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Introduction to the Csound Manual

The purpose of Chapter 1 - A Beginning Tutorial -is to expose the reader to the fundamentals of designing and using computer music instruments in Csound. Only a small portion of the language is covered, sufficient to implement some simple instrument examples.

The remainder of 'The Csound Manual' is arranged as a Reference manual (not a tutorial), since that is the form the user will eventually find most helpful when inventing instruments. Once the basic concepts are grasped from this beginning tutorial, the reader might let himself into the remainder of the text by locating the information presented in the Reference entries that follow. More comprehensive tutorials are supplied as Appendices.

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Prepared from the MIT Media Lab Csound Manual, PJN, Nov 1994.