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Re: Csound E-Zine

Date1998-10-08 09:17
FromPaul Winkler
SubjectRe: Csound E-Zine
Hans,

I love it! This is a brilliant idea! Count me in. I will try to
contribute things as I'm able. I'm no csound expert, but I'm learning.

Specific comments:

> If someone is good at writing interview questions let me know and I will try
> to obtain interviews with some of the major players in the Csound community.

This would be cool. Maybe we could pool questions and you could take
your favorites from the suggestions you get?

An obvious choice for interviewing: Barry Vercoe! He's not too visible
in the online world of csound, and it might be interesting to learn more
about his work and how/why he developed csound, and also what he himself
has used it for.

Hey, as long as we're talking about the father of Csound, why not the
godfather (or grandfather, or whatever)? Is Max Matthews still around?

> Resources & Links
> 
> A list of links for other Csound resources on the web.

I assume you mean that this should be one document that is gradually
updated and added to, rather than something new each issue? At least
that makes sense to me.

Here's a low-priority-but-fun idea for either a feature article or a
permanent resource: a Csound discography. A listing of recordings that
are KNOWN to feature works produced using csound.

One thing I would like to contribute: Currently I'm trying to write a
score-generating/processing language using Perl. If I get results that I
think are worthwhile (that is, if I actually find it as useful as I
hope!), I will write an article about using Perl for this purpose, with
examples from my code. Actually my code will be available, probably
under the GPL, so I'd likely include the whole source with the article.

I might ask around if anyone else would like to contribute to this
article; I know that Eric Lyon at least uses Perl with csound, since
he's the one who suggested it to me!

Do you have a target date for the first issue yet?

Regards,

PW