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Csound

Csound is a domain-specific computer programming language for audio programming. It is named Csound because it is written in the language C, in contrast to some of its predecessors. It is free and open-source software, released under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) 2.1 or later.

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Developers
John Fitch, Steven Yi, Victor Lazzarini
License
LGPL 2.1 or later
Operating system
Cross-platform: Linux, Windows, macOS
Original author
Barry Vercoe
Release
1986; 40 years ago (1986)
Repository
github.com/csound/csound

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Csound for live performance

One Laptop per Child (OLPC)

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Csound

Nodes73
Edges72
Triples142
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027397
Components1

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Csound

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related to Csound 6 · 31
Csound → After, All, Alternatively, An Android, Android, API, Arithmetic, Arrays, Audio, Command-line, CPUs, Csound API, Csound Conference, For, GitHub, Hanover, HTML5, It, JavaScript-based, John Fitch
related to Further reading · 26
Csound → Aikin, Bianchini, Boulanger, Cengage Learning, Cipriani, ConTempo, Csound Power, ISBN, Jim, Lazzarini, MIT Press, Perspectives, Practice, Programming, Richard Charles, Signal Processing, Software Synthesis, Sound Design, Sound Synthesis, The Audio Programming Book
related to history · 23
Csound → Barry Vercoe, Bath, Bell Labs, Developed, Gabriel Maldonado, Iain McCurdy, Istvan Varga, Joachim Heintz, John Fitch, Many, Matt Ingalls, Max Mathews, Michael Gogins, MIT Media Lab, Music, MUSIC-N, One, Richard Boulanger, Richard Karpen, Robin Whittle
related to Csound 5 · 22
Csound → API, Beyond, Csound's, Disposable Soft Synth Interface, DSSI, Haskell, It, Java, LADSPA, Linux, Linux Audio Developer's Simple, Lisp, March, Microsoft Windows, Plugin API, Python, SourceForge Csound, Tcl, The, Version
related to Csound for live performance · 19
Csound → Ableton Live, Android, Audivation's Csound, CsoundAC, CsoundQt, Currently, In, Linux Audio Conference The, Live, Live Event Sheet, Max/MSP, MIDI, Note, OSC, Ounk, Pure Data, Python, Qt, The
related to One Laptop per Child (OLPC) · 5
Csound → Child, Csound5, OLPC, One Laptop, XO-1 Laptop
related to Csound code · 3
Csound → CSD, Here, The
Developers · 1
Csound → John Fitch, Steven Yi, Victor Lazzarini
License · 1
Csound → LGPL 2.1 or later
Operating system · 1
Csound → Cross-platform: Linux, Windows, macOS

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audio language api programming performance code using score use opcodes processing software linux live one also system compiled isbn user

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CsoundDevelopersJohn Fitch, Steven Yi, Victor Lazzarini1.00infobox
CsoundLicenseLGPL 2.1 or later1.00infobox
CsoundOperating systemCross-platform: Linux, Windows, macOS1.00infobox
CsoundOriginal authorBarry Vercoe1.00infobox
CsoundRelease1986; 40 years ago (1986)1.00infobox
CsoundRepositorygithub.com/csound/csound1.00infobox
CsoundStable release6.18.1 / November 24, 2022; 3 years ago (2022-11-24)1.00infobox
CsoundWebsitecsound.com1.00infobox
CsoundWritten inC1.00infobox
Csoundis adomain-specific computer programming language for audio programming0.90text
notes can be scheduled to sample accurate timesinstance ofenabling the use of Csound in environments where writing to the file system is not permitted.Score events0.80text
even if synthesis is processed in blocks of samples.All opcodes that return a single value may be used as functions in the orchestra language.Audio analysis file formats can be byte-order independent.A single score statement can contain multiple string parameters.Most oscillator opcodes will use an internal sine function table if the table number is omitted.Command-line options can be set programmatically using the Csound API.Numerous duplicate areas of code within Csound have been rationalized.An Android app was built which provides user-defined graphical user interfacesinstance ofenabling the use of Csound in environments where writing to the file system is not permitted.Score events0.80text

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