Hello, I have been quite into the different CDP processes with Soundshaper lately, but I haven't been able to get the fractal processes to work.
Both Distortion/Fractal and Spectral/Pitch/Fractal give errors. Basically it's saying that it's either missing a wav file or an ana file to process from the temp folder and no matter what I try seem to fix that. First I thought it was something to do with txt / brk file for the transpose, but it doesn't seem to be connected to that.
Any ideas to fix this?
Just saying that tried the above and also got errors.
Thanks for trying it out.
I did manage to get the Distort/Fractal to work on the new SoundThread GUI, but there seems to be alot more parameters on Soundshaper for it, so I still would like to try it there as well.
I have the same problem but not with XTRA-LEGACY-WAVESETS-CYCL FRACTALS. Some solution?
Thanks that works!
Thanks for this - I'll look into it.
The answer here is an unusual one. When the final compilation for CDP8 was made on 15th March 2023, a different (earlier?) version of fractal was used from the one we'd already tested and documented. (It would not have been easy to spot this out of more than 250 programs!) The result is that fractal wave and fractal spectrum, as used in Soundshaper, are not recognised by the released version (fractal fractal), which does something completely different. (You can test this easily on the command line: change directory to _cdprogs and type 'fractal'.)
I can make the January '23 version available, but it would be better first to confirm that it is indeed the intended program (i.e. fractal wave / fractal spectrum). I'll take this up with my CDP colleagues and see if we can resolve the anomaly.
As for the the original distort fractal, as noted above this is actually still accessible in Soundshaper under the XTRA | Legacy menu. I think I consigned it there because it didn't seem to transform the sound much at all.
Trevor Wishart has confirmed that the program fractal.exe should be the one documented as part of Release 8, with the two modes fractal wave and fractal spectrum - not the one currently distributed with CDP (usage: fractal fractal).
You can download the correct program here: https://www.ensemble-software.net/downloads/fractal.zip
Unzip, then copy fractal.exe to your _cdprogs folder, replacing the current file. If you want to retain the current fractal program, you'll have to rename it first, e.g. to "fractalX.exe". Note that Soundshaper supports the correct program (fractal wave / fractal spectrum), not the other one (fractal fractal).
The PC distribution files will be amended later today; we'll need to clarify which version is in the MAC distribution and amend that as necessary.
Amazing, thanks so much!
I am a SuperCollider person at heart, but the past three weeks I have been heavily invested w CDP/Soundshaper. Just used it actually for an ongoing sound installation, combining CDP sounds with generative triggering of SC:)