Hi
I'm new on the list and have just 3 small question to start of with. I hope you can
answer them.

1. Is it possible to search older topics on the list. If so where can i do that?
2. I'm on Linux, is there a dedicated text program with markup and hints for csound?
or should i use emacs.
3. is it really only possible to make an instrument with 4 outputs?

Ok. thanks for now
Carsten

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007, hallo@carstenhoyer.dk wrote:

> Hi
> I'm new on the list and have just 3 small question to start of with. I hope you can
> answer them.
> 

First, welcome!

> 1. Is it possible to search older topics on the list. If so where can i 
> do that?

I am sure we used to have this but not certain.  Nabble may be the easiest

> 2. I'm on Linux, is there a dedicated text program with markup and hints
> for csound? or should i use emacs.

One should always use emacs :-) 
There are emacs modes and vi stuff, and there is a dedicated csound 
editor (which i have never tried, being dedicated to the one true 
editor...)

> 3. is it really only possible to make an instrument with 4 outputs?

Certainly not!  If I understand the question the number of channels is 
kinda arbitary.  With opcodes like fout and the bus stuff (chani/chano) it 
is possible to treat this question in a much more general way.
  What do you want to do?

 > 
> Ok. thanks for now
> Carsten
> -- 

I await the further questons!

==John ffitch

> First, welcome!
Thank you

>> 2. I'm on Linux, is there a dedicated text program with markup and hints
>> for csound? or should i use emacs.
>
> One should always use emacs :-)

Allright Emacs it is
It would be nice though, if the editor could look up opcodes, like when programming
java in netbeans you get those pop-up hints ( i don't know the correct term).

>> 3. is it really only possible to make an instrument with 4 outputs?
>>
>
> Certainly not!  If I understand the question the number of channels is
> kinda arbitary.  With opcodes like fout and the bus stuff (chani/chano) it is
> possible to treat this question in a much more general way. What do you want to do?

Nothing in particular at this moment. But we are some guys who wanted to make a
project with a lot of loudspeakers. And i said: "hey, no problem - you can do that
in csound". But then i tried making a simple oscillator instrument and apply 5
outputs. That generated an error. Also the nchnls in the manual only describes up to
4 channels.
I will take a look at "fout and the bus stuff"

Thanks Carsten

Hi.

> 1. Is it possible to search older topics on the list. If so where can i do that?

http://www.nabble.com/Csound---General-f483.html


> 2. I'm on Linux, is there a dedicated text program with markup and hints for csound?
> or should i use emacs.

You can try Csound-x, a set of libraries for emacs. 
http://www.zogotounga.net/comp/csoundx.htmlemacs

> 3. is it really only possible to make an instrument with 4 outputs?

You can output as many channels of audio as you like. If you're 
outputting audio in real-time it will depend on the number of channels 
you have on your soundcard.

> Ok. thanks for now

Good luck.

Rory.

hallo@carstenhoyer.dk wrote:
> Hi
> I'm new on the list and have just 3 small question to start of with. I hope you can
> answer them.
>
> 1. Is it possible to search older topics on the list. If so where can i do that?
>   
You can on 

> 2. I'm on Linux, is there a dedicated text program with markup and hints for csound?
> or should i use emacs.
>   

I use Blue (a Java application) as a front end to CSound. It has syntax 
colouring, and right-clicking lets you choose an opcode, which is 
followed by descriptive arguments.

But that's only one of the many things Blue does.

-- 
  Mark
  _________________________________________
  When you get lemons, you make lemonade.
  When you get hardware, you make software.

Just set nchnls to the max number you will use and
then you can use the handy opcode outch

outch 18, a1    ; send signal to channel 18

With the bformat and vbap opcodes in Csound, you also have
plenty of interesting ways of doing multichannel audio.

Victor


At 11:34 11/10/2007, you wrote:
>Nothing in particular at this moment. But we are some guys who wanted to 
>make a
>project with a lot of loudspeakers. And i said: "hey, no problem - you can 
>do that
>in csound". But then i tried making a simple oscillator instrument and apply 5
>outputs. That generated an error. Also the nchnls in the manual only 
>describes up to
>4 channels.
>I will take a look at "fout and the bus stuff"

Victor Lazzarini
Music Technology Laboratory
Music Department
National University of Ireland, Maynooth

> Just set nchnls to the max number you will use and
> then you can use the handy opcode outch
>
> outch 18, a1    ; send signal to channel 18
>
> With the bformat and vbap opcodes in Csound, you also have
> plenty of interesting ways of doing multichannel audio.

Allright. thanks

As to Emacs with csound-x and also Blue (which looks like a nice program). I have
some installation problems with both of them. but i'll look into it later.

Thanks All
Carsten