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>>>>> "Sean" == Sean Costello  writes:

 Sean> Hi all:
 Sean> Just subscribed to the list.  Apologies if these are questions that have
 Sean> been asked a million times before:

 Sean> 1) I read in the mailing list archives about a Csound Book from MIT
 Sean> Press.  Any idea when this book should be released?

The book is in 'final' editing.  I suspect that it has slipped a
little and will be out late summer.

 Sean> 2) Are there any synth manufacturers planning to release synths using
 Sean> Extended Csound?  I know Generalmusic has released an effects plug-in
 Sean> for one of their synths, that performs harmonizing using the AD chip. 
 Sean> Are there any companies that plan on offering a general hardware
 Sean> platform, a la the Nord Modular or Kyma, that will use Extended Csound?
 Sean> My dream synth at this point would be a DSP engine in a box with
 Sean> knobs/touchplates/a keyboard/other realtime controls, that could be
 Sean> programmed in Csound via a computer, yet could run stand-alone for live
 Sean> performances like the Nord Modular. Is a synth similar to this in the
 Sean> planning? 

While one may hear rumours you are unlikely to get real answers, as
the manufacturer will want to keep surprise, and Analog will respect
that.   I do hope that a composer-oriented Etended Csound system does
become available, as it would be so useful.  But I have no information
and only passing commerical nouse.

 Sean> 3) What unit generators are currently implemented in Extended Csound?
 Sean> Are all of the v3.47 unit generators implemented?  Are there additional
 Sean> unit generators?   

When I last looked carefully all opcodes in the public Csound until
last summer are in at least one version of Extended Csound.  There are
possible problems with the physical modelling opcodes or course, as
Stanford claims some kind of ownership.  Yes there are additional
opcodes, some of which surface as names here.  Many of the XTC opcodes
are related to MIDI and realtime performance.

 Sean> 4) How do I access the archives, so I can stop asking these questions?

Well there is the unorganised files in ftp.maths.bath.ac.uk in
pub/dream/Csound_Archive/ or some similar name.  Others have HTML
versions.

==John ffitch