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Just posted 3.0.2 RC1 which has a compact interface option for those with smaller screen resolutions.

Hi Ralph-

3.0.2 RC1

The Kit window covers a portion of the tabs, making them harder to click, and it's aligned too far left:

[img:b63fac7686]http://home.comcast.net/~SMG_Music/Snap1.png[/img:b63fac7686]

-Susan

Oops
This will be fixed ASAP.

3.0.2 RC2 is now out with the graphics fix.

Ralph [RZ] wrote:3.0.2 RC2 is now out with the graphics fix.

I can verify that the graphics are now OK, however, as a test I installed to my netbook (Dell Mini 10 running XP and Cubase 5) and the compact view is cut off at the top -- it's actually the title bar of container window of Cubase, because that window is then larger than 600 pixels in height and you can't scroll to get to the title bar in order to close the VSTi. Bizarrely, even if I increase the resolution to 1024x768 (which on a 1024x600 physical screen allows you to scroll up and down on the virtual desktop), it's still not possible to get to the title bar as the VSTi window is stuck against the top of the screen. I suspect this may be a Cubase window-handling issue, so time permitting I'll install Reaper and try again.

Either way, I think the compact view may have to go down another 30-50 pixels in height to be netbook-friendly!

[EDIT] I've tested it with Reaper, but of course Reaper has a completely different approach to handling VST GUIs than Cubase. It's usable in Reaper if you set a virtual desktop to be larger than the physical screen -- with the Intel 945 chip common in many netbooks this is possible although you may have to go into the advanced setting of the monitor to display settings other than 1024x600 and 800x600. This also solves the problem in Cubase once you change the default in Preferences to not set VST windows to "Always on top". It turns out that that's the default in Cubase 5, but I was able to just get onto a few pixels of the title bar that had disappeared off the top of the screen, right-click and uncheck "Always on top"!

[EDIT]Finally, just to add that I don't think the graphics issues are with JS3, but rather with the host's window handling in both Cubase and Reaper. I also don't think it's realistic to run JS3 on a netbook, even with ASIO4All -- although it [i:581bc6d87f]is[/i:581bc6d87f] possible with buffer sizes in the region of 1024 samples, I regard it more as a technical experiment until someone writes an ASIO driver for those RealTek audio chips ... or until the next generation of netbooks! I do think it's a worthwhile test, though, as the 1024x600 format is likely to be popular for a while to come yet.

(Using Reaper 3.60/3.61) If I change the style or the player in the brain window, the window shows only the brown background until I scroll, at which point the controls reappear. The groove, accent and fill tabs all act the same way and switching between them does not force a refresh, only scrolling does.

[img:6f4d764464]http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/1921/missingcontrols.png[/img:6f4d764464]

Yeah I have that problem sometimes too, except when I wanted to get a screen shot, then it behaved itself.

Sometimes the upper right corner of the black screen would show up out of kilter with the brown screen, but as you said, scrolling gets it cleared up.

RhythmicallyChallenged wrote:...I also don't think it's realistic to run JS3 on a netbook, even with ASIO4All -- although it [i:93f3a5d66c]is[/i:93f3a5d66c] possible with buffer sizes in the region of 1024 samples, I regard it more as a technical experiment until someone writes an ASIO driver for those RealTek audio chips ... or until the next generation of netbooks! I do think it's a worthwhile test, though, as the 1024x600 format is likely to be popular for a while to come yet.

JS3 runs OK on my Acer Aspire 532h 2Br netbook (XP OS).

I'm very interested in the smaller interface because I'm running Jamstix 3 on my netbook as an ultra portable option. For example, to use on holidays while the missus is sunbathing.

Jamstix works fine on my netbook with Reaper with the onboard sound when I'm programming other instruments in midi using the midi event editor in Reaper.

For audio recording over the drum tracks, I'm using my Toneport UX1 and I can get low enough latency using the Line 6 ToneDirect monitoring.

I like the option to reduce the dynamics realism to reduce memory useage because I've only got 1GB RAM on my netbook. Whereas AD and SSD take up too much memory for my netbook, so they're restricted to my desktop.

Pete

The brain display issue will be fixed in RC3.

Huggy_baby wrote:(Using Reaper 3.60/3.61) If I change the style or the player in the brain window, the window shows only the brown background until I scroll, at which point the controls reappear. The groove, accent and fill tabs all act the same way and switching between them does not force a refresh, only scrolling does.

[img:8227b52319]http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/1921/missingcontrols.png[/img:8227b52319]

Got that bug also... cannot refresh.