On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 15:49, Dave Phillips wrote: > Michael Hall wrote: > > > I'm wondering if Dave Phillip's book 'Linux Music and Sound' is still a good > > buy. Given that it was published 3 years ago, would much of the material now be > > out of date? > > Hi Michael: > > Yes, I'm afraid much of it (most of it?) is out of date. It's probably > still useful as introductory material for Csound, Common Music Notation, > == Dave Phillips I'm reading it now. It's true that it's out-of-date with regards to some software. Interfaces have changed, one or two apps that looked cool haven't been updated by their authors and won't run on recent Linux versions. However, it's still basically solid, and there's not much else out there. Without the book, I wouldn't have been able to make anything out of some of the things I downloaded from Planet CCRMA. You just have to make allowances. -- Rohan Parkes Melbourne Australia
