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Csound

A Sound and Music Computing System

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  • © 2016

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Authors:
  1. Victor Lazzarini

    1. Dept. of Music, National Univ. of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Ireland

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  2. Steven Yi

    1. Department of Music, National Univ. of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Ireland

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  3. John ffitch

    1. Dept. of Computer Science, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

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  4. Joachim Heintz

    1. Institut für neue Musik, HMTM Hannover, Hannover, Germany

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  5. Øyvind Brandtsegg

    1. Dept. of Music, Norwegian Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Trondheim, Norway

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  6. Iain McCurdy

    1. Berlin, Germany

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  • Csound has been adopted by many educational institutions worldwide as part of their undergraduate and graduate teaching programs, and it's also used by practitioners worldwide
  • Presents the Csound system from the perspective of its main developers and power users
  • Valuable for students, lecturers, composers, sound designers, programmers, and researchers
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxx
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Music Programming Systems

      • Victor Lazzarini, Steven Yi, John ffitch, Joachim Heintz, Øyvind Brandtsegg, Iain McCurdy
      Pages 3-16

    3. Key System Concepts

      • Victor Lazzarini, Steven Yi, John ffitch, Joachim Heintz, Øyvind Brandtsegg, Iain McCurdy
      Pages 17-49

  3. The Language

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
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    2. Fundamentals

      • Victor Lazzarini, Steven Yi, John ffitch, Joachim Heintz, Øyvind Brandtsegg, Iain McCurdy
      Pages 53-89

    3. Advanced Data Types

      • Victor Lazzarini, Steven Yi, John ffitch, Joachim Heintz, Øyvind Brandtsegg, Iain McCurdy
      Pages 91-103

    4. Control of Flow and Scheduling

      • Victor Lazzarini, Steven Yi, John ffitch, Joachim Heintz, Øyvind Brandtsegg, Iain McCurdy
      Pages 105-123

    5. Signal Graphs and Busses

      • Victor Lazzarini, Steven Yi, John ffitch, Joachim Heintz, Øyvind Brandtsegg, Iain McCurdy
      Pages 125-137

    6. User-Defined Opcodes

      • Victor Lazzarini, Steven Yi, John ffitch, Joachim Heintz, Øyvind Brandtsegg, Iain McCurdy
      Pages 139-151

  4. Interaction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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    2. The Numeric Score

      • Victor Lazzarini, Steven Yi, John ffitch, Joachim Heintz, Øyvind Brandtsegg, Iain McCurdy
      Pages 155-170

    3. MIDI Input and Output

      • Victor Lazzarini, Steven Yi, John ffitch, Joachim Heintz, Øyvind Brandtsegg, Iain McCurdy
      Pages 171-179

    4. Open Sound Control and Networking

      • Victor Lazzarini, Steven Yi, John ffitch, Joachim Heintz, Øyvind Brandtsegg, Iain McCurdy
      Pages 181-193

    5. Scripting Csound

      • Victor Lazzarini, Steven Yi, John ffitch, Joachim Heintz, Øyvind Brandtsegg, Iain McCurdy
      Pages 195-205

  5. Instrument Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 207-207
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    2. Classic Synthesis

      • Victor Lazzarini, Steven Yi, John ffitch, Joachim Heintz, Øyvind Brandtsegg, Iain McCurdy
      Pages 209-253

    3. Time-Domain Processing

      • Victor Lazzarini, Steven Yi, John ffitch, Joachim Heintz, Øyvind Brandtsegg, Iain McCurdy
      Pages 255-294

    4. Spectral Processing

      • Victor Lazzarini, Steven Yi, John ffitch, Joachim Heintz, Øyvind Brandtsegg, Iain McCurdy
      Pages 295-336

    5. Granular Synthesis

      • Victor Lazzarini, Steven Yi, John ffitch, Joachim Heintz, Øyvind Brandtsegg, Iain McCurdy
      Pages 337-384
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About this book

This rigorous book is a complete and up-to-date reference for the Csound system from the perspective of its main developers and power users. It explains the system, including the basic modes of operation and its programming language; it explores the many ways users can interact with the system, including the latest features; and it describes key applications such as instrument design, signal processing, and creative electronic music composition.

The Csound system has been adopted by many educational institutions as part of their undergraduate and graduate teaching programs, and it is used by practitioners worldwide. This book is suitable for students, lecturers, composers, sound designers, programmers, and researchers in the areas of music, sound, and audio signal processing.

Reviews

“Today, Csound is in my opinion the most powerful and general program for sound synthesis and processing. Moreover, it is likely to endure, since it is maintained and developed by a team of competent and dedicated persons. The authors of this book are part of this team: they are talented software experts but also composers or sound designers. The book reviews the programs which culminated in the present Csound, and it explains in full detail the recent features. It can thus serve as both an introduction to Csound and a handbook for all its classic and novel resources.” (Jean-Claude Risset, CNRS Marseille)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dept. of Music, National Univ. of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Ireland

    Victor Lazzarini

  • Department of Music, National Univ. of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Ireland

    Steven Yi

  • Dept. of Computer Science, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

    John ffitch

  • Institut für neue Musik, HMTM Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Joachim Heintz

  • Dept. of Music, Norwegian Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Trondheim, Norway

    Øyvind Brandtsegg

  • Berlin, Germany

    Iain McCurdy

About the authors

Victor Lazzarini is the Dean of the Dept. of Arts, Celtic Studies and Philosophy of the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. John Peter Fitch, who also uses the name John ffitch, has retired from the Dept. of Computer Science of the University of Bath, he is a visiting professor at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. Steven Yi completed his PhD in the Dept. of Music of the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, and he is now a software developer. Joachim Heintz is a member of the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media (HMTM). Iain McCurdy is a composer of electroacoustic music and sound art, currently based in Berlin. Øyvind Brandtsegg is a member of the Dept. of Music of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Csound

  • Book Subtitle: A Sound and Music Computing System

  • Authors: Victor Lazzarini, Steven Yi, John ffitch, Joachim Heintz, Øyvind Brandtsegg, Iain McCurdy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45370-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-45368-2Published: 21 November 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83277-7Published: 28 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-45370-5Published: 15 November 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXX, 516

  • Number of Illustrations: 113 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Computer Appl. in Arts and Humanities, Music, Signal, Image and Speech Processing, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction

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