A Composers' Viewpoint
CDP members are deeply involved in the current huge shifts in music-making. As an organisation we place the emphasis on sound transformation in creative musical contexts.

Our aim is to provide new computer tools for sound design, in which the emphasis is on a detailed and flexible access to the inner features of sounds.

In doing this, we mainly adopt the composer's viewpoint. We seek to create a cooperative and mutually supportive environment in which practising composers can help each other, both in designing software tools and in using them effectively. We believe in and depend on the crucial importance of the composer's ability to hear music not only before it is written, but even before the means to produce it are available.

Our Long-Term Vision
In the very long term, we envision sound wholly integrated into the whole fabric of music, processing speeds and interface devices that enable both real-time processing and a new generation of performing instruments, the continued use of off-line alongside real-time operations, and the design flexibility of algorithmic & semi-algorithmic scripting.

History of CDP
This brief history recounts the main events in the evolution of the Composers Desktop Project software over the past 20 years.

Publications
Publications by CDP members.