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[Csnd-dev] Composing with AI

Date2026-10-14 12:16
FromMichael Gogins
Subject[Csnd-dev] Composing with AI
I have published a piece composed by me for Csound with the assistance of artificial intelligence on Bandcamp. This is the first in a planned series of such compositions: https://michaelgogins.bandcamp.com/track/glass-garden. 

What distinguishes my approach from others is embedding the AI (both the connection to the LLM and the prompts) in a Csound .csd file such that the responses are collected and used in the performance, leaving an archivable and re-usable record of prompts and responses on the filesystem. The system admits of iterative improvements to a piece. To enable this I have written the modelprompt plugin opcodes for Csound 7, available here: https://github.com/gogins-dev/csound-ac/tree/master/modelprompt.

Regards,
Mike

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Michael Gogins
Irreducible Productions
http://michaelgogins.tumblr.com
Michael dot Gogins at gmail dot com

Date2026-10-15 12:26
FromRichard Knight
SubjectRe: [Csnd] Composing with AI

Sounds great, enjoyed listening to that.
I wondered when the threshold would be crossed with LLM integration in plugin opcodes - really interesting, great work! Will endeavour to have a play.

 


On 2026-10-14 12:16, Michael Gogins wrote:

I have published a piece composed by me for Csound with the assistance of artificial intelligence on Bandcamp. This is the first in a planned series of such compositions: https://michaelgogins.bandcamp.com/track/glass-garden. 
 
What distinguishes my approach from others is embedding the AI (both the connection to the LLM and the prompts) in a Csound .csd file such that the responses are collected and used in the performance, leaving an archivable and re-usable record of prompts and responses on the filesystem. The system admits of iterative improvements to a piece. To enable this I have written the modelprompt plugin opcodes for Csound 7, available here: https://github.com/gogins-dev/csound-ac/tree/master/modelprompt.
 
Regards,
Mike
 
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Michael Gogins
Irreducible Productions
http://michaelgogins.tumblr.com
Michael dot Gogins at gmail dot com
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Date2026-10-18 23:57
From"Dr. Richard Boulanger" <00001600c4df7cd8-dmarc-request@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE>
SubjectRe: [Csnd-dev] Composing with AI
Michael,

This is such a beautiful piece.  You seem to have found a fantastic writing partner... Lennon and McCartney meet Gogins and Claude.  Absolutely love this - and it is wonderful to have all your prompts, too. 

Thank you (and Cursor, I think) for writing and sharing.

See you soon in Trapani

- Dr.B


Dr. Richard Boulanger

Professor

Electronic Production and Design

Berklee College of Music

Professional Writing & Technology Division


https://richardboulanger.com



On Wed, Oct 14, 2026 at 7:17 AM Michael Gogins <michael.gogins@gmail.com> wrote:
I have published a piece composed by me for Csound with the assistance of artificial intelligence on Bandcamp. This is the first in a planned series of such compositions: https://michaelgogins.bandcamp.com/track/glass-garden. 

What distinguishes my approach from others is embedding the AI (both the connection to the LLM and the prompts) in a Csound .csd file such that the responses are collected and used in the performance, leaving an archivable and re-usable record of prompts and responses on the filesystem. The system admits of iterative improvements to a piece. To enable this I have written the modelprompt plugin opcodes for Csound 7, available here: https://github.com/gogins-dev/csound-ac/tree/master/modelprompt.

Regards,
Mike

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Michael Gogins
Irreducible Productions
http://michaelgogins.tumblr.com
Michael dot Gogins at gmail dot com