a few things on the memory stick probably require explanation

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    bestof

some music that I acquired since the last time I sent you anything

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    AudioPrograms

various software systems for your studio machines

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    backup0

this directory contains the java runtime environment

you will need it to run the crkodrt2 program

just run the executable ... I would suggest running it
as administrator

I would also suggest changing the installation directory
for the jdk AND the jre

on my machines, I install the jdk at

  C:\Java\jdk1.8.0_131

and so the runtime path becomes

    C:\Java\jdk1.8.0_131\bin

this path needs to be placed into an environment variable named "JAVA_HOME",
and also at the end of your "PATH" environment variable

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    AliansProjects

I would copy this directory right to your C drive

once the java runtime is in place, so can open
a DOS box ( open it as administrator )

cd to

  C:\AliansProjects\crkodrt2

next, we need to execute a command so that the java runtime
knows where to find things ... even though everything it
needs is in the current directory, java does not know this
unless you tell it

  set classpath=.\*;%classpath%

    or for older versions of windows, you might have to execute

  set classpath=.;%classpath%

now we can run crkodrt2 with a command like the following:

  java crkodrt2 -N1 -PCDFAP AboriginalConstellation_Chart.xml -C5

the program will default initially to using the Microsoft MIDI Mapper, and
that will probably work at least partially, so you will probably hear
something ... since we specified -C5 above, if you hear something, it
will be one loop of the fifth chart of the Aboriginal printout

there should be a log file created in the current directory, which
we can use if something goes wrong

we can work from there, and I can show you how to use it for cooler stuff


