A Brief List of Helpful Links about Computer Music

Collected by Bill Alves
Harvey Mudd College

Csound

About Csound

• The Csound Front Page
• cSounds.com
• Csound 4.10 html manual (local)
• Current version manual (in pdf and html versions).
• Csound FAQ
• Information on the csound mailing list
• Csound Tutorials
• Csound Magazine

Downloadable Versions of Csound

• BeOS
• BeOS Bath PPC version
• DOS/Windows 386
• Linux (Bath version)
• Linux (Developers Group Version [non-canonical])
• Mac OS 8-9 version Part 1, and Mac OSX version.
• Mac CsndX.app version for OSX -- alpha version (still experimental)
• Mac Matt Ingalls alpha version (still experimental).
• NeXTStep/OpenStep
• SGI
• SUN
• Unix (generic source)
• Windows (Bath version)
• Windows (DirectCsound version)

Archives of Example Instruments for Csound

• The Amsterdam Catalog of Csound Computer Instruments
• CHANT - Csound Instrumente (s)
• Josep M. Comajuncosas' page
• Steven Cook's Collection
• Sean Costello's Catalog
• The Csound Catalog with Audio
• The JMC Csound Repository
• Eric Lyon's collection of Csound instruments
• Russel Pinkston's collection of Csound instruments
• Prof. Erik Spjut's collection of FIR filters
• Flavio Tordinis Assorted Csound Macros

Csound-related software

• Cmask, a Csound score generator, available for Macs, SGI IRIX and Windows.
• Cecilia, a Csound frontend for SGI, Mac, and Linux
• Cybil a score specification language for Csound.
• Midi2CS for DOS/Linux/SunOS converts MIDI files to Csound scores.
• MCC, a Csound musique concrète utility for DOS.
• Csound ripper, manages instruments in orchestra files for DOS.
• Linux Csound software.

MIDI

• An introduction to the Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) by Jeffrey Hass, Center for Electronic and Computer Music, Indiana University
• A Tutorial on MIDI and Wavetable Music Synthesis by Jim Heckroth
• MIDI Manufacturers Association
• MIDI Tutorial and links by J&J Music.

Acoustics

• Course Notes for The Physics and Psychophysics of Music by David Worrall.
• Acoustics Links

Computer Music and DSP Info

• Audio file format FAQs
• DSP FAQs
• Piet van Oostrum's Computer Music Bibliography

Granular synthesis programs

• Granular Synthesis
• GrainMaker 2.0 for the Mac.
• GranuLab: a realtime granular synthesizer for Win32.
• Grainwave

Other Software

• Cmix home page
• Lemur
• Common Music a lisp-based computer music language.
• SoundHack, a sound file conversion and processing program for the Mac.
• Princeton Sound Kitchen.
• MiXViews, a sound file editor for NeXT, Sun, Linux, and SGI.
• Much more useful software.

Manufacturers

• Mark of the Unicorn, makers of Performer and Digital Performer.
• DigiDesign, makers of ProTools.
• Bias, makers of Deck II and Peak.
• Kurzweil, makers of the K2500.
• Cycling 74, distributors of Max and MSP.

A Few Research Centers

• Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Stanford.
• IRCAM: Institut de recherche et coordination acsoutique/musique, Paris.
• Princeton
• Computer Music Research Sites

Other Organizations

• Audio Engineering Society
• The Computer Music Journal
• International Computer Music Association
• SEAMUS (Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States)

Other Links

• ACM WWW Pages Relating to Sound Computation
• Doctor Audio's Digital Audio Links
• Computer Music Conferences
• A History of Electronic Instruments
• List of Courses of Study in Computer Music
• Harmony Central