You really don't even need two computers.  You can put "-F filename.mid" in your
command line.  I'm not sure if there are speed issues or version issues, but this
works for me and I'm on a Pentium II 300 Mhz 60 MB RAM with DirectSound 2.7.  The only
problem is that it doesn't work if your using a single .csd file...you have to use the
old-fashioned orcs and scos.  As far as realtime controller changes during playback,
it can also be done using VMCI and Hubi's MIDI Loopback I think.

Thomas Huber wrote:

> >       So my question would be, should I give up on CSound and just use CakeWalk?
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> What about using Csound as MIDI-Synthesizer ? That's what I am doing, and
> it's working quite good. So you don't have to fiddle with csound's score
> language. But for good realtime response, you should have 2 computers,
> one (the slower one) running CakeWalk (i.e.), and one running csound (I'm using a
> PentiumII/350MHz for that and it's fast enough), and you then connect the
> two with a MIDI cable. I also bought a Kawai K6000 MIDI controller box with
> 16 knobs. As you can read out the controller values with csound, you can
> modify the sounds in realtime, just like with an Analog Synthesizer (cooool..)
>
> Thomas

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