New Update to Doggiebox Drum Machine Released
 September 24, 2003
Zygoat has released version 1.0.4 of
Doggiebox, their beat sequencing software for Mac OS X.
Zygoat Doggiebox is a versatile percussion sequencer (drum machine
application) for Mac OS X aimed at guitar players, drum programmers, home recording
and low-end studio folk. With it, you can:
- Create and modify drum tracks of unlimited length using a flexible yet intuitive interface
- Specify intricate rhythms with ease
- Include tempo and time signature changes (including compound time) over arbitrary bars
- Create and modify your own drum kits, from the sounds they produce to the icons used within the program
- Play back a song using different drum kits, via automated instrument matching
- Designate song sections, such as verses and choruses, for easy navigation and management
- Export your creations to AIFF or WAV (or any of a dozen formats) for use in other audio recording applications
Version 1.0.4 is a free update and includes several improvements to both the drum kit editor
and song editor.
New features in the drum kit editor:
- Support for dragging and dropping sound files to and from the Finder, as well as saving to disk in any chosen format.
- Volume slider control for adjusting the nominal level for each drum sound.
- Support for dragging and dropping drum images to and from the Finder, or directly from graphics applications, as well as copy/paste using the clipboard, and saving to disk in TIFF format.
Improvements to the song editor:
- Fixed a bug where some Undo functions would not work in a newly created song.
- Fixed a bug where importing or exporting sounds would fail when the filename contained non-standard characters.
- Fixed a bug where it was impossible to delete the first section marker in the list.
- Added a collapse-to-mono toggle button.
- Improved responsiveness of user interface and position indicator after stopping playback.
- Improved the alert messages when a drum kit is missing or unavailable - no longer says "Cannot find '(null)'".
Doggiebox costs USD $29. A functional
evaluation version is available for free download. Doggiebox requires Mac OS 10.1.3 and up
(though Mac OS 10.2 is strongly recommended).
For more information, visit their web site at www.doggiebox.com. |
