SOUNDSHAPER DOWNLOADS

SOUNDSHAPER 6.2 Full Version The latest full version (June 2023) for new users. Includes the latest CDP software (Release 8) for PC. SOUNDSHAPER 6.2 Update from 6.1 Update (June 2023) for users who already have Soundshaper 6.1 Includes the latest CDP software revision for PC. Installation intructions supplied. SOUNDSHAPER 6.3 BETA Upgrade Upgrade (Sep 2024) for users who already have Soundshaper 6.2. Revised .exe and some supporting files. Includes description of changes. DOCUMENTATION Help Manual revised for Soundshaper 6.0 (Sep. 2022) Extract to your CDP\docs folder. TUTORIAL PATCHES Ten tutorial patches for new users. Extract the files to your base CDP folder.

 SETTING UP: FULL VERSION

The full CDP package for PC (including SoundLoom and documentation) is available at the CDP downlaods site.
This version does NOT include either SoundLoom or the CDP documentation.

• Unzip the downloaded zip file Soundshaper_FULL.zip into any folder, e.g. \Downloads
• Double-click the self-extracting installer InstallSoundshaper6.exe.
  At the prompt, choose a base CDP folder within which to extract Soundshaper and CDP software.
  The recommended default name is C:\CDPR8. You can choose another drive or another folder name, but do not have any spaces in the path.
  Please also note the convention about folder-names – see below.
  
• The installation will extract files to these sub-folders:
     \_cdp (containing \_cdprogs for the CDP software)
     \Soundshaper6
     \TXT for supplied datafiles


• To configure Soundshaper for first use, please read the instructions on the SUPPORT PAGE.
  When you first start the program, you will be asked to select (or create) some essential folders.
  The most important of these is the one in which you have installed CDP software (e.g. C:\CDPR8).


• Also visit OPTIONS | SETTINGS to complete your settings for the program.

 UPGRADES and UPDATES

UPGRADE TO SOUNDSHAPER 6.3 BETA

Soundshaper 6.3 is a Beta-release version for those who already have 6.2. It is NOT a complete version: only a revised program Soundshaper6.3BETA.exe is supplied, along with a few changed documents and a description. The exe should be placed in the same folder as your existing Soundshaper.exe, which should be retained for now.

UPGRADE / UPDATE FROM PREVIOUS VERSIONS

As CDP Release 8 is a major upgrade, users are normally advised to download the full version of Soundshaper 6.2, which includes the Release 8 software, and install both into a new folder (e.g. C:\CDPR8).

However, for those running Soundshaper only and who also have installed Soundshaper6.1 it is simple to upgrade to 6.2 with new CDP programs. Download the update file Soundshaper62UD.zip and follow the supplied installation instructions.

Settings
Save your existing Settings file (Soundshaper.cfg) and copy it to the new Soundshaper6 folder (e.g. C:\CDPR8\Soundshaper6). This will avoid having to configure Soundshaper.

User Datafiles
You may also wish to copy your personal data files from an existing User-Data folder (e.g. C:\CDPR7\TXT) over to the new folder (e.g. to C:\CDPR8\TXT).
If you have a large collection of these, you could instead copy across the old \TXT folder and upgrade it with specific Release 8 files and folders, which are included in the update zip.

 FOLDER NAMES IN SOUNDSHAPER

• Please use ASCII (Roman-alphabet) characters – as used in English – when naming folders and also text datafiles, namely: a-z (lower or upper case) and numbers 0-9.
• Do not use folder paths with spaces. This is because CDP programs run in a command-line environment, where such spaces may produce errors.
  This applies to Soundshaper folders set on the OPTIONS | SETTINGS page. Soundfiles that you load or save can, however, have spaces in the name.

 INSTALLING SOUNDSHAPER and SOUNDLOOM IN THE SAME CDP FOLDER

The installers for Soundshaper share the same CDP program files as the SoundLoom GUI, but do not include the special sub-folders required for SoundLoom.
These will be added to your installation if/when you install SoundLoom to the same base CDP folder (e.g. \CDPR8).

If you already have SoundLoom installed, installating Soundshaper should not affect it in any way.

The above does not apply if you install Soundshaper and SoundLoom to entirely different locations – you will simply have two sets of CDP software on your system.

 SOUNDSHAPER MANUAL

The Soundshaper Help manual has been updated for Soundshaper 6.0.
Unzip the file to the CDP Docs folder (e.g. C:\CDPR8\docs\).

For new features in Soundshaper 6 and recent versions, see the NEWS page. For Soundshaper 6, please refer to the files "Soundshaper6 What's New.pdf" and "NEW_6.2.txt" supplied with the program. Two extracts from the Manusl (About Soundshaper.pdf and Basic Operation.pdf) are also supplied, in the \DOCS folder.

 BUGS AND ISSUES

For the latest Known Bugs and Issues, click here: KnownIssues.txt.  This also lists the latest bugfixes and amendments.
This file is currently out of date, but will be revised soon.

Please e-mail with any bug reports or suggestions for improvement.

 SUPPORT

• Support for Soundshaper and CDP is mostly offered through the CDP Users' Forum.
• Users may also e-mail with specific problems related to Soundshaper and/or CDP (see Links page).

Also see the SUPPORT PAGE for:

• how to set up CDP and Soundshaper
• how to use an external audio editor with Soundshaper.