Unified File Format for Orchestras and Scores
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## Unified File Format for Orchestras and Scores

### Description

The Unified File Format , introduced in Csound version 3.50, enables the orchestra and score files, as well as command line flags, to be combined in one file. The file has the extension .csd. This format was originally introduced by Michael Gogins in AXCsound.

The file is a structured data file which uses markup language, similar to any SGML such as HTML. Start tags (<tag>) and end tags (</tag>) are used to delimit the various elements. The file is saved as a text file.

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