[Music Composition] SynthEdit and CSound

Published 09 June 05 03:29 PM | CSharpener
Lately, I have been doing a lot of research and experimentation with VST plugins, particularly synthesizers.  In the near future, I will report many of the cool things I have found.  It is extremely cool to be able to create your very own synthesizers. 

In the Steinberg World of VST, the most fun tool I have seen yet is SynthEdit. To get a handle on synthesis at a more detailed level, though, it looks like the universal training ground is CSound.  While built with a much older technology, CSound is great if you want to really understand how to go about creating sounds.

I highly recommend playing with both.

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# McBerio said on June 10, 2005 09:07 AM:

I would also throw in 2 other packages which seem to be popular with Universities:

SuperCollider - http://www.audiosynth.com/

Max/MSP - http://www.cycling74.com/products/maxmsp.html

These 2 plus CSound all have very different approaches but they are really useful for gaining an understanding of synthesis.

There are also a few books with info on CSound and MaxMSP all of which are interesting.

Looking forward to further postings on your VST findings!

# Jim Arnold said on June 10, 2005 01:01 PM:

This might interest you:

http://gforge.public.thoughtworks.org/projects/noise/

Feedback welcome!

Jim

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