Hi Logan,
Thanks for your many observations - very helpful!
You're quite right about multi-output processes; the inconsistencies in output-naming can be a pain. I've found it helps to precede the command line with COPYSFX: you can set the copy name so that the multi-output process will give a more consistent naming. See for instance the HOUSEKEEP EXTRACT example below.
First of all, thanks for your points about the documentation for:
Housekeep Extract 1, Modify Radical 3, Modify Radical 7, Topantail2, Sfedit Join, Shrink, Combine Cross, Distort Pulsed.
You're quite correct and I'll get these changed.
HOUSEKEEP COPY / COPYSFX
CDP output is normally to the current directory, if an alternative directory is not specified in the path.
For example:
copysfx E:\SNDS\TMP\AE\count.wav copycnt.wav
puts the copy in the current directory, but
copysfx E:\SNDS\TMP\AE\count.wav E:\SNDS\TMP\AE\copycnt.wav
puts the copy in the source directory.
Housekeep Copy 2 is no different:
housekeep copy 2 E:\SNDS\TMP\AE\count.wav 3
outputs count_001.wav, count_002.wav, and count_003.wav to the current directory.
HOUSEKEEP EXTRACT 1 (Gate Extract)
The documentation is wrong/out of date. The last character of the infile is replaced by a series of output numbers, e.g. count.wav outputs coun0.wav, coun1.wav etc. A workaround is to include a COPYSFX, e.g.:
copysfx count.wav count_X.wav
housekeep extract 1 count_X.wav -t0.2 [outputs count_0.wav, count_1.wav etc.]
erase count_X.wav
HOUSEKEEP EXTRACT 6 (Gated onsets)
>I cannot get this process to open the output file.
It just writes a text file, e.g.:
housekeep extract 6 mysound.wav onsets.txt 0.035 0 0 0 1 0.05 0
Documentation seems correct.
HOUSEKEEP RESPEC 3
>The documentation lists a flag "-t" which the process does not recognize.
Tried -t and it crashed the program. Will need to consult with Richard D. about this.
DSHIFT
>This process is listed in the documentation
It's listed correctly as just dshift. Dshift.exe should be in your _cdprogs folder.
MODIFY SHUDDER
I'm getting inconsistent results too. Will investigate further and alter docs as necessary.
REVERB (Multi-Channel Toolkit)
>Flags coming before parameters
In Richard D's programs, the flags come before the parameters. Just the way it is, but there are only about twenty programs.
SFEDIT RANDCHUNKS
As in my solution for HOUSEKEEP EXTRACT 1:
copysfx copycnt.wav copycnt_X.wav
sfedit randchunks copycnt_X.wav 2 1 -m3
This will output copycnt_0.wav and copycnt_1.wav.
SHRINK
>This is listed in Extend and in Sfedit, seems like it should only be in one of them?
Agreed. It shouldn't be in sfedit and the name is wrong there, too.
ISOLATE Mode 3
I think this mode may need further investigation. In a test, it produced two files, one the same as the original, the other silent!
SNDINFO DIFF
>This is listed twice in the documentation.
?? You may be right, but I can only find it under SNDINFO DIFF.
SUBMIX INBETWEEN2
I have the following in my notes:
inbetween: mono or stereo inputs but both files must be same
inbetween2: mono only
The documentation currently has nothing about the channel requirements. Will look into this.
SYNTH SPECTRA
I can't get this to work these days: always get MEMORY ERROR. Will investigate further.
SPECGRIDS
Definitely .ana output. It's a standalone (specgrids specgrids), not part of specnu, though documented there alongside Specnu Slice.
CERACU
>I always get "Cannot open output file"
Infile must be mono. Despite the weird name, it produces polyrhythms: the "cyclecnts" data file gives x against y against z etc. Try, for example, 3 against 4:
ceracu ceracu any.wav anyacu.wav cyc.txt 0.5 2 10 0 0
where cyc.txt is:
3
4
ITERLINE
>The documentation and the exe help are missing 6 parameters
I don't think so. The params are:
infile outfile transposition-data out_duration delay rand_delay pitch_shift amp_cut gain [-sseed]
However, the exe help (and hence the documentation) gives flags for optional parameters, which I think are wrong. Will investigate further and correct docs. If you treat all params as compulsory (with no flags), except for seed, it works.
MADRID, SHIFTER, TEXTURE DECORATED, PTOBRK
Can't reproduce the problems, sorry.
PTOBRK. This works OK:
ptobrk withzeros asnd.frq asnd.pch 20
Can't comment for now on:
gate gate 2, abfpan, extend scramble 2, modify (modify what?), madrid, shifter, texture decorated, ptobrk
Robert F.