Bill DeWitt wrote:
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> I wanted to use CSound to make
> sound effects for my POV-Ray animations and to write little scores for
> backgrounds

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>         So my question would be, should I give up on CSound and just use CakeWalk?

	I don't know what POV-Ray animations are but you can use Csound and
Cakewalk together, because you can make wav files in Csound and bring
them into tracks in Cakewalk.  

	The tools you use depends on what you want to do.  If you like computer
toys for their own sake, Csound (in my limited experience) seems
endlessly engaging.  I got into it because I want sounds that aren't in
my synthesizer presets.  I was able to make  sounds I liked after
working thru the first few tutorials in the manual.  Then I got a Nord
Lead II synthesizer. I make up most of my weird sounds on that, it's
easier. It works like a subset of Csound, basically you can generate
wave tables and torture them by turning knobs.

	The tradeoff between Csound and Cakewalk or other sequencer program
seems to have to do with the level of detailed control and the amount of
time to make a completed piece.  If you want to cover broad swaths of
canvas using paints from the tube, use Cakewalk.  If you want to mix
your own colors, use Csound.

Steven Coolidge