Foundations of computer music / edited by Curtis Roads, John Strawn.

Other author Roads, Curtis, editor.
Other author Strawn, John, 1950- editor.
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, MA : MIT Press, ©1985.
Descriptionxiii, 712 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Computer music--History and criticism.

Contents Foreword / by Max Mathews -- I. Digital sound-synthesis techniques. Overview / J. Strawn -- The synthesis of complex audio spectra by means of frequency modulation / J. Chowning -- Trumpet algorithms for computer composition / D. Morrill -- Improved FM audio synthesis methods for real-time digital music generation / S. Saunders -- The simulation of natural instrument tones using frequency modulation with a complex modulating wave / B. Schottstaedt -- A derivation of the spectrum of FM with a complex modulating wave / M. LeBrun -- Organizational techniques for c:m ratios in frequency modulation / B. Truax -- A tutorial on nonlinear distortion or waveshaping synthesis / C. Roads -- Brass-tone synthesis by spectrum evolution matching with nonlinear functions / J. Beauchamp -- An analysis/synthesis tutorial / R. Cann -- Granular synthesis of sound / C. Roads -- PILE: a language for sound synthesis / P. Berg -- II. Synthesizer hardware and engineering. Overview / J. Strawn and C. Roads -- An introduction to the SSSP digital synthesizer / W. Buxton, E. A. Fogels, G. Federkow, L. Sasaki, and K. C. Smith -- The DMX-1000 signal-processing computer / D. Wallraff -- A portable digital sound-synthesis system / H. Alles -- The 4B: a one-card 64-channel digital synthesizer / H. Alles and G. diGiugno -- A 256-channel performer-input device / H. Alles -- The 4C machine / J. A. Moorer, A. Chauveau, C. Abbott, P. Eastty, and J. Lawson -- Use of high-speed microprocessors for digital synthesis / J.-F. Allouis -- Design of a digital oscillator that will generate up to 256 low-distortion sine waves in real time / J. Snell -- Table lookup noise for sinusoidal digital oscillators / F. R. Moore -- A recipe for homebrew ECL / C. Hastings -- III. Software systems for music. Overview / C. Roads -- The evolution of the SSSP score-editing tools / W. Buxton, R. Sniderman, W. Reeves, S. Patel, and R. Baecker -- Grammars as representations for music / C. Roads -- The use of hierarchy and instance in a data structure for computer music / W. Buxton, W. Reeves, R. Baecker, and L. Mezei -- A composer's notes on the development and implementation of software for a digital synthesizer / N. Rolnick -- Automated microprogramming for digital synthesizers / C. Abbott -- A software approach to interactive processing of musical sound / C. Abbott -- An introduction to the PLAY program / J. Chadabe and R. Meyers -- A microcomputer-controlled synthesis system for live performance / M. Bartlett -- Considering human memory in designing user interfaces for computer music / O. Laske -- An interview with Gottfried Michael Koenig / C. Roads -- Controlled indeterminacy: a first step toward a semistochastic music language / J. Myhill -- Music for an interactive network of microcomputers / J. Bischoff, R. Gold, and J. Horton -- IV. Perception and digital signal processing. Overview / J. Strawn -- About this reverberation business / J. A. Moorer -- Timbre space as a musical control structure / D. Wessel -- Hearing musical streams / S. McAdams and A. Bregman.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 84010001
ISBN0262181142

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