2023-12-30
Found some bugs
- the ESpeak module did not work due to an initialisation error
- saving string values was wrong, it would keep adding doub;e quotes on every save …
- and another ESpeak bug, whisper selection does not work
There may be a new release pretty soon … but there may be more to do …
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024 - 21:58:49
Windows 10 and Wren 2023.2.8.0
Wren is brilliant. Wow! Thanks. I found these features as I started to learn my way around:-
* On first startup after install every time I tried to set up audio-out Wren exited, disappearing silently and abnormally without writing anything about the exit in the log. I was trying to set up ASIO output for ASIO4ALL V2 from the initial “empty” config at startup. This behaviour ceased when I first changed the Wren sample rate from the default 88.2 to 44.1.
* With the klaus.wren patch loaded and running OK I tried to change the visual theme from “Windows”: Wren crashed with an “access violation in wren.exe” error window. This theme change worked OK when the patch was stopped.
* When a patch is stopped the CPU load digits are frozen at some values rather than zeroed or a GUI CPU load. Is that intended?
* I found that the Wiki page is editable since the Wiki help displays a user ID and password. Is that intended?
* Finally it would be great to help for first time learning if the remaining F3 config options and the Morph & Mutation controls were also in the Wiki.
Many thanks
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 - 00:24:10
Hah, I was sleeping … and while sleeping I had been patching a lot :)
Ok, let me see ..
1) On first - weird …
2) With Klaus - Yeah, that happens on theme switches - and I could not get it out - it is a bit sloppy .. yes.
3) When a - yes the load updates stop when the patch is stopped - that is maybe not intentional, but it is how the code ended up to be - I did not really see an issue in that,.
4) I found - Yes, the wiki is editible once youj found the user ID and pass to use; contributions there are welcome.
5) Finally - the wiki is editable ;)
Sorry for not looking here but just using Wren.
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 - 00:32:05
Then regarding the bugs.
I was surprised today to find that when I’d recompile wren the sSpeak startup issue would — disappear — just like that. As I see now, I had seen the issue two years ago, but had never followed up on it.
The good news discovered sice is that eSpeak dus work again and the the whisper issue is not over - I did make a new release such that eSpeak works - 2025.4.8,0 and dropped it at the electro-music forum :: https://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=456859#456859
It will have to be published here as well now - I hope in les than two years.
Thursday, April 10, 2025 - 00:15:56
A little update - in short eSpeak works now, but not completely. Alos it is not eSpeak but eSpeak-ng.
And the longer version :
Wren wrongfully reported eSpeak as being not installed - I’ve changed that [it was an intitialisation error] : it now shows the actual version [1;49;2 here].
The actual version is not what I had expected it to be [1.48.something]; as it turns out Wren is using eSpeak-ng and not plain eSpeak - I should have known - 64 bits ….
On te website for eSpeak-ng I found better contents for the the espeak-ng-data folder [it is in C:\eSpeak NG] - the result is that I’ve got languages working now - whereas before it sounded all the same.
However, I do not have a clue yet as to how get the variations that were present under plain eSpeak back with eSpeak-ng … those variations are ’specific male’ and ’specific female’ voices and also croak and whisper options. This all will not work yet and when trying to set it trough the API it generates ‘not found’ errors.
But - it is getting better :)
Thursday, April 10, 2025 - 00:18:00
A little update - in short eSpeak works now, but not completely. Also it is not eSpeak but eSpeak-ng.
And the longer version :
Wren wrongfully reported eSpeak as being not installed - I’ve changed that [it was an intitialisation error] : it now shows the actual version [1;49;2 here].
The actual version is not what I had expected it to be [1.48.something]; as it turns out Wren is using eSpeak-ng and not plain eSpeak - I should have known - 64 bits ….
On te website for eSpeak-ng I found better contents for the the espeak-ng-data folder [it is in C:\eSpeak NG] - the result is that I’ve got languages working now - whereas before it sounded all the same.
However, I do not have a clue yet as to how get the variations that were present under plain eSpeak back with eSpeak-ng … those variations are ’specific male’ and ’specific female’ voices and also croak and whisper options. This all will not work yet and when trying to set it trough the API it generates ‘not found’ errors.
But - it is getting better :)