Douglas Ward:
What program is suggested for replacing this
toolchain? I think Csound can
accomplish this. (Can this be accomplished with Audacity+Nyquist, too? Is
there a plug-in that will play multiple frequencies at once?) Are there any
favourite command line applications that can be used to produce multiple sine
waves at once? Csound seems overly complex for this application, but I do not
know of alternatives. Is there anything other than Csound? I just want to
make sure I'm not overlooking a great specialized program before digging into
Csound.
This should be in a FAQ... Theres a lot of programs that let you do this.
Yes, it can be done with Nyquist or CSound. Other alternatives are pd,
supercollider, clm, snd, galan, ecasound.
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/LA_SynthesisTools
But there are many others, Octave for example.
For the job you want, a graphical program such as pd, galan
or spiralsynthmodular might be the quickest solution. (others?)
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