Amsterdam Catalog of Csound Computer Instruments
ACCCI v1.1, June 1995
W E L C O M E
to the
Amsterdam
C Catalogue of
C Csound
C Computer
I Instruments
(c) J.-P. Gather, 1995
Contents
The ACCCI includes approximately 100 documented SWSS instruments, amongst
which all of Risset's 25 Bell Lab Catalogue instruments and ca. 75 other
instruments focussing on various aspects of Software Sound Synthesis (SWSS).
All instruments have been programmed adopting one style, with strong emphasis
on documentation and transparency. The corpus of instruments is systematically
subdivided into a hierarchy of main groups and subgroups according to synthesis
technique or topic.
Internet Version of the ACCCI
This is the chopped-up version of a printed catalogue (see below), ported to
different computing environments. It is destined to facilitate study on sound
synthesis, in particular for those people who are in posession of a book
version of my catalogue and for all other students and amateurs of Software
Sound Synthesis. All programs are ready to run with the SWSS package Csound.
I have included discussions and flowcharts of the ACCCI book version in this
distribution. The graphics are in Encapsulated Postscript format (.eps files)
and can be printed or viewed on any device capable of understanding the
Postscript language. By printing out all information, it is possible to
obtain an 'open' version of the ACCCI. This is desirable for those persons
who wish to use my catalogue as a basis for further investigations, thus
enabling them to insert their own documented instruments at the appropriate
place in the catalogue. Thus the ACCCI would bring forth local variants
of growing complexity and wealth. The introduction in the subdirectory
'TEXT' contains specifics on the organization of the catalogue.
Book Version of the ACCCI
You can purchase a book version of the catalogue. Great care has been taken
to present all information pertaining to particular instruments at a glance:
orchestras, scores, flowcharts and discussions on adjacent pages. Contact
the author for more information.
Author: John P Gather
Department of Music
University at Buffalo, SUNY
222 Baird Hall
Buffalo 14260 NY, USA
email: jpgather@acsu.buffalo.edu Subject: ACCCI
Updates
Given the nature of its evolving subject matter, this catalogue has to be,
in principle, a work-in-progress. In future versions, I wish to include
many more instruments. A lot of work remains to be done.
Enjoy.
jpff@cs.bath.ac.uk
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