Computer Music: Synthesis, Composition, and Performance

✍ Scribed by Charles Dodge, Thomas A. Jerse

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 475
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This text reflects the current state of computer technology and music composition. The authors offer clear, practical overviews of program languages, real-time synthesizers, digital filtering, artificial intelligence, and much more.

✦ Table of Contents

Table of Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 13
1 Fundamentals of Computer Music......Page 21
2 The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Music......Page 45
3 Fundamentals of Digital Audio......Page 82
4 Synthesis Fundamentals......Page 92
5 Synthesis Using Distortion Techniques......Page 135
6 Subtractive Synthesis......Page 189
7 Analysis-Based Synthesis Techniques......Page 240
8 Granular Synthesis......Page 282
9 Physical Modeling......Page 297
10 Reverberation, Auditory Localization, and other Sound-Processing Techniques......Page 309
11 Composition with Computers......Page 361
12 Real-Time Performance of Computer Music......Page 422
Glossary......Page 449
Index......Page 459
The Authors......Page 475