My CSOUNDRC File (.csoundrc) looks like this on line 6:

  -d        -m135        -H0        -s       -W      -o dac       
-+rtaudio=pa  -b 128    -B 2048   --expression-opt

what does "-o dac" do? I don't want to write sound files to disk unless I
tell Csound to do so in the terminal and when I do, what directory does the
file get created in?

should it be "-odac" or "-o dac"?
let me guess, It stands for, "Output: digital to audio converter", right?

I couldn't find "-o dac" in The Canonical Csound Reference Manual, got a
link?

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Does Csound overwrite an existing file (if I use the -o option with the same
file name in the same directory)?

I typed "csound" at the command prompt (Windows 7) and, yes, it gave me a
list of these commands.

I found the output file command, "-o", but I still distinctly want to know
what the "-o dac" does in my CSOUNDRC file.
I think it prevents me from creating files without my command-prompt
permission. Am I right?

I searched my computer after running csound with my mike01.csd file. The
search took about, more or less, 10 long minutes... Seaching for an
automatically-created mike01 sound file of any format esp. a wave file... No
such file.

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> Does Csound overwrite an existing file (if I use the -o option with the
> same
> file name in the same directory)?
>


yes it will overwrite unless permissions prevent it

> I typed "csound" at the command prompt (Windows 7) and, yes, it gave me a
> list of these commands.
>
> I found the output file command, "-o", but I still distinctly want to know
> what the "-o dac" does in my CSOUNDRC file.
> I think it prevents me from creating files without my command-prompt
> permission. Am I right?
>

Command line take precidence over the CSoptions which take precidence over
.csoundrc

So if the csd says "-o dac" but you say -o fred.wombat the file will be used


> I searched my computer after running csound with my mike01.csd file. The
> search took about, more or less, 10 long minutes... Seaching for an
> automatically-created mike01 sound file of any format esp. a wave file...
> No
> such file.
>

If you did not ask for mike01 as output it will not make it.

It creates output files in the directory (fol;der) named in environment
variable SFDIR or if that is not set, in the currect directory

==John ff

> I found the output file command, "-o", but I still distinctly want to know
> what the "-o dac" does in my CSOUNDRC file.

It instructs Csound to output the audio to the dac(digital analogue
converter), i.e., your sound card. I guess it's the default option as
most people will want to hear what Csound is doing and tweak with the
results before deciding to write it to disk. If you want to produce a
sound file you can use "-o whatever.wav". It will write a soundfile in
the same directory as the current .csd file you are using.

Is there a hackish way to write to a file called "dac*"?

On 4/26/12, Rory Walsh  wrote:
>> I found the output file command, "-o", but I still distinctly want to
>> know
>> what the "-o dac" does in my CSOUNDRC file.
>
> It instructs Csound to output the audio to the dac(digital analogue
> converter), i.e., your sound card. I guess it's the default option as
> most people will want to hear what Csound is doing and tweak with the
> results before deciding to write it to disk. If you want to produce a
> sound file you can use "-o whatever.wav". It will write a soundfile in
> the same directory as the current .csd file you are using.
>
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