Hi All,

 I'm yet another bumbling "newbie" from the Keyboard magazine article.  I've 
been waiting to send my first message until I had a little more to say other 
than the standard -

Name:Chris Brown
Ocupation: Test Engineer
Musical Interest:  I want to compose "new age" music. For the last four 
years I have been - Learning to play an instrument. Taking all of the 
extremely few night courses in music I find.  Reading everything about 
electronic/computer music that I can lay my hands on.  I hope that in 
another four years I may be able to write something worth listening to.

 -  greetings.

The more I have to say is this.

After the recent flurry of e-mail that has been critical of Csound I thought 
I should send my thanks to all who have spent their time working on this 
program and sharing it with the rest of us.  I wish I could describe how it 
felt when I compiled Xanadu by Joseph T. Kung, listened to it the first time 
and realized some of the potential of Csound.  I've listened to it over and 
over like an acoustic junkie.  I guess Kung didn't hear that Csound isn't 
fit to fill a bit bucket.

Anyway back to more standard stuff.

This is a long shot but I thought I'd see if anyone on the list might be 
able to help me before I went to a book locator service.  I am reading "The 
Computer Music Tutorial" by Curtis Roads.  There is a book called "Theory 
and Application of Digital Signal Processing" by L. Rabiner and B. Gold that 
is referred to in the Roads book many many times.  It was written in 1975 
and is out of print.  Does anyone know where there is a copy I could 
purchase?

Second, I tried to compile the source code for Csound using Microsoft Visual 
C++ 1.52 under Windows 3.1 but I am having problems.  Is there anyone in the 
South San Francisco Bay area that would be willing to help me to get Csound 
to compile in exchange for a free dinner or similar compensation.

Thanks.
Christopher Brown
cbrown@sj.unisys.com
P.S.  I was driving around the other afternoon, after reading some mail from 
 people that were unhappy with Csound, when I had the following lyrical 
inspiration. Jean Piche you may find the following slightly amusing.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
X  Warning
X  Sensitive People
X  or those with
X  Discriminating Taste
X  Read no Further!
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
These words came pretty easy so I hope I haven't ripped off something 
previous.  It's also a first ever effort (so I can only get better right).
To be sung to the tune "I'm A Believer" performed by the Monkees in 1966 
(Original Words and Music bye Neil Diamond).  For generation x'ers and later 
this song is in the record albums next to your mom's white go go boots in 
the attic.

New Title: I'm A Complainer

I thought Code was only wrote to criticize.
Done by someone else but not by me.  (oh)
I could not be happy.         (de du det endu)
Not until I whined.                (de du det endu)
C - sound's not the answer to my dreams.
Then I found this place.      (du-dut du-dut du)
Now I'm a complainer.        (du-dut du-dut du)
Not a line -                 (du-dut du-dut du)   
of it's code did I write.         (du-dut du-dut du)
I want more.                            (oh)
I'm a complainer.
Glad I didn't pay more oop's it's free.

Have a good one.
Chris