Please run with -v option and report.  i cannot see the problem but  the 
double newline persists.  Could you attach the input suitaly encoded?
==John ff

On Sat, 21 May 2016, Joe . wrote:

> 
> This is the stuff I wrote, which reads fine. An imitation of the beginning of
> Milton Babbitt's "images" if anyone is interested. I wanted to  try it with
> poscil, to see if it would work, so I changed iAmpConverter and iCPSconverter
> to aAmpConverter and aCPSconverter. after that the console reads:
> 
> 
> error: error: boolean expression '>' with arg types ac not found, line 2
> 
> from file C:/Users/Chen/AppData/Local/Temp/csound-tmpjkWo5628.csd (1)
> 
> Parsing failed to syntax errors
> 
> Stopping on parser failure
> 
> cannot compile orchestra
> 
> 
> This seems to be about . again, its completely fine when the values
> are a-rate. I'm not sure how that change would influence the reading of tags.
> Help is appreciated. Thanks.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> sr = 192000
> 
> ksmps = 10
> 
> nchnls = 2
> 
> 0dbfs = 1
> 
> #define AmplitudeCPSconverters #
> 
> iAmpConverter = ampdb (p4)
> 
> if iAmpConverter > 1 then
> 
> prints "\
> 
> ============================================%n\
> 
> =============== OUT OF RANGE ===============%n\
> 
> ============================================%n"
> 
> print iAmpConverter
> 
> endif
> 
> if p5 < 20 then
> 
> iCPSconverter cps2pch p5, 12
> 
> else iCPSconverter = p5
> 
> endif #
> 
> instr 1
> 
> $AmplitudeCPSconverters
> 
> giFt ftgen 0, 0, 8192, 10, 1, 0.3
> 
> 
> aEnvelope linseg \
> 
> 0, p6,
> 
> 0.7*iAmpConverter, p3*p7,
> 
> iAmpConverter*p8, p3-p6-(p3*p7)-(p9*p3),
> 
> iAmpConverter*p8, p9*p3,
> 
> 0
> 
> aVibrato poscil iCPSconverter*0.0025, 5, giFt, -1
> 
> aSignal poscil iAmpConverter*aEnvelope, iCPSconverter+aVibrato, giFt, -1
> 
> aDistune poscil iAmpConverter*aEnvelope, iCPSconverter*0.995, giFt, -1
> 
> aOut = aSignal + aDistune
> 
> 
> outs aOut, aOut
> 
> endin
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> t 0 80
> 
> ;i p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 p7 p8 p9
> 
> ;i initTime Dur Ampdb Freq Atk Dec Sust FinDec
> 
> i1 0 4 -6 6.05 0.45 0.4 0.6 0.01
> 
> i1 0 1.75 . 8 . 0.4 0.1 0.25
> 
> i1 0 7.125 . 8.08 . 0.4 0.6 0.1
> 
> i1 1.75 1.3333 . 8.07 0.1 0.4 0.9 0.01
> 
> i1 7.125 0.125 . 8.08 0.01 0.4 0.6 0.01
> 
> i1 3.083 2.75 . 8.1 0.3 0.5 0.9 0.3
> 
> i1 6.5 4.5 -12 11.06 0.01 0.4 0.6 0.3
> 
> i1 7.25 3.75 . 10.11 0.01 0.4 0.6 0.3
> 
> i1 8.91666 2.08333 -6 7.03 0.005 0.4 0.85 0.3
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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PS Works for me without error if I suppress the double newlines.  Odd to 
create the same table for every note though.

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Looks to me more like line 2 of yoiur macro and a missig i in what you 
actuallly ran

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You can’t use a-vars in boolean expressions, only i or k. They are vectors, not scalars
========================
Dr Victor Lazzarini
Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies and Philosophy,
Maynooth University,
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> On 20 May 2016, at 18:01, Joe .  wrote:
> 
> This is the code that runs the error, where I change everything to a-rate, which I understand will not work at all. I just don't know why it would produce that specific error. I'm not sure what you mean by line 2 of my macro missing an i. Do you mean the line "if iAmpConverter > 1 then"? I'm not sure what you mean by double newlines either. For me there are only empty lines between giFt and aEnvelope/ aDistune and Outs. Thanks for your patience with me. I'm swimming a bit. 
> 
> 
> 
> -v
> 
> sr = 192000
> ksmps = 10
> nchnls = 2
> 0dbfs = 1
> #define AmplitudeCPSconverters #
> aAmpConverter = ampdb (p4)
> if aAmpConverter > 1 then
> prints "\
> ============================================%n\
> =============== OUT OF RANGE ===============%n\
> ============================================%n"
> print aAmpConverter
> endif
> if p5 < 20 then
> aCPSconverter cps2pch p5, 12
> else aCPSconverter = p5
> endif #
> instr 1
> $AmplitudeCPSconverters
> giFt ftgen 0, 0, 8192, 10, 1, 0.3
> 
> aEnvelope linseg \
> 0, p6,
> 0.7*aAmpConverter,	p3*p7,
> aAmpConverter*p8, p3-p6-(p3*p7)-(p9*p3),
> aAmpConverter*p8, p9*p3,
> 0
> aVibrato poscil aCPSconverter*0.0025, 5, giFt, -1
> aSignal poscil aAmpConverter*aEnvelope, aCPSconverter+aVibrato, giFt, -1
> aDistune poscil aAmpConverter*aEnvelope, aCPSconverter*0.995, giFt, -1
> aOut = aSignal + aDistune
> 
> outs aOut, aOut
> endin
> 
> 
> t 0 80
> ;i p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 p7 p8 p9
> ;i initTime Dur Ampdb Freq Atk Dec Sust FinDec
> i1 0 4 -6 6.05 0.45 0.4 0.6 0.01
> i1 0 1.75 . 8 . 0.4 0.1 0.25
> i1 0 7.125 . 8.08 . 0.4 0.6 0.1
> i1 1.75 1.3333 . 8.07 0.1 0.4 0.9 0.01
> i1 7.125 0.125 . 8.08 0.01 0.4 0.6 0.01
> i1 3.083 2.75 . 8.1 0.3 0.5 0.9 0.3
> i1 6.5 4.5 -12 11.06 0.01 0.4 0.6 0.3
> i1 7.25 3.75 . 10.11 0.01 0.4 0.6 0.3
> i1 8.91666 2.08333 -6 7.03 0.005 0.4 0.85 0.3
> 
> 
> 
> 
> /* Joe */
> 
> On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 12:51 AM, jpff  wrote:
> PS Works for me without error if I suppress the double newlines.  Odd to create the same table for every note though.
> 
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