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maelzel
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**maelzel** is a framework for computer music in python. It provides datatypes
to define *notes*, *chords*, *sequences*, *voices*, *scores*, etc. These
can be represented as notation or used for audio synthesis. Other functionality
includes working with sound (audio samples, sound analysis, dsp),
transcription, acoustics, etc.

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Quick Start
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**maelzel** needs a python version >= 3.9. Installation::

    pip install maelzel

There are **external dependencies** which need to be installed manually:

* **csound** >= 6.18. (https://csound.com/download.html).

For more information see :doc:`Installation`


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Introduction
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    Introduction


Tutorial
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.. toctree::
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    Tutorial


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Reference
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.. toctree::
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    Reference
    Installation