Hi, all

Hi Andrew,

This error message seems to be the main clue:

outs inconsistent with global nchnls (1); replaced with out

I have not seen the CSD but my guess is that it has a line setting
nchnls to 1 like this:

nchnls=1

probably in the head of the  section.  I'd try changing that to:

nchnls=2

steven


On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 5:58 PM, See Sound  wrote:
> Hi, all
>
>
>
> I am following the example on http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Csound#MIDI_playback
>
> Copying and pasting the "GM_example.csd" code (also modifying the path to
> the sound font), but "csound ./GM_example.csd" gives me:
>
>
> time resolution is 1000.000 ns
> virtual_keyboard real time MIDI plugin for Csound
> 0dBFS level = 32768.0
> Csound version 5.10 beta (double samples) Dec  3 2009
> libsndfile-1.0.20
> UnifiedCSD:  ./GM_example.csd
> STARTING FILE
> Creating orchestra
> Creating score
> orchname:  /tmp/filepv0vlb.orc
> scorename: /tmp/fileMOARQL.sco
> rtaudio: pulseaudio module enabled
> orch compiler:
> 122 lines read
>     instr    1
>     instr    10
> outs inconsistent with global nchnls (1); replaced with out
> error:  too many input args, line 122:
>        outs a1*kvol*(0.5-kpan/2)*kenv, a2*kvol*(0.5+kpan/2)*kenv
> error:  input arg 'a2*kvol*(0.5+kpan/2)*kenv' of type a not allowed when
> expecting i, line 122:
>        outs a1*kvol*(0.5-kpan/2)*kenv, a2*kvol*(0.5+kpan/2)*kenv
>         ################################################################
>         #              WARNING: OPCODEDIR64 IS NOT SET !               #
>         # Csound requires this environment variable to be set to find  #
>         # its plugin libraries. If it is not set, you may experience   #
>         # missing opcodes, audio/MIDI drivers, or utilities.           #
>         ################################################################
> 2 syntax errors in orchestra.  compilation invalid
> Removing temporary file /tmp/fileMOARQL.sco ...
> Removing temporary file /tmp/filepv0vlb.orc ...
>
> ------------
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> I could not get any help on the OLPC mailing list, nor on IRC.
>
> TIA
>
> andrew


Send bugs reports to the Sourceforge bug tracker
            https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=81968&atid=564599
Discussions of bugs and features can be posted here
To unsubscribe, send email sympa@lists.bath.ac.uk with body "unsubscribe csound"

I just took a look at the CSD and there's no header that one would
normally expect, so you should add nchnls=2 at the top of the
CsInstruments section.  It's odd too as it means the project is just
using default settings; maybe OLPC Csound was modified to default to
nchnls=2, I don't know, but they must be doing something or the
project would fail as it does for you.

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Steven Yi  wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
>
> This error message seems to be the main clue:
>
> outs inconsistent with global nchnls (1); replaced with out
>
> I haveO not seen the CSD but my guess is that it has a line setting
> nchnls to 1 like this:
>
> nchnls=1
>
> probably in the head of the  section.  I'd try changing that to:
>
> nchnls=2
>
> steven
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 5:58 PM, See Sound  wrote:
>> Hi, all
>>
>>
>>
>> I am following the example on http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Csound#MIDI_playback
>>
>> Copying and pasting the "GM_example.csd" code (also modifying the path to
>> the sound font), but "csound ./GM_example.csd" gives me:
>>
>>
>> time resolution is 1000.000 ns
>> virtual_keyboard real time MIDI plugin for Csound
>> 0dBFS level = 32768.0
>> Csound version 5.10 beta (double samples) Dec  3 2009
>> libsndfile-1.0.20
>> UnifiedCSD:  ./GM_example.csd
>> STARTING FILE
>> Creating orchestra
>> Creating score
>> orchname:  /tmp/filepv0vlb.orc
>> scorename: /tmp/fileMOARQL.sco
>> rtaudio: pulseaudio module enabled
>> orch compiler:
>> 122 lines read
>>     instr    1
>>     instr    10
>> outs inconsistent with global nchnls (1); replaced with out
>> error:  too many input args, line 122:
>>        outs a1*kvol*(0.5-kpan/2)*kenv, a2*kvol*(0.5+kpan/2)*kenv
>> error:  input arg 'a2*kvol*(0.5+kpan/2)*kenv' of type a not allowed when
>> expecting i, line 122:
>>        outs a1*kvol*(0.5-kpan/2)*kenv, a2*kvol*(0.5+kpan/2)*kenv
>>         ################################################################
>>         #              WARNING: OPCODEDIR64 IS NOT SET !               #
>>         # Csound requires this environment variable to be set to find  #
>>         # its plugin libraries. If it is not set, you may experience   #
>>         # missing opcodes, audio/MIDI drivers, or utilities.           #
>>         ################################################################
>> 2 syntax errors in orchestra.  compilation invalid
>> Removing temporary file /tmp/fileMOARQL.sco ...
>> Removing temporary file /tmp/filepv0vlb.orc ...
>>
>> ------------
>>
>> What am I doing wrong?
>>
>> I could not get any help on the OLPC mailing list, nor on IRC.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> andrew
>


Send bugs reports to the Sourceforge bug tracker
            https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=81968&atid=564599
Discussions of bugs and features can be posted here
To unsubscribe, send email sympa@lists.bath.ac.uk with body "unsubscribe csound"

Thanks for the quick response!

Great! Adding "nchnls=2" got me past the original error.

Now I am getting:

SoundFont file "/.../8MBGMGS.SF2" contains ROM samples !
At present time only RAM samples are allowed by sfload.
Session aborted !

I am a COMPLETE newbie with csound, and definitely need to read the fine manual, but the OLPC instructions seemed to promise instant (newbie) gratification, so I gave it a whirl ...

> using default settings; maybe OLPC Csound was modified to default to> nchnls=2, I don't know, but they >must be doing something or the

Without the "nchnls=2" I was getting the same error on the XO and on a standard Fedora (12) ...

I fixed the wiki!
On 14 Apr 2010, at 23:24, Steven Yi wrote:

> I just took a look at the CSD and there's no header that one would
> normally expect, so you should add nchnls=2 at the top of the
> CsInstruments section.  It's odd too as it means the project is just
> using default settings; maybe OLPC Csound was modified to default to
> nchnls=2, I don't know, but they must be doing something or the
> project would fail as it does for you.
>
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Steven Yi  wrote:
>> Hi Andrew,
>>
>> This error message seems to be the main clue:
>>
>> outs inconsistent with global nchnls (1); replaced with out
>>
>> I haveO not seen the CSD but my guess is that it has a line setting
>> nchnls to 1 like this:
>>
>> nchnls=1
>>
>> probably in the head of the  section.  I'd try  
>> changing that to:
>>
>> nchnls=2
>>
>> steven
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 5:58 PM, See Sound  wrote:
>>> Hi, all
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I am following the example on http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Csound#MIDI_playback
>>>
>>> Copying and pasting the "GM_example.csd" code (also modifying the  
>>> path to
>>> the sound font), but "csound ./GM_example.csd" gives me:
>>>
>>>
>>> time resolution is 1000.000 ns
>>> virtual_keyboard real time MIDI plugin for Csound
>>> 0dBFS level = 32768.0
>>> Csound version 5.10 beta (double samples) Dec  3 2009
>>> libsndfile-1.0.20
>>> UnifiedCSD:  ./GM_example.csd
>>> STARTING FILE
>>> Creating orchestra
>>> Creating score
>>> orchname:  /tmp/filepv0vlb.orc
>>> scorename: /tmp/fileMOARQL.sco
>>> rtaudio: pulseaudio module enabled
>>> orch compiler:
>>> 122 lines read
>>>     instr    1
>>>     instr    10
>>> outs inconsistent with global nchnls (1); replaced with out
>>> error:  too many input args, line 122:
>>>        outs a1*kvol*(0.5-kpan/2)*kenv, a2*kvol*(0.5+kpan/2)*kenv
>>> error:  input arg 'a2*kvol*(0.5+kpan/2)*kenv' of type a not  
>>> allowed when
>>> expecting i, line 122:
>>>        outs a1*kvol*(0.5-kpan/2)*kenv, a2*kvol*(0.5+kpan/2)*kenv
>>>          
>>> ################################################################
>>>         #              WARNING: OPCODEDIR64 IS NOT  
>>> SET !               #
>>>         # Csound requires this environment variable to be set to  
>>> find  #
>>>         # its plugin libraries. If it is not set, you may  
>>> experience   #
>>>         # missing opcodes, audio/MIDI drivers, or  
>>> utilities.           #
>>>          
>>> ################################################################
>>> 2 syntax errors in orchestra.  compilation invalid
>>> Removing temporary file /tmp/fileMOARQL.sco ...
>>> Removing temporary file /tmp/filepv0vlb.orc ...
>>>
>>> ------------
>>>
>>> What am I doing wrong?
>>>
>>> I could not get any help on the OLPC mailing list, nor on IRC.
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> andrew
>>
>
>
> Send bugs reports to the Sourceforge bug tracker
>            https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=81968&atid=564599
> Discussions of bugs and features can be posted here
> To unsubscribe, send email sympa@lists.bath.ac.uk with body  
> "unsubscribe csound"
>



Send bugs reports to the Sourceforge bug tracker
            https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=81968&atid=564599
Discussions of bugs and features can be posted here
To unsubscribe, send email sympa@lists.bath.ac.uk with body "unsubscribe csound"

OK, got past the latest error, by using a different sound font.

Now I am getting a rapidly growing "test.wav" that is flooding the partition on my (standard) laptop, and is SURE to rapidly flood a normal XO partition.  Also, load average sky-rocketed, in a dual core AMD -- so, i am "scared" to try this on an XO now :-(  Because of this, it doesn't quite look like one can generate realtime audio this way, on an XO, or am I wrong?  (I mean: [midi signal in] -> [csound] -> [soundfont] -> [some type of real-time audio out])

Also, whoever is maintaining the wiki, regarding the line "csound -M hw:1,0 ..." :

A "dot dot dot" in a wiki is scary for newbies, particularly if it is not explained anywhere what might go in place of the "..."

I realize I am probably in the RTFM territory; I will be reading on. Apologies; i am just getting my feet wet with all this.

Thanks again

andrew