Software synthesis. Csound fundmentals. Introduction to sound design in Csound / Richard Boulanger -- Understanding and using Csound's GEN routines / Jon Christopher Nelson -- What happens when you run Csound / John Ffitch -- Optimizing your Csound instruments / Paris Smaragdis -- Using Csound's macro language extensions / John Ffitch -- Imitative synthesis. Designing acoustically viable instruments in Csound / Stephen David Beck -- Designing legato instruments in Csound / Richard Dobson -- Contiguous-group wavetable synthesis of the French horn in Csound / Andrew Horner and Lydia Ayers -- FM synthesis and morphing in Csound : from percussion to brass / Brian Evans -- Modeling "classic" electronic keyboards in Csound / Hans Mikelson -- Algorithmic synthesis. A survey of classic synthesis techniques in Csound / Rajmil Fischman -- FM synthesis in Csound / Russell Pinkston -- Granular synthesis in Csound / Allan S.C. Lee -- FOF and FOG synthesis in Csound / Michael Clarke -- Processing samples with Csound's FOF opcode / Per Byrne Villez -- Mathematical models. A look at random numbers, noise, and chaos with Csound / John Ffitch -- Constrained random event generation and retriggering in Csound / Russell Pinkston -- Using global Csound instruments for meta-parameter control / Martin Dupras -- Mathematical modeling with Csound : from waveguides to chaos / Hans Mikelson -- Signal processing. Understanding signal processing through Csound. An introduction to signal processing with Csound / Erik Spjut -- Understanding Csound's spectral data types / Barry Vercoe -- Delay, chorus, reverberation, and 3D audio. Using Csound to understand delay lines and their applications / Russell Pinkston -- An introduction to reverberation design with Csound / Eric Lyon -- Implementing the Gardner reverbs in Csound / Hans Mikelson -- Csound-based auditory localization / Eli Breder and David McIntyre -- Working with Csound's signal processing utilities. Convolution in Csound : traditional and novel applications / Erik Spjut -- Working with Csound's ADSYN, LPREAD, and LPRESON opcodes / Magdalena Klapper -- Csound's phase vocoder and extensions / Richard Karpen -- Modeling commercial signal processing applications. Efficient implementation of analog waveshaping in Csound / Michael Pocino -- Modeling a multieffects processor in Csound / Hans Mikelson -- Programming. Adding Opcodes. Extending Csound / John Ffitch -- Adding new unit generators to Csound / Marc Resibois