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out of date?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 is out of date.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, > and a few other things, but I hesitate to recommend it. you might still want to file an acquisition request in your local public/university library :) it's what i'm doing to silently sneak linux stuff into the heads of students, and if it fails it has the nice side-effect to get some money to authors and publishers.... ;) jörn -- All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations. -- Charter of the United Nations, Article 2.4 Jörn Nettingsmeier Kurfürstenstr 49, 45138 Essen, Germany http://spunk.dnsalias.org (my server) http://www.linuxdj.com/audio/lad/ (Linux Audio Developers)
