hi all -

iain and me will meet tomorrow in berlin to work on the next release of
the csound floss manual.

there is a nice chat function in the floss writing environment, so if
anyone wants to join us, just get in at
http://booki.flossmanuals.net/csound/_edit/

let us know if you have any questions or problems.

best -

	joachim

Hello Joachim,
Sorry that I have not replied earlier,
I realize that this answer may be too late as your book sprint was
probably yesterday(?).

I've looked at the granular chapters once more, and basically I think
they are very clear. I also not the nice and friendly tone that will
encourage and invite rather than push away novices.
If I should comment on anything, perhaps in the sound
synthesis/granular chapter it could make sense to change the order
- first principles
- fof
- asynchronous
to
- first principles
- asynchronous
- fof
... as the fof example is quite complex for beginners. The reason why
I think it is complex is that the sound created out of 5 synchronized
oscillators and it may not be obvious how these elements combine to
make up one single timbre.

In the modification/granular chapter, since you mention the
limitations of granule for realtime work, it would make sense to also
mention partikkel (even though you might not want to call it nimble,
I'm not familiar with the nuances of that word...). I know that
partikkel is referenced at the end of the page, I just thought it
reasonable to mention it in relation to realtime and k-rate
flexibility.
Perhaps "Only a few of these arguments are available during
performance (k-rate) so it is less well suited for real-time
modulation, for real-time a more nimble implementation such as
syncgrain, fog, or grain3 would be recommended. For more complex
realtime granular techniques, the partikkel opcode can be used."

For the use of granular techniques as modification, we could also
consider giving an example of a grain delay type of instrument. If I
should write one, i would use partikkel, but it can probably be done
with less code using syncgrain or other opcodes.

best
Oeyvind


2012/3/25 joachim heintz :
> hi all -
>
> iain and me will meet tomorrow in berlin to work on the next release of
> the csound floss manual.
>
> there is a nice chat function in the floss writing environment, so if
> anyone wants to join us, just get in at
> http://booki.flossmanuals.net/csound/_edit/
>
> let us know if you have any questions or problems.
>
> best -
>
>        joachim
>
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