what do you think of it?

I think it's a brilliant idea...except i'm not quite getting there just yet!

Did you have any trouble setting it up?

I can get to the point where the .orc and .sco files are selected...have selected 3 files for the defaults...selected claris for the text files(and can see them) ...selected cubase as output for resulting .aif...press render ...

nothing...

just VERY quick view of transport before it disappears never to return...no sound

anybody?

sorted it out by downloading a new beta version

this thing is great...it's free...

go try it yourself

web page

haha YES CSOUND! i got my BFA in Digital Audio/Video and it was all we used in my computer music courses was CSOUND and Common Lisp. Talk about a pain in the ass!!!!! We ran it on SGI's and it was all command line and programming... damn i was an art major, not a CS major!.. it was good tho, i learned to program my own reverbs, filters, etc... CSOUND is very powerful, there are some most wonderful time stretching and sound morphing algorithms out there for CSOUND that sound so much better than anything out there under $1000. So if you got a year of free time read these books and you'll be in the world of "computer music" (aka modern composion with computer/algorhythmic based synthesis and arrangement).

This Book

This Book

and this book

I could go on forever about this as it was 4 years of my life, but... i wont.. needless to say i perfer gui tools and good a VSTi.

If I remember right there used to be a .ORC generator called Patchwork. It was a similar editing environment to Reaktor. Don't know if it was ever available for Mac though Fitch.

Visual orchestra is another prog ala patchwork.

THere's another version of csound called csound av which is more realtime. It use to be called directcsound. It now incorporates, knobs, and support video effects. Very nice if your day job is a secretery or a novel writer.

Pat

thanks johann

I picked up the 3rd book...and am absorbing it this very holiday.

the 2nd one i know about....mmmm...maybe anohter purchase later

but I hadn't even come across the 1st one...

so thanks a million.

i haven't enjoyed learning about a new sphere in music since the degree i did in the Birmingham crotchet factory....and that really was a while ago!

Thanks too collusion...

I've looked for patchwork?...but no success yet

won't give up just yet though

i've you didn't live so far away from me, i'd lend you my books!

cor...

what an offer

thanks mate

Its hard to believe Fitch is a woman ! Where can I find more like these.

As a long-time Reaktor user, I've been wanting to get into something more like C Sound, MAX/MSP, or SuperCollider for some time now. Being that my DAW is a PC and not a Mac, C Sound seemed like the only option in terms of sound programming languages.

But just today, I downloaded PD, by the original designer of MSP:

PD by Miller Puckette

It's hardly plug-and-play, but after walking through the program's helpful tutorials, I must say, I'm mightily impressed. Using this tool, you could easily build something quite comparable to a complex Reaktor synth (though with a great deal more effort and far less ease-of-use). There are granular synthesis capabilities that are quite remarkable given that this thing is free!

I do feel that VST-compatible plugins with GUIs are endlessly valuable in that they help us to concentrate on making music rather than thinking about how the sound is being created. However, these music languages are great for learning how synthesis techniques actually work. If you like to geek out (and I do), they are something else! I only wish you could compile plugins from the things you create in them (maybe you can?)!

I will be investigating C Sound soon. Those books look very interesting.... Can't wait til MAX/MSP is available for the PC!

Well, I often use CSound to try out new synth ideas. It's one of the most powerful tools out there.

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