>"Timbre" is parallel to "pitch", "volume", etc. as properties of a
>note event; these may not be the most useful concepts for music that
>starts from sound rather than notes.  We have yet to show, perhaps,
>that we can really walk without the crutch of the note, but it's worth
>a try.  My trouble with computer music is just that the tools are too
>clumsy to do what I want with them.



csound = clumsy
due2 sekuent!al + arka!k
clumsy = des!red at t!mez