[Csnd] Csound Support for All Godot Platforms + New Music Synth Example

Werner_Mendizabal · September 22, 2024, 7:06pm

Hello everyone,

I’m excited to share that I’ve successfully integrated Csound with the Godot game engine, now supporting all platforms that Godot targets: Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, and Web.

To showcase this, I’ve created an example project—a music synthesizer in Godot based on amsynth. You can explore the web-based version of the project here:
Godot Synth

You can also check out the related projects here:

Best regards,

Werner

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Victor_Lazzarini1 · September 22, 2024, 7:37pm

Fantastic. Is your build using 6.x or 7.0?

Prof. Victor Lazzarini
Maynooth University
Ireland

Werner_Mendizabal · September 22, 2024, 7:40pm

I am using the development branch (7.0) of Csound with some additional pr changes that are still in review progress.

Victor_Lazzarini1 · September 22, 2024, 8:25pm

Great, congrats on the work, it’s really good.

Prof. Victor Lazzarini
Maynooth University
Ireland

Andy.Fillebrown · September 22, 2024, 11:20pm

Very interested in this! …but getting lots of console errors for the example and it doesn’t load:

OS: macOS
Browser: Chrome


01:13:10.982 godot-synths.js:477 Blocking on the main thread is very dangerous, see [https://emscripten.org/docs/porting/pthreads.html#blocking-on-the-main-browser-thread](https://emscripten.org/docs/porting/pthreads.html#blocking-on-the-main-browser-thread)
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01:13:11.112 godot-synths.js:462 Godot Engine v4.3.stable.official.77dcf97d8 - [https://godotengine.org](https://godotengine.org)
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01:13:11.951 godot-synths.js:477 at: play_basic (scene/audio/audio_stream_player_internal.cpp:158)
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Promise.then
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(anonymous) @ godot-synths.js:837Understand this error
01:13:12.710 godot-synths.js:462 --Csound version 7.0 (float samples) Sep 10 2024
01:13:12.710 godot-synths.js:462 [commit: 8073b22c40cb92a2f2ed24bbd41560b9c18f7a7f]
...
01:13:12.874 godot-synths.html:139
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Works for a little while on macOS/Safari after getting a popup about MIDI not being available, but after playing with the synth using the mouse for about a minute, Safari hits its memory limit and reloads the page.

Let me know if you need more info. I’m happy to help!
~ Andy Fillebrown

Werner_Mendizabal · September 23, 2024, 4:04am

Hello Andy,
Could you provide more details on your computer specs, operating system and browser information so I can try to reproduce and fix the error?
Thanks,
Werner

Andy.Fillebrown · September 23, 2024, 6:06am

ya, the console output I posted is from my macOS M1 on Chrome, and the same system on Safari runs for a while but hits Safari’s memory usage limit after about a minute of playing the piano keyboard with the mouse.

vlz · September 23, 2024, 8:09am

It runs here on my mac (M1, MacOS 14.8.1) under the latest Chrome, but I can’t seem to get the sounds to change. I first could not make the sounds change, but once I checked MIDI 1 below, loading presets and changing controls worked.

Victor_Lazzarini1 · September 23, 2024, 8:17am

I mean I couldn’t get the sounds to change at first, then it worked. I tested with MIDI and it works as well.

rory · September 23, 2024, 10:11am

working here on Windows, but if I go a little crazy it starts to get a little glitchy. Great to see Csound integrated with yet another engine.

Werner_Mendizabal · September 23, 2024, 2:22pm

Thanks for providing feedback. I was able to reproduce the error on the browser, and it seems to be caused by a memory leak that eventually leads to freezing. I’ll work to fix these issues.

Thanks,

Werner

joachim · September 27, 2024, 8:03am

cool --- i wrote a post on the csound site about it:

let me know about any changes you would like to see in this post.

joachim

Doctor_B · September 27, 2024, 8:47am

WOW.

Werner_Mendizabal · January 21, 2025, 2:06am

Hello everyone,

I’m excited to share an update for the godot-csound project! This plugin integrates Godot Engine with Csound, opening up powerful sound synthesis possibilities.

In this latest update, I’ve:

Fixed known issues to improve stability and performance.
Added a downloadable release file to make installation and setup even more convenient.
Set up CI/CD to automatically test and verify changes, ensuring smoother updates and better reliability.

You can check out the repository and grab the release file here: godot-csound releases

I’d love to hear your feedback or suggestions for further improvement. Let me know if you run into any issues or have ideas for new features!

Thanks,
Werner

Victor_Lazzarini1 · January 21, 2025, 6:57am

Well done, Werner, that looks great.
Huge amount of work.

Prof. Victor Lazzarini
Maynooth University
Ireland

rory · January 21, 2025, 9:29am

Congratulations! This is really great work.

Doctor_B · January 21, 2025, 4:12pm

Awesome.

I can not help but say this…

… some of us have been waiting for godot.

THANKS!