From: "Dr. Richard Boulanger" 

Dear Friend,

My spring semester at Berklee has just finished and I thought I would
update you on the progress of The Csound Book and The Csound FrontPage
at MIT.

I am currently waiting for my page proofs from MIT Press and expect
them any day now. I have had a number of preliminary meetings
reviewing samples from them and made the necessary preliminary
corrections.

Once the page proofs arrive and are reviewd and corrected by me, the
book will be weeks away.  I will let you all know when I return the
corrections to the press, so that you can have a more accurate idea on
when you can order copies.

In the meantime, we have been making major progress on the CD-ROMs and
the Csound FrontPage. My assistant, Jacob Joaquin, has completely
redesigned and streamlined the Csound FrontPage. There are many new
links and a more professional look and feel.  Check it out...

The Csound FrontPage -  http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-books/csound/frontpage.html

Also...  Jake has created a cool Csound button which you can paste
into your pages.  We hope you will copy and use it - it will take you
"home."

Further...

We have added and revised all the original tutorials from the Public
Csound Manual. In the case of my original 13 TOOTorials you will find
new block diagrams and all the orchestra, score and aif files you need
to run them.  (I did a little be of revising too.)

The Original Boulanger Csound Tutorial -
http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-books/csound/fpage/tut/tut.html

And Also...

We have added 20 complete Csound Compositions composed by my students
at Berklee.
 These appear in a new "Universities" section in which we plan to
feature student compositions from Colleges around the world.  We will
be adding three other universities in the next weeks.  But until then,
I hope you enjoy the diverse styles of my student works.  I am very
proud of them.

Berklee Student Compositions -
http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-books/csound/fpage/univ/Berklee/berklee.html

Finally...

We have added the CD-ROM chapter by Kim Cascone to the Csound Book
section of the site.  His piece is there for you to download, study
and enjoy.  Plus he offers some wonderful insights on moving from a
sound design perspective to a compositional one.

The Csound Book -
http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-books/csound/fpage/pub/csbook/csbook.html

Oh, I almost forgot....

As you might have noticed.  You can directly link to sections of the
Csound Front Page that interest you such as I have done above.


Take Care.  Have a great and productive spring and summer.
And please keep me posted on your Csound Instruments and Music.


Yours Sincerely,

Dr. Richard Boulanger

_____________________________________________________________
Dr. Richard Boulanger
Professor - Music Synthesis Department
Berklee College of Music
1140 Boylston Street  - Boston, MA  02215-3693
Office Phone: (617) 747-2485   Office Fax: (617) 536-2257
Email: radiobaton@earthlink.net  OR  rboulanger@berklee.edu
_____________________________________________________________
Personal Webpage: http://home.earthlink.net/~radiobaton/
Csound Frontpage: http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-books/csound/frontpage.html
HTML Tools & Tips: http://members.tripod.com/~richardboulanger/btot99.html
_____________________________________________________________