diff --git a/release-packaging/ignore/Examples/GUI_examples/HPSS.scd b/release-packaging/ignore/Examples/GUI_examples/HPSS.scd
index 8d6e07e..f426b04 100755
--- a/release-packaging/ignore/Examples/GUI_examples/HPSS.scd
+++ b/release-packaging/ignore/Examples/GUI_examples/HPSS.scd
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ var makeSynthDef;
 
 Font.default = Font("Monaco", 16);
 buffer = Buffer.new;
-win = Window.new("HPSS",
-	Rect(200,200,800,450)).background_(Color.gray);
+win = Window.new("HPSS", Rect(200,200,800,450)).background_(Color.gray);
 
 soundFileView = SoundFileView.new(win)
 	.gridOn_(false)
@@ -33,11 +32,9 @@ freqSscope.active_(true);
 
 loadButton.action_{
 	FileDialog({ |path|
-		path.postln;
 		soundFile = SoundFile.new;
 		soundFile.openRead(path[0]);
 		buffer = Buffer.read(Server.default, path[0]);
-		buffer.bufnum.postln;
 		soundFileView.soundfile = soundFile;
 		soundFileView.read(0, soundFile.numFrames);
    });
@@ -45,14 +42,8 @@ loadButton.action_{
 
 loopButton.action_{|but|
 	if(but.value == 1, {
-		Routine{
-			{makeSynthDef.value}.defer;
-			"hi".postln;
-			Server.default.sync;
-			synth = Synth(\hpssExtractionDemo, [\buffer, buffer.bufnum]);
-						synth.postln;
-			{mixSlider.action.value(mixSlider)}.defer;
-		}.play;
+		synth = Synth(\hpssExtractionDemo, [\buffer, buffer.bufnum]);
+		mixSlider.action.value(mixSlider);
 	},{
 		synth.free;
 	});
@@ -75,9 +66,8 @@ synthDef  = SynthDef(\hpssExtractionDemo,
 		player = PlayBuf.ar(1, buffer, loop:1);
 		fhpss = FluidHPSS.ar(in: player, harmFilterSize: harmSize, percFilterSize: percSize, maskingMode: 1, harmThreshFreq1: 0.1, harmThreshAmp1: 0, harmThreshFreq2: 0.5, harmThreshAmp2: 0, percThreshFreq1: 0.1, percThreshAmp1: 0, percThreshFreq2: 0.5, percThreshAmp2: 0, windowSize: 1024, hopSize: 256, fftSize: -1);
 
-
 		mix =(bal * fhpss[0]) + ((1 - bal) * fhpss[1]);
-			Out.ar(0,Pan2.ar(SinOsc.ar(200)));
+			Out.ar(0,Pan2.ar(mix));
 	}
 ).add;
 
@@ -105,5 +95,6 @@ win.layout_(
 	)
 );
 
+makeSynthDef.value;
 win.front;
-)
+)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/release-packaging/ignore/Examples/GUI_examples/NMF4.scd b/release-packaging/ignore/Examples/GUI_examples/NMF4.scd
index ab21f16..cdd7833 100755
--- a/release-packaging/ignore/Examples/GUI_examples/NMF4.scd
+++ b/release-packaging/ignore/Examples/GUI_examples/NMF4.scd
@@ -52,18 +52,15 @@ sliders = Array.fill(4, {|i|
 
 loadButton.action_{
 	FileDialog({ |path|
-		path.postln;
-
 		soundFile = SoundFile.new;
 		soundFile.openRead(path[0]);
-
 		soundFileView.soundfile = soundFile;
 		soundFileView.read(0, soundFile.numFrames);
 		Routine{
 		audioBuffer = Buffer.read(server, path[0]);
 		server.sync;
 		FluidBufNMF.process(server,
-			audioBuffer.bufnum,destination:destBuffer.bufnum, components:4
+			audioBuffer.bufnum,resynth:destBuffer.bufnum, components:4
 		);
 		server.sync;
 		destBuffer.query;
diff --git a/release-packaging/ignore/Examples/GUI_examples/NoveltySegmentation.scd b/release-packaging/ignore/Examples/GUI_examples/NoveltySegmentation.scd
index e0ca677..f8469e8 100755
--- a/release-packaging/ignore/Examples/GUI_examples/NoveltySegmentation.scd
+++ b/release-packaging/ignore/Examples/GUI_examples/NoveltySegmentation.scd
@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@ var synthDef, synth;
 var synths;
 
 var playing, currentSelection, colors, prevColor;
-
-playing = Array.fill(10, {false});
+var qwerty = "1234567890qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm";
+playing = Array.fill(qwerty.size, {false});
 server = Server.default;
 Font.default = Font("Monaco", 16);
 
 audioBuffer = Buffer.new;
 slicesBuffer = Buffer.new;
 
-colors = Array.fill(64, {Color.rand});
-synths = Array.fill(10, {nil});
+colors = Array.fill(qwerty.size, {Color.rand});
+synths = Array.fill(qwerty.size, {nil});
 
 synthDef = SynthDef(\noveltySegDemo,{|buf, start, end|
 	Out.ar(0, BufRd.ar(1, buf, Phasor.ar(1,  1, start, end)));
@@ -48,17 +48,16 @@ win = Window.new("NoveltySegmentation",
 	Rect(200,200,800,450)).background_(Color.gray);
 
 win.view.keyDownAction_{|view, char, modifiers, unicode, keycode, key|
-	if (char.isDecDigit){
-		var digit = char.digit;
-		if(digit.notNil && slicesArray.notNil){
-			playFunc.value(digit - 1);
-		}
+	var num = qwerty.indexOf(char);
+	if (num.notNil&& slicesArray.notNil){
+			playFunc.value(num);
 	}
 };
 
 win.view.keyUpAction_{|view, char|
-	if(char.isDecDigit){
-		stopFunc.value(char.digit - 1);
+	var num = qwerty.indexOf(char);
+	if(num.notNil){
+		stopFunc.value(num);
     }
 };
 
@@ -83,7 +82,6 @@ thSlider = Slider(win, Rect(0, 0, 100, 10)).value_(0.5);
 
 loadButton.action_{
 	FileDialog({ |path|
-		path.postln;
 		soundFile = SoundFile.new;
 		soundFile.openRead(path[0]);
 		audioBuffer = Buffer.read(server, path[0]);
diff --git a/release-packaging/ignore/Examples/GUI_examples/SineExtraction.scd b/release-packaging/ignore/Examples/GUI_examples/SineExtraction.scd
index 343d0c4..9903797 100755
--- a/release-packaging/ignore/Examples/GUI_examples/SineExtraction.scd
+++ b/release-packaging/ignore/Examples/GUI_examples/SineExtraction.scd
@@ -32,11 +32,9 @@ freqSscope.active_(true);
 
 loadButton.action_{
 	FileDialog({ |path|
-		path.postln;
 		soundFile = SoundFile.new;
 		soundFile.openRead(path[0]);
 		buffer = Buffer.read(Server.default, path[0]);
-		buffer.bufnum.postln;
 		soundFileView.soundfile = soundFile;
 		soundFileView.read(0, soundFile.numFrames);
    });
diff --git a/release-packaging/ignore/Examples/GUI_examples/TransientExtraction.scd b/release-packaging/ignore/Examples/GUI_examples/TransientExtraction.scd
index 83ea5c4..35b882d 100755
--- a/release-packaging/ignore/Examples/GUI_examples/TransientExtraction.scd
+++ b/release-packaging/ignore/Examples/GUI_examples/TransientExtraction.scd
@@ -32,11 +32,9 @@ freqSscope.active_(true);
 
 loadButton.action_{
 	FileDialog({ |path|
-		path.postln;
 		soundFile = SoundFile.new;
 		soundFile.openRead(path[0]);
 		buffer = Buffer.read(Server.default, path[0]);
-		buffer.bufnum.postln;
 		soundFileView.soundfile = soundFile;
 		soundFileView.read(0, soundFile.numFrames);
    });
@@ -60,12 +58,12 @@ mixSlider.action_{|slider|
 
 
 fwSlider.action_{|slider|
-	synth.set(\fw, ControlSpec(0, 5).map(slider.value));
+	synth.set(\fw, ControlSpec(0.0001, 3, \exp).map(slider.value));
 };
 
 
 bwSlider.action_{|slider|
-	synth.set(\bw, ControlSpec(0, 5).map(slider.value));
+	synth.set(\bw, ControlSpec(0.0001, 3, \exp).map(slider.value));
 };
 
 
diff --git a/release-packaging/ignore/Examples/GUI_examples/TransientSegmentation.scd b/release-packaging/ignore/Examples/GUI_examples/TransientSegmentation.scd
index c025b94..b7b69f5 100755
--- a/release-packaging/ignore/Examples/GUI_examples/TransientSegmentation.scd
+++ b/release-packaging/ignore/Examples/GUI_examples/TransientSegmentation.scd
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ var addSelections, playFunc, stopFunc;
 var synthDef, synth;
 
 var playing, currentSelection, colors, prevColor;
+var qwerty = "1234567890qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm";
 
 playing = false;
 server = Server.default;
@@ -45,11 +46,9 @@ win = Window.new("TransientSegmentation",
 	Rect(200,200,800,450)).background_(Color.gray);
 
 win.view.keyDownAction_{|view, char, modifiers, unicode, keycode, key|
-	if (char.isDecDigit){
-		var digit = char.digit;
-		if(slicesArray.notNil){
-			playFunc.value(digit - 1);
-		}
+	var num = qwerty.indexOf(char);
+	if(num.notNil && slicesArray.notNil){
+		playFunc.value(num);
 	}
 };
 
@@ -78,7 +77,6 @@ debounceSlider = Slider(win, Rect(0, 0, 100, 10)).value_(0.5);
 
 loadButton.action_{
 	FileDialog({ |path|
-		path.postln;
 		soundFile = SoundFile.new;
 		soundFile.openRead(path[0]);
 		audioBuffer = Buffer.read(server, path[0]);
@@ -88,8 +86,8 @@ loadButton.action_{
 };
 
 processButton.action_{|but|
-	var fw = ControlSpec(0, 5).map(fwSlider.value);
-	var bw = ControlSpec(0, 5).map(bwSlider.value);
+	var fw = ControlSpec(0.0001, 3, \exp).map(fwSlider.value);
+	var bw = ControlSpec(0.0001, 3, \exp).map(bwSlider.value);
 	var db = ControlSpec(1, 4410).map(debounceSlider.value);
 	if(but.value == 1, {
 		Routine{