| I am very pleased to announce that Mills Csound 4.23f12 has been released on
Sourceforge!! http://sourceforge.net/projects/csound
You can download it from the "csoundmac" package at
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=81968&package_id=12544
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This is the latest release of Csound for Macintosh computers running System
7 through MacOS 9. This is an update of the Mills College version of Csound
developed by Matt Ingalls, Dave Madole, and Mike Berry. It includes Perf
4.23f12, fully updated with the latest canonical code including all bug
fixes as of Aug. 18th that are in CVS. This release also includes Csound
1.5.4, a new version of the Mac graphical front-end which includes numerous
bug fixes and feature updates that allow it to take advantage of recent
changes in canonical Csound.
Here is a quick summary of the major changes in this release:
* Csound now supports opcode plug-ins on MacOS. The distribution includes
two sample plug-in libraries which add the opcodes pans, metro, splitrig,
and timedseq.
* Fixed a problem that could cause Perf 4.23 to run up to 70x slower.
* Fixed the problems causing Perf to display the wrong messages or not
display some messages at all.
* New "Additional Options" window in the front end for adding any Csound
options not covered by the GUI.
* The first official Mac release with the new GNU Lesser General Public
License. Enjoy your freedom to copy, modify, and distribute Csound,
including the source code!
* OMS real-time Midi support has been removed in this release due to
possible license incompatibilities with the LGPL. I am very sorry to have
to do this. Reading Midi files as scores still works. I hope to add
support for the open source MidiShare library in the future.
* New and updated documentation with several example orchestras and scores
(kindly borrowed with the permission of Matt Ingalls and Dr. Richard
Boulanger).
* Over 35 bug fixes to the front end and the many, many fixes to the
canonical code since version 4.23.
Full release notes can be found by clicking on the release name at
Sourceforge or in the "What's New" file that is part of the distribution.
Executable applications and documentation are in the
"MillsCsound4.23f12.smi.bin" file release. Full source code is available in
the "MillsCsound4.23f12src.smi.bin" file. The older "Cscore SDK" file
releases are for people interested in writing their own Csound score
generators using Cscore and the C programming language.
System Requirements
Any Power Macintosh computer (Email me if you need 68K Mac support).
System 7.1 through 9.2.2 (not recommended for Mac OS X)
A minimum of 1600K free memory (10-32MB recommended)
2MB of disk space for Csound (more for audio ;)
Audio input port for real-time audio in
Bugs and Feedback
There are many known bugs and problems with this release, but there is one
that is important to be aware of if you are using a system earlier than
MacOS 9. On these systems, I have observed that pressing Return or Enter
when the front-most window is one without a default button may cause the
computer to freeze up, forcing a reboot. (Windows to be concerned about
include "Preferences", "Default Directories", "Buffers", and "Additional
Options").
Please report bugs or make comments and suggestions to either the Csound
mailing list or directly to me.
Thanks and enjoy! :)
Anthony Kozar
anthony.kozar@utoledo.edu
akozar@sbcglobal.net
http://akozar.spymac.net/ |