Step-by-step installation instructions for the Kangas Sound Editor QI

G'day! Here are the instructions for installing the Kangas Sound Editor QI 2.8.0 (KSEQI). If you get stuck on any of the steps, you can use the forums or contact Roo or Joey directly (see links on the KangaSound home page) to get help.

  1. If this is the KSEQI for Windows, you can skip this step (go to step 2). Download and install version 6 of the Java Runtime Environment from http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp. Read the link Installation Instructions (also on that web-page) for details of how to do this. If you are a Mac user, there is limited support for Java SE 6 - see support web-site for details.
  2. If you haven't already done so, download the KSEQI installation program. This can be done from one of the download links under Software or Download the Kangas Sound Editor QI from external sites on the KSEQI download page.
  3. If this is the KSEQI for Windows, you should skip this step. Rename the downloaded installation program if necessary to have a file extension of .jar (on IE6 on Windows it is currently downloaded with an extension of .zip).
  4. Run the KSEQI installation program by (double) clicking on it.
  5. Proceed through the installation program, selecting an installation type (new or upgrade), and supplying values for the installation path, and path to the database files. If you are upgrading, you will also need to supply the path where the old database files are located. You will eventually reach a page which summarises your choices; pressing the Next button will commence the actual installation.
  6. On Windows, the opportunity to create icons is given. On other operating systems, this has to be done manually (although the installation program will help you by providing a file containing short-cut information).
  7. On Windows, we recommend changing the target properties for the KSEQI to allow it to use more memory. For example, prepending 'javaw.exe -jar -Xmx640m' before the soundeditor.jar file will allow upto 640MB to be used by the JVM (Java Virtual Machine). It is not advisable for the number of MB to exceed 70% of the physical memory of the machine (We use 640m with 1GB of physical memory).
  8. Start the KSEQI by clicking on it's icon, or invoking from the start menu (depending on what options you selected during installation).
  9. Select 'Help->System info' from the KSEQI menu bar. Look for the entry beginning with 'user.dir ='. KSEQI needs full permissions in this directory in order to work properly. This is especially likely to need action in Windows Vista, with its increased security.
  10. Select the Graph->Create menu option. Now click on the finder icon to the right of the 'Base on graph:' field. In the finder dialog that results, set the 'Show graphs' checkbox to checked (should already be checked from KSEQI 2.7.0), and then press 'Go'. If a number of graphs appear without errors, it is likely that installation has been successful. Well done Sport!

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