well, I do feel a little alone.  I'm an old newbie, who has been fiddling
with csound for several years.  mainly, I'm a pro pianist, and music
theorist, lots of trad training and jazz experience, etc.  and sometimes
feel lost in the newness of the computer music language (I'm looking through
Cmask and Common Music just recently).  I'm very excited about all the
possibilities of it, but my lack of formal math training is holding me back,
even though I'm a decent computer user (some pro level database programming,
mainly with Paradox, remember that?).    I'm very conversant with midi,
however, having  a fine 88 key controller (kx88), hence my often spoken of
interest on the group of using csound and midi, etc.  still, I'm trying to
make myself better . . . I recently purchased Roads Computer Music Tutorial,
and am working my way through it, I have both editions of the Dodge/Jerse,
and am working my way . . looking very much forward to the csound book in
the fall (the chapter available by Boulanger on the web is excellent
already, very useful).  I follow the discussions on these lists as best I
can.    But, as the csound help file says, and as all music requires anyway:
'go on for a very long time'

thanks for letting me sound off . . ..

----- Original Message -----
From: Sherlock 
To: 
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 1999 5:56 PM
Subject: Alone


> I was wondering if there were any newbies who feel alone in this Csound
> programming.
> There's no need to feel lonely. Csound is the best sound processing
> language out there. Best, because of men like John Fitch working on.
> Robin Whittle. Barry Verco. You can use Csound as a tutorial into sound
> making. Right now, the best synthesizer for the home is on the PC, UNIX,
> MAC, etc. Csound is what I use. My name is Robert McNulty Junior.
>
> I have been programming computers for nearly 16 years. The best
> programming language for a computer to make sound is Csound. Look at the
> Xanadu project.
>
> I like making music on my computer. I like sound. In fact, with MIDI2CS,
> CONVERT, the Compaq WAV recorder, CSOUND, etc, I can make my own
> "groovy" music. The best music comes from the heart, not a song sheet.
>
> MIDI2CS takes a MIDI file and makes two files, a SCO and a ORC. A long
> time ago, these were one file. Well, MIDI2CS allows us to use our own
> sounds in our music. This is neat.
>
> Well, there is a problem with this. If you record yourself humming, and
> convert it to AIF and use in as part of a music file, you get a Munchkin
> sound or Alvin the Chipmunk. Any way to resample this?
>
>
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