joachimheintz
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2 years ago examples 03A04 and 03A05 can not work in real-time (-o dac) on many systems, because ksmps is very unusual (4410 and 5). these examples are only done for printout.
i can understand your frustration, but the csound floss manual is a textbook, not a tutorial. it wants to provide readable information about topics (aspects of the language, sound synthesis, sound modification etc), but it does not (as for instance the classical TOOTS by richard boulanger) go from step to step, from simple to complex.
the BASICS chapter is more about some "basic" topics, but not simple ones to program. perhaps we should move 1D (Random) to another part, but where? but i agree that it can be misleading and overwhelming.
i think the best way to learn csound is: start with a tutorial (some are listed in the links at the end of the floss manual, perhaps there are more recent ones, or videos), and then go into the floss manual, and jump in the chapter which you are interested most.
ST-Music
None of the examples that contain printks show properly in the Messages tab of Csound for Android. I don't know if this is Android specific or not, if so I can open the appropriate ticket.
However, adding the following:
allows them to show properly.
Sorry for the influx of posts but I'm only a few weeks into learning Csound with no programming experience, and although initially overwhelmed I'm starting to get a grasp on things. The manual is very informative, however seems very hit or miss and strangely jumping between rudimentary to advanced elements and back.
I think many newcomers may find this a little frustrating, for example jumping into somewhat complex randomization in chapter 1 before even introducing an oscillator in chapter 2. Really? And then not delving into envelopes until chapter 5 when chapter 2 goes straight from introducing an oscillator to then setting up external midi instruments? That's a good way to alienate non-academics.