Hi Aaron,
thanks for sharing the software.

Few remarks to Linux installation:
1. Install script is install.py not install.sh as stated in README.
2. tgz does not include examples.txt needed in line 13. It causes
warning message.
But the manual installation is straightforward.

When running the program:
1. /home/akj/audio_and_midi/csound_files/ does not exist, microsound
should be edited.
2. Campbells_Harpsichord_tuned_1.sf2 required by default
general_orchestra.orc is missing. Disabling i8 helps.

After these little modifications the demo mary.mc works fine.

I hope the Microcomposer will help to create some of my algorithmic
compositions. Thanks again.
Best
Milan



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
>