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Imagine using Claude to revamp CDP CLI or SoundLoom. It could breathe new life into these tools. I've been spending hours in Bitlife, meticulously planning careers, but sometimes you just need a well-functioning command line. If LLMs could help us resurrect CDP's unique features, it'd be a win.

Interesting discussion about wet-dry control in CDP! Especially helpful for newcomers. It's like mastering a complex recipe in Cookie Clicker; you need to fine-tune each ingredient. While many CDP processes lack built-in wet-dry parameters, SUBMIX BALANCE is your hidden cookie.

thank you simonk,

thats very helpful and a great place to start.

Im new to learning CDP and the learning curve is starting to soften (faster than I anticipated).

I imagine the Claude code output wouldn't be much of an improvement, but I am curious. I will try and report back any interesting results if they materialize.

I can face same problem in window 11

The CDP software has been Open Source for about twelve years.
So, you could download the source code & try for yourself.

https://github.com/ComposersDesktop/CDP8

Please let us know you you get on.

I've just found your post. Have you now resolved the issue? It sounded like a folder problem. Let me have further details if the problem is still there.
Robert F.

Hi,
I've simplified the setup process for Soundshaper and you can download a revised .exe file here.

I'm assuming you still have a valid CDP installation, including a Soundshaper6 folder. Just replace the Soundshaper.exe and also remove any existing Soundshaper.cfg file in the Soundshaper6 folder. Please make sure that the CDPR8 folder has no spaces in the path - do not put it in "Program Files", for example.  As a reminder, the correct folder structure is \CDPR8\_cdp\_cdprogs and \CDPR8\Soundshaper6.

I have checked the installation and settings in Windows, including Windows 11. I also ran the previous version and was reasonably satisfied with the setup procedure as it was. However, I'll not upgrade the official package until you've posted that this new one works (and we've resolved any anomalies.

Robert 

Hi Ignatius,
I have gone through the Soundshaper code today and tidied up various things in the setup. I will post a new version tomorrow.

Soundshaper and CDP are supplied with the correct folders in place. Whatever you choose as your CDP base folder (default is C:\CDPR8), there should be a subfolder _cdp and another one called Soundshaper6 on the same level.  Neither of these should be re-positioned.

Robert

Hi,
I'm sorry you've had this problem though it should be easy enough to fix.
 
I'll take a look at it and see if I can see why the CDP programs folder should not be found. The normal setting is for Soundshaper to be within C:\CDPR8 (or whatever), as is the folder _cdp and its subfolder _cdprogs. In other words:  (C:\CDPR8)\_cdp\_cdprogs  and (C:\CDPR8)\ Soundshaper.

The thin window you mention seems to occur when setting up is incomplete for some reason.
Robert F.   

Actually my earlier post was misleading, unfortunately, and I'm trying to automate a workaround that might fix the problems:
1) If Infile 1 is mono and 2 is stereo (for example), both are transposed down an octave and need to be corrected with modify speed x2.
2) If Infile 1 is shorter than Infile 2, the output length is that of Infile 1. So you need to have the longer sound as Infile 1.
3) There's also the possiblity of inverting the Balance value to suit the above.

Not for the faint-hearted...