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Re: [sc-users] Re: How did you learn SC? (was: Textures, drones)
Nice to hear other ways.
My steps, don't follow some of them.
I study composition many years.
I said “I need a computer to edit my scores”.
I sold my trombone an brought a computer.
I installed max/msp and read the tutorials.
I said “I need to study computer science”
I went back to the university an take some courses.
I move to Linux.
I said “I'm hungry, I need money”.
I went to work.
I found a Spanish book about Csound in a library.
I brought that book, and read it.
I study a bit of Csound and said “mmm... there should be more modern languages for music.”
I start an indiscriminate search of software.
I found chuck, supercollider, nyquist, and many, many, many others.
I installed all, chuck was more easy to understand for me, and supercollider went to a folder for six months (nyquist was xlisp, so sorry, at that time I was very intolerant of languages that did not seem to C).
I learn some emacs things, I thought “nice soft, but seems to be a bit sectarian”.
I remembered that supercollider was for run withing emacs, I said “no way”.
I found and read the Celeste Hutchins's tutorial. I thought “supercollider looks good, emacs should be the problem”.
I went back to that six moths old folder and I resigned myself to use emacs.
I said, I need a mac.
Today, not only I could not edit a single score with the computer but also miss my trombone (joke). There are more steps and jumps, forward and backward but I will not bore you with details (wink with smile). The emacs reluctance is intentional and only verbal, I appreciate it as it is what it is (uncertain comment). From all this one thing I want to rescue, if you can't find the people a good introductory book could be helpful (gazing toward the horizon) but find the people later (smile). And to know music and how to program is definitely a good start point (serious face).
Best
Lucas