The Harmonizer
Programmer’s Manual
The Harmonizer
Programmer’s Manual Page 16 of 97 Release 1.2.1
1999 Eventide, Inc.
VSIGFILE
System Requirements and Background Knowledge Required
To run VSigfile, you will need a PC-compatible running Microsoft Windows 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98, NT3.51, or
NT4.0, fitted with a minimum of 8M ram (16M for NT). Macintosh users have had some success running
Vsigfile under the "Virtual PC" Windows emulator, but Eventide is unable to assist in replicating this
operation.
To communicate with the Harmonizer you need either a Windows supported MIDI interface (typically
Creative Technology’s “Soundblaster”) or an IBM PC type RS232 serial port. You can create programs on
VSigfile without the Harmonizer connected, but you can’t run them on the Harmonizer until they’re
uploaded (and this, of course, requires connecting the Harmonizer to your computer!).
This chapter assumes that you’re familiar with the operation of a PC and with the Windows operating
environment and that you’ve read the User’s Manual and the General Principles Chapters in this manual.
COMMUNICATIONS
You will create programs in VSigfile and then send them to the Harmonizer to be run, or you will receive
programs from the Harmonizer to edit in VSigfile. Either way, there needs to be a communications link
between VSigfile and the Harmonizer. You have your choice of a MIDI connection or a serial port
connection. We’ll look at each in turn.
Establishing a MIDI Connection
Assuming you’ve launched VSigfile, choose Comms under the Preferences menu. Choose
MIDI as the Comms Type in the dialog box that opens.
Then choose MIDI config.
The dialog box that opens allows you to select an input
interface and an output interface from the possibilities
that exist on your particular computer. Select the
interface(s) you want to use. Make sure that the output
goes to the external MIDI socket, not to the internal
(usually wavetable) synthesizer.
You will need to connect the MIDI Output on the Harmonizer to
your chosen MIDI Input interface on your computer and vice versa
.
One way communication is not sufficient.
