• INTRODUCTION
• PREFACE
• HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL
• ON THIS RELEASE
• CREDITS
• 01 BASICS
• A. DIGITAL AUDIO
• B. PITCH AND FREQUENCY
• C. INTENSITIES
• D. RANDOM
• 02 QUICK START
• A. MAKE CSOUND RUN
• B. CSOUND SYNTAX
• C. CONFIGURING MIDI
• D. LIVE AUDIO
• E. RENDERING TO FILE
• 03 CSOUND LANGUAGE
• A. INITIALIZATION AND PERFORMANCE PASS
• B. LOCAL AND GLOBAL VARIABLES
• C. CONTROL STRUCTURES
• D. FUNCTION TABLES
• E. ARRAYS
• F. LIVE EVENTS
• G. USER DEFINED OPCODES
• H. MACROS
• I. FUNCTIONAL SYNTAX
• 04 SOUND SYNTHESIS
• A. ADDITIVE SYNTHESIS
• B. SUBTRACTIVE SYNTHESIS
• C. AMPLITUDE AND RING MODULATION
• D. FREQUENCY MODULATION
• E. WAVESHAPING
• F. GRANULAR SYNTHESIS
• G. PHYSICAL MODELLING
• H. SCANNED SYNTHESIS
• 05 SOUND MODIFICATION
• A. ENVELOPES
• B. PANNING AND SPATIALIZATION
• C. FILTERS
• D. DELAY AND FEEDBACK
• E. REVERBERATION
• F. AM / RM / WAVESHAPING
• G. GRANULAR SYNTHESIS
• H. CONVOLUTION
• I. FOURIER ANALYSIS / SPECTRAL PROCESSING
• K. ATS RESYNTHESIS
• L. AMPLITUDE AND PITCH TRACKING
• 06 SAMPLES
• A. RECORD AND PLAY SOUNDFILES
• B. RECORD AND PLAY BUFFERS
• 07 MIDI
• A. RECEIVING EVENTS BY MIDIIN
• B. TRIGGERING INSTRUMENT INSTANCES
• C. WORKING WITH CONTROLLERS
• D. READING MIDI FILES
• E. MIDI OUTPUT
• 08 OTHER COMMUNICATION
• A. OPEN SOUND CONTROL
• B. CSOUND AND ARDUINO
• 09 CSOUND IN OTHER APPLICATIONS
• A. CSOUND IN PD
• B. CSOUND IN MAXMSP
• C. CSOUND IN ABLETON LIVE
• D. CSOUND AS A VST PLUGIN
• 10 CSOUND FRONTENDS
• CSOUNDQT
• CABBAGE
• BLUE
• WINXOUND
• CSOUND VIA TERMINAL
• WEB BASED CSOUND
• 11 CSOUND UTILITIES
• CSOUND UTILITIES
• 12 CSOUND AND OTHER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
• A. THE CSOUND API
• B. PYTHON INSIDE CSOUND
• C. PYTHON IN CSOUNDQT
• D. LUA IN CSOUND
• E. CSOUND IN iOS
• F. CSOUND ON ANDROID
• G. CSOUND AND HASKELL
• H. CSOUND AND HTML
• 13 EXTENDING CSOUND
• EXTENDING CSOUND
• OPCODE GUIDE
• OVERVIEW
• SIGNAL PROCESSING I
• SIGNAL PROCESSING II
• DATA
• REALTIME INTERACTION
• INSTRUMENT CONTROL
• MATHS, PYTHON/SYSTEM, PLUGINS
• APPENDIX
• METHODS OF WRITING CSOUND SCORES
• GLOSSARY
• LINKS

License

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This documentation is free documentation; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

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Authors

Note that this book is a collective effort, so some of the contributors may not have been quoted correctly. If you are one of them, please contact us, or simply put your name at the right place.

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INTRODUCTION

PREFACE
Joachim Heintz, Andres Cabrera, Alex Hofmann, Iain McCurdy, Alexandre Abrioux

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HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL
Joachim Heintz, Andres Cabrera, Iain McCurdy, Alexandre Abrioux

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01 BASICS

A. DIGITAL AUDIO
Alex Hofmann, Rory Walsh, Iain McCurdy, Joachim Heintz

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B. PITCH AND FREQUENCY
Rory Walsh, Iain McCurdy, Joachim Heintz

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C. INTENSITIES
Joachim Heintz

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D. RANDOM
Joachim Heintz, Martin Neukom, Iain McCurdy

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02 QUICK START

A. MAKE CSOUND RUN
Alex Hofmann, Joachim Heintz, Andres Cabrera, Iain McCurdy, Jim Aikin, Jacques Laplat, Alexandre Abrioux, Menno Knevel

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B. CSOUND SYNTAX
Alex Hofmann, Joachim Heintz, Andres Cabrera, Iain McCurdy

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C. CONFIGURING MIDI
Andres Cabrera, Joachim Heintz, Iain McCurdy

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D. LIVE AUDIO
Alex Hofmann, Andres Cabrera, Iain McCurdy, Joachim Heintz

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E. RENDERING TO FILE
Joachim Heintz, Alex Hofmann, Andres Cabrera, Iain McCurdy

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03 CSOUND LANGUAGE

A. INITIALIZATION AND PERFORMANCE PASS
Joachim Heintz

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B. LOCAL AND GLOBAL VARIABLES
Joachim Heintz, Andres Cabrera, Iain McCurdy

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C. CONTROL STRUCTURES
Joachim Heintz

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D. FUNCTION TABLES
Joachim Heintz, Iain McCurdy

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E. ARRAYS
Joachim Heintz

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F. LIVE CSOUND
Joachim Heintz, Iain McCurdy

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G. USER DEFINED OPCODES
Joachim Heintz

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H. MACROS
Iain McCurdy

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I. FUNCTIONAL SYNTAX
Joachim Heintz

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04 SOUND SYNTHESIS

A. ADDITIVE SYNTHESIS
Andres Cabrera, Joachim Heintz, Bjorn Houdorf

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B. SUBTRACTIVE SYNTHESIS
Iain McCurdy

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C. AMPLITUDE AND RINGMODULATION
Alex Hofman

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D. FREQUENCY MODULATION
Alex Hofmann, Bjorn Houdorf

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E. WAVESHAPING
Joachim Heintz, Iain McCurdy

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F. GRANULAR SYNTHESIS
Iain McCurdy

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G. PHYSICAL MODELLING
Joachim Heintz, Iain McCurdy, Martin Neukom

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H. SCANNED SYNTHESIS
Christopher Saunders

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05 SOUND MODIFICATION

A. ENVELOPES
Iain McCurdy

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B. PANNING AND SPATIALIZATION
Iain McCurdy, Joachim Heintz

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C. FILTERS
Iain McCurdy

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D. DELAY AND FEEDBACK
Iain McCurdy

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E. REVERBERATION
Iain McCurdy

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F. AM / RM / WAVESHAPING
Alex Hofmann, Joachim Heintz

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G. GRANULAR SYNTHESIS
Iain McCurdy, Oeyvind Brandtsegg, Bjorn Houdorf

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H. CONVOLUTION
Iain McCurdy

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I. FOURIER ANALYSIS / SPECTRAL PROCESSING
Joachim Heintz

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K. ANALYSIS TRANSFORMATION SYNTHESIS
Oscar Pablo di Liscia

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L. AMPLITUDE AND PITCH TRACKING
Iain McCurdy

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06 SAMPLES

A. RECORD AND PLAY SOUNDFILES
Iain McCurdy, Joachim Heintz

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B. RECORD AND PLAY BUFFERS
Iain McCurdy, Joachim Heintz, Andres Cabrera

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07 MIDI

A. RECEIVING EVENTS BY MIDIIN
Iain McCurdy

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B. TRIGGERING INSTRUMENT INSTANCES
Joachim Heintz, Iain McCurdy

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C. WORKING WITH CONTROLLERS
Iain McCurdy

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D. READING MIDI FILES
Iain McCurdy

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E. MIDI OUTPUT
Iain McCurdy

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08 OTHER COMMUNICATION

A. OPEN SOUND CONTROL
Alex Hofmann

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B. CSOUND AND ARDUINO
Iain McCurdy

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09 CSOUND IN OTHER APPLICATIONS

A. CSOUND IN PD
Joachim Heintz, Jim Aikin

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B. CSOUND IN MAXMSP
Davis Pyon

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C. CSOUND IN ABLETON LIVE
Rory Walsh

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D. CSOUND AS A VST PLUGIN
Rory Walsh

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10 CSOUND FRONTENDS

CSOUNDQT
Andrés Cabrera, Joachim Heintz, Peiman Khosravi

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CABBAGE
Rory Walsh, Menno Knevel, Iain McCurdy

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BLUE
Steven Yi, Jan Jacob Hofmann

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WINXOUND
Stefano Bonetti, Menno Knevel

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CSOUND VIA TERMINAL
Iain McCurdy

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WEB BASED CSOUND 
Victor Lazzarini, Iain McCurdy, Ed Costello

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11 CSOUND UTILITIES

CSOUND UTILITIES
Iain McCurdy

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12 CSOUND AND OTHER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

A. THE CSOUND API
François Pinot, Rory Walsh

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B. PYTHON INSIDE CSOUND
Andrés Cabrera, Joachim Heintz

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C. PYTHON IN CSOUNDQT
Tarmo Johannes, Joachim Heintz

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D. LUA IN CSOUND

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E. CSOUND IN IOS
Nicholas Arner

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F. CSOUND ON ANDROID
Michael Gogins

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G. CSOUND AND HASKELL
Anton Kholomiov

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H. CSOUND AND HTML
Michael Gogins

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13 EXTENDING CSOUND

EXTENDING CSOUND
Victor Lazzarini

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OPCODE GUIDE

OVERVIEW
Joachim Heintz, Iain McCurdy

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SIGNAL PROCESSING I
Joachim Heintz, Iain McCurdy

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SIGNAL PROCESSING II
Joachim Heintz, Iain McCurdy

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DATA
Joachim Heintz, Iain McCurdy

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REALTIME INTERACTION
Joachim Heintz, Iain McCurdy

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INSTRUMENT CONTROL
Joachim Heintz, Iain McCurdy

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MATH, PYTHON/SYSTEM, PLUGINS
Joachim Heintz, Iain McCurdy

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APPENDIX

GLOSSARY
Joachim Heintz, Iain McCurdy

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LINKS
Joachim Heintz, Stefano Bonetti

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METHODS OF WRITING CSOUND SCORES
Iain McCurdy, Joachim Heintz, Jacob Joaquin, Menno Knevel

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V.1 - Final Editing Team in March 2011:

Joachim Heintz, Alex Hofmann, Iain McCurdy

V.2 - Final Editing Team in March 2012:

Joachim Heintz, Iain McCurdy

V.3 - Final Editing Team in March 2013:

Joachim Heintz, Iain McCurdy

V.4 - Final Editing Team in September 2013:

Joachim Heintz, Alexandre Abrioux

V.5 - Final Editing Team in March 2014:

Joachim Heintz, Iain McCurdy

V.6 - Final Editing Team March-June 2015:

Joachim Heintz, Iain McCurdy

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