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General Category => General Board => Topic started by: Cantrip1957 on May 30, 2024, 02:38:42 PM

Title: Command Line
Post by: Cantrip1957 on May 30, 2024, 02:38:42 PM
Hi All

What is the best way to learn how to operate CDP at the Command Line? I like the idea of running batch files. I use the SoundShaper and Process pack
a lot but, just for my own learning (is it more efficient than the GUIs?) I'd like to know how to get up to speed with the Command Line.

Thanks
Title: Re: Command Line
Post by: Robert Fraser on May 31, 2024, 10:09:16 PM
There are quite a lot of Command Line and Batch-file examples within the CDP Documentation, but they're not catalogued as such, so are maybe not easy to find (something we can look into).

However, I've thrown together a very basic tutorial on the Command Line and batch files, with examples, and put it here:
https://soundshaper.net/downloads/BasicCDPCommandline.pdf
It also refers to a more detailed document in the CDP documentation and also a couple of useful websites.
This is for Windows. Bash scripts for MacOS are very similar and more versatile, I think.

Batch scripts can be very useful for repeating standard tasks with variations of parameter values and sound files.