Installation

Install Csound first!

CsoundQt is not Csound. CsoundQt is a frontend for Csound. This means that you must install raw Csound first!

Go to the Csound Download Page, choose the installer for your operating system, and install Csound. If you need more help, this how-to might be useful.

Note: In some CsoundQt installers raw Csound is included. Look whether there is something like "+Csound" in the name, for instance CsoundQt-1.1.3+Csound-6.18.1-Wind64.zip.

Mac

  1. Download the CsoundQt-[Version Number]-MacOS.dmg from the CsoundQt release page. NOTE: Choose the plain version (without "pythonqt") for normal use.
  2. Open the .dmg and drag the green CsoundQt application into the Applications folder.

Windows

  1. Download the CsoundQt-[Version Number]-Win64.zip from the CsoundQt release page.
  2. Unzip the file.
  3. Go to the bin folder.
  4. Select and copy the whole content of the bin folder.
  5. Go to C: -> Program Files -> Csound6_x64 -> bin and paste all the copied files here.
  6. Send "CsoundQt-d-html-cs6.exe" from this folder as a shortcut to your desktop if you like.

Linux

CsoundQt binaries are in most of the package managers.

These binaries might be built without RtMidi and/or without PythonQt support. If you need to work with it, you should build CsoundQt. Instructions can be found at https://github.com/CsoundQt/CsoundQt/wiki and in the BUILDING.md file in the sources.