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offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2002-10-23 08:38 [#00413959]
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Hi, anyone here dabbled in CSound?

I'm considering doing my final project when I go back to uni
on music software (either a softsynth or midi scratchpad as
described in my other thread). I'd like to have a dabble
first before I submit my proposal so:
a) I can see it's something I like enough to put the time
required in...
b) I can see it's something I am a skillfull enough
programmer to do
c) I can check that there's enough scope to fulfil the
criteria of an acceptable proposal.

I was wondering if Csound would be a good starting point for
this?

Any advice/info appreciated...

Cheers.


 

offline Gubb on 2002-10-23 09:39 [#00414011]
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im also thinking about checking out Csound.. havent got to
it yet. im currently doing a module based sample generation
software thing for school. anybody else do their own
software?


 

offline zzligg from Allen,TX (United States) on 2002-10-23 09:41 [#00414013]
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im thinking of poisoning pigeons with strychnine so i can
watch them suffer.


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2002-10-23 09:43 [#00414015]
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Soak bread in rat poison like Shawn Ryder does at the start
of "24 Hour Part People" :P


 

offline J-HOK on 2002-10-23 09:45 [#00414021]
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i use SC, and some smalltalk, but mainly i like to use
reaktor, easier, quicker and more fun


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2002-10-23 09:46 [#00414022]
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We'll have to let each other know of any good tutorials or
tricks :)


 

offline Gubb on 2002-10-23 09:47 [#00414028]
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what has that got to do with Csound?


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2002-10-23 09:51 [#00414041]
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Only "Smalltalk" I know was an old ZX48k program that worked
on the basis of freudian self-analysis to allow you to have
"conversations" with it by typing to it :)

I want to try reaktor, I've heard good things about it. Do
you reckon 3 is signifiacantly better than 2?


 

offline Gubb on 2002-10-23 09:53 [#00414045]
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yeah, havent got to the DSP part yet though.. got any good
tutorials or rescourses? damn, it was supposed to be ready
two days ago so now im "sick" and home..


 

offline Zeus from San Francisco (United States) on 2002-10-23 09:53 [#00414046]
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i bought the csound book, and im trying to learn it. (im on
chapter one)

its insane. im not a computor programmer, and this is ALL
CODE.

so its gonna take me a long while before i figure out wtf is
goin on.

hardcore man. hardcore

csounds.com has lots of info, and a book you can order


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2002-10-23 09:55 [#00414051]
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Anyone got a .pdf of the csounds book?

Zeus: Whilst I wouldn't call myself a "programmer" I can
program and this doesn't look too complex... try
writing stuff in x86 machine code if you want a chalenge ;)


 

offline J-HOK on 2002-10-23 09:57 [#00414056]
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idont know really, but version 2 is wicked. ive made a nice
little FM drummachine in 2.0 in which the sounds are
triggered by hits in breakbeats that are fed into it.

I think reaktor beats stuff like Csound and SC hands down.
Like people use visual programming environments for
everything now, cos traditional coding is so olde-skoole now
;)


 

offline Gubb on 2002-10-23 09:58 [#00414057]
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i will definetly have to check it out when i got some time
over. i allready know C and C++ so i kind of hope it will be
a bit easier for me to learn it.. i dont really have time
for music more though. :( all my spare time SHOULD be spent
coding, so when i make music i feel kind of bad..


 

offline Gubb on 2002-10-23 10:01 [#00414062]
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GUIs are for wankers :)


 

offline Zeus from San Francisco (United States) on 2002-10-23 10:06 [#00414072]
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while virtual interface programs might be more user
friendly...

csound is the top of the game when it comes to synthesis.

it can do anything, there are no boundries


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2002-10-23 10:20 [#00414103]
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Hex 4E V3 R!

J-Hok: I agree that reaktor et all are a lot easier, and if
you spent an equivalent amount of time on them as coding in
Csound the results would be far more impressive... however,
as Zeus says, the more low level you go, the better for the
processor, hence more stuff at once hence no boundries.

Not knocking reaktor BTW, I like what I've hear dof it...


 


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