Richmond Sound Design Ltd. Theatre Sound Design, Show Control & Virtual Sound System Software ABEdit Release Notes VERSION 7.3.8 changed the ff/fr to use GO CHANNEL SET fixed crash when double clicking on a crosspoint VERSION 7.3.7 the bug with playback channels that are not on the screen is fixed VERSION 7.3.5 ABEdit now requires only Version 439 of AB64 firmware and will not run with any other firmware version Bug in saving snapshots is fixed VERSION 7.3.4 Requires Firmware A439 reworked all EQ functions now uses all 7 filter types Peaking (which used to be called band pass) LowShelf HighShelf LowPass HighPass Notch BandPass EQ editor and Live control can no longer save wierd eqs with no filter type set and no longer created wierd filters when gain is near 0 BUG show editor when viewing a cue click in right pane in empty area at bottom the button states are not updated to reflect that nothing is selected VERSION 7.3.3 Firmware installer and abedit firmware install now includes rescanning for ab64 after the first send ---to fix hangup when ip address hasn't been reestablished yet Scans for audioboxes when the project is an ab64 one and there is no box so now you can -turn off the ab and turn it on again and abedit reconnect -put abedit in the computer's startup and when the network is ready it will connect with the ab64 VERSION 7.3.2 when sending files to the AB64 (in ABContents) the new files come up with a time of 0 in the project pane FIXED after sending a file to the AB64 - the capacity/used/free fields are all 0 FIXED ABContents when ab64 the fields showing defrag info and the defrag button are no longer visible VERSION 7.3.1 Includes A437 firmware VERSION 7.2.8 automatically updates firmware in AB64 fixes the problem with buffers in the AB1616 you will need to: -run ABEdit -refresh the show on the AudioBox -shut down the AudioBox -close ABEdit -restart the AudioBox -restart ABEdit VERSION 7.2.7 REQ firmware version A433 ABShow - click on snapshot folder - ID now blank instead of saying 127 ABSM->ABEdit show files - importing show file with null list name caused error - events with no comment in the show file now parse the command and create a comment when importing the show to abedit i finally experienced the audio contents window coming up blank sometimes i think its the new firewall i am using that brought it up FIXED BUG-record --only seems to work for devid 0 never put in to get the devid from the ab FIXED - now uses "all call" as devid -- this is ok because the message goes to a specific IP address, unique to the particular AB VERSION 7.2.5 The EQ does not display under the selected fader.  The first 16 seem to be ok, but after that the display can go most anywhere. FIXED Doing big snap shots of an entire channel is ok , again through ch 16.  After that, selecting ch 17 has tick boxes displaying as ch 9 etc. Similar problem both horizontally and vertically. FIXED - if he really meant in the xpoints At the upper end of the crosspoints,  starting at 55 or so,  each time there is a change, the program shuts down -- divide by zero error, not a vaild key sometimes. FIXED EQ inputs and outputs tooltip doesn't deal with proper page FIXED VERSION 7.2.3. requires firmvare versions T274, V694, A431 new firmware loader for AB64 added AudioBox 64 box name updated file transfer function for new firmware that checks for lost packets and retries if necessary Hard Disk info Question mark button in status window for AB64 -displays Model, Capacity in GB, Serial Number, firmware revision, sectors per interrupt, sectors per multiple command, 48 bit addressing, minimum I/O cycle and cable select. VERSION 7.2.2. With GO button window active, f12 wasn't working FIXED SC window -new button to toggle time display mode between time elapsed and time remaining for all channels -click on individual time in any channel to toggle between modes -the global button will override these, setting all channels to the requested mode -upon opening the playback window, all channels will be set to the last globally selected mode GPI lockout value not being saved in startup cue when all other GPI parameters are default FIXED submasters with no box connected now default to 64 (or it was a bug) when sending one file (show or selection) to the box no longer allowed to change description field (so that it always matches with the file name to allow compatability with abshowmaker) VERSION 7.2.1. Requires Firmware A427 Show Control window added button to load a show Show Control window added button to disable all channels tooltip for padlock in SC window VERSION 7.2.0. requires firmware A426 - A427 previous and next buttons added to event editor(s) added set GPO to Output Levels window Button in Input, Output and crosspoint windows to zero all autopans NOTE: the autopan settings in ABEDit are not "live' settings the box has no memory of what the autopans were also - xpoint autopans are not remembered from one time to the next of opening the crosspoint windows minimize button on help page when the go button window is the window with the current focus, spacebar does F12 Show editor in the right pane, when events are shown, the time field now shows both the 'time from last event' and (in parentheses) the time from the beginning of the cue all editing is still done in 'time from last event' and is adjusted accordingly in the list. This included moving, deleting and pasting events VERSION 7.1.9. requires firmware A426 removed the low level format command from the AB64 version reworked the file transfer and filedata to match up with A426 MSC Lighting messages handled properly now in Tracksheet The refresh button won't work if you use it during playback of sounds. First you have the stop all sounds playing. Then you can refresh the AB64 fixed Labels next to the input and output sliders are not displayed properly FIXED VERSION 7.1.7. requires AB64 firmware A424 changed disk structure new file import editing Playback events for 1616HD FIXED snapshoting input delay enables FIXED VERSION 7.1.6. requires AB1616 firmware version T273 - updated GPI settings in Show Setup - fixed problems with editing playback messages for 1616HD - modified error field in status to be larger and have tooltip for messages that don't display properly - io snap new cue with no cues file not found- FIXED VERSION 7.1.5. In multiband EQ windows, HP and LP bands get shown as BP when they are not selected though they display correctly when selected. When a single band is chosen, adjusting it does not make the curve display on the main curve. FIXED In the MSC editor, the data in the Cue, List and Path fields should not disappear when the command is changed from Go to Stop to Load, etc. DONE In the right pane of ABShow when clicking on the white area (not on messages or cues) all data should be deselected so that pasted data will go at the end of everything instead of somewhere in the middle. This is quite a mess right now, actually... FIXED VERSION 7.1.4. requires firmware A423 with a full box (8063 selections) the filedata update at the beginning now takes 2.75 seconds instead of 360 seconds!! playback upper load , go, load and go buttons changed to a camera button (snapshot) now makes snapshot data and doesn't actually send the messages. Showcontrol window Double click in treeview shift key not pressed - load cue to standby shift key pressed - go cue AB64 playback the go channel set and load commands weren't recognizing a channel marked as stopped because the SCSI boxes return 1 for stopped and the enet box returns -1 (both are "non zero") FIXED when the program starts or when selecting a new project with an ab64 for the first time a window opens with the following message in it if the user says ok, and agrees that he knows what to do, then the program stores a flag and this message will not appear again "You are running Version 714 with an AB64 with Version A423 Firmware This firmware uses a different system for storing file data. You must clear the directories on the AB64 and then reload all of the files on the AudioBox. After this message, ABEdit will close. This message will only show up once so PLEASE note these instructions before exiting this Dialog. Select Print to print these instructions. After noting or printing the instructions, Select 'OK' To clear the directories, press the Page Button on the AB until you get to the 'UNIT SETUP' page. Then press tab until 'CLEAR DIRECTORIES' is hilited. Press Enter. The AudioBox will show: 'ALL AUDIO AND SHOW FILES WILL BE ERASED' Press 'OK'. Restart ABEdit. You will be prompted to load the Default show. Do that. Then under the ABContents menu Select 'Shows' and hilite all the shows in the project and refresh. Then select 'Audio Selections' and hilite all the selections in the project and refresh. Now you are ready to go." VERSION 7.1.3. it has the few error trap fixes in the show control window and i added a couple of things in the sc window, just 'cause when i was testing stuff lately it seemed useful Show Control window in the treeview: double click on a cue loads that cue to standby shifted double click on a cue goes that cue (in both cases the path must be opened or nothing happens, just like sending that message from anywhere else) VERSION 7.1.2. delays not getting sent properly in SCSI boxes (crept in when programming the AB64 Delays) FIXED Input window not showing user-defined lables properly when no audio playing FIXED Input window not showing link buttons when scrolled out of the 1st bank FIXED VERSION 7.1.1. program now finds more than one AB64 on the network (if there is more than one) ABContents now shows correct disk info Import Show File for AB64 now works you can now only import a show from the current audiobox Import Project for AB64 now works -(mostly at least) you can now only import a project from the current audiobox somehow in the programming of the AB64 Xpoint delays, the i/o delays got changed to the xpoint delay command FIXED IO snapshots select all/none only doing visible ones FIXED - now does all Xpoint snapshots select all/none only doing visible ones FIXED - now does all snapshots program now indicate when a the contents of a snapshot have been changed and need update when selecting a new template when closing snap window for ins/outs/masters/xpoints ABcontents print/save when saving as a file, added the option to use tabs as a delimeter for import into spreadsheet (tested with excel) added .1 second wait between getting file and directory data when selecting a SCSI box... (in hopes of fixing richard's problem) VERSION 7.1.0. recognizes multiple audioboxes it no longer keeps asking for the default show VERSION 7.0.9. requires firmware A421 Source Mix added to command parser Source Mix editor added added check for auiobox functioning correctly on the LAN with the IP returned by the inquiry returned by the broadcast looking for AB's on the LAN set cobranet added to input output windows auto update for cobranet cobranet added to startup cue cobranet editor and command parser LCD display window added to view menu BUxG Output EQ's not displaying properly FIXED BUxG in show props the reset actions command is wrong ... not same as spec FIXED BUxG a bad enet msg was showing up when switching to an AB64 project from a non ab64 project NOTE: this could affect the problem with not recognizing the default show ....since i never could duplicate that, i dunno for sure. some one let me know about this plz VERSION 7.0.5. Garbage data error bug fixed VERSION 7.0.4. BUxG error while displaying show control window with additional lists showing with a list with the last cue gone FIXED VERSION 7.0.3. requires Firmware A417 has a few more fixes BUxG outs and ins don't update slider on bank scroll FIXED BUxG Displaying EQs FIXED added firmware version check for ab64s some text changes a bit of more elaborate checking for what screen stuff needs updating VERSION 7.0.2. added SET RESET ACTIONS to the show properties window this puts it in the setup cue BUxG 24. When trying to do a snapshot including any input or output channels above 16 ABEdit closes with no error message. FIXED BUxG 25. When trying to do a snapshot including any Xpoint with input or output greater than 16 ABEdit closes with no error message. FIXED BUxG Output VU displayed incorrectly - shows same as input FIXED I put some error traps in the places scott was having trouble with the program closing please report to me what they say (including the title of the dialog), or a screen capture the functions to send files and to delete files have been beefed up. I don't get any errors or timeouts here (though sometimes when sending a file, there is a long pause) VERSION 6.6.1. in Hotkey mapper, add a button that says "Create/Edit HotKeys" it takes you to the appropriate place in ABShow also labeled the hotkey selector combo "Current Active HotKeys" BUxG64 Double clicking on a matrix fader with no Box attached creates an error 54... (in ab64 mode) FIXED BUxG snapshots over channel 8 (IO snaps) were not saving (from changes for ab64) FIXED VERSION 6.6.0. BUxG EDIT EQ message always says it changed when you cancel, even if it didnt FIXED BUxG changing device ID (abshow) of an EQ event fixed new button in ABShow "D" changes event descriptions to stock description BUG opening showcontrol with additional tree open --only when there is a list (so far just the 1st one) with the last cue gone ....... it seems and the main treeview and the little one's  - don't get the list name big floating resizable GO Button -in show control menu -does whatever f12 would do when you press it added text field to the VU/Progress control now, in Outputs the playback text (vertical text on left of strip) also shows current position of selection Gauge in Show control window, showing free cue buffers BUxG VU window doesn't get closed and reopend when the project changes BUxg Cue Properties now button (real time cues) doesn't seem to do anything NOW IT Does there has been a lot of work done in changing to accomodate the AB64 most of this should be invisible when using the 1616HD and the AB1616 there will be some places where 64 devices are shown, but only the appropriate ones are enabled, mostly in editors the Playback window is slightly different it was the only way i could accomodate 64 playback channels without a complete change of approach. VERSION 6.5.9. requires firmware T272 V693 BUxG ABShow editing a playback message created with null go sent from the playback window -this made a message with a 00 delimeter, but not a location string - it is legal but the editor wasn't handling it properly FIXED BUxG tracksheet - type mismatch error VERSION 6.5.8 Requires AudioBox Firmware T271 or V691 program now checks diskstate flags to see if HD too slow for playback prompts accordingly Playback         Set Stop notification window has "Save to Cue" button         allows appending, replacing or creating a cue BUxG Playback click on ssn (!) with no audioboxes, untrapped error FIXED BuxG         Show control menu         some menu items weren't performing their respective tasks FIXED VERSION 6.5.7 Requires AudioBox Firmware T271 or V691 SetStopNotify editor now says in the window that the large blank field will actually capture ABEdit actions in order to set the message that one wants to save with the SSN message. The Playback window now includes a way to Cancel Resume - the only way I can find to do it now is go into ABShow, open the Resume message and change it to Cancel. --its a red X on the playback strip for that channel BUxG   In the Input and Output windows, when you click on the slider track and hold  the mouse button down, the numeric display at the top changes from the MIDI value to the deciBel value but then the numbers are too big to display FIXED BUxG When the Capture ABEdit Actions window is open, the Set Matrix commands are captured but not sent to the AudioBox. FIXED BUxG Inputs and outputs, weren't remembering the link info. (since floating , i think) FIXED BUxG MSC pyro events get the device# changed without a prompt probably others too FIXED BUxG  if a file is already the way the AB wants it (48K and mono) and needs no processing at all (therefore does not need the file loader to do anything with it) but if its suffix is .WAV instead of .wav then the file loader sees it right up to the point where it tries to add it to the project and put it on the AB. FIXED VERSION 6.5.6 MIDI In to HotKey Mapping MIDI->HotKey Mapping in Project Menu create or edit mappings map any midi channel voice message to any 'cue' in the hotkey folder captures midi input Use Velocity note on -determines whether to check velocity on incoming Note On msgs. listbox sorts by clicking on column headers - reclick for reverse BUxG XPoint form wasn't opening when it should with project change FIXED VERSION 6.5.5 requires V691 or T269 PROCESSING AUDIO FILES there is a second listview which shows the destination files on the box and the files already on the box and the files in the project -destination files are in bold/black they can be dragged to swap with another destination files or to a blank space (where there is noting in the box or in the project) or double click on a file and enter a new selection # -files in the box are in black -files in the project and not on the box are dark red neither of these can be moved or replaced. -user selects whether to show the box/project files in the destination window -New option for stereo files that are being split "Group Target Files together" when checked, stereo pairs will be loaded to the box in consecutive slots. BUxG when you try to type a fader value into the INPUT OUTPUT OR CROSSPOINT window while there is an AUTOPAN time set. The fader tries to travel to the position of each digit making it very hard to do. FIXED BUxG Floating Windows - If you float a window and then unfloat it that window is then contantly highlighted but not available in the taskbar. FIXED added selection # to title in "Send To AudoBox" window BUxG - (here's one that got by us all) in listviews that use the selection# text for a sort , there were only 3 places ("001") so selection 900 comes up AFTER selection 8063 FIXED some changes in opening floating windows this may help several errors people are getting when opening a project or floating window found error when opening Xpoints window(floating) - fixed Program now remembers the if status window at the bottom of the main screen is visible or not (by project) BUxG - since floating windows, the show control hot keys were not functioning Changed the hotkey handling but had to fudge F12 'cause you can't use registerHotKey in 2k or xp ----jeez so that key works off the main menu and when a floating window is active, the toolwiindow form traps and performs f12 updated manual to 6.4.3 VERSION 6.5.4 Requires firmware version(s) V690, T268 BUG - Double clicking the Refresh Show button causes a file open error. FIXED BUG - Save as New Cue/Append a cue from the snapshot function allows you to change the description in the cue window but doesn't save the description. FIXED Save as New Cue from the snapshot function brings up the new cue window but the cursor was not in the cue number field by default - you don't have to click in it now. put the #'s on the bottom of the Xpoint snapshot window ABShow when creating the first message in a cue, the message was hilited but not active. NOW when a new message is created, it becomes the hilited message, whether it is the 1st one or not BUG - run time error 438 when he tries to change a crosspoint level without an AudioBox or SoundMan-AB connected FIXED Grab Live the following event editors now have a "Grab" button, which gets the appropriate live data from the AB the button is not enabled if there is no AB Set Input/Output Level Set Submaster Level Set Crosspoint Level Set Delay Enable/Disable Delay Mute/Unmute Channel Solo/Unsolo Channel Set EQ SET INPUT CHANNEL MODE SET MIDI ECHO these have no grab because there is really no live data to grab: Playback (GO-STOP-LOAD-RESUME) Playback (GO CHANNEL SET) SET MATRIX MIDI SHOW CONTROL Event MTC Generator (Enable-Disable-Start-Stop-Zero-Set) MIDI Channel Voice BUG - Selecting 4 new selections via Add/Drop new results in selections 2,3 &4 added first then selection 1 (alphabetically). Now they are sorted alpha when they are listed what really should happen here is they should be in the order in which they are selected but the windows file selection dialog comes up with some strange orders like ..select a file, then hold shift and click on another one down the list. -you get the first one last, the last one first, and the others sorted in between. so for now, they just get alpha'd Crosspoint controls - made the wheel control accelerate the change when moved faster. you can now get the full throw with one quick wheel movement In the right pane of ABShow, when messages are displayed, the right panel of the status bar shows the cue description -it was the easiest place to put it without redesigning the ABShow window. in ABShow, after using paste in the right pane, the last selected item is still selected and visible ABShow Copy and paste - when copying a cue prompts you to make a new cue number it now prompts you to make a new description BUG XPOINT - when using the wheel hovered over the knob it screws up with the polarity reversed, (always comes up full) FIXED - BUG MIDI VOICE/Channel msgs doesn't allow custom descriptions in ABShow FIXED VERSION 6.5.3 requires firmware versions T268 and V690 ----------------------------- Live fade levels not updating properly until the live window is made active - FIXED ------------------------------------- command parser not showing anything for machinery format - FIXED ------------------------------------- DEFINITION- AudioBox Event -all sysex events starting in F0H 00H 00H 40H 02H msc Sound Format commands msc Playback Format commands msc AllTypes format commands ----------------------------- ABShow- list pane -only events that are AudioBox type commands AND are of the same device # as the durrent show are hilited. -the prompt about changing the device id to that of the show only happens now if the event is an AudioBox event ----------------------------- while i was messing with an old show, testing stuff about filtering AB messages: i needed to write a function that goes through the whole show and resets all Event Descriptions to Default So i figured i might as well make it available so New item in Show menu of ABShow (and right click of treeview on show root) "Reset All Comments To Default" goes through the whole show and changes all the event descriptions to the default for that message ------------------------------------- Show Defaults - Set ID when it goes through the events in the show to check ID's, it only lists and changes AudioBox Events ------------------------------------- VERSION 6.5.1 Renumber cues -now you can use the scroll wheel to change the increment -added a warning panel that is visible when it applies warning about cue# overlaps this is instead of the annoying window that would pop up and demand a response for every increment user is promped about the overlap when choosing to apply. Crosspoints added options: Show Numbers - when checked displays numeric representation of all Xpoints in the grid Color - sets the color of the numbers, when displayed F - foreground color B - Backgroung color Use Mouse Wheel - when checked, hovering the mouse pointer over any xpoint activates using the mouse wheel to change levels mousewheel in number entry fields in: renumber cues form crosspoint details All time edit fields now scroll with mousewheel when selected the digit that the mouse pointer is over is the one affected by the wheel VERSION 6.5.0 Subs not showing numeric values due to wrong max height FIXED but you gotta expand the window height to see it Joystic Configuration in project menu select         no joystick         joystick 1         joystick 2                  when a joystick is selected, moving the stick (full throw),         or pressing buttons 1-4 will hilight the corresponding combo box         the combo boxes contain some stock actions and all of the project's HotKeys.                  so any combination of messages can be triggered by the joystick by making HotKeys (see HotKeys)                  hotkeys triggered by the joystick will operate just as if they were triggered from the keyboard         and are stopped in the same manner. Playback when clicking on the button that activates GO-LOAD-STOP-RESUME with no selection chosen: the selection selection dialog is presented atomatically, like always if there has been a selection made, the chosen command will be executed immediately. Before you had to click on the button again. Crosspoint - click on xpoint knob when details window opens, it automatically has the text box selected so you can type in a # and press enter to set.