Date: Mon, 15 JUN 1998 14:32:19 +0000 (GMT) From: Dave Walker Subject: Acorn Developer News 15/06/98: Ursula SoundControl, New CMHG, New Toolbox Help, etc etc To: isvquery@acorn.com Resent-Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 15:28:03 +0100 (BST) Resent-From: regdevs@acorn.com Resent-Sender: regdevs-request@acorn.com Hi folks... Acorn Developer News 15/06/98 Ursula SoundControl Specification --------------------------------- The functional spec for this module is now available as http://www.art.acorn.co.uk/SALES/DEVELOPERS/resource/docs/api/ursula/soundctrl.txt ; in brief, the module controls mixing and sampling in the Phoebe sound system and claiming of the hardware to do it, and provides device information to claiming processes. It isn't a MIDI spec, but it should be noted that software which intends to use the MIDI interface will need to claim it using the API detailed here. New CMHG -------- We've found an exotic bug in CMHG 5.18, as was available before now on the developer site as updates/ucmhgbeta.arc . The bug only manifests itself if you are using event handler veneers to catch "output buffer empty" events (event code 0); the veneer which is generated by CMHG 5.18 masks out event 0. Whoops. The upshot of this is CMHG 5.19, which you can find as http://www.art.acorn.co.uk/SALES/DEVELOPERS/resource/updates/ucmhg519.arc ; please use this version for all future builds. New Toolbox Help ---------------- An updated copy of Neil Bingham's StrongHelp-based Toolbox help system can be found as http://www.art.acorn.co.uk/SALES/DEVELOPERS/resource/devtools/toolboxhelp.arc Acorn World Developer Village ----------------------------- Jonathan Cooke tells me he's received quite a few (about 20) requests for more information about the Developer Village at Acorn World; he intends to get back to everyone with more details as soon as he can. Factors such as default stand size, etc, will be influenced by the number of developers who choose to exhibit in this area, and as such are unlikely to be finalised for a while yet. A Request from Sibelius ----------------------- Jonathan Finn was in touch the other day, and one of the things he mentioned was that Sibelius are looking to recruit an additional software engineer. If any of you guys know anyone who might be interested in this position, please pass the job requirements and contact details on to them... > Sibelius Software is well advanced on a successor to the > highly > successful Sibelius 7 music processor, to run on RISC OS, > Mac OS, and > Windows 95/98/NT 4. > > We are looking for a highly experienced RISC OS developer to > add to > our team: you will lead the RISC OS side of the project, but > will > get to work on all three platforms, using the latest > techniques, tools and languages. You will become a key > member of a > rapidly-expanding company. > > You must be well-versed in object-oriented programming in > C++ (C is > not sufficient) and have worked on at least one major RISC > OS > application. If you like writing elegant classes to > encapsulate > complicated algorithms and API calls, and/or you want a rare > opportunity to write truly cross-platform software, this job > is for > you. An interest in music would also be useful but not > essential. > > The job is in central/south-west London. You should be > available to > start in Summer/Autumn 1998. Salary is negotiable but > generous. > > Please SEND (not email) your CV to: > > Jonathan Finn > Sibelius Software Ltd. > 75 Burleigh Street > Cambridge > CB1 1DJ Cheers, -- Dave Walker, Developer Support Specialist Acorn Computers Ltd Tel: +44 (0) 1223 725233 Acorn House, 645 Newmarket Road Fax: +44 (0) 1223 725333 Cambridge, CB5 8PB, United Kingdom WWW: http://www.acorn.co.uk/ **** ACORN WORLD '98 16 - 18th OCTOBER 1998, LONDON ARENA, DOCKLANDS ****