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Csound ResourcesTony WallaceJune 2, 2010

Csound is a sound and music synthesis system, providing facilities for composition and performance over a wide range of platforms. It is not restricted to any style of music, having been used for many years in the creation of classical, pop, techno, ambient, experimental, and (of course) computer music, as well as music for film and television.

Csound Journal is a free online magazine that presents tutorials and articles on the Csound programming language.

Visit Csounds.com and Sourceforge to learn more about Csound. Get the current Csound binaries from Sourceforge.

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Bassline Baseline Roland TB-303 DocumentaryTony WallaceMay 17, 2010

Bassline Baseline is a short documentary about the development and impact of the Roland TB-303 by Nate Harrison.

The production values are weak, the narration sounds a bit like a speech synthesizer and there are some mistakes (the TB-303 didn’t have a sine oscillator, it had a pseudo-square wave created by modifying a sawtooth), but the history makes it worth watching.

Today we have computer software, consisting of representations of a three-dimensional interface on a two-dimensional screen, being controlled by third-party software so as to emulate the sound of a machine built twenty years ago, which was itself built to emulate the sound of a machine built 30 years before it.

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What The Future Sounded LikeTony WallaceMay 14, 2010

What The Future Sounded Like profiles Electronic Music Studios, creators of the legendary EMS VCS3 synthesizer.

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Peter Chilvers On Generative MusicTony WallaceMay 8, 2010

Unidentified Sound Object interviews Peter Chilvers about his generative music collaboration with Brian Eno.

The difficulty developers have faced with generative music to date has been the platform. Generative music typically requires a computer, and it’s just not that enjoyable to sit at a computer and listen to music. The iPhone changed that – it was portable, powerful and designed to play music.

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Peter Chilvers official site.

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StylophoneTony WallaceMay 7, 2010

A short history of the Stylophone, the simple electronic instrument that was a predecessor of the Gakken SX-150 and Korg Monotron.

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