# Help! Error messages when installing MI-UGens **URL:** \ **Category:** TidalCycles\ **Tags:** installation\ **Created:** [23 March 2025 10:03 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/help-error-messages-when-installing-mi-ugens/5617 "2025-03-23T10:03:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AilaKri](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/ailakri/32/3094_2.png) [@AilaKri](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/AilaKri)\ **Post date:** [23 March 2025 10:03 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/help-error-messages-when-installing-mi-ugens/5617/1 "2025-03-23T10:03:23Z")
Hello\<3 I am in the middle of installing the Mutable Instruments Ugens into SuperCollider to use with tidal. I have followed the instructions as close as i can, but i keep getting this error message when i restart SuperCollider-\> ERROR: Message 'prSetEdited' not understood. RECEIVER: nil ARGS: Integer 1 CALL STACK: DoesNotUnderstandError:reportError arg this = Nil:handleError arg this = nil arg error = Thread:handleError arg this = arg error = Object:throw arg this = Object:doesNotUnderstand arg this = nil arg selector = 'prSetEdited' arg args = [\*1] Process:interpretCmdLine arg this = ^^ ERROR: Message 'prSetEdited' not understood. RECEIVER: nil ERROR: Message 'prSetEdited' not understood. RECEIVER: nil ARGS: Integer 0 CALL STACK: DoesNotUnderstandError:reportError arg this = Nil:handleError arg this = nil arg error = Thread:handleError arg this = arg error = Object:throw arg this = Object:doesNotUnderstand arg this = nil arg selector = 'prSetEdited' arg args = [\*1] Process:interpretCmdLine arg this = ^^ ERROR: Message 'prSetEdited' not understood. RECEIVER: nil server 'localhost' disconnected shared memory interface '/quit' message sent to server 'localhost'. compiling class library... Found 853 primitives. Compiling directory 'C:\Program Files\SuperCollider-3.12.1\SCClassLibrary' Compiling directory 'C:\ProgramData\SuperCollider\Extensions' Compiling directory 'C:\Users\kostp\AppData\Local\SuperCollider\Extensions' Compiling directory 'C:\Users\kostp\AppData\Local\SuperCollider\downloaded-quarks\Vowel' Compiling directory 'C:\Users\kostp\AppData\Local\SuperCollider\downloaded-quarks\Dirt-Samples' Compiling directory 'C:\Users\kostp\AppData\Local\SuperCollider\downloaded-quarks\SuperDirt' numentries = 1291801 / 20048200 = 0.064 5900 method selectors, 3398 classes method table size 21137568 bytes, big table size 160385600 Number of Symbols 15120 Byte Code Size 447242 compiled 567 files in 0.41 seconds Info: 2 methods are currently overwritten by extensions. To see which, execute: MethodOverride.printAll compile done localhost : setting clientID to 0. internal : setting clientID to 0. Class tree inited in 0.01 seconds ERROR: syntax error, unexpected NAME, expecting ')' in interpreted text line 62 char 54: ``` s.latency = 0.3; // increase this if you get "late" messages ^^^^ ``` ## }; ERROR: Command line parse failed Could this have anything to do with the help file, maybe? (my helpfile)-\> /\* This is an example startup file. You can load it from your startup file (to be found in Platform.userAppSupportDir +/+ "startup.scd") \*/ ( s.reboot { // server options are only updated on reboot // configure the sound server: here you could add hardware specific options // see [ServerOptions | SuperCollider 3.14.0 Help](http://doc.sccode.org/Classes/ServerOptions.html) s.options.numBuffers = 1024 \* 256; // increase this if you need to load more samples s.options.memSize = 8192 \* 32; // increase this if you get "alloc failed" messages s.options.numWireBufs = 64; // increase this if you get "exceeded number of interconnect buffers" messages s.options.maxNodes = 1024 \* 32; // increase this if you are getting drop outs and the message "too many nodes" s.options.numOutputBusChannels = 2; // set this to your hardware output channel size, if necessary s.options.numInputBusChannels = 2; // set this to your hardware output channel size, if necessary // boot the server and start SuperDirt s.waitForBoot { ~dirt = SuperDirt(2, s); // two output channels, increase if you want to pan across more channels //"C:\Users\kostp\Desktop\Samples" ~dirt.loadSoundFiles("/users/kostp/Desktop/Samples/\*"); // s.sync; // optionally: wait for samples to be read ~dirt.start(57120, 0 ! 12); // start listening on port 57120, create two busses each sending audio to channel 0 ``` // optional, needed for convenient access from sclang: ( ~d1 = ~dirt.orbits[0]; ~d2 = ~dirt.orbits[1]; ~d3 = ~dirt.orbits[2]; ~d4 = ~dirt.orbits[3]; ~d5 = ~dirt.orbits[4]; ~d6 = ~dirt.orbits[5]; ~d7 = ~dirt.orbits[6]; ~d8 = ~dirt.orbits[7]; ~d9 = ~dirt.orbits[8]; ~d10 = ~dirt.orbits[9]; ~d11 = ~dirt.orbits[10]; ~d12 = ~dirt.orbits[11]; ); }; // Mutable instruments ->> // load mi-ugens.scd synthdefs load("C:\Program Files\SuperCollider-3.12.1\synthdefs\mi-ugens.scd\"); ``` // end load mi-ugens.scd synthdefs // ... ~dirt = SuperDirt(2, s); //... ~d10 = ~dirt.orbits[9]; ~d11 = ~dirt.orbits[10]; ~d12 = ~dirt.orbits[11]; // ); ``` // define global effects for mutable instruments effects ~dirt.orbits.do { |x| var clouds = GlobalDirtEffect(\global_mi_clouds, [\cloudspitch, \cloudspos, \cloudssize, \cloudsdens, \cloudstex, \cloudswet, \cloudsgain, \cloudsspread, \cloudsrvb, \cloudsfb, \cloudsfreeze, \cloudsmode, \cloudslofi]); var verb = GlobalDirtEffect(\global_mi_verb, [\verbwet, \verbtime, \verbdamp, \verbhp, \verbfreeze, \verbdiff, \verbgain]); x.globalEffects = x.globalEffects .addFirst(clouds) .addFirst(verb); x.initNodeTree; }; // end define global effects for mutable instruments effects s.latency = 0.3; // increase this if you get "late" messages ``` }; ); Any help will greatly appreciated\<33 ---
**Author:** ![cleary](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/cleary/32/177_2.png) [@cleary](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/cleary)\ **Post date:** [24 March 2025 01:55 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/help-error-messages-when-installing-mi-ugens/5617/2 "2025-03-24T01:55:38Z")
Hi - Are you able to give anymore info about the environment? Operating system etc > [@AilaKri](#): > > ERROR: Message 'prSetEdited' not understood. There are some links talking about the `prSetEdited not understood` error here: > > > \## Environment > > \* SuperCollider version: 3.13.0 > \* Operating system: Windows 1…1 Pro > \* System Locale Language: Korean > > \## Steps to reproduce > > 1. Start SuperCollider > 2. type something in the IDE editor > 3. close the SCD document > > \## Expected vs. actual behaviour > \- Expected: > - Typing without error messages and warnings. > - Close without error > \- Actual behaviour: > https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/izhbkciqc3xmzrvyyndx5/Screen-Recording-2023-10-24-at-18.53.31.mov?rlkey=kfxz4duxbcy0yzlla9sh8awqv&dl=0 > > Not always, but often. Beyond that, your sc startup file could potentially be an issue since it's formatting funny in the forum - The trick to get it to format as code is to put triple backticks before and after the block of code - can you do that with your startup file and error messages to get it formatting more readably please? ``` example code block ``` which looks like this when rendered in markdown ```haskell example code block ``` ---
**Author:** ![AilaKri](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/ailakri/32/3094_2.png) [@AilaKri](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/AilaKri)\ **Post date:** [24 March 2025 19:00 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/help-error-messages-when-installing-mi-ugens/5617/3 "2025-03-24T19:00:53Z")
My enviroment-\> windows 11 start up file-\> ```haskell ( s.reboot { // server options are only updated on reboot // configure the sound server: here you could add hardware specific options // see http://doc.sccode.org/Classes/ServerOptions.html s.options.numBuffers = 1024 * 256; // increase this if you need to load more samples s.options.memSize = 8192 * 32; // increase this if you get "alloc failed" messages s.options.numWireBufs = 64; // increase this if you get "exceeded number of interconnect buffers" messages s.options.maxNodes = 1024 * 32; // increase this if you are getting drop outs and the message "too many nodes" s.options.numOutputBusChannels = 2; // set this to your hardware output channel size, if necessary s.options.numInputBusChannels = 2; // set this to your hardware output channel size, if necessary // boot the server and start SuperDirt s.waitForBoot { ~dirt = SuperDirt(2, s); // two output channels, increase if you want to pan across more channels //"C:\Users\kostp\Desktop\Samples" ~dirt.load("C:\Program Files\SuperCollider-3.12.1\synthdefs\mi-ugens.scd\"); ~dirt.loadSoundFiles("/users/kostp/Desktop/Samples/*"); // s.sync; // optionally: wait for samples to be read ~dirt.start(57120, 0 ! 12); // start listening on port 57120, create two busses each sending audio to channel 0 // optional, needed for convenient access from sclang: ( ~d1 = ~dirt.orbits[0]; ~d2 = ~dirt.orbits[1]; ~d3 = ~dirt.orbits[2]; ~d4 = ~dirt.orbits[3]; ~d5 = ~dirt.orbits[4]; ~d6 = ~dirt.orbits[5]; ~d7 = ~dirt.orbits[6]; ~d8 = ~dirt.orbits[7]; ~d9 = ~dirt.orbits[8]; ~d10 = ~dirt.orbits[9]; ~d11 = ~dirt.orbits[10]; ~d12 = ~dirt.orbits[11]; ~dirt.orbits.do { |x| var clouds = GlobalDirtEffect(\global_mi_clouds, [\cloudspitch, \cloudspos, \cloudssize, \cloudsdens, \cloudstex, \cloudswet, \cloudsgain, \cloudsspread, \cloudsrvb, \cloudsfb, \cloudsfreeze, \cloudsmode, \cloudslofi]); var verb = GlobalDirtEffect(\global_mi_verb, [\verbwet, \verbtime, \verbdamp, \verbhp, \verbfreeze, \verbdiff, \verbgain]; ); x.globalEffects = x.globalEffects .addFirst(clouds) .addFirst(verb); x.initNodeTree; }; s.latency = 0.3; // increase this if you get "late" messages }; ); ``` ---
**Author:** ![cleary](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/cleary/32/177_2.png) [@cleary](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/cleary)\ **Post date:** [24 March 2025 22:36 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/help-error-messages-when-installing-mi-ugens/5617/4 "2025-03-24T22:36:47Z")
Ok, there's a whole lot of mistakes in there that I can see at a first glance: 1. Line 15 - wrong load function, requires double backslash for windows (it's a highlighted tip in the docs), and it has an extraneous backslash at the end of the path ```haskell ~dirt.load("C:\Program Files\SuperCollider-3.12.1\synthdefs\mi-ugens.scd\"); ``` should be ```haskell load("C:\\Program Files\\SuperCollider-3.12.1\\synthdefs\\mi-ugens.scd"); ``` 1. Path you've put the mi-ugens.scd file is different to the docs This may or may not be an issue, but the file needs to exist at the path you've defined. The docs recommends: ```haskell C:\Users\\AppData\Local\SuperCollider\synthdefs\mi-ugens.scd ``` Let's start with getting these two right for starters and see how it goes ---
**Author:** ![AilaKri](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/ailakri/32/3094_2.png) [@AilaKri](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/AilaKri)\ **Post date:** [25 March 2025 08:54 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/help-error-messages-when-installing-mi-ugens/5617/5 "2025-03-25T08:54:37Z")
Hi again:) New startup file after changes-\> ```haskell ( s.reboot { // server options are only updated on reboot // configure the sound server: here you could add hardware specific options // see http://doc.sccode.org/Classes/ServerOptions.html s.options.numBuffers = 1024 * 256; // increase this if you need to load more samples s.options.memSize = 8192 * 32; // increase this if you get "alloc failed" messages s.options.numWireBufs = 64; // increase this if you get "exceeded number of interconnect buffers" messages s.options.maxNodes = 1024 * 32; // increase this if you are getting drop outs and the message "too many nodes" s.options.numOutputBusChannels = 2; // set this to your hardware output channel size, if necessary s.options.numInputBusChannels = 2; // set this to your hardware output channel size, if necessary // boot the server and start SuperDirt s.waitForBoot { ~dirt = SuperDirt(2, s); // two output channels, increase if you want to pan across more channels //"C:\Users\kostp\Desktop\Samples" ~dirt.load("C:\\Users\\kostp\\AppData\\Local\\SuperCollider\\synthdefs\\mi-ugens.scd"); ~dirt.loadSoundFiles("/users/kostp/Desktop/Samples/*"); // s.sync; // optionally: wait for samples to be read ~dirt.start(57120, 0 ! 12); // start listening on port 57120, create two busses each sending audio to channel 0 // optional, needed for convenient access from sclang: ( ~d1 = ~dirt.orbits[0]; ~d2 = ~dirt.orbits[1]; ~d3 = ~dirt.orbits[2]; ~d4 = ~dirt.orbits[3]; ~d5 = ~dirt.orbits[4]; ~d6 = ~dirt.orbits[5]; ~d7 = ~dirt.orbits[6]; ~d8 = ~dirt.orbits[7]; ~d9 = ~dirt.orbits[8]; ~d10 = ~dirt.orbits[9]; ~d11 = ~dirt.orbits[10]; ~d12 = ~dirt.orbits[11]; ~dirt.orbits.do { |x| var clouds = GlobalDirtEffect(\global_mi_clouds, [\cloudspitch, \cloudspos, \cloudssize, \cloudsdens, \cloudstex, \cloudswet, \cloudsgain, \cloudsspread, \cloudsrvb, \cloudsfb, \cloudsfreeze, \cloudsmode, \cloudslofi]); var verb = GlobalDirtEffect(\global_mi_verb, [\verbwet, \verbtime, \verbdamp, \verbhp, \verbfreeze, \verbdiff, \verbgain]; ); x.globalEffects = x.globalEffects .addFirst(clouds) .addFirst(verb); x.initNodeTree; }; s.latency = 0.3; // increase this if you get "late" messages }; ); ``` This seems to have solved some of the problem. however i still get this error message ```haskell compiling class library... Found 853 primitives. Compiling directory 'C:\Users\AppData\Local\SuperCollider\SCClassLibrary' Compiling directory 'C:\ProgramData\SuperCollider\Extensions' Compiling directory 'C:\Users\kostp\AppData\Local\SuperCollider\Extensions' Compiling directory 'C:\Users\kostp\AppData\Local\SuperCollider\downloaded-quarks\Vowel' Compiling directory 'C:\Users\kostp\AppData\Local\SuperCollider\downloaded-quarks\Dirt-Samples' Compiling directory 'C:\Users\kostp\AppData\Local\SuperCollider\downloaded-quarks\SuperDirt' numentries = 1291801 / 20048200 = 0.064 5900 method selectors, 3398 classes method table size 21137568 bytes, big table size 160385600 Number of Symbols 15120 Byte Code Size 447242 compiled 567 files in 0.32 seconds Info: 2 methods are currently overwritten by extensions. To see which, execute: MethodOverride.printAll compile done localhost : setting clientID to 0. internal : setting clientID to 0. Class tree inited in 0.01 seconds ERROR: Parse error in interpreted text line 38 char 1: }; ^ ); ----------------------------------- opening bracket was a '(', but found a '}' in interpreted text line 38 char 1 ERROR: syntax error, unexpected BADTOKEN, expecting DOTDOT or ':' or ',' or ')' in interpreted text line 38 char 1: }; ^ ); ----------------------------------- ERROR: Command line parse failed ``` ---
**Author:** ![julian](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/julian/32/1398_2.png) [@julian](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/julian)\ **Post date:** [25 March 2025 15:31 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/help-error-messages-when-installing-mi-ugens/5617/6 "2025-03-25T15:31:43Z")
you should always use `standardizePath` to automatically adjust paths depending on the OS. ---
**Author:** ![julian](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/julian/32/1398_2.png) [@julian](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/julian)\ **Post date:** [25 March 2025 15:32 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/help-error-messages-when-installing-mi-ugens/5617/7 "2025-03-25T15:32:34Z")
probably a non-matching parentheses in the mi-ugen.scd? ---
**Author:** ![AilaKri](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/ailakri/32/3094_2.png) [@AilaKri](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/AilaKri)\ **Post date:** [25 March 2025 20:16 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/help-error-messages-when-installing-mi-ugens/5617/8 "2025-03-25T20:16:52Z")
Can you elaborate? i'm still quite new to this. ---
**Author:** ![julian](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/julian/32/1398_2.png) [@julian](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/julian)\ **Post date:** [25 March 2025 20:51 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/help-error-messages-when-installing-mi-ugens/5617/9 "2025-03-25T20:51:35Z")
The file in the MI-UGens seems to be a little roughly written. I haven't seen it, so I only guess. When you open the startup file and select all, hit cmd-ender, you can check if the same error occurs. Then it is in that file. You can try and balance the brackets so everything comes in pairs. Then it should work … ---
**Author:** ![cleary](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/cleary/32/177_2.png) [@cleary](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/cleary)\ **Post date:** [31 March 2025 22:08 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/help-error-messages-when-installing-mi-ugens/5617/10 "2025-03-31T22:08:34Z")
The mi-ugens.scd file is standard and well tested: [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cleary/ansible-tidalcycles-synth-mi-ugens/master/files/mutable-instruments-synthdefs.scd](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cleary/ansible-tidalcycles-synth-mi-ugens/master/files/mutable-instruments-synthdefs.scd) It may depend on how that file was copied to @AilaKri 's machine though - if it was not copied completely it may be missing a parentheses or matching brackets etc