Fdbget and Appreciation Software for Windows

ArtWonk
$199 - Algorithmic Arts

ArtWonk is a MIDI and graphics program that produces MIDI music and paint graphics based on algorithmic rules that you interactively create by connecting modules (graphical objects that represent functions and processes) in real time, adjusting the parameters as you go, in an interactive drag and drop environment especially designed to be fast to learn, fast to use. But ArtWonk did not achieve its ease of use by dumbing it down. Quite the contrary. With a starting palette of over 400 built in modules and functions, ArtWonk is one of the most powerful algorithmic composing programs available.

ArtWonk will drive MIDI synthesizers, soft synths and sound cards directly, effectively "playing" them in real time; it will also record directly to a standard MIDI file. Real time paint graphics can be created and manipulated on the fly; and both music and paint can be created together as a synesthetic whole.

ArtWonk is the successor to a long line of graphical, modular, and interactive algorithmic composing programs created by John Dunn that were inspired by the big analog modular synthesizers, going back to one of the first if its kind ever produced for MIDI, MusicBox, released to the public domain in 1986.
While you can easily create analog synthesizer style step sequencers with ArtWonk, it goes far beyond its sequencer roots, to give you algorithmic composing tools of all kinds. ArtWonk is essentially a program language specialized for creating music and visuals, intended to be used by artists and musicians. It is not a text based language like Java, C, or Lisp; instead it is a visual direct manipulation language that does not require you to take weeks to months to learn. You simply select graphical modules from a pop up menu, drag and drop their connections and interactions, listening to the results in real time as you build and modify your piece.

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Multiple Interface Watcher
$25 - Carsten Schmidt

Multiple Interface Watcher, MIW.exe
Version 1.1.0; April2005
Shareware by Carsten Schmidt

If you like this software and continue using it, please buy it. The price
is only 20 Euro. Follow the Paypal link on the webpage


Be sure to send your correct email address. It will be used as a user ID
and the registration code will be send to this address.

Please TRY BEFORE YOU BUY. No refunds will be given.

Please report bugs and feature requests to:
Carsten@CCSchmidt.de


How does it work and what does it do?

Generate a file with a list of devices that you want to monitor. Each line
in that file must follow the format given in the example file '
example_devices.txt':
;;;;.
Do not use more than 10 lines.

Start MIW and open your device file. You will see that a number of graphs
have changed their colour, they are now activated with your information.
Click on 'Start polling' to start the monitoring. The

Options
There are two places to change options: either by clicking on 'Show more'
which expands the GUI to show polling intervall and other options or you
select ToolsOptions from the menu to change graph behaviour.
All of the options are self explanatory like 'stay on top' and polling intervall.
If not, just try them out.

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ServiceWatchdog
$0 - Carsten Schmidt

ServiceWatchdog, servicewatchdog.exe
Version 1.0, May 2007
Software by Carsten Schmidt

If you like this software, please consider donating. Follow the Paypal
link or Amazon wishlist at:


Please report bugs and feature requests to:
Carsten@CCSchmidt.de


What does it do and how does it work?
If you have problems with a service that does not start automatically after
a reboot because needed resources are not online yet, this software fixes
just this problem.
The name of this program is a little bit misleading but I could not come up
with something better. "Delayed service starter" would describe it better.

The ServiceWatchdog is started automatically after a reboot. After a predefined
time interval, this service tries to start a defined service. It will try to
start the service twice and then it gives up. No logs, event messages or other
information is written.


Installation
1. Install the service with the command "servicewatchdog /install"
Uninstall the service with the command "servicewatchdog /uninstall"

2. Start and stop the service in Computer Management. This creates the
needed registry keys.

3. Start regedit and select "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareCCSchmidtServiceWatchdog"
Edit the 3 keys according to your needs:
Servicename = service name of the service to be started (e.g. Clipsrv for
clipbook)
Interval = time interval between start of ServiceWatchdog and start of the
selected service in ms. Default is 300000 (5 minutes).
Active = run ServiceWatchdog or not. Possible values are "yes" and "no".
Default is "yes". (no surprises here).

Check that startup type of ServiceWatchdog is automatic.


Version history

Version 1.0, May 2007
First release

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SoftStep
$99 - Algorithmic Arts

SoftStep is a modular MIDI step sequencer patterned after the modular analog step sequencers. The big ones, with lots of knobs and blinky lights. But SoftStep goes far beyond its step sequencer roots, to give you algorithmic composing tools of all kinds, including fractal, chaos, probability, and numerical based algorithms of virtually unlimited flexibility.

To create a MIDI composition with SoftStep you create the modules and connect them together to produce a MIDI data stream that drives any MIDI synthesizer, or sound card. It will make a standard MIDI file for your web page, to insert into your music notation sequencer, or just play with any MIDI file player.

You can begin with a simple sequence, and then repeat, modify or combine and recombine it with other sequences. Not only do you hear the changes instantly, you also see them. SoftStep modules are visually dynamic, with values changing, lights blinking, indicators flashing. This visual dynamic is what sets SoftStep apart from other modular algorithmic programs, that let you make the connections but otherwise give minimal visual feedback. With SoftStep, even large, complex patches are easy to follow because nearly every module gives an animated visual indication of its processes.

A review in Electronic Musician Magazine says: "A fascinating program from Algorithmic Arts, SoftStep responds to your playing in creative and spontaneous new ways. Play a major scale on your MIDI controller, and the software responds with an exotic microtonal cluster. Play a few more notes, and it responds with a soft, delayed version of the melody at a tempo determined by your playing Velocity. When you pause for more than a specified period, a long arpeggiated chord sounds. The harmony unfolds in response to biological information from genetic code, and a background rhythm responds to the patterns of a fractal image on the screen. Those are only some of the musical scenarios you can produce with SoftStep."

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Squid Efficiency Analyzer
$0 - Carsten Schmidt

Squid Efficiency Analyzer, squideff.exe
Version 1.1.0; May 2005
Software by Carsten Schmidt

If you like this software, please consider donating. Follow the link:


Please report bugs and feature requests to:
Carsten@CCSchmidt.de


How does it work and what does it do?
Software has been tested with log files from Squid 2.5 STABLE 5 for
Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP/2003

Open a log file and start analysis. Wait for the results which are shown
in an table (detailled view) and in a text field (summary). You may then
export the results to a file.
Squideff checks every line of the Squid log file and assigns occurrence
and traffic to the different cache codes. Afterwards, traffic from cache
and internet are calculated.

For this project I have decided to work with signed 64-bit integers in order
to work with large numbers (?2^63..2^63?1). Despite that, it may be possible
that values exceed this range. In that case, please tell me (not that I know
what to do about it).


The following codes are calculated as data coming from the cache:
- TCP_HIT
- TCP_REFRESH_HIT
- TCP_REF_FAIL_HIT
- TCP_IMS_HIT
- TCP_MEM_HIT
- TCP_OFFLINE_HIT
- UDP_HIT

The following codes are calculated as data coming from the internet:
- TCP_MISS
- TCP_REFRESH_MISS
- TCP_CLIENT_REFRESH_MISS
- TCP_SWAPFAIL_MISS
- UDP_MISS

The rest is shown as not considered for efficiency:
- TCP_NEGATIVE_HIT
- TCP_DENIED
- UDP_DENIED
- UDP_INVALID
- UDP_MISS_NOFETCH
- NONE

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Interface Traffic Indicator
$0 - Carsten Schmidt

Interface Traffic Indicator, inftraf.exe
Software by Carsten Schmidt

If you like this software, please consider donating. Follow the Paypal
link or Amazon wishlist at:


Please report bugs and feature requests to:
Carsten@CCSchmidt.de


What does it do and how does it work?
Inftraf is a tool that requests IN/OUT octet data (MIB2) from SNMP-capable
network interfaces. You can use this program in a professional network
environment to monitor selected network interfaces (even backplane ports
if the device provides the information) or you can monitor your home network
or cable/modem/ISDN connection to the internet. You can monitor bits/sec,
utilization and accumulated traffic.

Enter IP address and SNMP read community into the fields and click on FIRST
CONTACT. The program will then try to retrieve all interface information of
the device. If successful, this will enable the START POLLING button. Select
a polling interval and an interface and start polling.
Values in graph are calculated and shown as either bits or bytes per second
or utilization in percent. Just select the appropriate graph.
Error messages are shown in the statusbar at the bottom.
Other functions provided:
- Show device information
- Reset all values and graphs
- Options dialog
- Two log variations: normal log also shown in GUI and a debug log that shows
all polling information that was retrieved. Both can be written to files.

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