# Stria by John Chowning doesn't play in CsoundQt **URL:** \ **Category:** Newbies\ **Created:** [October 19, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.csound.com/t/stria-by-john-chowning-doesnt-play-in-csoundqt/542 "2021-10-19T18:14:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Prutser](https://forum.csound.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Prutser](https://forum.csound.com/u/Prutser)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.csound.com/t/stria-by-john-chowning-doesnt-play-in-csoundqt/542/1 "2021-10-19T18:14:15Z")
I’m trying to play the Music Example _Stria_ by John Chowning in CsoundQt but all I get are the following errors: ```csound rtaudio: PortAudio module enabled ... using blocking interface error: Variable '__synthetic_300' used before defined Line -1 error: Variable type for __synthetic_300 couldn't be determined. Parsing failed due to syntax errors Stopping on parser failure can't compile orchestra ``` Before that I played TRAPPED IN CONVERT by Richard Boulanger in CsoundQt and that piece did work OK. What could the problem be? ---
**Author:** ![tarmo](https://forum.csound.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tarmo](https://forum.csound.com/u/tarmo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.csound.com/t/stria-by-john-chowning-doesnt-play-in-csoundqt/542/2 "2021-10-19T19:36:22Z")
Thanks for the report! No problem here… Which version of CsoundQt, Csound do you use? What is your platform? Does it work when you press “Run in Terminal”? greetings, tarmo Kontakt Prutser via The Csound Community (\<[noreply@forum.csound.com](mailto:noreply@forum.csound.com)\>) kirjutas kuupäeval T, 19. oktoober 2021 kell 21:24: ---
**Author:** ![Prutser](https://forum.csound.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Prutser](https://forum.csound.com/u/Prutser)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.csound.com/t/stria-by-john-chowning-doesnt-play-in-csoundqt/542/3 "2021-10-19T20:03:56Z")
Hello, I have: CsoundQt Version 0.9.4 Csound version 6.10 (double samples) 2018-01-27 Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia And “Run in Terminal” gives: Could not run terminal program: Check environment tab in preferences. ---
**Author:** ![joachim](https://forum.csound.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/a87d85/32.png) [@joachim](https://forum.csound.com/u/joachim)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.csound.com/t/stria-by-john-chowning-doesnt-play-in-csoundqt/542/4 "2021-10-19T20:36:28Z")
this is a very strange error message: variable ‘\_\_synthetic\_300’ in line -1 … can you try to download from here and to play it: > i think his should work. by any reason, your csd file with stria seems to be corrupted. joachim ---
**Author:** ![Prutser](https://forum.csound.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Prutser](https://forum.csound.com/u/Prutser)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.csound.com/t/stria-by-john-chowning-doesnt-play-in-csoundqt/542/5 "2021-10-19T21:10:24Z")
I don’t know how to download the file from GitHub so I copied and pasted it, but that gives the same error as before. ---
**Author:** ![Prutser](https://forum.csound.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Prutser](https://forum.csound.com/u/Prutser)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.csound.com/t/stria-by-john-chowning-doesnt-play-in-csoundqt/542/6 "2021-10-20T11:26:19Z")
```csound Could not run terminal program: /usr/bin/xterm Check environment tab in preferences. ``` This happens when I try to run Boulanger-Trapped-in-Convert in terminal. What precisely do I have to do to make it possible to run Boulanger in terminal in CsoundQt? ---
**Author:** ![tarmo](https://forum.csound.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tarmo](https://forum.csound.com/u/tarmo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.csound.com/t/stria-by-john-chowning-doesnt-play-in-csoundqt/542/7 "2021-10-20T12:53:21Z")
Hi! Please always tell first - your platform, Csound version, CsoundQt version + more information that may help to understand your issue. ---
**Author:** ![Prutser](https://forum.csound.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Prutser](https://forum.csound.com/u/Prutser)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://forum.csound.com/t/stria-by-john-chowning-doesnt-play-in-csoundqt/542/8 "2021-10-20T13:11:37Z")
That’s still the same as before: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia Csound version 6.10 (double samples) 2018-01-27 CsoundQt Version 0.9.4 ---
**Author:** ![tarmo](https://forum.csound.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tarmo](https://forum.csound.com/u/tarmo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.csound.com/t/stria-by-john-chowning-doesnt-play-in-csoundqt/542/9 "2021-10-20T14:06:57Z")
Oh, I apologize, my bad, did not notice that post. Your installation is pretty old. You could try to download an unofficial AppImage (an application bundle), that includes both Csound and CsoundQt: [https://tarmo.uuu.ee/varia/failid/cs/CsoundQt/CsoundQt-0.9.8.2-x86\_64%2BCsound-6.14.0.AppImage](https://tarmo.uuu.ee/varia/failid/cs/CsoundQt/CsoundQt-0.9.8.2-x86_64%2BCsound-6.14.0.AppImage) Make it executable (chmod +x ) and try to start that, And there must be some terminal emulator on your system, if you set that in the preferences, it should work. Hope it helps you forward! tarmo Kontakt Prutser via The Csound Community (\<[noreply@forum.csound.com](mailto:noreply@forum.csound.com)\>) kirjutas kuupäeval K, 20. oktoober 2021 kell 16:21: ---
**Author:** ![Prutser](https://forum.csound.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Prutser](https://forum.csound.com/u/Prutser)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.csound.com/t/stria-by-john-chowning-doesnt-play-in-csoundqt/542/10 "2021-10-20T14:37:22Z")
Thank you very much! This is already working much better. I still have some questions, but from here on I will use the AppImage and I will start some new topics for those further questions.