Category: Escalador Audio

 

 

 

The keys [7 8 9] from the numeric keypad are intended to be used with
Windows and Linux because those systems use [in Firefox] these keys [Control Option and command] to operate other functions

 

 

• For a Mac mini computer (or other computer) with a processor of 2.6 GHz 64-Bit Intel Core i5 with 8 GB of RAM, we recommend for the audio output: 2 channels 16-bit Integer (or 24 bits integer) @ 44.1 kHz

 

• Or 2 channels 32-bit Float @ 44.1 kHz (we recommend this set for a Mac Pro late 2013, 2019 release in our case) rather than 2 channels 32-bit Float @ 48 kHz

 

• Depending of your system, you can choose higher values, for example, 2 channels 32-bit float @ 96 kHz

 

• We recommend a very useful equalizer: Audio Equalizer, that can be used with the Escalador Audio.

 

Of course, if you have adequate performance audio hardware, you can turn off Audio Equalizer in order to use your sound hardware equipment.

 

Escalador – System Requirements

• Minimum requirements:

For a Macintosh computer, system Sierra or above is recommended.

A computer with at least a processor equivalent to a 2.6 GHz 64 Bit Intel Core i5 8 GB of RAM.

• Recommended: 16 GB of RAM or even more.

Of course, on Windows 10 or Linux (Ubuntu 20.04.4), it works fine using the requirements showed above.

• Important notice:

When using the Escalador Audio, on a computer with 8 GB of RAM, in some circumstances some non desired sound clicks or sound glitches could be heard because of the RAM memory had reached its maximum capacity.

 

• Important Issues found on Linux systems:

Because of a BUG on Linux, before launching Escalador and in order for Escalador Audio work properly, first run Firefox and then launch Escalador.
• Using the last version of Linux, on our case: Ubuntu Linux Mate 22.04, the BUG is not present.

 

 

• About erratic windows on Linux

 

• About MAC address on Linux

After launching for the first time Escalador, the Installer will ask you to enter your name and the License code.

 

• After entering correctly your name and the License code, you see an idle window like the one showed below:

If it continues on the idle state, it means that your Linux system do not have yet a proper MAC address.

• To solve this problem, you have to stop the installation of Escalador, then:

1. Open your terminal program, and enter: ifconfig (then do an enter or return key)
If you see as a result: Command ‘ifconfig’ not found, but can be installed with: sudo apt install net-tools

2. In order to solve the problem, on the terminal program simply put the line code:
sudo apt install net-tools
and then, your password

• Then, at the end of the process, it will show your MAC address on the terminal window and you will be able to install properly the Escalador.

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On Manjaro Linux which is an Arch Linux based distro you can use pacman to install the package containing ifconfig called net-tools:

sudo pacman -S net-tools

On Debian based distros you can use:

sudo apt-get install net-tools

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• The browser

The Escalador Audio is made to be used only on Firefox. Other browsers will not work.
We recommend to use the last version of Firefox.

• The localStorage

LocalStorage is necessary to used correctly the Escalador Audio.
We recommend to make a test of localStorage here before buying the Escalador software.

If you see that: … characters were stored successfully… (see below), it means that localStorage is working fine on your Firefox browser, and you can use Escalador Audio.

 

You can use about:config on Firefox to see (and change if you like) the default quota for localStorage

The maximum possible number is 2147483647. We recommend to put this value is you plan to use several Escalador Audio windows.

• Plugin:

We recommend the use of Clear Browsing Data

 

We recommend to choose this preferences:

At the Firefox tab-bar you can then choose the function you need

It is a good practice to clear the cache periodically

 

• Disable “Prevent this page from creating additional dialogs”

It is very important NOT to click on the “Prevent this page from creating additional dialogs” square button because Escalador Audio needs this window to work properly.

But you can disable this message to be showed, for example, to prevent accidental clicking this square button.
To do so:
• 1 Enter about:config into the url field of Firefox
• 2 Search for dom.succesive_dialog_time_limit
• 3 Click the Number radio button

 

• 4 Put -1 (or 0) on the field and click the blue button

 

Now we can see the window but without the radio button.

 

• For Cookies and Site Data:

If you want to preserve the Escalador Audio’s Windows Guides positions, you have to leave unclicked the Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed square button

 

• Concerning the Block pop-up windows
Escalador Audio uses pop-up Windows

Solution 1: Do not click the square button for pop-up windows

 

• Solution 2: (If you do not want to use pop-up windows with Firefox) click the Block pop-up windows square button

Then, click the Exceptions button (on the right) and allow the Escalador Audio URL

 

• About saving scales, buttons, instruments, reverberations, etc. data with Firefox

In order to have the option for saving data parameters of data files created by Escalador Audio, you have to click “Always ask you where to save files” button

 

• About some erratic behavior of Firefox

If you denote that Firefox is behaving erratic in some way, for example the audio or video are not functioning properly, you can try, for example to refresh Firefox as showed below. First, open the Application Menu…

  Then click on the Help menu…

Then, click on the More troubleshooting information…

Here you have the Firefox’s website where you have more information about troubleshoot and diagnose problems.

 

• Increasing Firefox memory cache

• About Firefox’s Memory:
browser.cache.disk
browser.cache.memory

We recommend to enter the value: 2147483647 on the browser preferences:

To perform this operation, go to Firefox’s url field:

• Write about:config as indicated below
• Put memory on the search bar as indicated below
• Put the number 2147483647 in each of the four browser preferences indicated below in bold characters 

Do not forget to put -1 into browser.cache.memory.capacity
and
true into browser.cache.memory.enable

• Close the Firefox window