What version of Csound should I download?

Hi all,

I just got a new imac with core intel duo running on Leopard. The Csound link at soundforge say's I should download the latest Csound version unless I want to use MacCsound interface, which apparently makes life easier for mac users. Since I've never programmed anything in my life before, it's all a bit intimidating. Does anyone have experience in these matters?

Thanks

Rick

Dear Rick,

MacCsound is a text editor and programming environment with some nice features. However, there are other nice interfaces as well for the Mac, e.g., QuteCsound is something like a new cross-platform equivalent of MacCsound, and Blue works on a Mac as well. These programming environments work also with latest Csound version (5.10). For an Intel Mac you should use Csound5.10-float-Intel-OSX10.4.tar.gz (http://downloads.sourceforge.net/csound/Csound5.10-float-Intel-OSX10.4.tar.gz?download). There is also a version Csound5.10-double-Intel-OSX10.4.tar.gz, but that will only be interesting for you later once you want to give a finished piece a final touch.

Best
Torsten

On Jul 5, 2009, at 12:23 PM, rick_ballan wrote:

>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I just got a new imac with core intel duo running on Leopard. The > Csound link at soundforge say's I should download the latest Csound > version unless I want to use MacCsound interface, which apparently > makes life easier for mac users. Since I've never programmed > anything in my life before, it's all a bit intimidating. Does > anyone have experience in these matters?
>
> Thanks
>
> Rick
>
>
>

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, Torsten Anders <torsten.anders@...> wrote:

> Dear Rick,
>
> MacCsound is a text editor and programming environment with some nice
> features. However, there are other nice interfaces as well for the
> Mac, e.g., QuteCsound is something like a new cross-platform
> equivalent of MacCsound, and Blue works on a Mac as well. These
> programming environments work also with latest Csound version (5.10).
> For an Intel Mac you should use Csound5.10-float-Intel-OSX10.4.tar.gz
> (http://downloads.sourceforge.net/csound/Csound5.10-float-Intel-
> OSX10.4.tar.gz?download). There is also a version Csound5.10-double-
> Intel-OSX10.4.tar.gz, but that will only be interesting for you later
> once you want to give a finished piece a final touch.
>
> Best
> Torsten
>
>
> On Jul 5, 2009, at 12:23 PM, rick_ballan wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I just got a new imac with core intel duo running on Leopard. The
> > Csound link at soundforge say's I should download the latest Csound
> > version unless I want to use MacCsound interface, which apparently
> > makes life easier for mac users. Since I've never programmed
> > anything in my life before, it's all a bit intimidating. Does
> > anyone have experience in these matters?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Rick
> >
> >Thanks Torsten,

exactly what I needed to know.
> >
>