RE: [microsound] Csound & Pd

[christos carras <ear@xxxxxxxxx>]

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

-----Original Message-----
From: bende@xxxxxxx [mailto:bende@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 9:06 PM
To: microsound
Subject: Re: [microsound] Csound & Pd

the max/msp tutorials are very good.  
> 
> From: chase dobson <cdobson79@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2004/03/12 Fri AM 04:12:00 EST
> To: microsound <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [microsound] Csound & Pd
> 
> Hey all, I've been making electronic music for about 8
> years now using the usual means, synths, samplers,
> outboard efx CPU based sequencer etc.  about a year
> and a half ago i sold off everything but my digital
> mixer some rack effects my PC desktop and laptop. 
> I've been very pleased with the results, i currently
> running Nuendo 2.0, Cubase SX 2.0 (w/ the machines
> system linked), Reason, and a list of Native
> Instrument and freeware softsynths and efx plugs. 
> I've always been interested in doing some code based
> sound design (for ultimate flexibility so i
> understand), but don't really know where to start ( as
> I've never written code).  After doing some digging on
> the web I've come up with Csound and Pure Data.  Both
> appear to be the type of App. I'm looking for, and
> I've done quite a bit of reading the of documentation
> but I'm at a loss.  
> 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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