Orchestron on Windows

Thomas · March 13, 2026, 8:50am

Hi,

I finally managed to get Orchestron running on Windows, too, installation instructions see:

thomassresearch/orchestron/blob/main/INSTALL.windows.md

# Orchestron Installation Manual (Windows)

This guide installs and runs Orchestron on Windows with realtime Csound + MIDI support.

All commands below assume PowerShell.

## 1. Prerequisites

Install the required tools:

- `uv` for Python environment management:
Run the commands in an elevated powershell (with admin rights):

```powershell
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"
```

- Node.js + npm from [nodejs.org](https://nodejs.org/) or your preferred Windows package manager. Node 20+ is recommended.
- Csound from [csound.com/download.html](https://csound.com/download.html). After installation, ensure the directory containing `csound.exe` is on your `PATH`.
- Needed on Windows: Visual Studio Build Tools or Visual Studio with `Desktop development with C++` as the portaudio python package will need native compilation.

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I would be glad to get feedback if it worked on your machines (I’m mostly MacOS focused) and if anything is missing from the instructions.
Same for people using Linux: orchestron/INSTALL.linux.md at main · thomassresearch/orchestron · GitHub

Thomas