Part I. Overview

Table of Contents

Using Csound

How Csound5 works

Amplitude values in Csound

Real-Time Audio

Optimizing Audio I/O Latency

Syntax of the Orchestra

Orchestra Header Statements

Instrument and Opcode Block Statements

Ordinary Statements

Constants and Variables

Variable Initialization

Expressions

Directories and Files

Nomenclature

Macros

Named Instruments

User Defined Opcodes (UDO)

The Standard Numeric Score

Preprocessing of Standard Scores

Carry

Tempo

Sort

Score Statements

Next-P and Previous-P Symbols

Ramping

Score Macros

Multiple File Score

Evaluation of Expressions

The Csound Command

Order of Precedence

Description of the command syntax

Csound command line

Command-line Flags

Csound Environment Variables

Unified File Format for Orchestras and Scores

Description

Example

Command Line Parameter File (.csoundrc)

Csound Links