RE: [microsound] Csound & Pd

[Phil Thomson <philthom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would also recommend the csound techno list if you make IDM. I think you
can find the list info on <csounds.com>. Personally, I would recommend PD
over Csound, as the latter is a more old-school programming language, with
a "code-compile-audition-tweak-compile-audition" cycle that can be
time-consuming and less than interactive. PD lets you tweak in real time
and generates something a little more gratifying to the tweaker that lives
in all of us. I use Csound mainly for DSP rather than for composition. PD
is more improvisatory, so I use it mainly for testing stuff out and
playing rather than serious compostional work. Unfortunately there's not
much to read for PD, as it's much less well-documented than Csound, but
some of the MAX/MSP documentation is usable for PD.

Good luck!

P



> Hi
>
> Csound is a tremendously powerful and flexible environment.
>
> I recommend the "Csound Book", ed. R. boulanger, MIT Press. One of the
> interesting aspects is that through Csound you learn a lot about dsp -
> what's going on behind the gui.
>
>
> Tara,
>
> christos
>

[snip]
>> I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions in terms
>> of reading material or otherwise that would help me
>> get going.  Would it help to learn, or have a
>> foundation in C? or is it possible to start w/ Csound
>> and become capable of writing some interesting sounds?
>>  I tend to be a rather quick learner as far as audio
>> and audio applications are concerned, and I understand
>> modular synthesis but text based programming is
>> completely foreign to me.  if anyone could point me in
>> the right direction it'd be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>
>> -chase
>>
>> btw: i primarily compose "IDM" type music though I've
>> been known to compose ambient sound design/collage
>> type of works

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