Contributing to Tao's development

• Email me if you find any glaring errors or mistakes in this manual or the software itself.
• Tell your friends about Tao. The more interest there is in Tao the more likely I am to continue development.
• If anyone would like to set up a CVS server or mailing list I would be happy to cooperate. I may eventually do both myself as and when I get time.
• I am happy to discuss ways in which any aspect of Tao can be improved or developed.

To conclude - my vision when I started designing Tao was to create a powerful and intuitive sound synthesis tool which would allow composers to create their own `acoustic' instruments to order. There is still a long way to go to realise this vision but Tao is already fun to play with in its present state. As machines become faster and faster it will become possible to experiment with increasingly complex (and realistic) instruments, eventually in real-time. The provision of a sophisticated GUI and maybe even haptic feedback interfaces will eventually bring Tao closer to this goal.

In the meantime I hope you find Tao useful and enjoy using it!

Mark Pearson.