[microsound] Csound & Pd

[chase dobson <cdobson79@xxxxxxxxx>]

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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