Hi All,

I’ve updated the manual at:

http://www.csounds.com/manual

The download file names have changed to match the convention for the
upcoming Csound5 release.  This version was built from today’s CVS
sources but I may be doing another build within the next few days as
there are possibly some last minute changes coming in.

The manual is now being produced in the following formats:

HTML – multiple pages
HTML – single page
PDF
PDF A4
CHM

If you have changes and have already sent them to this list and they
have not been addressed, please do send them again to me via email.
I’ve missed a couple as I have been a bit busy and  apologize if
something was missed, and sending them to me will be very helpful for
me to keep track of what needs to be done.

Thanks!
steven

This is obvious to some, but useful.

I have been working on a set of UDOs lately. The problem with UDOs in
windows is they dont compile in Csound_AV. AV is very convenient because the
output log is visible on the screen durring and after compile/play. When a
command line version is executed from inside the CSound Editor, the console
screen flashes, but does not stay readable. This is especially true if you
are compiling to disk.

Csound5 has removed the logging feature, so you can not use -O to make a
file to see what happened either.

Note to csound developers, the -O and –logfile command line options
probably should only throw warnings, and not fail completely. Compatability
issue.

I was using a batch file for this, and then realized that the presets in
Csound Editor can call a batch file themselves.

So I made a batch file that contains

c:csound5csound.exe %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9 %10
pause

and put it on the command line in place of %Csound% in the Csound Editor and
got the magic I was looking for. All the compile output on the console
screen, waiting for me to press a key to continue.

Note that putting a pause in a batch file for the second action in Csound
Editor does not do the trick. A seperate cmd window is opened. All you see
is the pause, not the csound output. At least in Win2k it works that way.
Pause is not available outside batchfile space in windows. Some of you may
need more than 10 parameters. 🙂

Enjoy,

Michael Rempel

—

Attached are .csd’s of my final monosynths, now hardly “templates”. They
solve the problem of overlapping releases by having two alternating
instruments (and hence a virtual doubling in length of the control
instrument). One .csd incorporates glide, the other doesn’t.

The only limitation now is that of a maximum of two keys down
simultaneously – or, especially, more than two notes overlapping (releases,
that is).

It’s amazing how little extra the glide adds to the code, as long as the
instrument is gated and not always-on (as is the case here). Now I can lay
monosynth to rest – in peace!

Art Hunkins