You might want to start by using MacCsound:

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Victor
>
> Hi All,
>
> I've been producing music for years and using the likes of
> Protools, Logic and Ableton. I would like to learn how to
> program synths and effects etc so that i can creat my own.
> I have absolutely no experience whatoever in Csound so i
> will need you to explain it in the simplest terms you
> possibly can. I believe I can use terminal to run commands
> from there but I have no idea how to get started. I have
> downloaded the csound5.mpkg which consists of a number of
> apps but i have no idea what they do or how to begin using
> them. I have tried reading the manual but it is all alien
> to me and not very user friendly to beginners. Can someone
> tell me how to write a very simple piece of code and
> compile it using terminal. Do I need to set up a directory
> somewhere on my hard drive where I need to store orchestra
> and score files? Is the hardback (csound book - The Csound
> Book: Perspectives in Software Synthesis, Sound Design,
> Signal Processing and Programming) too old or exactly the
> same as the online manual. Where is the best place online
> for a beginner to get to grasps with Csound and do you
> reccommend any books?
>
> By the way - I'm using a Powerbook running OSX 10.4.10
>
> Thanks a million.
>
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