WinXound

Project Description
WinXound is a free and open-source Front-End GUI Editor for CSound 5, CSoundAV,
CSoundAC, with Python and Lua support, developed by Stefano Bonetti.
It runs on Microsoft Windows OS.

WinXound.Net is optimized to work with the new CSound 5 compiler.



WinXound Features:

• Edit CSound, Python and Lua files (csd, orc, sco, py, lua) with Syntax Highlight;
• Run CSound, CSoundAV, CSoundAC, Python and Lua compilers;
• Run external language tools (CSoundGUI or QuteCsound, Idle, or other GUI Editors);
• CSound analysis user friendly GUI;
• Integrated CSound manual help;
• Possibilities to set personal colors for the syntax highlighter;
• Convert orc/sco to csd or csd to orc/sco;
• Split code into two windows horizontally or vertically;
• CSound csd explorer (File structure for Tags and Instruments)
• Line numbers;
• Bookmarks;
• Code repository to store your preferred code;

And more ... (Download it!)



System requirements:

• Operating systems: Microsoft Windows Xp, Vista, Seven (32/64 bit versions);
• (For Windows Xp you also need the Microsoft Framework .Net version 2.0 or major. You can download it from www.microsoft.com site);
• CSound 5: http://sourceforge.net/projects/csound - (needed for CSound and LuaJit compilers);
• Not requested but suggested: CSoundAV by Gabriel Maldonado (http://www.csounds.com/maldonado/);
• Requested to work with Python: Python compiler (http://www.python.org/download/)

Installation and Usage:

• Download and install the Microsoft Framework .Net version 2.0 or major (only for Windows Xp);
• Download and install the latest version of CSound 5 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/csound);
• Download the WinXound zipped file, decompress it where you want (see the (*)note below), and double-click on "WinXound_Net" executable;

(*)note: THE WINXOUND FOLDER MUST BE LOCATED IN A PATH WHERE YOU HAVE FULL READ AND WRITE PERMISSION (for example in your User Personal folder).



Source Code:

• The source code is written in C# using Microsoft Visual Studio C# Express Edition 2008.

Screenshot:




Contacts:
For any problem or suggestion please mail to: stefano_bonetti@tin.it or stefano_bonetti@alice.it

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Credits:
Many thanks for suggestions and debugging help to Roberto Doati, Gabriel Maldonado, Mark Jamerson, Andreas Bergsland, Oeyvind Brandtsegg, Francesco Biasiol, Giorgio Klauer, Paolo Girol, Francesco Porta, Eric Dexter, Menno Knevel, Joseph Alford, Panos Katergiathis and James Mobberley.