Requirements

What do you need to run bZone?

• A Yamaha A-series sampler:
  - A3000 running OS 2.0
  - A4000/A5000
  I can personally confirm that these are great machines to test bZone with ;-)
  Apart from that, they are great creative samplers.
• A PC running 32bit MS Windows.
  Meaning Win95, Win98, WinME, WinNT 4.0 or Win2000.
• A bidirectional MIDI link between PC and the sampler.
  This means: the MIDI out of your PC should go to the MIDI in of the sampler. And vice versa. You can of course put other instruments in between, as long as they perform MIDI thru. If you wish to use an external keyboard with bZone (for editing and testing), you'll need a MIDI patchbay or a multi port interface. Note that not all MIDI cards/interfaces handle heavy system exclusive traffic equally well. Check the MIDI Interface Compatibility List.
• 1024x768 pixels and true color display.
  bZone will run with less colors but look not quite look as expected.

MIDI Interface Compatibility List

Here's a list of cards/interfaces that have shown to work () or not work () with bZone. When a card is marked non working, it means the card has shown problems with heavey MIDI sysex on some systems. It might work for you, but is not recommended for using with bZone.

It seems that some USB MIDI interfaces have problems with heavy sysex. It is said that this is a problem with USB although some manufacturers have found a workaround. A bit more info can be found here. If you are planning on getting one and plan to use it with bZone, please check this list if it is listed as working

	Producer	Name	Typei	Multi	Remarks
	Creative Labs	Any SoundBlaster	ISA/PCI	No	Might work but not recommended. Lots of sysex problems noticed.
	DigiDesign	Digi001	PCI	???	Has problems with sysex.
	EgoSys	WaMi Rack 24		???	Has problems with sysex.
	Emagic	Unitor8	Serial	Yes	WinNT drivers are not multiclient
	Emagic	Unitor8 MkII	Serial/USB	Yes
	Emagic	AMT8	Serial/USB	Yes
	Guillemot	Home Studio 64	???	No	---
	MidiMan	WinMan 2x2	ISA	Yes	---
	MidiMan	WinMan 4x4	ISA	Yes	---
	MidiMan	PortMan 2x4	Parallel	???	---
	MidiMan	MidiSport 2x2	USB	???	---
	MidiMan	MidiSport 4x4	USB	???	---
	MidiQuest	MPU401 clone	ISA	No	---
	MidiTerminal	Mts-64	???	No	---
	MOTU	Midi Express XT	Parallel	Yes	Does work with bZone but some driver versions have shown sysex problems.
	MusicQuest	2Port/SE	???	???	---
	Opcode	Studio 64	Serial	Yes	---
	Opcode	8Port/SE	???	Yes	---
	Opcode	MIDI Translator	Parallel	Yes
	Roland	Smpu64	???	Yes	---
	Terratec	EWS64XL	???	Yes	Multiclient only on port 1
	Turtle Beach	Tahiti	???	No	Multiclient with Hubi or MidiThru
	Voyetra	VP 22	ISA	No	---
	Yamaha	UX256	USB	???	Has problems with sysex.