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/******** Csnd.app v2.0 README ********/ Stephen David Beck School of Music Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA voice: 1-(504)-388-3261 fax: 1-(504)-388-2562 email: sdb@comp.music.lsu.edu This is a beta release of Csnd.v2.0.app, a NEXTSTEP GUI to MIT/Bath Csound. This distribution contains the following: 1) A fat binary (NeXT/Intel only) Csnd.v2.0.app application 2) A fat csound binary (NeXT/Intel only) compiled using the MIT/Bath sources (v3.41) 3) The file README.csound.newopcodes 4) This README file To install, login as root, place Csnd.v2.0.app.tar.gz in your /LocalApps directory and unzip the file with the following commands: cd /LocalApps gunzip -cd Csnd.v2.0.app.tar.gz | tar -xf - Place the Csnd.v2.0.app in your /LocalApps directory. Be sure your system has the Csound binary located in a public path (i.e., /usr/local/bin). This is strictly a beta release. No warranties, no guarantees, no nothin'! I don't have access to an Intel NEXTSTEP machine, so I'm only about 80% confident that the MAB files work. (i.e. I hope it works...) Our NeXT cube is on its last legs, and so is the development of this program. It has not been tested by my students, and I haven't done much work on it since Fall (1995). But I've had a few days to finish up some stuff, and to make sure everything works. On the other hand, Csnd.v2.0.app has some really cool improvements, like a file inspector (sound files, text files, lpc analysis files), a compiler module (will automatically set flags for midi, extract and scot files), and a much improved GUI for soundfile analysis. Please send your comments, your thanks, and any suggestions. If GNUstep/OPENSTEP takes off, or someone donates an Intel box to the school (wink, wink, nudge, nudge), I might work on it further. Changes since v1.6 - file inspector built-in (sound, text and lpc analysis files) - separate compiler module (will automatically set flags for midi, extract and scot files if present) - improved interface for soundfile analysis - fixed bug of /tmp/score.srt problems (important if multiple users on one machine) - added kill buttons for compiler Changes since 1.5 - MAB csound binary - Preliminary version of info panel for lpc anal files (shows graphs of Pitch, RMS (original and residual) and Error, and displays header data) - More bug fixes Changes since 1.1 - Support of AIFF files for analysis and playback (read-only) - Improved Preferences Manager - MAB for Intel and NeXT hardware (Csnd.app only; csound binary is machine specific) - Messages selected editor for MIDI files - Many bug fixes (I'm sure there are still more) Changes since 1.0 - Compile sounds to floating point - Use Midi files & extract files in compile - Import Midi files into project - Upgrade to March 1994 csound binary - Bug fixes in subprocess manager Csnd.app has several distinct differences from Snd.app: - It can access files from any available directory; - Csnd.app creates a separate process to compile files, returning control to the user as soon as the compiling begins; - It has services to send the following messages from Edit to Csnd.app: - recompile last orc & sco file import file to project - search MIT Csound Quick Reference for selection - open standard NeXT help with MIT Csound Manual - Double-click on browser calls appropriate edit program for file Csnd.app also takes advantage of the analysis programs built-in to MIT Csound, and provides an intuitive interface to them. Some of the analysis features are: - Soundfile display and playback - Analysing all or only selected portion of soundfile - Analysis generated by Csound are automatically imported to projects upon completion. For more information, e-mail: sdb@comp.music.lsu.edu Stephen David Beck School of Music Louisiana State University
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