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This article is from the Electronic and Computer Music FAQ, by Craig Latta Craig.Latta@NetJam.ORG with numerous contributions by others.

3.1.3.1.2) What are the requirements of CSound? (Electronic and Computer Music)

The requirements for CSound are somewhat flexible. I actually compiled a
Mac + (MPW) version of CSound 2-3 years ago, but it took about 8 hours to
make 80 seconds worth of sound! I suggest you use a system with hardware
floating point and a 32-bit processor (Any Mac II with FPU, a NeXT, Indigo).
As far as memory requirements, that depends on how big your gen function
tables will be. The same with hard disk size. If you want to make a
10 minute stereo piece at 44.1K sample rate, you will need 106 megabytes
of disk space. (10.6 Megs per stereo minute at 44.1K, 11.6 at 48K).
So the answer is... use as big of a system as you can buy or borrow.

 

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