CompuServe Messages

Barbara: Good News! There is an updated driver on our BBS which takes care of this problem. (You weren't doing anything wrong.) As it turns out, the original Proteus driver was created on an XR. It was our understanding originally that the XR and the Proteus handled their banks in the same way, but they don't. When the Proteus tries to audition a patch, it sends it to a reserved "slot" (Bank 1, sound 1) and the driver makes an attempt to play it there. The problem is that on the XR, this was in a RAM bank, so instrument patches could be written to there with no problem. The Proteus, on the other hand, uses a ROM bank there, so naturally, auditioning the instrument patch there resulted in hearing the same thing all of the time (piano sound), because no new instruments could be placed there. In any case, the problem is fixed, and you can download the updated driver from The Blue Ribbon Connection BBS (404-315-0211). I apologize for any inconvenience. Happy Composing!!! Adam Nitti The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks