Doggiebox 1.0.5 for OS X Released
 November 12, 2003
Zygoat Creative Technical Services has released version 1.0.5 of
Doggiebox, their beat sequencing software for Mac OS X.
This latest update brings a couple of new features and a number of bug
fixes. Notably, several issues that were causing crashes for people
should be eliminated. Here is what's changed since the last version:
- Added a new preferences option, "Allow final sounds to decay completely". The default setting is on, which maintains the standard behaviour where Doggiebox intelligently lets sounds (e.g. crash cymbals) decay at the end of song. However, if you are exporting patterns for use as loops, you can now turn this off to achieve output of precise duration.
- Added support for cut/copy/pasting of drums (with all attributes, e.g. sound, name, and icon) in the drum kit editor.
- Improved the play/stop button so that response during playback is now instant, instead of sometimes briefly hanging.
- Improved handling of the licence registration key so that it is now automatically recognised for all user accounts on the computer.
- Fixed a bug that caused Doggiebox to truncate the last beat of each bar by a fraction of a second. While imperceivable under normal circumstances, this was causing problems for people exporting files to use as loops, etc.
- Fixed a bug where drum kit reconciliation did not work properly under Mac OS 10.3.
- Fixed a bug where the position indicator would sometimes stop moving in mid-song during playback.
- Fixed a bug where selecting a different drum kit while editing a song would sometimes affect only some of the drums.
- Fixed a font dependency that could cause mysterious non-behaviour under some circumstances.
- Other minor fixes for Mac OS 10.1 compatibility (the playback indicator now works instead of crashing; a hang after exporting should be eliminated).
- Changed the keyboard shortcut for Preferences from cmd-; to cmd-, in respect of Apple human interface guidelines.
- Added a few additional sounds to Ben's Premier Kit.
Doggiebox is available for download now. Updates from previous versions are free for all users.
Doggiebox is a versatile percussion sequencer aimed at guitar players, drum programmers, home recording
and low-end studio folk alike, and costs USD $29. A functional
evaluation version is available for free download. Doggiebox requires Mac OS 10.1.3 and up
(though Mac OS 10.2 is strongly recommended).
For more information, visit their web site at www.doggiebox.com. |
