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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. $55.00 Purchase Barnes & Noble MIT Press Amazon.com Comments about the book Read here |
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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 Composers 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 Nothings 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 | |
| Contributers 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 Brigidas 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 |