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The Csound Book
Perspectives in Software Synthesis, Sound Design,
Signal Processing and Programming

Edited by Richard Boulanger
Foreword by Barry Vercoe
Preface by Max Mathews

32 Chapters from the top Sound Designers and Programmers of the world. 45 CD-ROM Chapters. 2 CD-ROMS.
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CD-ROM Chapters

MIDI & Real-time

1. Introduction to MIDI Instrument Design in Csound Richard Boulanger
2. Csound-based Microtonal Synthesis and Control with MIDI Bill Alves
3. Real-time Synthesis in Csound with MIDI Control Michael Berry
4. MIDI Instrument Designs for Real Time Performance Gabriel Maldonado
5. Using Real-time Csound MIDI with Windows Gabriel Maldonado
6. Implementing MIDI Opcodes in Csound Gabriel Maldonado

 

Algorithmic Composition

7. An Introduction to Cscore Archer Endrich
8. Algorithmic Score Generators Michael Gogins

 

Interface Design

9. Creating and Using a Platform-Independent GUI for Csound in Java Michael Gogins
10. Improving a Composer’s Interface: Recent Developments to Csound for the Power Macintosh Computer Matt Ingalls
11. VMCI, An Interface to Control Csound in Real-Time Under Windows Gabriel Maldonado
12. Cecilia: A Production Interface to Csound Jean Piché & Alexandre Burton

 

Sonification

13. Audification of Heart Rhythms in Csound Mark Ballora, Bruce Pennycook & Leon Glass
14. Some "Golden Rules" for Designing Auditory Displays Stephen Barrass
15. Using Csound for Sonification David Rossiter

 

Software Synthesis, Signal Processing and Sound Design

16. An Introduction to Sound Synthesis with Wavelet Packets Pedro A. G. Batista
17. Neural Processing in Csound Pedro A. G. Batista
18. Tools for Heterodyne Data Manipulation Fabio P. Bertolotti
19. NetSound: Structured Audio using Auditory Group Theory Michael A. Casey
20. Analog Dreams: Modeling Commercial Synthesizers Josep M Comajuncosas
21. Physical Models of Strings and Plates Using a Simplified Mass-string Method Josep M Comajuncosas
22. Wave-terrain Synthesis Josep M Comajuncosas
23. Multi-band Processing with Time-varying Filters Rajmil Fischman
24. Spatialization — Stereo And Ambisonic Richard W.E. Furse
25. Designing Digital Butterworth and Chebyshev Filters Themis Katsianos
26. Terrain-Mapping Hans Mikelson
27. Three Modeling Approaches to Instrument Design Eduardo Reck Miranda
28. The Design of Equalizers and Compressors for Studio Use Erez Webman

 

Composing with Csound

29. Composing with Csound: Howl and Macchu Picchu Riccardo Bianchini
30. Temporal Synthesis Noel Bush
31. Recontextualizing Ambient Music with Csound Kim Cascone
32. From Research to Programming to Composition Michael Clarke
33. Composing with Digital Editing Systems and Csound Robert L. Cooper
34. Composing Fractal Music with Csound Brian Evans
35. Composing with Chaos John ffitch
36. Via Creativa/Via Transformativa, Gifts, Lux Hominum, Et Vitam Venturi III Arthur B. Hunkins
37. Algorithmic Composition with Csound Matt Ingalls
38. Composing With Csound: adeson TN Magdalena Klapper
39. The Csound SuperSampler/Sequencer James Mobberley
40. Granular Strategies Jon Christopher Nelson
41. On Composing The Impossible Planet Luca Pavan
42. Extending Timbral Possibilities for Mixed Ensembles Ileana Perez Velazquez
43. Composing Invade Areas Where Nothing's Definite Derek Pierce
44. Reteplas: Microtonal Csound Composition Sal Sofia
45. From Trapped in Convert to At Last …Free Richard Boulanger

 

CD-ROM Tutorials

The Original Csound Toots: A Sound Design TOOTorial for Beginners Richard Boulanger
A 12-Week Csound Course Keith Hamel
Exploring Analog Synth Techniques in Csound Jacob Joaquin
Csound for Artists: Building Unique Virtual Instruments for Your Compositions Roger King
A Csound Primer Hans Mikelson
A Csound Introductory Tutorial Dave Philips
The Eastman Tutorials Allan Schindler
An Introduction to Csound Eric L. Singer
A Beginner Tutorial Barry Vercoe

 

CD-ROM Music

Selected Csound Compositions

Trapped in Convert & Two Movements in C Richard Boulanger
Hiway 70 Bill Alves
Shadowland Steve Antosca
Swarm Tim Barrass
Voices = Wind Mike Berry
BlueCube( ) Kim Cascone
Otis Sean Costello
Cymbolic & Perks Robert L. Cooper
Leap Frog Steven Curtin
Drums and Different Canons John ffitch
For Fofs Dan Gutwein
Acid Bach Suite Jeff Harrington
Via Creativa/Via Transformativa, Gifts, Lux Hominum, & Et Vitam Venturi III Arthur B. Hunkins
Grooving Night Thomas Huber
Halloween & Temple Hans Mikelson
Impossible Planet Luca Pavan
Incantation Jean Piché
Descent William ‘Pete’ Moss
Invade Areas Where Nothing’s Definite Derek Pierce
Echoes from Mir Sal Sofia
Spare Luxury One Robin Whittle
Shaman & X Vladimir Volkov

 

Selected Student Compositions

Berklee Students of Richard Boulanger

Eloy Anzola, Severine Baron, David Bax, Michael Bergeman, Brian Cass, Luigi Castelli, John Chen, Young Jun Choi, Jean-Luc Cohen, Erik Dower, Tobias Enhus, Flavio Gaete, Jacob Joaquin, Juno Kang, Seung Young Kim, Jahwan Koo, Samara Krugman, Yuan Liu, Sandra Malak, Matthew Mariano, Patrick Montgomery, Nathan Pease, Bobby Pietrusko, Jen Scaturro, Freddy Sheinfeld, Larry Shertzer, Yevgen Stupka, Chuck Van Haecke, Hideki Yoshioka, Jeremy Zuckerman

Glasgow Students of Eduardo Reck Miranda

Stuart Brown, Susanne Hein, Kenny McAlpine, Mark Newton, Neal Wade

Louisiana State University Students of Stephen Beck

Michael Alderson, Michael Blandino, John Endicott, Aaron Johnson, William Price, Charles Urban

 

Instrument Anthologies & Libraries

Selections from The Csound Book Richard Boulanger
   
The Amsterdam Catalog John-Philipp Gather
The Comajuncosas Anthology Josep M. Comajuncosas
The Cook Collection Steven Cook
The Harrington Anthology of Pinkston DX7-FM Instruments Jeff Harrington
The Lyon Anthology Eric Lyon
The Mikelson Anthology Hans Mikelson
Selections from the Risset Catalog in Csound Richard Boulanger
Selections from the Rossing Psychoacoustic CD in Csound David Sumy
The Smaragdis Anthology Paris Smaragdis
The Varo Anthology of Pinkston DX7-FM Instruments Jonathan Varo
Selections from The Csound Mailing List Richard Boulanger

 

Csound Application and Sources

Csound for DOS and Windows John ffitch
Csound for Macintosh Mike Berry, Dave Madole, and Matt Ingalls
Csound for LINUX Dave Phillips
Direct X Csound Gabriel Maldonado
Active X Csound and Java Csound Michael Gogins
   
The Canonical Csound Sources and Executables John ffitch

 

Csound Front-Ends & Utilities

Cecilia Alexandre Burton & Jean Piché
Cmask Andre Bartetzki
CsEdit Roger Klaveness
Csounder Dustin Barlow & Tim Mielek
Csound MIDI Fader Young Jun Choi
CsRef Mike Berry
DrawSound Brian Fudge
Grainmaker Jon Christopher Nelson
Hydra and Hydra Java Malte Steiner
Instant Csound Young Jun Choi
MaxEdit John Burkhardt
MIDI2CS Rudiger Boormann
Pv2Pict Roger Klaveness
RhythGranTest David W. Hainsworth
ScorePlot Fabio P. Bertolotti
Silence Michael Gogins
SoftSamp & Csounder Dustin Barlow & Tim Mielek
Space Richard Furse
Spliner Jeff Bellsey
Visual Orchestra David Perry
WCshell Riccardo Bianchini
WebSynth Eric Lyon
WinHelp Rasmus Ekman

 

Csound Reference Materials

The Csound FrontPage Richard Boulanger and Jacob Joaquin
The Public Csound Reference Manual (PDF and HTML Formats) David Boothe
The Public Csound Reference Manual (Spanish Language Translation) Servando Valero
The Csound FAQ Jacob Joaquin
The Linux/Csound FAQ David Philips
The Direct X Csound FAQ Gabriel Maldonado
A Step-by-step Guide to Installing Csound on a Macintosh and Windows’ PC Jacob Joaquin
The Csound E-Zine: Volumes 1, 2, 3 & 4 Hans Mikelson (editor)

 

Materials from The Csound Book

Chapter Instruments, Audio, Samples, and Figures  
Contributer’s List, Photos, and Biographies  
HTML Versions of The Csound Book Chapters 1, 2, 10, 11, 19, 20, 24 and 30  
Spanish Translation of The Csound Book Chapter 1 & Boulanger TOOTorials Servando Valero
Selected AIFF and WAVE Samples, Impulses, and Ambiences Chris Child, Seong Young Kim, and Mike Brigida’s Advanced Sampling Class at Berklee

 

CD-ROM Bonus: Extended Csound

Performing With MIDI And Extended Csound Scotty Vercoe
Analog Devices’ Extended Csound HTML Documentation Scotty Vercoe, Rick Goldberg, Lee Ray
The Analog Devices Extended Csound Manual Barry Vercoe

 

Csound Links

The Csound FrontPage Richard Boulanger and Jacob Joaquin
Csound Music  
The Csound FAQ and Mailing List Archives  
Csound FrontEnds and Launchers  
Getting Csound  
Getting Started with Csound  
Csound and MIDI  
Csound People  
Csound Tutorials  
Csound Utilities  
Computer Music Organizations  
Samples and Impulses