Fw: The Csound Book - ONLINE!!!

-----Original Message-----
From: Dr. Richard Boulanger <radiobaton@earthlink.net>
To: CsoundList <csound@maths.ex.ac.uk>
Date: Saturday, April 10, 1999 8:29 PM
Subject: The Csound Book - ONLINE!!!

>Hello Csounders....
>
>Well... it's not exactly ALL of the Csound Book online... but I did get
>permission from MIT Press to put several of the chapters (with all of their
>instruments) up on the Csound FrontPage at MIT:
>
>http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-books/csound/frontpage.html
>
>When you click on the Csound Book button (the red one) you will notice that
>there are two preview chapters. The first is my chapter "Introduction to
>Sound Design with Csound". As you will see, in itself this is an entire 12
>week software synthesis curriculum.
>
>The second chapter is a CD-ROM chapter by Kim Cascone entitled
>"Recontextualizing Ambient Music with Csound". His chapter is the perfect
>companion to mine. He focuses on moving from sound design to composition
>and documents the process beautifully. And both of these chapters, by the
>way, are filled with block diagrams and are fully linked to the html
>reference manual. Of course, they include zip files of all orchestras,
>scores and samples.
>
>Also, when you click on the Csound Book button (you know... the red one)
>you will get to check out the cover to the Csound Book. It was created by
>award winning graphic designer Ori Kometani. You might appreciate the
>fact that she had taken one of the Csound instruments from my chapter on
>Sound Design and converted it into a swirling pattern. For someone that
>has never used Csound before, I think she has perfectly captured the
>essance of the program... it turns text into beautiful waveforms.
>
>The third chapter is also from the CD-ROM. On The MIT Csound FrontPage
>this appears as a new "Universities" button. Of course, I started by
>featuring the music by some of my students at Berklee. Many of them have
>helped with the Csound Book and I owe them very much for their dedication
>and sacrifice. I hope you like their music.
>
>Hey? Do you teach a course in Csound at your university? If the answer is
>YES. Please use this as a model and send me your student works so that I
>can post them on the site here at MIT. It would be great to find out where
>Csound is being taught and what the students are doing. On the CD-ROM
>several other universities are featured: Bowling Green, LSU, Glasgow. In
>fact, I haven't burnt the CD yet. So, if you get me the materials in the
>next two weeks, I might be able to add your university program to the
>CD-ROM in addition to posting it on the MIT site.
>
>I will keep you posted on the progress of The Csound Book. MIT Press tells
>me that it is currently being typeset and I should have the pageproofs in
>about a week. I plan to have a reading party here at my home with all my
>student assistants reading and re-reading all the chapters to make sure
>there are no mistakes. Then it is off to the printers.... You may be able
>to order copies in June... That is the hope. Well see.
>
>For now, I hope you will appreciate all the work that my INCREDIBLE
>assistant Jacob Joaquin has done to build, maintain and now redesign the
>MIT Csound FrontPage. He is totally committed to keeping it up to date and
>continually improving it. He and I both would appreciate any suggestions
>and feedback... We would especially appreciate contributions to the FAQ and
>the Universities sections. And of course we want to hear your music!
>
>Have a great spring. Enjoy the Matrix and Star Wars Episode 1 and then get
>ready for the Summer of Csound. I can't wait until you all get to check
>out the wonderful instruments and chapters that the contributers have
>written for The Csound Book. The two that I have included on the MIT
>Csound FrontPage are just appetizers... the main course is on its way.
>
>Yours Sincerely,
>
>Richard Boulanger
>
>_____________________________________________________________
>Dr. Richard Boulanger
>Professor - Music Synthesis Department
>Berklee College of Music
>1140 Boylston Street - Boston, MA 02215-3693
>Office Phone: (617) 747-2485 Office Fax: (617) 536-2257
>Email: radiobaton@earthlink.net OR rboulanger@berklee.edu
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>Personal Webpage: http://home.earthlink.net/~radiobaton/
>THE Csound Frontpage: http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-books/csound/frontpage.html
>HTML Tools & Tips: http://members.tripod.com/~richardboulanger/btot99.html
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