Csound

Victor Lazzarini is the Dean of the Dept. of Arts, Celtic Studies and Philosophy of the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. John Peter Fitch, who also uses the name John ffitch, has retired from the Dept. of Computer Science of the University of Bath, he is a visiting professor at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. Steven Yi completed his PhD in the Dept. of Music of the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, and he is now a software developer. Joachim Heintz is a member of the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media (HMTM). Iain McCurdy is a composer of electroacoustic music and sound art, currently based in Berlin. Øyvind Brandtsegg is a member of the Dept. of Music of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim.

• Music Programming Languages.- An Introduction to the Csound System.- Key Concepts, Abstractions: Instruments, Events.- Variables, Signals, Opcodes.- Advanced Data Types: Strings and Arrays.- Control of Flow and Scheduling.- Creating Signal Graphs and Busses.- User-Defined Opcodes.- The Numeric Score.- MIDI Input and Output.- Open Sound Control and Networking.- Scripting Control I: Python.- Scripting Control II: Clojure.- Classic Synthesis.- Time-Domain Processing.- Spectral Processing.- Granular Techniques.- Physical Models.- Composition Case Studies.