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csound-live-code

Author: Steven Yi<stevenyi@gmail.com>

Introduction

csound-live-code is a library, framework, and web application for live coding and music making with Csound. The core is a library, livecode.orc, that contains a number of user-defined opcodes and instruments. These opcodes and instruments provide a foundation for live coding of music with Csound and provide abstractions like a metronome, tempo, duration units (i.e., ticks, beats, bars), scales, and pattern creation tools. The parts all work together to form a framework for live coding with callback instruments or temporal recursion. This library is used with desktop Csound installations as well as used as part of the http://live.csound.com web application.

Documentation

Getting Started

• Using the live.csound.com Web Application

Concepts

• Session Lifecycle
• Basic Introduction to Csound
• Central Clock, Tempo, and Time Values

Technique

• Events and Channels
• Temporal Recursion
• Callback Instrument
• Always-on Instruments

Rhythm and Pattern Generation

• Event Time Oscillators
• Hexadecimal Beats

Tutorial

• Tutorial 1: Let's make a sound!
• Tutorial 2: Let's make our own sound!
• Tutorial 3: Performing with a Feedback Delay
• Tutorial 4: Making Music in a Modular Style

Reference

• Cheatsheet
• Reference