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CECILIA  v.2.0

CECILIA is an environment for music and signal-processing that uses Csound as its underlying audio processing engine. One can think of CECILIA as a completely programmable sound-processing tool, with real-time interactive processing on soundfiles or live input, and as a full blown software synthesizer with configurable knobs.

CECILIA was designed by and for musicians and sound designers. First and foremost, we wanted to make the most powerful and open-ended sound processing language readily usable for composers, researchers and sound artists. Creators will find in CECILIA all the tools necessary to make sound what they want it to be. Included are all the traditional sound processing devices such as EQs, compressors and delays adapted for the most simple applications and the wildest imaginable sonic contortions.

The interface is convivial and extremely productive. To use CECILIA, one does not need to know Csound or to even be aware of its existence.

CECILIA also offers a high-level language for complex score production. The CYBIL scoring extension allows the generation of complex scores through powerful descriptors.

For the advanced Csound programmer, CECILIA offers a complete environment for developing orchestras, instruments and algorithm with full on-line help, latest manuals and references.

CECILIA is written in TCL, so it should be quite portable. There are precompiled binaries for MacOS, IRIX, and Linux. On current hardware, it is no longer necessary to precompile the TCL sources, they can be run as is.

CECILIA requires the use of Csound version 3.47 or newer, available for all platforms.

Legalities

CECILIA is a software program developed and copyrighted by Alexandre Burton and Jean Piche. It is currently maintained by Hans-Christoph Steiner and Dave Phillips. Development is currently hosted at Sourceforge. CECILIA can be used, copied and redistributed by anyone anywhere under the terms of the GPL. There are no actual or implied warranties as to its suitability for any given purpose and the authors of CECILIA shall not be held responsible for any liability ensuing from its use.

Alexandre Burton & Jean Piché
Faculté de Musique
Université de Montréal, 1995-98
 

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