A free and open source editor for CSound
with Python and Lua support.

About

WinXound is a free and open source Front-End GUI Editor for CSound, CSoundAV, CSoundAC, with Python and Lua support, developed by Stefano Bonetti. It runs on Microsoft Windows, Apple OsX and Linux.


WinXound Features:
  • Edit CSound, Python and Lua files (csd, orc, sco, py, lua) with Syntax Highlight and Rectangular selection;
  • Run CSound, CSoundAV, CSoundAC, Python and Lua compilers;
  • Run external language tools (QuteCsound, Idle, or other GUI Editors);
  • CSound analysis user friendly GUI;
  • Integrated CSound manual help;
  • Possibilities to set personal colors for the syntax highlighter;
  • Convert orc/sco to csd or csd to orc/sco;
  • Split code into two view horizontally or vertically;
  • CSound csd explorer (File structure for Tags and Instruments);
  • CSound Opcodes autocompletion menu;
  • Line numbers;
  • Text-area rectangular selection;
  • Bookmarks;
...and much more ... (Download it!)

NEWS

Release Notes (3.4.x) for all platforms
  • New: Added an internal audio player (it is automatically called when rendering to an audio file or called by the user with Ctrl+P);
  • New: Reimplemented the orc/sco file editor (and of course also the ability to convert them to the csd format) - The default open action can be changed in the settings;
  • New: The new untitled or imported files are now automatically saved into a temporary directory (no more need to save them before to compile);
  • New: Added a new toolbar compile button with multi-options capabilities (the options are fully configurable inside the settings). The shortcut to show the compile menu is: Ctrl-Alt-L (for Windows) and Alt-Cmd-L (for OsX);
  • Fix: Fixed a bug when changing the line endings (incorrect "saved" state after the conversion);

Windows Release Notes (3.4.1)
  • (3.4.1) New: Opcodes database updated (Csound 6.04));
  • (3.4.0) New: When detached, the compiler output window now save its size and position;

OsX Release Notes
  • (Final) New: Opcodes database updated (Csound 5.18);
  • (Beta 1.2) Fix: Analysis tool - compiler doesn't work properly;
  • (Beta 1.1) Fix: Code Repository doesn't work;

DOWNLOADS

WINDOWS

WinXound 3.4.1 - Binary (29/03/2015 - 1021K)
WinXound 3.4.1 - Sources (29/03/2015 - 5463K)


OSX

WinXound 3.4.0 - Binary (03/11/2012 - 1598K)
WinXound 3.4.0 - Sources - Xcode 4.5.0 (03/11/2012 - 1927K)


LINUX

WinXound 3.4.0 - Binary 32 bit(23/07/2013 - 2613K)
WinXound 3.4.0 - Sources (23/07/2013 - 3121K)



NOTE

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Installation

Microsoft Windows
  • Download and install the latest version of CSound 5 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/csound);
  • Download the WinXound zipped file, decompress it where you want (see the note below), and double-click on "WinXound_Net" executable;
Note: WINXOUND FOLDER MUST BE LOCATED IN A PATH WHERE YOU HAVE FULL READ AND WRITE PERMISSION (for example in your User Personal folder).

Apple OsX
  • Download and install the latest version of CSound 5 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/csound);
  • Download the WinXound zipped file, decompress it and drag WinXound.app to your Applications folder (or where you want). Launch it from there.

Requirements
System requirements for Microsoft Windows:
- Supported versions: 7, 8, 8.1, 10 (32/64 bit versions);
- CSound: http://csound.com/download.html - (needed for CSound and LuaJit compilers);
- Not requested but suggested: CSoundAV by Gabriel Maldonado (http://www.csounds.com/maldonado/);
- Requested to work with Python: Python compiler (http://www.python.org/download/)

System requirements for Apple OsX:
- Supported versions: Osx 10.5 or major;
- CSound: http://csound.com/download.html - (needed for CSound compiler);

CONTACT

WinXound Developer

   Stefano Bonetti

CSound Home Page

  https://csound.com/

CSound Download Page

  csound.com/download

INFO

Source Code

  • Windows: The source code is written in C# using Microsoft Visual Studio C# Express Edition 2008
  • OsX: The source code is written in Cocoa and Objective-C using XCode 3.2 version
  • Linux: The source code is written in C++ (Gtkmm) using Anjuta
  • For the OsX-Cocoa version of WinXound special thanks go to Giuseppe Silvi for the debugging help and other useful suggestions.
    The TextEditor is entirely based on the wonderful SCINTILLA text control by Neil Hodgson (http://www.scintilla.org).


Credits
Many thanks for suggestions and debugging help to Roberto Doati, Gabriel Maldonado, Mark Jamerson, Andreas Bergsland, Oeyvind Brandtsegg, Francesco Biasiol, Giorgio Klauer, Paolo Girol, Francesco Porta, Eric Dexter, Menno Knevel, Joseph Alford, Panos Katergiathis, James Mobberley, Fabio Macelloni, Giuseppe Silvi, Maurizio Goina, Andrés Cabrera, Peiman Khosravi, Rory Walsh, Luis Jure and Giovanni Doro.