Utilities and helpers

Utilities and helpers for use with csound

  • NetCsound
    An on-line rendering service for Csound CSD files.
  • Abram's Table Editor
    graphic table editing for Csound
  • CMask
    a stochastic event generator for Csound
  • csound-x.el
    Csound-x is a set of editing modes and libraries intended to compose music for Csound without leaving Emacs.
  • Csound Syntax for Vi
    A very cool set of definitions for Vi/Vim, from Luis Jure
  • drumachine
    A score generator for percussion tracks
  • FJenie
    Graphic editor for Csound function tables, requires Java.
  • Houdini/Csound
    Malte Steiner's editor for hetro analysis files, now available in a Java version.
  • Hydraj
    Houdini Csound exporter.
  • Jcsound
    A JACK wrapper for Csound, from Gerard van Dongen.
  • Mu.se.s
    A software that allows to manipulate the musical series in alpha-numerical format through the use of the Csound code.
  • nGen
    Mikel Kuehn's generator for Csound scoes and Standard MIDI files.
  • Perlscore
    "an infant translation of the Cscore library to Perl", from Toby Shepard.
  • PMask
    a Python implementation of CMask.
  • Psycops
    Psycops is a python library to aid in the creation of csound scores.
  • PVTools
    Csound Phase Vocoder and Ambisonic/Stereo Spatialisation Utilities.
  • rain
    A Tcl/Tk script to convert GIF images to sound or to a Csound score.
  • Rytmo
    Rhythm pattern generator for Csound.
  • Scala
    A powerful software tool for experimentation with musical tunings, can save data in Csound score format.
  • Scheme Score
    Transform Csound score files using Scheme.
  • Score11
    A Csound score file preprocessor from Allan Schindler.
  • Soundspace
    A Java GUI for Richard Karpen's space Csound opcode.
  • Tkdnoise
    Tcl/Tk GUI for the Csound dnoise utility, from Hudson Lacerda.
  • Tkscore
    A tcl/tk-script that creates score and orc from bits and pieces.
  • Tooskini
    A version of CMIX's Minc for use with Perry Cook's SKINI protocol.

More utilities (not specifically for csound)

  • vu
    vu is a command line filter for audio sample data.