Blue

Table of Contents

Preface

Credits

I. User's Manual

1. Getting Started

Introduction

Installation

Requirements

Installing Blue

Installing Csound

Setting Up Program Options

Primary Editors

Score Timeline

Orchestra Manager

User-Defined Opcodes Manager

Project Properties

Mixer

Blue Live

Tables Manager

Globals Manager

Tools

Code Editor

BlueShare

Code Repository

Effects Library

.csoundrc Editor

Scanned Synthesis Matrix Editor

Sound Font Viewer

FTable Converter

Python Console

Other Features

AutoBackup and Recovery

Sound Object Freezing

Auditioning SoundObjects

Importing ORC/SCO and CSD Files

Importing MIDI Files

Blue Variables

Command Line Options for Blue

2. Concepts

Rendering

Introduction

Render Methods

SoundObjects

Introduction

What is a SoundObject?

PolyObjects

Introduction

Basic

Advanced

Best Practices

Debugging

NoteProcessors

SoundObject Library

Introduction

Usage

Parameter Automation

Introduction

Available Parameters

Assigning Parameters

Score Timeline Modes

Editing Automations

Technical Details

Command Blocks

Introduction

Basic Usage

Available Commands

3. Reference

Sound Objects

AudioFile

CeciliaModule

Comment

ClojureObject

External SoundObject

GenericScore

Instance

JMask

LineObject

ObjectBuilder

PatternObject

PianoRoll

PolyObject

PythonObject

JavaScriptObject

Sound SoundObject

Tracker

ZakLineObject

NoteProcessors

Add Processor

Equals Processor

Inversion Processor

LineAdd Processor

LineMultiply Processor

Multiply Processor

Pch Add Processor

Pch Inversion Processor

Python Processor

Random Add Processor

Random Multiply Processor

Retrograde Processor

Rotate Processor

SubList Processor

Switch Processor

Time Warp Processor

Tuning Processor

Instruments

Generic Instrument

Python Instrument

JavaScript Instrument

BlueX7

BlueSynthBuilder

Shortcuts

A. Introduction to Csound

B. Breaks in Backwards Compatibility

C. Glossary

Glossary

II. Tutorials

Your First Project

Tutorial 1

Introduction

Why Use Scripting?

Scripting and blue

External SoundObject

Python SoundObject

Using Python with the External SoundObject versus the Python SoundObject

Usage

Usage Ideas

Future Enhancements

Final Thoughts

Tutorial 2

Introduction

How to Use the Sound SoundObject

What Happens When It Gets Processed

Usage Scenarios and Patterns

Final Thoughts

III. Developers

4. Extending Blue

Introduction

Basics of Plugins

Note Processors

Instruments

Sound Objects

BlueSynthBuilder Widgets

5. Core

Building blue

Requirements

Getting the Sources