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## Csound

### The `csound` Command

The original method for running Csound was as a console program. This, of course, still works. Running csound without any arguments prints out a list of command-line options, which are more fully explained below. Normally, the user executes something like `csound -W -omysoundfile myorchestra.orc myscore.sco` or, to use the single-file Csound structured data (`.csd`) format, `csound myscore.csd`.

Csound can read and write soundfiles (off-line rendering), read and write digital audio using a sound card (real-time rendering), read and write MIDI files, and read and write MIDI using a MIDI interface and controller (real-time control).

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