[Pd] csoundapi~ issues

[Chuckk Hubbard]

Thanks, that did it.  I'd been going by the folder pd.exe is in, not
realizing I was starting it in a different folder.  Awesome.

On 3/29/06, Martin Peach <martinrp at vax2.concordia.ca> wrote:
> Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
>
> >I have the dll in my Extra folder, and Pd will load the
> >help-csapi_demo.pd patch.  But it says "csoundapi~ warning: could not
> >compile," and if I turn dsp on, it tells me "csoundapi~ warning:
> >orchestra not compiled."
> >
> >Anything else I should have in there besides the dll, the patch, and
> >the csd file?
> >
> >
> >
> I found that it will only work for me if I run pd from the same folder
> as the .csd file. The csoundapi~.dll can be in pd/extras and csound can
> be in /program files/csound/bin but it seems like csound can't load the
> .csd unless it's in the same folder that pd is running in, as though pd
> is passing the path to csound. So to answer your question, you could add
> a .bat file that runs pd.
>
> Martin
>
>


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