Install

CsoundQt 7

CsoundQt 7 requires Csound 7 and Qt 6 (see BUILDING.md to build from source). The 7.2/7.3 releases add the waveform widget, flat themeable buttons, widget animation from Csound, the inline find bar, bundled fonts and Copy/Apply Style for widgets.

See https://github.com/CsoundQt/CsoundQt/releases

Linux

• AppImage: https://github.com/CsoundQt/CsoundQt/releases/latest/download/CsoundQt-x86_64.AppImage
• Flatpak: https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.github.CsoundQt.CsoundQt

In both cases csoundqt is shipped with its own version of csound

macOS

1. Download the CsoundQt.dmg from https://github.com/CsoundQt/CsoundQt/releases.

2. Open the .dmg and drag the application into the Applications folder.

3. Install the csound .pkg inside the .dmg

Windows

1. Download and install csound: https://github.com/CsoundQt/CsoundQt/releases/latest/download/Csound7-windows-x86_64.exe
2. Download and install csoundqt: https://github.com/CsoundQt/CsoundQt/releases/latest/download/CsoundQt-windows-x86_64.exe

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Older: CsoundQt 6

CsoundQt 6 (Qt 5, Csound 6) is no longer supported. Kept below for reference.

Install Csound first

CsoundQt is a frontend for Csound, so Csound needs to be installed first.

→ Csound download page

macOS

1. Download the CsoundQt-[Version Number]-MacOS.dmg from https://github.com/CsoundQt/CsoundQt/releases.

   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 https://github.com/CsoundQt/CsoundQt/releases.
2. Unzip the file.
3. Go to the CsoundQt (or 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.

Building from source