Getting Started Installing the Beatnik Editor |

A guide to the Beatnik Editor installation process.
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System Requirements Running the Beatnik Editor Installer Program System Requirements Mac OS Minimum system: PowerPC Macintosh, 604 processor or later, 180 MHz or better System 8.6 or later 64 megabytes of RAM - 10 megabytes free for Editor 2.0 8 megabytes of free hard drive space for installation Netscape, Microsoft Internet Explorer, or AOL Web browser, version 4.0 or higher (for online help) 16-bit or higher color display Recommended: PowerPC Macintosh, G3 processor or later Mac OS 9.0.4 or later 128 megabytes of RAM 15 megabytes of free hard drive space for installation Windows Minimum system: Pentium Pro Processor, 200 MHz or better Windows 95 64 megabytes of RAM 7.3 megabytes of free hard drive space for installation Netscape, Microsoft Internet Explorer, or AOL Web browser, version 4.0 or higher (for online help) 16-bit or higher color display Recommended: Pentium III Processor, 300 MHz or better Windows 98 128 megabytes of RAM 15 megabytes of free hard drive space for installation Running the Beatnik Editor Installer Program The installation steps depend on your operating system: Installing For Windows Installing For Mac OS Installing For Windows
For Windows, the Beatnik Editor installer is distributed as a program called beatnik-editor-2.0- install.exe.
To install the Beatnik Editor:
Launch the installer program, beatnik-editor-2.0-install.exe. Follow the onscreen instructions. If you want to drive the Beatnik Editor's Live MIDI Input feature with a MIDI sequencer program running on the same computer, you'll need to install a free MIDI routing utility such as MIDI Yoke or HUBI. For detailed instructions, see the section Setting Up for Live MIDI Input Installing For Mac OS
For Mac OS, the Beatnik Editor installer is distributed as a StuffIt archive file called beatnik-editor-2.0-install.sit .
To install the Beatnik Editor:
Unstuff the file beatnik-editor-2.0-install.sit, using any of the StuffIt utilities from Aladdin Systems. For a free copy of a StuffIt utility, see the Aladdin Systems Web site: http://www.aladdinsys.com Unstuffing the file produces an application called Beatnik Editor Installer. Launch the installer program, Beatnik Editor Installer Follow the onscreen instructions. In your Mac OS Memory Control Panel, make sure Virtual Memory is turned off. If you expect to use large Sessions or large amounts of MP3 data in the Beatnik Editor, increase the Beatnik Editor's minimum memory requirement by a few megabytes: In the Finder, select the Beatnik Editor application icon, and then select Get Info from the File menu. In the Beatnik Editor Info window that appears, select Memory from the Show: menu, and then increase the number in the Minimum Size: box by a few thousand, and close the Info window. If you want to use the Beatnik Editor's Live MIDI Input feature, you'll have to install the Open Music System (OMS) MIDI routing utility. Performer users will also have to install FreeMIDI. For detailed instructions, see the section Setting Up for Live MIDI Input. If you want to use a Netscape browser to view the Beatnik Editor's online User's Guide and Help, be sure Netscape's minimum memory requirement is set to at least 26,000 K bytes. In the Finder, select the Netscape application icon, and then select Get Info from the File menu. In the Netscape Info window that appears, select Memory from the Show: menu, and then type 26000 into the Minimum Size: box and close the Info window. Note for Beatnik Editor version 1 Users: Installing version 2 of the Beatnik Editor does not remove your version 1 installation, so you can have both versions on you machine if you like. With both versions installed, you'll notice the following behavior: Session documents created with version 2 have a new icon. Session documents created with version 1 will open in version 1 when double- clicked in the Finder. Session documents created with version 2 will open in version 2 when double- clicked in the Finder. To update a Session document from version 1 to version 2, open it in version 2. If you want to remove version 1 from your machine - for example, to recover disk space - just drag the Beatnik Editor Folder to the trash, as well as the BeatnikEditorPrefs file (in the Preferences folder, which is inside your System Folder).

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