Digital sound synthesis
Digital sound synthesis
Digital sound synthesis
Similar hierarchy to digital images
Numerical sound samples
Sound "events"
Simulation of musical instruments
Large-scale compositions
Models of digital sound
Simulation of existing instruments
MIDI
Exploration of digital synthesis possibilities
Hardware and software synthesizers
CSound
Analysis of acoustic and sonic phenomena
Description of frequency components
Combination of techniques
Use of analytic information for synthesis
Doug Barrett's compositional method
Csound
Sound synthesis in software
Metaphors of instruments and scores
Descended from work at Bell Labs by Max Mathews in the 1950s
Csound's ancestry, descendants and cousins
Max Mathews
"Music 1", "Music II", "Music III", "Music IV", "Music V"
John Chowning and James Moore - "Music 10"
Barry Vercoe - "Music 360", "Music 11", "Csound"
Miller Puckette (student of Vercoe) and David Vicarelli - "MAX"
Miller Puckette - "PD"
James McCartney - "Supercollider"
Csound
An "instrument" is a function that produces data.
Csound
You can define any number of instruments.
Csound
A collection of instruments is called an "orchestra."
Csound
A sound event is called a "note."
Csound
You can define any number of notes.
Csound
A collection of notes is called a "score."
Csound
Synthesizing sound requires an orchestra and a score.
Csound
Each note is "played" by one of the instruments.
Csound
Global parameters control synthesis attributes.
Csound
The "CSD" file contains the parameters, orchestra, and score.
Csound instrument definition
Network and parameter connections implied by names
Csound note definition
Note definition by parameters and lookup tables
Csound CSD file
The CSD file in XML format
Csound tutorial
Hand-editing of CSD files
Python library to simplify CSD file generation