18 Jun
2003
18 Jun
'03
4:51 a.m.
On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 15:49, Dave Phillips wrote:
Michael Hall wrote:
I'm wondering if Dave Phillip's book
'Linux Music and Sound' is still a good
buy. Given that it was published 3 years ago, would much of the material now be
out of date?
Hi Michael:
Yes, I'm afraid much of it (most of it?) is out of date. It's probably
still useful as introductory material for Csound, Common Music Notation, == Dave Phillips
I'm reading it now. It's true that it's out-of-date with regards to some
software. Interfaces have changed, one or two apps that looked cool
haven't been updated by their authors and won't run on recent Linux
versions.
However, it's still basically solid, and there's not much else out
there. Without the book, I wouldn't have been able to make anything out
of some of the things I downloaded from Planet CCRMA. You just have to
make allowances.
--
Rohan Parkes
Melbourne
Australia