30 Sep
2002
30 Sep
'02
11:07 a.m.
Hi list,
just a short question to those who already have Richard Boulanger's "The
Csound Book". I was going to order one soon, what is your
impression/opinion on it? I understand that a certain degree of
knowledge about synthesis/computer music is required in order it to make
sense to the reader (I hope I have that), but if that is fulfilled, can
you recommend this book? Or what are its weak spots in your opinion?
Thanks,
Frank (expecting at least one answer from bright.net ;-)
30 Sep
30 Sep
12:26 p.m.
I love it!! It covers everything from beginners' tutorials (several of them)
to advanced digital signal processing. Csound itself is somewhat difficult
to use - a bit like assembly-language programming. However, there are a
number of GUI wrappers for it. And it's not big on algorithmic composition.
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
mailto: znmeb(a)borasky-research.net
http://www.borasky-research.net
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Subject: [linux-audio-dev] Comments on Boulanger's Csound book?
Hi list,
just a short question to those who already have Richard Boulanger's "The
Csound Book". I was going to order one soon, what is your
impression/opinion on it? I understand that a certain degree of
knowledge about synthesis/computer music is required in order it to make
sense to the reader (I hope I have that), but if that is fulfilled, can
you recommend this book? Or what are its weak spots in your opinion?
Thanks,
Frank (expecting at least one answer from bright.net ;-)
12:33 p.m.
Frank Neumann wrote:
just a short question to those who already have
Richard Boulanger's "The
Csound Book". I was going to order one soon, what is your
impression/opinion on it? I understand that a certain degree of
knowledge about synthesis/computer music is required in order it to make
sense to the reader (I hope I have that), but if that is fulfilled, can
you recommend this book? Or what are its weak spots in your opinion?
Thanks,
Frank (expecting at least one answer from bright.net ;-)
Hi Frank:
Here's that expected reply... :)
IMO the book is terrific. My own contribution is pretty negligible,
but the book as a whole is a pretty amazing work. It is a detailed and
at times very technical overview of Csound's internal structure,
programming paradigm, user-level design, and so forth. It's useful on
many levels, but I would hesitate to recommend it to an absolute
beginner in computer music. Bianchini & Cipriani's "Virtual Sound" is
in
some ways a better first tutorial: it's a more tightly focused book, but
it lacks the comprehensive aspect of Rick's book. Both are recommended
to serious students.
Best regards,
== Dave Phillips
The Book Of Linux Music & Sound at http://www.nostarch.com/lms.htm
The Linux Soundapps Site at http://linux-sound.org
12:52 p.m.
Frank Neumann wrote:
Hi list,
just a short question to those who already have Richard Boulanger's "The
Csound Book". I was going to order one soon, what is your
impression/opinion on it? I understand that a certain degree of
knowledge about synthesis/computer music is required in order it to make
sense to the reader (I hope I have that), but if that is fulfilled, can
you recommend this book? Or what are its weak spots in your opinion?
Thanks,
Frank (expecting at least one answer from bright.net ;-)
i have it, and i think it's very good. i had planned to dedicate last
year's summer vacation to learning csound in some depth, but as things
go, my plans were disrupted, and i have since lost interest.
would you like to buy mine ? it's almost unused and comes with 2 cds.
write in private if you want it.
regards,
jörn
--
Jörn Nettingsmeier
Kurfürstenstr 49, 45138 Essen, Germany
http://spunk.dnsalias.org (my server)
http://www.linuxdj.com/audio/lad/ (Linux Audio Developers)
1:09 p.m.
Hi,
Frank Neumann hat gesagt: // Frank Neumann wrote:
just a short question to those who already have
Richard Boulanger's "The
Csound Book". I was going to order one soon, what is your
impression/opinion on it? I understand that a certain degree of
knowledge about synthesis/computer music is required in order it to make
sense to the reader (I hope I have that), but if that is fulfilled, can
you recommend this book? Or what are its weak spots in your opinion?
The weak spot is of course also its strength: It's a book about
Csound! Shortly after I bought the book I discoverd PD and I actually
stopped using Csound. But nevertheless it is a very broad book, that
touches a lot of topics of interest beyond Csound. I even adapted some
of the ideas for PD patches. If you're a Csound user, you *need* this
book, if not, I would buy it, if you already have read the Dodge/Jerse
and the Roads.
BTW and just for the record: I'm currently reading the Roads, after I
had finished the Dodge, and I must say, I like the Dodge better: It's
clearer and more concise, IMO.
ciao
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