hi george -

some suggestions:
- you can use the opcode pwd to query the working directory
- in csoundqt, you can add a SSDIR (sound sample directory) in 
Configuration>Environment
- general, you can add any directory in the CsOptions tag with 
--env:SSDIR+=YourDir

best -

	joachim



Am 04.04.2013 00:00, schrieb George Grella:
> Oeyvind:
>
> I'm on Mac OS X, the tilde puts me in my User directories, under which
> is all the Csound stuff, both the example file that plays and mine that
> doesn't. CsoundQT is in the Applications directory, and the curious
> thing is that /neither/ score file is there. It breaks down like this:
>
> ~/Applications/CsoundQT
> ~/Music/Csound/etc./sing.aiff
>
> For the error messages, I think I've got to go back to the beginning and
> configure/run on command line, and it's been a while so I'll get back to
> everyone on that.
>
> -gg
>
> On Apr 3, 2013, at 4:50 PM, Oeyvind Brandtsegg wrote:
>
>> I think Csound and CsoundQT handles paths slightly different, as they
>> will each have a different "current working directory".
>> Csound, when run from the terminal uses the current directory as the
>> "current working directory" (if you run "dir" or "ls" you can see what
>> is in it). CsoundQT uses the directory the application (not the csd)
>> resides in as the current working directory (I think). This way,
>> relative paths will work differently. For example, when not giving a
>> full path but just using the file name.
>> Which platform are you on btw? I am unsure if the tilde (home?) will
>> be explicit enough as a root for your path, better use the full path
>> from the root of your file system, e.g.
>> /home/George/Music/Csound/etc/"sing.aiff"(unless I totally missed what
>> the ~ means on your system...)
>> Please also copy the console text (csound output) with any error
>> messages and send by email, it may help in investigating the problem.
>>
>> all best
>> Oeyvind
>>
>>
>> 2013/4/3 George Grella > >
>>
>>     Hello list:
>>
>>     In my perpetual quest to get a handle on Csound by starting off
>>     with page 1 of /The Csound Book/, I've run into a problem I want
>>     to solve -- so I know what it is -- and that probably has an
>>     incredibly simple solution that I just can't see.
>>
>>     I'm writing out my own "101" score, exactly like this chapter
>>     , in
>>     CsoundQT-d-py 0.7.0, and I cannot get the score to read and play
>>     the "sing.aiff" sample for instr 106. I downloaded the Chapter 1
>>     folder, and that score finds the sample within it's same folder
>>     and plays it. But, using a different folder (where I am saving my
>>     own material) and with the sample file copied into it, I get
>>     nothing. I've tried writing in the path --
>>     ~/Music/Csound/etc/"sing.aiff" -- and still no sound.
>>
>>     How does Csound/CsoundQT handle path information in a score? If I
>>     open Dr. B's "101" file and it plays the sample from it's own
>>     directory, why when I open my own "101" does it not play the
>>     sample from /that/ directory? And how do I fix this?
>>
>>     Thanks,
>>
>>     George Grella
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Oeyvind Brandtsegg
>> Professor of Music Technology
>> NTNU
>> 7491 Trondheim
>> Norway
>> Cell: +47 92 203 205
>>
>> http://flyndresang.no/
>> http://www.partikkelaudio.com/
>> http://soundcloud.com/brandtsegg
>> http://soundcloud.com/t-emp
>

joachim heintz

April 4, 2013 1:28 AM

hi george -

some suggestions:
- you can use the opcode pwd to query the working directory
- in csoundqt, you can add a SSDIR (sound sample directory) in Configuration>Environment
- general, you can add any directory in the CsOptions tag with --env:SSDIR+=YourDir

best -

    joachim






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George Grella

April 3, 2013 6:00 PM

Oeyvind:

I'm on Mac OS X, the tilde puts me in my User directories, under which is all the Csound stuff, both the example file that plays and mine that doesn't. CsoundQT is in the Applications directory, and the curious thing is that neither score file is there. It breaks down like this:

~/Applications/CsoundQT

~/Music/Csound/etc./sing.aiff

For the error messages, I think I've got to go back to the beginning and configure/run on command line, and it's been a while so I'll get back to everyone on that.

-gg

I've just double checked and recent versions of CsoundQt
will allow relative paths to the csd (i.e. the working directory for
each tab is the location of the csd file)

Cheers,
Andrés

On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Oeyvind Brandtsegg
 wrote:
> I think Csound and CsoundQT handles paths slightly different, as they will
> each have a different "current working directory".
> Csound, when run from the terminal uses the current directory as the
> "current working directory" (if you run "dir" or "ls" you can see what is in
> it). CsoundQT uses the directory the application (not the csd) resides in as
> the current working directory (I think). This way, relative paths will work
> differently. For example, when not giving a full path but just using the
> file name.
> Which platform are you on btw? I am unsure if the tilde (home?) will be
> explicit enough as a root for your path, better use the full path from the
> root of your file system, e.g.
> /home/George/Music/Csound/etc/"sing.aiff"(unless I totally missed what the ~
> means on your system...)
> Please also copy the console text (csound output) with any error messages
> and send by email, it may help in investigating the problem.
>
> all best
> Oeyvind
>
>
> 2013/4/3 George Grella 
>>
>> Hello list:
>>
>> In my perpetual quest to get a handle on Csound by starting off with page
>> 1 of The Csound Book, I've run into a problem I want to solve -- so I know
>> what it is -- and that probably has an incredibly simple solution that I
>> just can't see.
>>
>> I'm writing out my own "101" score, exactly like this chapter, in
>> CsoundQT-d-py 0.7.0, and I cannot get the score to read and play the
>> "sing.aiff" sample for instr 106. I downloaded the Chapter 1 folder, and
>> that score finds the sample within it's same folder and plays it. But, using
>> a different folder (where I am saving my own material) and with the sample
>> file copied into it, I get nothing. I've tried writing in the path --
>> ~/Music/Csound/etc/"sing.aiff" -- and still no sound.
>>
>> How does Csound/CsoundQT handle path information in a score? If I open Dr.
>> B's "101" file and it plays the sample from it's own directory, why when I
>> open my own "101" does it not play the sample from that directory? And how
>> do I fix this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> George Grella
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Oeyvind Brandtsegg
> Professor of Music Technology
> NTNU
> 7491 Trondheim
> Norway
> Cell: +47 92 203 205
>
> http://flyndresang.no/
> http://www.partikkelaudio.com/
> http://soundcloud.com/brandtsegg
> http://soundcloud.com/t-emp