Introduction
Where to find Tao
How Tao is structured
Who was it designed for?
Tao was conceived as a compositional tool for electroacoustic and computer music. Therefore more emphasis has been placed on its ability to produce a wide range of interesting and complex sounds than on catering for traditional music based on scales, rhythms, harmony etc. From a personal perspective I wanted to design a synthesis program which would allow me to deal with tangible physical instruments rather than abstract synthesis algorithms. I wanted to be able to construct virtual musical instruments with very complex behaviours and experiment with them in an intuitive physical manner.
Introduction
Where to find Tao
How Tao is structured