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[Csnd] New... manual. Belated announcement: CSLC. A live coding toolkit

Date2026-04-06 15:38
Fromthorin kerr
Subject[Csnd] New... manual. Belated announcement: CSLC. A live coding toolkit
Hello all,

I've been tinkering away with a collection of UDO's and instruments to aid with live coding. At the prodding of Dr. Richard B for some explanatory video's on what I can do, I've...  not really made many video's.

Instead I've written a manual:

You'll find lots of example code, and...  a couple of video's (more on the way).

CSLC really is just a Csound csd. To live code, you'll still need a csound editor with live coding capabilities. That said, you don't have to use cslc for just live coding. It provides UDO's and instruments for event generation, microtuning, and audio routing.
   
CSLC works in csound 6.18, and seems to work in csound 7 (although I've not tested it extensively).

Thorin



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Date2026-04-06 19:07
FromDave Seidel
SubjectRe: [Csnd] New... manual. Belated announcement: CSLC. A live coding toolkit
Nice! Looking forward to checking it out. 

On Mon, Apr 6, 2026, 10:38 AM thorin kerr <thorin.kerr@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello all,

I've been tinkering away with a collection of UDO's and instruments to aid with live coding. At the prodding of Dr. Richard B for some explanatory video's on what I can do, I've...  not really made many video's.

Instead I've written a manual:

You'll find lots of example code, and...  a couple of video's (more on the way).

CSLC really is just a Csound csd. To live code, you'll still need a csound editor with live coding capabilities. That said, you don't have to use cslc for just live coding. It provides UDO's and instruments for event generation, microtuning, and audio routing.
   
CSLC works in csound 6.18, and seems to work in csound 7 (although I've not tested it extensively).

Thorin



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Date2026-04-06 21:28
FromRory Walsh
SubjectRe: [Csnd] New... manual. Belated announcement: CSLC. A live coding toolkit
Thanks for sharing this Thorin. The excerpts are great, as one would expect given your output over the years 😊 I come across some of your Cabbage instruments every so often, they always provide a nice surprise when looking through my folder of csd files!  

On Mon 6 Apr 2026, 20:08 Dave Seidel, <dave.seidel@gmail.com> wrote:
Nice! Looking forward to checking it out. 

On Mon, Apr 6, 2026, 10:38 AM thorin kerr <thorin.kerr@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello all,

I've been tinkering away with a collection of UDO's and instruments to aid with live coding. At the prodding of Dr. Richard B for some explanatory video's on what I can do, I've...  not really made many video's.

Instead I've written a manual:

You'll find lots of example code, and...  a couple of video's (more on the way).

CSLC really is just a Csound csd. To live code, you'll still need a csound editor with live coding capabilities. That said, you don't have to use cslc for just live coding. It provides UDO's and instruments for event generation, microtuning, and audio routing.
   
CSLC works in csound 6.18, and seems to work in csound 7 (although I've not tested it extensively).

Thorin



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Date2026-04-07 03:25
From"Dr. Richard Boulanger" <00001600c4df7cd8-dmarc-request@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE>
SubjectRe: [Csnd] New... manual. Belated announcement: CSLC. A live coding toolkit
Thorin,

Wow.  So nice.  And such beautiful music.  Nice Icon, too!  The manual and tutorials are awesome.  I am going to need another spring break to just dig and work my way through everything that is here and possible.  Wow.  I look forward to your submission of a paper, or better, a workshop, at ICSC, and to a performance or jam session there in October.  And, I would probably miss you using and showing that at one of Michael's monthly meetings, but I would want to make sure to be there for that one.  He should give you the entire session!

- Dr.B


Dr. Richard Boulanger

Professor

Electronic Production and Design

Berklee College of Music

Professional Writing & Technology Division



On Mon, Apr 6, 2026 at 10:39 AM thorin kerr <thorin.kerr@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello all,

I've been tinkering away with a collection of UDO's and instruments to aid with live coding. At the prodding of Dr. Richard B for some explanatory video's on what I can do, I've...  not really made many video's.

Instead I've written a manual:

You'll find lots of example code, and...  a couple of video's (more on the way).

CSLC really is just a Csound csd. To live code, you'll still need a csound editor with live coding capabilities. That said, you don't have to use cslc for just live coding. It provides UDO's and instruments for event generation, microtuning, and audio routing.
   
CSLC works in csound 6.18, and seems to work in csound 7 (although I've not tested it extensively).

Thorin



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Date2026-04-07 03:27
From"Dr. Richard Boulanger" <00001600c4df7cd8-dmarc-request@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE>
SubjectRe: [Csnd] New... manual. Belated announcement: CSLC. A live coding toolkit
I would love to watch a video or two in which you talk as you live-code a piece for us.  I would love to watch Steven Yi do the same - sharing your thoughts as you are creating the work.

- Dr.B


Dr. Richard Boulanger

Professor

Electronic Production and Design

Berklee College of Music

Professional Writing & Technology Division



On Mon, Apr 6, 2026 at 10:25 PM Dr. Richard Boulanger <rboulanger@berklee.edu> wrote:
Thorin,

Wow.  So nice.  And such beautiful music.  Nice Icon, too!  The manual and tutorials are awesome.  I am going to need another spring break to just dig and work my way through everything that is here and possible.  Wow.  I look forward to your submission of a paper, or better, a workshop, at ICSC, and to a performance or jam session there in October.  And, I would probably miss you using and showing that at one of Michael's monthly meetings, but I would want to make sure to be there for that one.  He should give you the entire session!

- Dr.B


Dr. Richard Boulanger

Professor

Electronic Production and Design

Berklee College of Music

Professional Writing & Technology Division



On Mon, Apr 6, 2026 at 10:39 AM thorin kerr <thorin.kerr@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello all,

I've been tinkering away with a collection of UDO's and instruments to aid with live coding. At the prodding of Dr. Richard B for some explanatory video's on what I can do, I've...  not really made many video's.

Instead I've written a manual:

You'll find lots of example code, and...  a couple of video's (more on the way).

CSLC really is just a Csound csd. To live code, you'll still need a csound editor with live coding capabilities. That said, you don't have to use cslc for just live coding. It provides UDO's and instruments for event generation, microtuning, and audio routing.
   
CSLC works in csound 6.18, and seems to work in csound 7 (although I've not tested it extensively).

Thorin



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Date2026-04-07 03:43
Fromthorin kerr
SubjectRe: [Csnd] New... manual. Belated announcement: CSLC. A live coding toolkit
Ahh, Dr B. You are pulling a hermit crab from its shell :).

Alright... thank you. Glad I've sparked some enthusiasm... stay tuned. 

Thorin.




On Tue, 7 Apr 2026, 12:28 pm Dr. Richard Boulanger, <00001600c4df7cd8-dmarc-request@listserv.heanet.ie> wrote:
I would love to watch a video or two in which you talk as you live-code a piece for us.  I would love to watch Steven Yi do the same - sharing your thoughts as you are creating the work.

- Dr.B


Dr. Richard Boulanger

Professor

Electronic Production and Design

Berklee College of Music

Professional Writing & Technology Division



On Mon, Apr 6, 2026 at 10:25 PM Dr. Richard Boulanger <rboulanger@berklee.edu> wrote:
Thorin,

Wow.  So nice.  And such beautiful music.  Nice Icon, too!  The manual and tutorials are awesome.  I am going to need another spring break to just dig and work my way through everything that is here and possible.  Wow.  I look forward to your submission of a paper, or better, a workshop, at ICSC, and to a performance or jam session there in October.  And, I would probably miss you using and showing that at one of Michael's monthly meetings, but I would want to make sure to be there for that one.  He should give you the entire session!

- Dr.B


Dr. Richard Boulanger

Professor

Electronic Production and Design

Berklee College of Music

Professional Writing & Technology Division



On Mon, Apr 6, 2026 at 10:39 AM thorin kerr <thorin.kerr@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello all,

I've been tinkering away with a collection of UDO's and instruments to aid with live coding. At the prodding of Dr. Richard B for some explanatory video's on what I can do, I've...  not really made many video's.

Instead I've written a manual:

You'll find lots of example code, and...  a couple of video's (more on the way).

CSLC really is just a Csound csd. To live code, you'll still need a csound editor with live coding capabilities. That said, you don't have to use cslc for just live coding. It provides UDO's and instruments for event generation, microtuning, and audio routing.
   
CSLC works in csound 6.18, and seems to work in csound 7 (although I've not tested it extensively).

Thorin



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