With Ghost_Writer you can view your data and music code as work with your sound. This can be used to study the system or discover ways to fine tune your work.

Unified File Format for Orchestras and Scores (.csd)

The Unified File Format, introduced in Csound version 3.50, enables the orchestra and score files, as well as command line flags, to be combined in one file. The file has the extension .csd. This format was originally introduced by Michael Gogins in AXCsound. The file is a structured data file which uses markup language, similar to any SGML such as HTML. Start tags () and end tags () are used to delimit the various elements. The file is saved as a text file.

Orchestra: (.orc)

The instrument definitions (orchestra) are put into the Instruments Element. The statements and syntax in this section are identical to the Csound orchestra file, and have the same requirements, including the header statements (sr, kr, etc.) This Instruments Element is delimited with the start tag and the end tag .

Score: (.sco)

Csound score statements are put in the Score Element. The statements and syntax in this section are identical to the Csound score file, and have the same requirements. The Score Element is delimited by the start tag and the end tag .

This View allows you to see the magic inside the machine.

Control Data

This View allows you to see the source values behind your input code.