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How to diagnose and repair any problems you may encounter while using the Beatnik Editor. Mac OS Users: Netscape is default browser, but the Beatnik Editor's Online Help uses Microsoft Internet Explorer This can happen because most of the Mac OS `default browser' settings apply only to the http: protocol, whereas the Online Help system uses the file: protocol. To set Netscape as your default browser for the file: protocol: From the Apple menu, launch the Internet Control Panel. The Control Panel will open a dialog box. If you don't see an Advanced tab next to the News tab, turn Advanced Mode on. Go to the Edit menu and select the User Mode... command. Then, in the dialog box that appears, select Advanced and click the OK button. Click on the Advanced tab, and then click the Helper Apps icon. Scroll the list of handlers down until you come to a line containing file in the Type column, then select that line. It should show Microsoft Internet Explorer as the current file handler. Set your preferred browser as the handler for the file type. Click the Change... button, then click the Select... button. In the navigation dialog box that appears, locate the browser that you want to use to read the Beatnik Editor Online Help, then click the OK button. Close the Internet control panel. Mac OS Users: Your MIDI or Digital Audio file doesn't appear in the Import dialog box On Mac OS, the Beatnik Editor won't recognize files with bad - that is, missing or incorrect - type and creator codes if the filenames don't end in a recognized extension. Change the filename to end in .wav, .aif, .aiff, .au, .mp3, .mid, .smf, .midi, .rmi, or .rmf as appropriate. Mac OS Users: Make sure you're using Sound Manager 3.1 or later Earlier versions of Sound Manager are not compatible with the Beatnik Editor. Mac OS Users: Turn off RAM Doubler and Virtual Memory The RAM Doubler utility and the Mac OS Virtual Memory feature can interfere with the Beatnik Editor's timing and operation, degrading the audio output and risking crashes. If a sample won't loop... Is the loop start point set to 0? All Beatnik playback software treats a sample start point of 0 as an order to not loop the Sample. Open the Sample in the Sample Editor and change the loop start to 1. Mac OS Users: If you're using OMS... Make sure you are using version 2.1 or greater.

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