This rigorous book is a complete and up-to-date reference for the Csound system from the
perspective of its main developers and power users. It explains the system including the basic
modes of operation and its programming language it explores the many ways users can interact
with the system including the latest features and it describes key applications such as
instrument design signal processing and creative electronic music composition. The Csound
system has been adopted by many educational institutions as part of their undergraduate and
graduate teaching programs and it is used by practitioners worldwide. This book is suitable
for students lecturers composers sound designers programmers and researchers in the areas
of music sound and audio signal processing.