On Oct 25, 2013, at 2:50 AM, Robert Matovinovic wrote: > Hello John, > thank you for your really quick fix. I had to install 5.3.6, because I used > 5.3.1 with the planet package. rs-write works now. > > But the docs for rsound weren't installed. The installation hung as you > described it. I waited at least 5 minutes, then aborted. When I looked up > the docs, I only found the ones from the old planet package I had installed > before. Does it make sense to reinstall rsound?
Two minutes ago, I answered another e-mail on the same topic; for some reason, the rsound docs are not getting installed properly. I observe this as well. I haven't spent the time to track it down, but I should do so. John > > Robert > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: John Clements [mailto:cleme...@brinckerhoff.org] > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 24. Oktober 2013 19:39 > An: Robert Matovinovic > Cc: users@racket-lang.org > Betreff: Re: [racket] RSound trouble with rs-write > > > On Oct 24, 2013, at 3:20 AM, Robert Matovinovic wrote: > >> Hello, >> I’m experimenting with the rsound package and ran into a problem. I can > play the sound but I can’t write it into a wav file with rs-write. >> Here a little code to reproduce the error on my machine Thinkpad, Windows > 7, 64bit. > > How embarrassing! I had lots of tests, but none for rs-write on a sound with > inexact frame rate... which make-tone now generates. > > Fixed and pushed. > > BUT! > > Current development of RSound uses Racket's new "package" system, which > replaces PLaneT. Versions of DrRacket prior to 5.3.5 do not support this > system. So (apologies if this isn't the case) I'm going to assume that > you're using at least v5.3.5. > > Also, in 5.3.5 and 5.3.6, the support for installing dependencies is a bit > rough, so you must install portaudio first, and then rsound second. > > In order to install the rsound package from within DrRacket: Choose File > > Install Package... , and then enter > > portaudio > > ... and click OK. This should finish successfully in less than two minutes. > Then, repeat the process for the package named > > rsound > > . For some reason, version 5.3.5 and 5.3.6 seem occasionally to hang while > building docs for rsound... if this happens to you (it says it's building > docs, nothing's appeared in the install window for two or three minutes), > just click "abort installation", and you should find that it's installed > successfully. > > Phew! > > Following this, you should be able to run this version of your code: > > #lang racket > (require rsound) > > ; setting of host-api for sound otherwise no sound is heard (host-api > 'paMME) ; sample rate for host-api set in OS settings (define frame-rate > 44100) > > (define tone (make-tone 440 1 frame-rate)) tone (play tone) (rs-write tone > "test-tone") > > > > ... note that the 'require' line no longer specifies a planet package. > > Let me know if you have any trouble! > > John Clements > > > ____________________ Racket Users list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/users
