Cool, Aaron! I plan to give this a try, though I will probably not be
able to get to it right away.

- Dave

Aaron Johnson wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> If you've been reading the yahoo tuning list(s) for years you may remember
> some time back I wrote a program initially called 'et_compose' which became
> 'micro_composer'...well, now I have an application designed for the specific
> purpose of avoiding the channel and micrtonal limitiations of MIDI
> altogether by using CSound as an engine.
>
> Since it uses typing of characters, it made sense to move away from MIDI,
> b/c one didn't need the physical MIDI equipment anyway, thus it made sense
> to also do away with it's built-in limitations in other areas.
>
> Csound is known for it's steep learning curve, hopefully, this makes things
> easier not only for the general user but the microtonal composer as well.
>
> One particularly useful feature of this program is the ability to audition
> musical passages, chords, etc. in realtime, using the -i command line option
> (see the docs below for other features and more info)
>
> Links:
>
> Actual application script:
> http://www.akjmusic.com/packages/microcsound20090707.tgz
>
> Online tutorial w/examples (included in .tgz package):
> http://www.akjmusic.com/microcsound_tutorial.txt
>
> README file w/install instructions, etc (included in .tgz package).
> http://www.akjmusic.com/microcsound_README.txt
>
> One needs, as prerequisites:
>
> Csound, of course
> Python
>
> .....It's designed for Linux/Unix, which means it ought to work well for Mac
> OS-X well (beta testing anyone?)...I haven't tested on Windows, but you can
> try it out...I assume it wouldn't need much modification other than
> directory pathname conventions using backslashes instead of forward slashes,
> but one never knows what hidden bugs are there with cross-platform
> development.
>
> Let me know what you think, and if the documentation is clear/complete
> enough for you.....
>
>
> Aaron Krister Johnson
> http://www.akjmusic.com
> http://www.untwelve.org