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  • Announcements:
    New version v0.95 available
    kooBase will soon go into CVS

  • The kooBase Manual:
    Check out the online manual here!

  • Current Version:
    The current version is 0.95, from Apr/26th/1999. The main difference to v0.92 is its structure and documentation! Have a try - get it and extend it! kooBase is still beta! Certain features are still not implemented (I thought the software-redesign was more important). If stability problems occur - they will please be sent to Jan Würthner

  • Definition of the kooBase Project:
    kooBase is a music application, including several editors, general MIDI import/export, and a nice API that allows kooBase to be extended.

  • Prologue:
    The original application, that gave me the inspiration to kooBase, is of course the well known program CuBase (Steinberg Research), which unfortunately is available for Mac/Wintel only. Certainly I cannot provide all the features CuBase does. For this reason there is an API that allows the user to extend kooBase, i.e. manipulate tracks and notes, or whatever one can do with notes, as well as implement new editors (since v0.95).

  • Features:
    • plays music data to the soundcard or a connected MIDI device
    • imports and exports MIDI file format (mostly implemented, still a little buggy)
    • uses natively an own file format (.kb extension)
    • supports several MIDI input methods:
      • records data from am extern MIDI device (not implemented yet)
      • mouse input through a very extensive score editor
      • mouse input through a drum editor
      • ... we plan to implement a piano roll editor as well as an event editor!
    • supports harddisc recording (not implemented yet)
    • structured layout offers a comfortable way to organize a piece of music


  • Screenshots:
    If you're unsure what this is all about, these may help!

  • Traffic:
    You are visitor no. since December 6th 1998

  • Discussion:
    Any comments, or questions that I (or someone else) may be able to answer, might be given into the discussion group ! Everyone is welcome! It is also the right place to see, how kooBase is developing...

  • Download:
    Get your version of kooBase and tell me what you think about it.

  • Handbook:
    Here you can read the details about kooBase, how to use it and how to extend it.

  • Authors:
    Jan Würthner and Fabian Wenzel started the project.
    Antonio Larrosa provided the MIDI output methods (taken from his work: kmid).

  • MIDI:
    The internet is rich of classical MIDI files, as well as information on the MIDI file format and other MIDI- and soundapplications for Linux!

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