Anybody else tried Csound?

Ray Minich · Post by **Ray Minich** » 8 Feb 2005 8:18 am

Bought a text a couple of years ago on Csound. "The Csound Book" (MIT Press) came with a couple of CD's. Lots of high powered tools, also a steep learning curve. I was wondering if any other steelers have tried to use this monster and what applications may have been found for the steel?

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 8 Feb 2005 10:12 am

I played with it a bit but it was too dense for me to fathom. I've had much better luck with JMusic, a Java music library developed at a university in Australia.

Ray Minich · Post by **Ray Minich** » 8 Feb 2005 1:38 pm

Bobby, is this a commercial product or can I download it?

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 8 Feb 2005 4:19 pm

Here's the link: http://jmusic.ci.qut.edu.au/

I actually discovered a subtle timing bug in its MIDI routines, and submitted a fix which was included in the library. So now I'm not just a user, I'm a contributor!

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Ray Minich · Post by **Ray Minich** » 8 Feb 2005 6:32 pm

Thanks a bunch for the link Bobby. We'll see what the Java gurus have to offer. CSound is a real bear. Mighty powerful but easy to get screwed up in too.