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<H1><B>Tao</B>'s Synthesis Language in Detail</H1>
<B>Tao</B>'s main user interface elements are its <EM>synthesis language</EM><A NAME="1">
and</A> <EM>instrument visualisation window</EM>.
The synthesis language provides
the means for describing new instruments and `playing' them
and the instrument visualisation window provides graphical animations of
the instruments showing their behaviour as the acoustic waves propagate
through them. At present there is no GUI (Graphical User Interface) for
constructing instruments but this feature is planned for a future release.
<P>This section focusses on the synthesis language in some detail. It begins by
describing the main conceptual parts of a <B>Tao</B> script and then goes on to
cover each individual element of the language in more detail.
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