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Date2009-07-06 14:18
Fromfrancibal
Subject[Csnd] Some personal notes
Some personal confused notes about csound world.

First of all: please i don't know english well and i'll try to explain my
thought as better as possible for me. Hope it will be intelligible.

Also note that i am a really beginner, without knowledge in computer system,
and then please apologize some stupid question.


-1	Is it possible to have, at least on windows, a default setting for
RTaudio that allows to hear all examples without clicks or stepper play ?
This without regards to latency (but to quality yes), only for the first
times that one run csound. After, when user will be more confident with
system, he will be able to find his better audio settings.
This is because some times i try an examples (always in RT, i want to hear
immediatly the result!) and i hear a fragmented sound.
Maybe it is possible to have some differents .csoundrc files with differents
names and settings, i.e. for RTaudio out only, RT audio in and out (then
latency), only midi setup, audio and midi, etc.

-2	It would be possible to have a folder with many of the existing
resources, manual, Gogins tutorial, Dr. B. tootorial, and, if not all other
resources at least a link list, to scanned synt. tutorial, csound journal,
csound magazine, etc. There are many beautiful resources but more scattered.
(i see that it's yet at work).

-3	There are some opcodes for file info (filelen, ..., ftlen, ...). Is it
possible to 	have a single opcode that give all info like different argument
and then one use that he needs ? Ex. file(sr) return sr, file(len) return
len, ...

-4	are all opcodes really necessary ? For example, to play an audio file
there are many 	opcodes, are they all necessary ? It seems that diskin not
work so well (sometimes), and there is diskin2. Why don't replace diskin
with diskin2 without changing name?

-5	Not a news, but some examples needs some work. And i think that all
opcodes must have 	almost one example, better at least two, one very basic,
and one more like music (for examples, fof and partikkel have really good
testing csd). Random family opcodes must display both result with different
seeds (i.e. like examples are now, every time are running display same
result, but if seed is 0 every time a different series of value).

-6	With regards at Gui, i think qutecsound (that i don't use yet) is
perfect. But a simple editor like scite, for who, like me (maybe only other
five people...), would work with python too in a simple way (at least at
begin), integrated in distribution and with all right settings, is it
possible ?

-7	I see that csounds.com is not so frequented, but it is first reference
for beginners. 	Sometimes there are just few people (last month only one!)
that reply to help request. And also it is not so clear that there is this
list.

-8	"i'm just a poor (seasoned) boy". Now, i think that it's necessary a new
Csound book, 	updated. At one time it will be foundamental for more in deep
study, and it's the only possibilities that some people, like me, have to
sustain You materially (yes only a microscopic drop, but better many little
than nothing).

-9	i've found some really interesting and beautiful music made with csound,
and, when 	possible, i've buyed some of those, but it was a long research.
Is it possible to have a page on csounds.com with links to music (free and
not free) ? Also, i've read somewhere that csound is been used by many
people in many different way/applications. Who, where, for what ? It will be
interesting to known! And, but this is really a personal wish, with music it
will be wonderful to have csd files too, also when published in commercial
cd.
(Many links to people, in csounds.com, are broken/outdate).

Hope not so much boring,

always thanks for Your work,
ciao,

fran.


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Date2009-07-06 18:57
From"Dr. Richard Boulanger"
Subject[Csnd] Re: Some personal notes
Fran,

Thanks so much for sharing this experience and these suggestions.
I will work to make the beginner experience a better on at cSounds.com  
in the future.

Thanks also for your help with the examples in the manual.

Your reports have been really valuable.

Dr. B.


Dr. Richard Boulanger  -  rboulanger@berklee.edu



On Jul 6, 2009, at 9:18 AM, francibal wrote:

>
> Some personal confused notes about csound world.
>
> First of all: please i don't know english well and i'll try to  
> explain my
> thought as better as possible for me. Hope it will be intelligible.
>
> Also note that i am a really beginner, without knowledge in computer  
> system,
> and then please apologize some stupid question.
>
>
> -1	Is it possible to have, at least on windows, a default setting for
> RTaudio that allows to hear all examples without clicks or stepper  
> play ?
> This without regards to latency (but to quality yes), only for the  
> first
> times that one run csound. After, when user will be more confident  
> with
> system, he will be able to find his better audio settings.
> This is because some times i try an examples (always in RT, i want  
> to hear
> immediatly the result!) and i hear a fragmented sound.
> Maybe it is possible to have some differents .csoundrc files with  
> differents
> names and settings, i.e. for RTaudio out only, RT audio in and out  
> (then
> latency), only midi setup, audio and midi, etc.
>
> -2	It would be possible to have a folder with many of the existing
> resources, manual, Gogins tutorial, Dr. B. tootorial, and, if not  
> all other
> resources at least a link list, to scanned synt. tutorial, csound  
> journal,
> csound magazine, etc. There are many beautiful resources but more  
> scattered.
> (i see that it's yet at work).
>
> -3	There are some opcodes for file info (filelen, ..., ftlen, ...).  
> Is it
> possible to 	have a single opcode that give all info like different  
> argument
> and then one use that he needs ? Ex. file(sr) return sr, file(len)  
> return
> len, ...
>
> -4	are all opcodes really necessary ? For example, to play an audio  
> file
> there are many 	opcodes, are they all necessary ? It seems that  
> diskin not
> work so well (sometimes), and there is diskin2. Why don't replace  
> diskin
> with diskin2 without changing name?
>
> -5	Not a news, but some examples needs some work. And i think that all
> opcodes must have 	almost one example, better at least two, one very  
> basic,
> and one more like music (for examples, fof and partikkel have really  
> good
> testing csd). Random family opcodes must display both result with  
> different
> seeds (i.e. like examples are now, every time are running display same
> result, but if seed is 0 every time a different series of value).
>
> -6	With regards at Gui, i think qutecsound (that i don't use yet) is
> perfect. But a simple editor like scite, for who, like me (maybe  
> only other
> five people...), would work with python too in a simple way (at  
> least at
> begin), integrated in distribution and with all right settings, is it
> possible ?
>
> -7	I see that csounds.com is not so frequented, but it is first  
> reference
> for beginners. 	Sometimes there are just few people (last month only  
> one!)
> that reply to help request. And also it is not so clear that there  
> is this
> list.
>
> -8	"i'm just a poor (seasoned) boy". Now, i think that it's  
> necessary a new
> Csound book, 	updated. At one time it will be foundamental for more  
> in deep
> study, and it's the only possibilities that some people, like me,  
> have to
> sustain You materially (yes only a microscopic drop, but better many  
> little
> than nothing).
>
> -9	i've found some really interesting and beautiful music made with  
> csound,
> and, when 	possible, i've buyed some of those, but it was a long  
> research.
> Is it possible to have a page on csounds.com with links to music  
> (free and
> not free) ? Also, i've read somewhere that csound is been used by many
> people in many different way/applications. Who, where, for what ? It  
> will be
> interesting to known! And, but this is really a personal wish, with  
> music it
> will be wonderful to have csd files too, also when published in  
> commercial
> cd.
> (Many links to people, in csounds.com, are broken/outdate).
>
> Hope not so much boring,
>
> always thanks for Your work,
> ciao,
>
> fran.
>
>
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