Further Study

From this document, there are many places you can go to build on the information presented in this tutorial. I have compiled the following list of resources that will take you to the next level and beyond:

• From The Csound Book:
  1. Chapter 7. Designing Legato Instruments in Csound by Richard Dobson
  2. Chapter 29. Efficient Implementation of Analog Waveshapping in Csound by Michael Pocino
  3. Chapter 30. Modeling a Multieffects Processor in Csound by Hans Mikelson
• From the Csound Magazine and Csound Journal:
  1. Oscillators by Hans Mikelson, Spring 1999
  2. Envelopes by Hans Mikelson, Summer 1999
  3. Csound Drums by Hans Mikelson, Autumn 1999
  4. Filtering by Hans Mikelson, Spring 2000
  5. More Csound Drums by Hans Mikelson, Winter 2001
  6. Classic Waveshapes and Spectra by Reginald Bain, Summer 2002
  7. Exploring Tied Notes in Csound by Steven Yi, Csound Journal Volume I Issue I

I wish you the best in your future Csound endeavors. If you ever have any comments, questions, or would just like to share something derived from this tutorial, send me an email. I would love to hear from you.

Best,

Jake
jacobjoaquin@gmail.com
www.thumbuki.com

Acknowledgments

This tutorial is an homage to the professors from whom I learned so much while enrolled at the Berklee College of Music. Thank you Dr. Tom Rhea for bestowing to me my earliest knowledge of synthesizer theory and subtractive synthesis. Thank you Chris Noyes for thoroughly explaining FM synthesis and lending me FM Theory and Applications: By Musicians for Musicians by John Chowning and David Bristow. Thank you Michael Brigida for teaching me both digital sampling theory and technique.

And finally, I would like to thank Dr. Richard Boulanger. You managed to create a friendly yet competitive atmosphere in the synth labs, which was a driving force for me and others to learn as much as possible and to push ourselves into unfamiliar worlds of composition and synthesis. Without you, this tutorial would not exist. And I feel very fortunate that you included the original EAST tutorial as part of the CD-ROMs for The Csound Book. And most of all, thank you for introducing me to the life-long project that is Csound.