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> beautiful & nuanced electronic compositions. wondering if you have any favorites that you can recommend.

andrewg 7y ago
This one’s my favorite: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TecDlpGAhq0 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TecDlpGAhq0 Really beautiful album, especially the 5.1 surround version.
- lukasb 7y ago
  I clicked the link and was like "ha, what, no way BT uses CSound" but I was wrong! http://simoncpage.co.uk/blog/2008/10/bt-this-binary-universe/ http://simoncpage.co.uk/blog/2008/10/bt-this-binary-universe...
  - TheRealPomax 7y ago
    There's no real reason to consider csound any different from any other synthesiser in this respect: someone who understands how to program a synth just needs to know "which knobs and switches" there are - whether they're physical hardware, a virtual instrument's GUI, or xml statements doesn't matter all that much... the only thing that matters is being able to set and control VFOs/LFOs, ADSR, resonance, unison, etc. =) And dear lord do some people understand synths.
    - kian 7y ago
      any links to anyone who both has this deep understanding and teaches it?
      - TheRealPomax 7y ago
        Youtube is actually an excellent resource here - search for "intro to Synthesis" or "intro to synthesizers", and move up to "advanced synthesis" (or related terms) and there are boatloads of excellent videos teaching you more than you ever thought was possible.
- tomduncalf 7y ago
  Haha this was the first track I thought of, you have good taste :)
acjohnson55 7y ago
Not the original author, but I wrote this short piece in CSound years ago for a class on electronic music composition: https://soundcloud.com/acjohnson/wanderers https://soundcloud.com/acjohnson/wanderers It might give you a feel for how you can create compositions that sound very remote from what most people would think of as musical. The whole piece is synthesized sound with "instruments" consisting of various types of signal generators composed together.

This one’s my favorite: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TecDlpGAhq0 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TecDlpGAhq0 Really beautiful album, especially the 5.1 surround version.

lukasb 7y ago
I clicked the link and was like "ha, what, no way BT uses CSound" but I was wrong! http://simoncpage.co.uk/blog/2008/10/bt-this-binary-universe/ http://simoncpage.co.uk/blog/2008/10/bt-this-binary-universe...
- TheRealPomax 7y ago
  There's no real reason to consider csound any different from any other synthesiser in this respect: someone who understands how to program a synth just needs to know "which knobs and switches" there are - whether they're physical hardware, a virtual instrument's GUI, or xml statements doesn't matter all that much... the only thing that matters is being able to set and control VFOs/LFOs, ADSR, resonance, unison, etc. =) And dear lord do some people understand synths.
  - kian 7y ago
    any links to anyone who both has this deep understanding and teaches it?
    - TheRealPomax 7y ago
      Youtube is actually an excellent resource here - search for "intro to Synthesis" or "intro to synthesizers", and move up to "advanced synthesis" (or related terms) and there are boatloads of excellent videos teaching you more than you ever thought was possible.
tomduncalf 7y ago
Haha this was the first track I thought of, you have good taste :)

acjohnson55 7y ago

Not the original author, but I wrote this short piece in CSound years ago for a class on electronic music composition: https://soundcloud.com/acjohnson/wanderers https://soundcloud.com/acjohnson/wanderers It might give you a feel for how you can create compositions that sound very remote from what most people would think of as musical. The whole piece is synthesized sound with "instruments" consisting of various types of signal generators composed together.