Alex Hofmann has created four videos demonstrating how to get up and running with QuteCsound, the new front-end editor for Csound. This first video demonstrates the built-in help system and included tutorials. Here are the other three: A 58-second intro, Using MIDI and Configuration.

I just released a new Slipmat package at sourceforge. This latest version comes with three new examples, including one that uses a basic Java GUI. Four out of the five examples are now pre-rendered as CSDs for convenience. There are also a handful of new synth Modules to play with.

The documentation has been improved, including better Javadoc support. The Javadocs are not pre-rendered as to keep the size of the release to a minimum, so you’ll have to generate them yourself. Many IDEs, including NetBeans and Eclipse, will generate them for you.

There is also the PseudoTutorial example that gives a broad overview of the design of Slipmat and how to use it.

And in case you’re wondering, Slipmat is “A Java-based modular computer music library built on top of the Csound API.”

EAST

I have just finished rewriting Exploring Analogue Synth Techniques, a Csound tutorial I wrote as an undergrad back in 1998.

Some of the topics include:

• bias
• phase
• legato
• phasors
• simulating a sync oscillator
• modeling a step sequencer

Enjoy!

This is a demonstration of miniTamTam, a music application for the OLPC XO computer

Read more at TamTam: Music and sound for the OLPC.Youtube video posted by natcl.