Over the past few years, we have come to realize that Alphabet Soup means different things to different people. We are always interested to learn from Users just how they make use of Alphabet Soup.

User stories inspire us and we thought they might inspire you as well. This is why we are now reaching out to you to send us your stories. Got pictures? Send them to us as well.

Send your story and images to info at ozmusiccode.com

Operators are standing by.

PB&J (pulses, beats and jams) is a new series of Apple Loop sample CDs from the chefs at Oz Music Code. Created by professional musicians and producers in world-class studios, using vintage outboard gear and instruments, this collection represents the very best in Apple Loop content

These Apple Loop files can be used in Garage Band, Logic Express, Logic Pro, or any other application for Macintosh, or Windows PC using AIFF files.

This special collector set contains over 3,000 loops arranged into six volumes:

Vol.1 - Acoustic Drums Construction Kits
Vol.2 - Multitrack Drum Loop Construction Kit
Vol.3 - Multitrack Hi-Hats & Rides
Vol.4 - Acoustic Hip Hop Drums
Vol.5 - Acoustic Rock Drums
Vol.6 - Abstrakt Funk Vision

This special collector edition also includes a bonus demonstration version of Alphabet Soup v2.0.4 sample player for Macintosh (Power PC).

All files sampled at 44.1KHz, 16 bit.

Available immediately for US$29.95 including shipping via US Post.

Check www.ozmusiccode.com for upcoming PB&J title releases.

Labels: Apple Loops, Sample Library

As of November 2005, Oz Music Code LLC. will conduct all developer related activities from it's new office in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

According to Dr. Leigh Smith, co-founder and CTO for Oz Music Code, "Moving the developer relations office to Amsterdam makes great sense to us. We are much closer to our technical talent base here in Europe, yet we are still very much in touch with our main office in New York. This is really the perfect situation for us as we move into the next phase of our business".

If you are a software developer and are interested in working with the Oz Music Code team, please feel free to contact us.

Alphabet Soup V2.0.4 is now served piping hot:

• Fixed crash when playing through the JackOSX router.
  
• Fixed bug when dragging a sound onto a key while it is already playing a sound never stopped the playing sound.
  
• Enabled playing on audio devices using noninterleaved audio channels such as the Digidesign Mbox (tm).
  
• Corrected bug that allowed dragging sounds if clicking on empty keys then dragging over occupied keys.
  
• Corrected bug that prevented MIDI devices lacking output endpoints from appearing in MIDI play preferences.
  
• Added version checking to inform users of the availablity of new versions.
  
• Corrected crash on exit when connected to a MIDI interface.

As part of a strategic partnership deal, Oz Music Code will take over distribution of Pocketfuel’s popular RADS and Sound Gallery libraries.

RADS (Rhythmic Architectural Design Systems Volumes 1-4 and Sound Gallery Volumes 1 and 2 are now available at www.ozmusiccode.com/pocketfuel

These titles can be purchased direct from the Oz Music Code site for US$29.95 each including free shipping via US Post.

Oz Music Code will also be re-releasing the top-selling RADS Vol.5 Acoustic Rock Drums and RADS Vol. 6 Abstrakt Funk Vision in the coming months.

Demo files for all of these titles can still be found at www.pocketfuel.com

Due to overwhelming popularity, Oz Music Code will also be releasing new titles from the Pocketfuel Sound Gallery.

These files work well within Oz Music Code’s own sample player, Alphabet Soup as well as many other music software applications.

While each title is different, supported audio file formats include: WAV, “acidized WAV,” REX, REX2, RCY and AIF.

Additionally Oz Music Code has already begun work to release a line of Apple Loops culled from the Pocket Fuel catalog.

Stay tuned to www.ozmusiccode.com for more news!

An issue can arise when upgrading from Alphabet Soup V1.0-V1.2 to V2.0.X. Due to the colour schemes changing between releases, old colour schemes can render the editing sound view in the key inspector invisible.

To fix this, remove (either before installing AlphabetSoup 2.0.2 or after) all AlphabetSoup colour files in ~/Library/Colors:

• With the Finder open the folder Colors under Library in your home folder.


• Drag all files with the name AlphabetSoup*.clr to the trash. For example AlphabetSoupPotato.clr.


• Restart Alphabet Soup. New versions of the colour schemes will be created and saved. Sound views in the Key inspector should now display properly.

Note that using the standard colour browser in TextEdit, it is possible to create your own colour schemes for Alphabet Soup. More details on this in future Cooking Hints.

The OZMC chef's are proud to announce a new Alphabet Soup. We've bumped up to a small patch release:

• Corrected NSScanner nil string argument error displayed in the console when running on a machine with no MIDI devices.


• Corrected bug when attempting to save a .soupp file after dragging sounds from another .soupp keyboard.


• Added warning message for "Save As..." if attempting to save a file with dragged regions.


• Made saving more robust when user pathologically chooses to save a .soup file with dragged regions.


• Corrected bug causing license keys to not verify if they had trailing or leading spaces.

Season with spicy samples to taste. Enjoy!