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There is an error in the documentation for pvoc anal https://www.composersdesktop.com/docs/html/cpvocman.htm#USAGEANAL

It states that the maximum number of analysis points is 32768 however the process doesn't allow for values higher than 12380.

QuoteERROR: INCORRECT USE
ERROR: Parameter[1] Value (32768.000000) out of range (2.000000 to 16380.000000)

Also interestingly the documentation states that values must be a power of 2 which is standard for fft analysis and true for almost all values however, 16380 is not a power of 2; 2^14 is 16384. Although the process does run fine with 16380 as the parameter value despite this.

Have you installed the updates listed here:
https://unstablesound.net/cdpforum/index.php?topic=337.0

There is a fix for the filter banks getting stuck in that update

Hello! I can't seem to get any of the filter bank processes to work on my sound files. In the "dice demo" there's an example sound file that the subharmonic series filter bank is applied to. If I download that example sound file and apply the subharmonic series filter bank, it works. If I apply a filter bank to any other sound file I have, it does not work. All my sound files are already in mono, if that matters. I even changed the sample rate of my sound file to be the same as the one from the "dice demo" to see if it would work. I can't see any different between my files and the "dice demo" file.

When I run the command line, it reads this:

0 min  0.00 secINFO: Assessing input level.
INFO: Assessing output level.
INFO: Running filter.

And it stays like that with no completion.

Quote from: Algorix on August 22, 2025, 08:07:44 AMI'm reading the code, so I'm asking how it is possible that it is detected as a trojan virus by some AV softwares. Apparently there is no internet logic in that code, so am I crazy? I'm very skeptical in general so I'm not going to install this until a solution has been found.

Malwarebytes detects it as a trojan for instance, same for microsoft defender (those are the 2 I scan with usually)

A little update: to this day, Microsoft defender doesn't find malware anymore, while Malwarebytes still has some issues with it.

Following reports of potential viruses in the PC distribution, the whole CDP program set has been put through an online checker (Jotti.org) which sends files to 13 virus scanners, including all the well-known ones. Only three files caused any problems, with just two scanners: two of those are not user-level programs (just used internally by Soundloom) and the third is a long-standing and unaltered utility. 

We are sure these were false positives; however, we've substituted slightly earlier builds that passed the scanners' tests. So we can say with confidence that all the contents of the _cdprogs folder and all other supplied exes have been passed by 13 virus checkers and have not been found to contain viruses. We will continue to ensure that any further code revisions are similarly virus-checked. However, all software and files are supplied "as is", so users should always satisfy themselves about the integrity of the download.

There were also concerns about the use of an installer exe. For PC, CDP now supplies a plain zip file containing the folder CDPR8, which you simply place in any desired location (with no spaces in the path, so not in "Program Files", for example) and can rename as you wish.  For MAC, the installation has always been via a disk image file (dmg) and this is continuing. 

Hello! Really want to give this a go. Am familiar with false positives from AV products...(I think to resolve that on a per-product basis you have to report it to each vendor).  But - why not provide hashes or gpg sigs? : )

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:)

There are a few small updates to the CDP program set, fixing bugs in the following programs:
• filter: fix for 'fixed' filterbank
• fractal: the correct program)
• spec: fix to "grab" (extract single window) when writing pvx format outfile
• fastconv: change "fconv" to "fastconv" to fix it
• tv (Tabula Vigilans): v 1.5g with working MIDI input. (Mac version still on 1.5f)
• SoundLoom: on MAC, various GUI issues

PC users can download an update file here:
https://www.ensemble-software.net/downloads/cdp8-2025-win32.zip
or here:  https://www.rwdobson.com/cdp8-2025-win32.zip
Unzip the file and copy the replacement programs into your _cdprogs folder (except for SoundLoom, which is placed outside the folder, but within _cdp.)

MAC versions are also available: https://www.rwdobson.com/CDPMac-U1-2025.zip (7.5MB)

We will soon be adding updates to the CDP downloads page, so that small changes like these can be accessed easily.




 

Quote from: j_p_higgins on August 19, 2025, 04:01:01 AMAsciiget is a a 42kb utility that is used to get a file name, it is not a virus. The full source code for it is here:
https://github.com/ComposersDesktop/CDP8/blob/11cdcb4a6742f7ada1ded43e436a77a94d7c4ee4/dev/standnew/asciiget.c

I'm reading the code, so I'm asking how it is possible that it is detected as a trojan virus by some AV softwares. Apparently there is no internet logic in that code, so am I crazy? I'm very skeptical in general so I'm not going to install this until a solution has been found.

Malwarebytes detects it as a trojan for instance, same for microsoft defender (those are the 2 I scan with usually)

Quote from: Robert Fraser on June 13, 2025, 10:37:10 AM.....

Please report any further bugs found, either through this forum or by email (see ensemble-software.net/links). Suggestions for improvement are also very welcome.

This link works better:

https://ensemble-software.net/links.html