Update on a couple of Mac issues

willeykj

I was messing with the code today and wanted to pass on some things that need to be edited to keep SP working on the Mac

the Sound problem
newer versions of OS X changed the sound APIs so you have to do an edit on the dls_synth.rb file in order for SP to keep working

To to the Midiator/Lib/Drivers directory and edit dls_synth.rb

find module AudioToolbox and make it look like this:

module AudioToolbox
extend DL::Importable
dlload '/System/Library/Frameworks/AudioToolbox.framework/Versions/Current/AudioToolbox'
dlload '/System/Library/Frameworks/AudioUnit.framework/Versions/Current/AudioUnit'

ComponentDescription = struct [

Joint Settings contextual menu doesn't work

If you select a joint and right click you will get a contextual menu with " Joint Settings" at the bottom.
This should open an inputbox where you can set Joint Parameters
It doesn't work and throws an error in the console about a missing method.

Edit the JointTool.rb file and change the definition of the setJointSettings method

find:

def setJointSettings()
to
def self.setJointSettings()

Issues with colors in the dialogs obscuring text
Edit the controlpanel.html file in the SketchyUI directory and comment out the .css links to simplify the UI
To comment out HTML you use the HTML comment tags:

Alternatively, you can simply delete the 2 lines

Here's what you're looking for:

<link href="sketchy.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="default.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">