The Csound Book: Perspectives in Software Synthesis, Sound Design, Signal Processing, and Programming

Written by the world's leading educators, programmers, sound designers, and composers, this comprehensive guide covers both the basics of Csound and the theoretical and musical concepts necessary to use the program effectively.

The thirty-two tutorial chapters cover: additive, subtractive, FM, AM, FOF, granular, wavetable, waveguide, vector, LA, and other hybrid methods; analysis and resynthesis using ADSYN, LP, and the Phase Vocoder; sample processing; mathematical and physical modeling; and digital signal processing, including room simulation and 3D modeling.

Book Contents
Introduction to Sound Design in Csound
A Production Interface to Csound
SpatializationStereo and Ambisonic
The Csound SuperSamplerSequencer
CDROM Tutorials
Optimizing Your Csound Instruments
Using Csounds Macro Language Extensions
Designing Acoustically Viable Instruments in Csound
Designing Legato Instruments in Csound
ContiguousGroup Wavetable Synthesis of the French Horn
Modeling Classic Electronic Keyboards in Csound
A Survey of Classic Synthesis Techniques in Csound
FM Synthesis in Csound
Granular Synthesis in Csound
CDROM Music
Processing Samples with Csounds FOF Opcode
An Introduction to Signal Processing with Csound
Understanding Csounds Spectral Data Types
Using Csound to Understand Delay Lines and Their Applications
An Introduction to Reverberation Design with Csound
Implementing the Gardner Reverbs in Csound
Csoundbased Auditory Localization
Spare Luxury
Extending Csound
Adding New Unit Generators to Csound
List of the Csound Book Chapter Instruments
Recommended Reading
Recommended Listening
Csounds Error Messages
Csound Quick Reference
Index