HELL of a complicated job :P, so what I’m asking is; what tools do I need to program a control panel for a VST application? Even more important, is it possible to do the same thing for apps that supports only DX plugins? Like Cool Edit 2 Pro. Thats what I use for my music mostley - since I find Cubase a little difficult to use compared to the other very simple ones…

OK,

Thanks for all information…

banneduser · June 29, 2004, 5:23pm

OK.

About the method shed came with:

I unzipped JSynthLib into a directory: d:\JSynthLib

Then I went to the command prompt.

I typed “d:”, then “cd jsynthlib”, then I typed “java jsynthlib”. The java stuff show allright, but it isn’t the app. It’s just a bunch of error messages… lets see if I can get them in here… Here is what my screen looks like…

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D:\JSynthLib>java jsynthlib

Exception in thread “main” java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: jsynthlib <wrong name: JSynthLib>

at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass0<Native Method>

at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass<Unknown Source>

at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass<Unknown Source>

at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass<Unknown Source>

at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100<Unknown Source>

at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run<Unknown Source>

at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged<Native Method>

at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass<Unknown Source>

at java.lang.ClassLoader.LoadClass<Unknown Source>

at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.LoadClass<Unknown Source>

at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass<Unknown Source>

at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal<Unknown Source>

D;\JSynthLib>

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What do I do wrong? I don’t understand hehe

Please Help!!

T H A N K S !!

T.K · June 29, 2004, 10:59pm

You’ve to type “java JSynthLib” (<- with capital letters)

or just “run”, if you would use the updated JSynthLib package like suggested above.

Best Regards, Thorsten.

shed · June 30, 2004, 6:35pm

opps my fault, you have to rember to type things in right. But seriously download the new JSynthLib

http://www.midibox.org/midibox_sid/jsynth_018_with_mbsid_rel6.zip

cos there are some new functions and all, and there is the batch file that makes it easier to open JSynthLib. I wouldn’t bother making a cubase editor, i used JSynthLib for a novation synth at college and it was a lot more usefull than a cubase pannel would have been.

banneduser · June 30, 2004, 7:18pm

Thanks! It all works fine now! I am surprised that capital letters is case sensitive… ???

As for the .bat file - I immediatly made one myself:

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d:

cd jsynthlib

java JSynthLib

exit

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I haven’t yet tried the new one, coz I’m downloading it right now… But I found it very annoying typing the shit in each time I started the app, so I made the .bat file. I’m now thinking back to the golden age of DOS and “edit” programming :D:D - nostalgia!! This way the command prompt window opens, and runs while JSynthLib is running, then it exits when I exit JSynthLib.

Anyway - thanks for the help!

As for the cubase panel - or cool edit panel - I appreciate that you say that you consider JSynthLib better, but I’m not really interested in the best alternative That sounds very stange… But I just wanted to try to make a panel… mostly just for the kicks of it, and I enjoy making stuff like that myself… so all I’m asking is if someone in here know what tools I should use to realize this. I’m a very creative man and need to make a panel myself to get satisfied haha.

Thanks! ;D ;D