Hello All,

    I am new to the Csound mailing list and as suggested in the welcome
message I am introducing myself. My name is Michael Rhoades. I have been
composing in obscurity for about 15 years. Since my high school days, in the
mid seventies, I have envisioned the compositional versatility afforded by
Csound. I am not a member of academia although I have been studying
synthesis, composition and creativity, diligently, on my own for the past 25
years. I live in the Fort Wayne Indiana area where electronic,
electroaccoustic or computer music is unheard of. Being isolated from other
"new" music thinkers for so long, I am really happy to find a platform, of
such, in which to participate.
    I use the Windows NT os on a dual 350mhz machine with 128 meg of ram and
several gigs of ultra wide scsi harddrives. Soundcard wise I use a Card D+
with digital I/O and a Soundblaster PC128. For midi a Winnman 4 x 4. I work
with Cakewalk Pro Audio for digital multi tracking and midi, Sound Forge and
Cool Edit for mastering and Red Roaster 24 bit for CD burning.
    I have been working with Csound for about 6 months now and am starting
to understand how to work with it although it is a slow process. Excerpts
from my first Csound composition are posted on the top of the first page of
my web site if you are interested. The composition is titled "Energies at
Work". Basic, but it is a start. Any comments on any aspect are welcomed.
The URL is http://www.innerlightpub.com/rhoadsmith.
    One question I have is, using Winsound, can one compile in real time?

Sorry for the length of this. Thanks for your time and I am happy to be
here.

Michael Rhoades