You have to OPEN the orc file and __IMPORT__ the sco file, otherwise the orc file previously opened is discarded. It's easier to just use .csd files.

Regards,
Mike

-----Original Message-----
>From: Bob Bear 
>Sent: Feb 2, 2006 4:36 PM
>To: csound@lists.bath.ac.uk
>Subject: Re: [Csnd] Please Throw a Noobie a Bone
>
>Hi Mike, thanks for the reply!
>  
>  Iv been using Csound VST, and trying to run the a few examples from  chapter 1 or the Csound book. Nothing complicated, just rendering these  files. In Winsound (as you know) its just a matter of opening the orc  and sco files, specifying an output file and hitting render.
>  
>  With Csound VST, I am doing the very same thing, ie opening the orc /  sco and hitting 'perform', yet nothing seems to happening. Check out  the attached image - a printscreen showing the 'message' window.
>  
>  This seems like some simple so Im not sure why it is playing me up. But  maybe I am just being dense (it wouldnt be the first time, lol).
>  
>  BB
>
>Michael Gogins  wrote:  Either:
>
>    Open a .csd file and click on Perform
>
>Or:
>
>    Open an .sco file, Import a .orc file, enter your command line by hand, and click 'Perform'.
>
>In  both cases, the command line must be fixed up so that it begins with  'csound' and specifies both .orc and .sco, that is, the usual .csd  syntax does not apply in CsoundVST.
>
>For example:
>
>'csound -RWdo mysoundfile myorc.orc mysco.sco'
>
>Hope this helps,
>Mike
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Bob Bear 
>>Sent: Feb 2, 2006 2:05 PM
>>To: csound@lists.bath.ac.uk
>>Subject: [Csnd] Please Throw a Noobie a Bone
>>
>>Hi guys,
>>  
>>  Iv been using Winsound 4x for a while now, rendering basic sound  processing orch / score files as wav's. But I wanted to experiment with  the Loris opcodes so I got the new Csound 5 / VST installer. Had to  install Python first but now I can open the Csound VST interface along  with orc, sco and csd files.
>>  
>>  Please forgive my noobiness...
>>  
>>  How do I now render files?
>>  
>>  There is a Perform button, which clearly does something but Im not sure  what. I need to name and render files like I can with Winsound. There  doesnt appear to be a way to do this? I take it I am missing something  crucial, lol. Obviously I checked the documentation, but there doesnt  seem to be a complete CS 5 noob section ;)
>>  
>>  Would really appeciate any guidence.
>>  
>>  Thanks!
>>  
>>  Bob Bear
>>  
>>  
>>  
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