Dear monz,

I have installed the Microsoft .net 1.1 service pack 1, but still no
luck. Where do I download Managed DirectX API v.9.2 or above? And
which exact version of DirectX do I need? Can Chris help me?

Cordially,
Oz.

On Jun 26, 2008, at 6:49 PM, monz wrote:

> 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
>
>
>