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11  <h2><center>LinuxSampler for Mac OS X &nbsp; <img src="gfx/logos/apple.png"> &nbsp; HOWTO by Toshi Nagata&nbsp;</center></h2>  <h2><center>LinuxSampler for Mac OS X &nbsp; <img src="gfx/logos/apple.png"> &nbsp; HOWTO by Toshi Nagata&nbsp;</center></h2>
12  <br>  <br>
13  <center>December&nbsp;18th,&nbsp;2007</center><br>  <center>January&nbsp;6th,&nbsp;2008</center><br>
14  <div style="background-color: #F4F4FF; margin: 1em 3em 1em 3em; padding: 1em 1em 1em 2.2em;">  <div style="background-color: #F4F4FF; margin: 1em 3em 1em 3em; padding: 1em 1em 1em 2.2em;">
15  <a href="#intro">1.&nbsp; Introduction</a><br>  <a href="#intro">1.&nbsp; Introduction</a><br>
16  <a href="#requirements">2.&nbsp; Requirements</a><br>  <a href="#requirements">2.&nbsp; Requirements</a><br>
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23  <a href="#houston">5.&nbsp; Installation Troubleshooting</a><br>  <a href="#houston">5.&nbsp; Installation Troubleshooting</a><br>
24  <a href="#docs">6.&nbsp; Detailed Documentation</a><br>  <a href="#docs">6.&nbsp; Detailed Documentation</a><br>
25  <a href="#bugs">7.&nbsp; Bugs, Problems and Feature Requests</a><br>  <a href="#bugs">7.&nbsp; Bugs, Problems and Feature Requests</a><br>
26  <a href="#contact">8.&nbsp; Contact</a><br>  <a href="#credits">8.&nbsp; Credits</a><br>
27    <a href="#contact">9.&nbsp; Contact</a><br>
28  </div>  </div>
29    
30  <a name="intro"></a>  <a name="intro"></a>
# Line 62  available on OS X yet. Of course you can Line 63  available on OS X yet. Of course you can
63  connected over the network to your OS X box or you could try to run it in a windows  connected over the network to your OS X box or you could try to run it in a windows
64  virtual machine. We discourage running a virtual machine along with the sampler  virtual machine. We discourage running a virtual machine along with the sampler
65  as both applicationes are very CPU and RAM hungry therefore the performance  as both applicationes are very CPU and RAM hungry therefore the performance
66  of LinuxSampler will be suboptimal.  of LinuxSampler will be suboptimal.<br>
67    <a href="http://download.linuxsampler.org/pix/screenshots/osx_qsampler_0_2_1.jpg">
68     <img src="screenshots/osx_qsampler_0_2_1_preview.png" border="0">
69    </a>
70    
71  <a name="requirements"></a>  <a name="requirements"></a>
72  <h3>2.&nbsp; Requirements</h3>  <h3>2.&nbsp; Requirements</h3>
# Line 72  of LinuxSampler will be suboptimal. Line 74  of LinuxSampler will be suboptimal.
74    <li>PPC or Intel Mac (an Intel Mac should provide much better performance)    <li>PPC or Intel Mac (an Intel Mac should provide much better performance)
75    <li>Mac OS Tiger or later (Leopard should work too)</li>    <li>Mac OS Tiger or later (Leopard should work too)</li>
76    <li><A HREF="http://www.jackosx.com">JackOSX</A>. Install it before LinuxSampler</li>    <li><A HREF="http://www.jackosx.com">JackOSX</A>. Install it before LinuxSampler</li>
77      <li><A HREF="http://pete.yandell.com/software/">Pete Yandell's MIDI Patchbay</A> or a similar tool</li>
78  </ul>  </ul>
79    
80  <a name="installation"></a>  <a name="installation"></a>
81  <h3>3.a&nbsp; Installation</h3>  <h3>3.a&nbsp; Installation</h3>
82  Simply download the latest version of the LinuxSampler Mac OS X installer  <ol>
83  from the <a href="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html">LinuxSampler    <li>Install <A HREF="http://www.jackosx.com">JackOSX</A>
84  Download Page</a>, <br>    (if you don't have it already).
85   and mount it on Finder. You    </li>
86  will find a single folder "linuxsampler051-mac-20080102". Copy this    <li>Download the latest version of the LinuxSampler Mac OS X installer
87  folder to wherever you like (e.g. under /Applications).    from the <a href="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html">LinuxSampler
88  <br>    Download Page</a>, and mount it on Finder.
89      </li>
90      <li>You will find a single folder "linuxsampler051-mac-20080102". Copy this
91      folder to wherever you like (e.g. under /Applications).
92      </li>
93    </ol>
94    
95    <a name="using"></a>
96    <h3>4.&nbsp; Using the Applications</h3>
97  The folder contains three items, "bin", "linuxsampler" and  The folder contains three items, "bin", "linuxsampler" and
98  "qsampler". Double-click on qsampler. The application launches, and you  "qsampler".
99    <ol>
100    <li>Start qsampler.app. The application launches, and you
101  will see messages saying that linuxsampler is now running. After a  will see messages saying that linuxsampler is now running. After a
102  while, you will also see that the JackPilot application (installed by  while, you will also see that the JackPilot application (installed by
103  the JackOSX installer) automatically launches showing the Jack server  the JackOSX installer) automatically launches showing the Jack server
104  already running.  already running.
105    </li>
106    <li>
107  <a name="using"></a>  Since CoreMIDI is sometimes too slow to respond when creating a new MIDI device.
108  <h3>4.&nbsp; Using the Applications</h3>  so you need to increase "Timeout" parameter in the
109  Now that we installed everything, let's get wet and start the applications:  Options:Server Settings to, 10000 msec.
110  <ol>  </li>
   <li>Start QSampler, the GUI frontend. It should automatically start LinuxSampler the backend application</li>  
111  </ol>  </ol>
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112    
113  <a name="setup_midi"></a>  <a name="setup_midi"></a>
114  <h3>4.1&nbsp; Setting up MIDI Input</h3>  <h3>4.1&nbsp; Setting up MIDI Input</h3>
# Line 116  LinuxSampler currently only supports the Line 127  LinuxSampler currently only supports the
127  on Mac OS X.  on Mac OS X.
128  Click on AUDIO devices icon and then on Create.  Click on AUDIO devices icon and then on Create.
129  <br>  <br>
130  <br>  You can of course save and load sampler session as LSCP files which will
131    automaticall set up audio and midi devices and load samples into the channel strips.
132    <ol>
133     <li>
134     Connect audio ports:
135     In the "Connections Manager" pane of JackPilot: linuxsampler --> Built-in audio: in1 & in2
136     or
137     In the "Connections" window of qjackctl: linuxsampler --> coreaudio<br>
138       <a href="http://download.linuxsampler.org/pix/screenshots/osx_qjackctl.jpg">
139        <img src="screenshots/osx_qjackctl_preview.png" border="0">
140       </a>
141     </li>
142     <li>
143     Start MIDI Patchbay.app and connect your MIDI Input instance (probably your MIDI interface or USB-enabled keyboard) to  the "LinuxSampler_in_0"
144     MIDI Output<br>
145       <a href="http://download.linuxsampler.org/pix/screenshots/osx_patchbay.jpg">
146        <img src="screenshots/osx_patchbay_preview.png" border="0">
147       </a>
148     </li>
149    </ol>
150    
151  <a name="load_samples"></a>  <a name="load_samples"></a>
152  <h3>4.3&nbsp; Loading Samples</h3>  <h3>4.3&nbsp; Loading Samples</h3>
# Line 127  Audio device, MIDI device, MIDI port and Line 156  Audio device, MIDI device, MIDI port and
156  Click OK.  Click OK.
157  <a name="houston"></a>  <a name="houston"></a>
158  <h3>5.&nbsp; Installation Troubleshooting</h3>  <h3>5.&nbsp; Installation Troubleshooting</h3>
159    TODO
160    
161  <a name="docs"></a>  <a name="docs"></a>
162  <h3>6.&nbsp; Detailed Documentation</h3>  <h3>6.&nbsp; Detailed Documentation</h3>
# Line 163  gracefully, and I need to do "Force Quit Line 192  gracefully, and I need to do "Force Quit
192  linuxsampler subprocess is still running and I need to stop it by  linuxsampler subprocess is still running and I need to stop it by
193  "killall linuxsampler".  "killall linuxsampler".
194  </li>  </li>
   
195  </ul>  </ul>
196    
197    <a name="credits"></a>
198    <h3>8.&nbsp; Credits</h3>
199    Thanks to Stephane Letz (Initial OS X port) and  Ebrahim Mayat (OSX Howto fixes, testing, screenshots)
200    
201  <a name="contact"></a>  <a name="contact"></a>
202  <h3>8.&nbsp; Contact</h3>  <h3>9.&nbsp; Contact</h3>
203  If you have questions or want to help us to improve the sampler,  If you have questions or want to help us to improve the sampler,
204  subscribe to the <a href="http://www.linuxsampler.org/developers.html">  subscribe to the <a href="http://www.linuxsampler.org/developers.html">
205  LinuxSampler Developer's mailing list</a>.  LinuxSampler Developer's mailing list</a>.
206  <br><br>  <br><br>
207  That's it, enjoy!<br>  That's it, enjoy!<br>
208  <br>  <br>
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