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Computer Music: Synthesis, Composition, and Performance
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Author: Charles Dodge, Thomas A. Jerse
List Price: $62.95
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ISBN: 0028646827
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing (02 July, 1997)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 70,892
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 5 out of 5
should have been my first book
i've been making computer music with supercollider and before that
with a commercial graphical patch up package for several years now,
and i wish that this had been the first book i had read.
the first book i did in fact read was roads' 'computer music tutorial',
which is a great book which i also highly recommend, but is more of
a reference than a tutorial, both in its layout and style. the dodge/jerse book
is so clearly and pedagogically written, that even though i already knew
a great deal of the material, it solidified quite a lot of it into place for me.the thing i liked best about it is that the authors invariably direct you
to compositions made using the methods just described. in other words
the methods are not just described in a vacuum. expect to learn from this book the basics of acoustics and psychoacoustics,
digital audio and sampling theory, and a slew of sound synthesis techniques,
as well as about composition. who should buy this: the serious computer music student, who does not necessarily have any
experience yet in computer music, but who is not afraid of some hard study. the computer musician using either a graphical patch up system ( max/msp, reaktor, pd etc... )
or using some Music-N derived language (supercollider, csound) would both benefit tremendously
from a thorough study of the contents of this book. the mathematics level required for this book is not high. your algebra should be strong
with a solid understanding of exponents and logarithms, and some basic trig wouldn't
hurt either. a note about the C++ source code. first off if you don't program, there is nothing to be scared
of, the source only appears in the chapter on composition, and if you do program in C but not C++,
then you should know that you will be fine, because the code snippets are effectively written in C.
( if you want a book on ugen internals, you won't find it here, but Moore's is terrific, 'Elements of Computer Music' ).
Rating: 5 out of 5
a must have!
I like this book so much!!! An invaluable reference for people interested in computer music composition with detailed explanation on digital synthesis methods, digital filtering, spacialization, etc... but what i like most is that in every chapter there is a section dedicated to compositional examples with very interesting info on structure, techniques, instrument designs... used in the development of each of the pieces. Also a chapter dedicated to live electronic performance. I love it.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Tutto sulla sintesi musicale e pltre
Uno dei più completi libri sulla computer music attualmente disponibili sul mercato. La sezione sintesi è sicuramente il piatto forte, essendo applicabile a tutti i tipi di programmi e sintetizzatori in commercio(Digitali e analogici).Le sezioni sulla composizione e performance sono buone ma inevitabilmente rese lievemente datate dalla continua evoluzione informatica (mancano i riferimenti ai nuovi programmi di editing e composizione). Un libro che non può mancare in una bibloteca informatico-musicale aggiornata.
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