Troubleshooting

This section try to help you diagnose the situation if Renardo environment doesn’t not work has expected.

It looks good but does not make any sound

If b1 >> blip() does not produce sound, should try in this order:

1. Close and start renardo again ! It may help to connect to the supercollider backend…
2. Check if programs named sclang/scsynth are running (using Task Manager or System Monitor for example). If not start supercollider manually with:
   • Facultative Linux step : you need JACK server started (https://archive.flossmanuals.net/ardour/ch015_starting-jack-on-ubuntu.html) or pipewire with the pipewire-jack module installed.
   • In the supercollider editor start the server then write Renardo.start and activate with Ctrl+Return then check for errors in the log pannel.

You can also ask for help on the [FoxDot Telegram channel] or the .

SuperCollider is not ready

If SuperCollider is installed but renardo says it is not ready that’s because it can’t find it to launch it automatically: ensure sclang is available in PATH (see above)

playsound/other library can’t be installed (renardo library install fails)

Sometimes upgrading pip or wheel or build python packages solve the installation. For example: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76078698/how-to-fix-oserror-could-not-get-source-code-error-when-installing-playsound