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On Dec 1, 2007 2:19 PM, Lars Luthman  wrote:

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> On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 14:13 +0200, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:

> > Agreed.  It is also capable of completely customizable microtuning,

> > which, despite what some of you may have heard, is not possible on any

> > hard synth.  They may say it is- but you are limited by the number of

> > keys on the hardware, which is not the case with Csound.

> > I used to harp about the difficulty of using Csound with any fluency,

> > but this is a difference of degree, not of kind: It is hard to learn,

> > but I believe someone very experienced with Csound can work as

> > efficiently as someone very experienced with simpler interfaces, doing

> > the same tasks.

>

> But if you're going to play it like an instrument you'll still need some

> sort of hardware, which will typically have a finite number of keys.

> Writing .sco files isn't all that fun.

I definitely agree with that; but there are other ways to send

frequency info than physical keys.  I made my own sequencer, others

use algorithms or other text-based score languages (e.g. Scala) that

may be a bit simpler than Csound's.

And again, writing .sco files is a skill that, if one is motivated

enough, becomes easier with practice.  A text editor like emacs can do

a lot of the work.
-Chuckk
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http://www.badmuthahubbard.com

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