K5synth

Great, you got it going! My new computer can't handle it anymore. It's 
running WinXP and has no ISA slots... Gotta try my MusicQuest in my 
Pentium III 800 to see if it works!

metaphor20032003 a \ufffdcrit :
> Hello to all:
>
>               Because I thought it could maybe be beneficial to anyone 
> trying to get goin with Overtone, I wanted to report how I finally got 
> it to work again.
>
> 1. System: An "old" Dell Dimension XPS P166s with ISA slots and only 
>            32 Meg of RAM running Windows 98.
> 2. An "old" Sound Quest PC MIDICARD version 2 set to IRQ 7 at address 
>    300.
>
> Notes: (a)The same system with a USB Midi Interface whlile using 
>        another K5 editor (e.g. Terzoid Noize) caused problems in 
>        the handshake with K5 and would never complete the upload 
>        and/or the download hence yet worked with another ISA MIDI 
>        interface (e.g. MIDIMAN 1x1). My conclusion was the enhanced 
>        speed via the USB port was too fast for the K5 and caused 
>        buffer problems.
>        (b) Because Overtone is a DOS based program whatever interface 
>        you decide to use will have to have the appropriate DOS drivers.
>        (c) Although I got my MIDI card to work with IRQ 7 at address 
>        300, you will have to set your card to whatever IRQ and   
>        address are free and available in your specific system. 
>  
> Special Thanks again to both Antoine and to Joel.
>
> Yours;
>  
> metaphor
>