APX - Insomnia Sound Editor - Bug?

[maguman]

I've used the old APX Insomnia sound editor program on real hardware. I was just looking for a version to use in an emulator, but I am having trouble getting it working. Specifically, the file "INSOMNIA.INS" designed to incorporate sound effects into BASIC is giving me trouble. It just hangs, even when trying the basic tests from the manual.

 

The only version I have been able to find online was on atariarchives.org. This is the version that doesn't seem to work.

 

Does anyone have an ATR with a copy that does work?

[olavese@online.no]

I've used the old APX Insomnia sound editor program on real hardware. I was just looking for a version to use in an emulator, but I am having trouble getting it working. Specifically, the file "INSOMNIA.INS" designed to incorporate sound effects into BASIC is giving me trouble. It just hangs, even when trying the basic tests from the manual.

 

The only version I have been able to find online was on atariarchives.org. This is the version that doesn't seem to work.

 

Does anyone have an ATR with a copy that does work?

 

This might work, hopefully : http://www.atariarchives.org/APX/showinfo.php?cat=20073

[maguman]

This might work, hopefully : http://www.atariarchives.org/APX/showinfo.php?cat=20073

 

Thanks, but that is the version I tried that doesn't work. I can't seem to find any other copies anywhere. Does anyone have a different copy?

[olavese@online.no]

This might work, hopefully : http://www.atariarchives.org/APX/showinfo.php?cat=20073

 

Thanks, but that is the version I tried that doesn't work. I can't seem to find any other copies anywhere. Does anyone have a different copy?

 

Do you start with Basic enabled? RUN "D:INSOMNIA.ED"

 

It started fine for me, but I can not use it ... Just pressed some keys and saw something change

 

Anyone have the manual?

[maguman]

This might work, hopefully : http://www.atariarchives.org/APX/showinfo.php?cat=20073

 

Thanks, but that is the version I tried that doesn't work. I can't seem to find any other copies anywhere. Does anyone have a different copy?

 

Do you start with Basic enabled? RUN "D:INSOMNIA.ED"

 

It started fine for me, but I can not use it ... Just pressed some keys and saw something change

 

Anyone have the manual?

 

Gave up on it for a while and only just came back to it.

 

After some trial and error I think I have found the problem - the supplied example doesn't work. Once I figured this out, and generated a new sound file, I managed to edit/save/load/play in a BASIC program etc without problems.

 

I've got a copy of the manual - I can PDF it if you are interested. It is only a few pages long.

[olavese@online.no]

This might work, hopefully : http://www.atariarchives.org/APX/showinfo.php?cat=20073

 

Thanks, but that is the version I tried that doesn't work. I can't seem to find any other copies anywhere. Does anyone have a different copy?

 

Do you start with Basic enabled? RUN "D:INSOMNIA.ED"

 

It started fine for me, but I can not use it ... Just pressed some keys and saw something change

 

Anyone have the manual?

 

Gave up on it for a while and only just came back to it.

 

After some trial and error I think I have found the problem - the supplied example doesn't work. Once I figured this out, and generated a new sound file, I managed to edit/save/load/play in a BASIC program etc without problems.

 

I've got a copy of the manual - I can PDF it if you are interested. It is only a few pages long.

 

 

Would be great :-)

[Syfo-Dyas]

I've not ran anything in basic for years.

 

How exactly do I go about this again?

 

I'd be interested in a manual too for when I get it running. The more musick programs the better.