Hi Oz,


--- In tonescape_denhaag@yahoogroups.com, Ozan Yarman
<ozanyarman@...> wrote:
>
> Dear monz,
>
> After installing DirectX 9.0c and .Net Framework 1.1,
> I can see a lattice window when trying to start Tonescape,
> but the program still gives an error afterwards and crashes.
> Something is missing, but what?


OK, it's good that at least you got this far!
Actually, most of the times that i've installed Tonescape
for other people (mainly my students) this is exactly
what happened. Unfortunately, i've never gotten past it.

As i said, we are currently unable to offer real support
(because Tonalsoft is only two people, me and Chris, and
we're both busy earning a living).


> I think my Macbook Pro's video card is terrific.
> It is a NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT PCIe card with 512 MB
> of VRAM.

I think that's pretty close to the video card that i
have in my Windows-2000 machine. Tonescape runs fine
for me on that computer.


> My Guest OS is Windows XP 2002 Service Pack 3. I even
> enabled DirectX shaders for Parallels Desktop VM.

You're doing all the right stuff there.


> If only we had a clue what is lacking to make Tonescape
> work... I am currently migrating everything else from my
> old computer to my Mac. Nothing has caused any problem
> so far. All the other programs that worked in Windows ME
> work under the guest OS on my Mac smoothly. Since installing
> the two components above improved the situation, we seem
> to be on the right track. I shouldn't be required to
> use another laptop for Tonescape if we can just isolate
> the problem.

Yes, you're right. If you've gotten this far, then we
should be able to get Tonescape working on this machine.
The problem now is that i can't help you any further.
It's up to Chris, because he's the one who knows the
details of the code for the hardware drivers.

Actually, i'm currently in the process of negotiating
to convince him to change some aspects of the Lattice
display so that Tonescape will work on lower-spec hardware,
so that even if it won't look so good, at least it will work.


> Can you give a list of all the hardware and software
> requirements to assure smooth running of Tonescape on
> your system? Maybe we can locate the crucial element
> that Tonescape needs to work.


Harware requirements:
http://tonalsoft.com/support/tonescape/knowledge.aspx

Installation notes:
http://tonalsoft.com/support/tonescape/install.aspx

Other related info:
http://tonalsoft.com/support/tonescape/release-notes.aspx

PLEASE NOTE: Some of the information on the install and
release-notes pages is outdated -- for example, you no
longer need to enter an activation code for Tonescape.
These pages seriously require some attention from me,
sorry about that.


-monz
http://tonalsoft.com/tonescape.aspx
Tonescape microtonal music software