Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
The most-up-to-date printed specs for General MIDI, MIDI, and the MIDI
file format can also be obtained for a few bucks from:
International MIDI Association
23634 Emelita Street
Woodland Hills, California 91367 USA
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Title: Computer music in C / Phil Winsor & Gene DeLisa.
Publisher: Blue Ridge Summit, PA : TAB Books (Windcrest label), c1991.
Subjects: Computer sound processing.
Computer composition.
C (Computer program language)
Midi programming
ISBN: 0-8306-3637-4 (p) : $22.95
It has a C source disk for the PC available for $25.
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Title: Mind over MIDI / edited by Dominic Milano ; by the editors
of Keyboard magazine.
Publisher: Milwaukee, WI : H. Leonard Books, c1987.
Series Name: The Keyboard magazine basic library
Other Series Names: Keyboard synthesizer library.
Subjects: MIDI (Standard)
Computer sound processing.
ISBN: 0-88188-551-7 (pbk.) : $12.95
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Title: MIDI- und sound-buch zum Atari ST. English
Title: MIDI and sound book for the Atari ST / Bernd Enders and
Wolfgang Klemme.
Publisher: Redwood City, Calif. : M & T Pub., c1989.
Subjects: Computer music--Instruction and study.
Computer sound processing.
MIDI (Standard)
Atari ST computers--Programming.
ISBN: 1-55851-042-7 : $17.95
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Title: Atari ST Introduction to MIDI Programming / Len Dorfman and
Title: Dennis Young
ISBN: 0-916439-77-1
Publisher: Bantam Books,Inc.: 666 5th Avenue New York,New York 10103
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Title: Music through MIDI : using MIDI to create your own
electronic music system / Michael Boom.
Publisher: Redmond, Wash. : Microsoft Press, c1987.
Subjects: MIDI (Standard)
Subjects: Musical instruments, Electronic.
Subjects: Electronic music--Instruction and study.
Subjects: Computer sound processing.
ISBN: 1-55615-026-1 (pbk.) : $19.95
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Title: The MIDI drummer : by a drummer for a drummer-- / by David
Crigger.
Publisher: Newbury Park, CA : Alexander Pub., c1987.
Subjects: Electronic percussion instruments--Instruction and study.
MIDI (Standard)
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Title: MIDI for guitarists / by Bob Ward and Marty Cutler ;
Publisher: London ; New York : Amsco Publications ; New York, NY, USA
: Exclusive distributors Music Sales Corp., c1988.
Subjects: Electric guitar--Instruction and study.
MIDI (Standard)
ISBN: 0-8256-1126-1 (U.S.)
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Title: MIDI for musicians / by Craig Anderton.
Publisher: New York : Amsco Publications, c1986.
Subjects: MIDI (Standard)
Computer sound processing.
ISBN: 0-8256-1050-8 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0-8256-2214-X (pbk. : cover)
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Title: MIDI guitar : a complete applications directory for the
modern guitarist / [by Rey Sanchez ; forward [sic] by
Randy Bernsen].
Publisher: Miami, FL : CPP/Belwin, c1988.
Subjects: MIDI (Standard)
Computer sound processing.
Electric guitar.
ISBN: 0-89898-544-7 : $15.95
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Title: Midi guitar and synthesis : the basics of guitar synthesis
/ by Paul Youngblood.
Publisher: Milwaukee, WI : H. Leonard Pub. Co., c1989.
Subjects: MIDI (Standard)
Computer sound processing.
Electric guitar.
ISBN: 0-88188-886-9 : $14.95
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Title: The MIDI home studio / by Howard Massey.
Publisher: London ; New York : Amsco Publications ; New York, NY, USA
: Music Sales Corp. [distributor], c1988.
ISBN: 0-8256-1127-X (U.S.)
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Title: The MIDI manual / David Miles Huber.
Publisher: Carmel, Ind., USA : Howard W. Sams, c1991.
ISBN: 0-672-22757-6, 250pp.
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Title: Making music with your computer / from the editors of Electronic
musician magazine ; edited by David (Rudy) Trubitt.
Publisher: Emeryville, CA : EMBooks ; [Milwaukee, WI] : H. Leonard, 1993.
Series:
Subjects: Computer music --Instruction and study.
MIDI (Standard)
ISBN: 079351990X (pbk.)
NOTE: "A practical guide to: MIDI, digital recording, music software,
sequencing, notation"
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Title: The MIDI programmer's handbook / Steve De Furia and Joe
Scacciaferro, Ferro Technologies.
Publisher: Redwood City, Calif. : M&T Pub., c1989.
ISBN: 1-55851-068-0, 250 pp. Paperback. $24.95 Mix Bookshelf part # 3539C
New, advanced MIDI desk reference is perfect for programmers and MIDI power
users. The heart of the book is a summary and explanation of every MIDI
command, in hex, binary, decimal and English. Also features detailed
discussion of software design concerns, synchronization formats, MTC,
sample dump, MIDI files and system exclusive processing.
Mix Bookshelf, 1-800-233-9604 (US & Canada). Doesn't say who publishes
it, and its terribly out-dated (1986), but they might have published
another addition by now.
The MIDI System Exclusive Book by Steve De Furia and Joe Scacciaferra,
Third Earth Productions, Pompton Lakesm N.J. Distributed by Hal
Leonard Books. ISBN ISBN 0-88188-586-x (1987)
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Title: MIDI programming for the Macintosh / Steve De Furia and Joe
Scacciaferro.
Publisher: Redwood City, CA : M&T Books, 1988.
Subjects: MIDI (Standard)
Computer sound processing.
Macintosh (Computer)--Programming.
ISBN: 1-55851-021-4 : $22.95
ISBN: 1-55851-022-2 (book & disk) : $39.95
ISBN: 1-55851-023-0 (disk) : $20.00
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Title: C Programming for MIDI / Jim Conger.
Publisher: Redwood City, Calif. : M&T Books, 1989.
501 Galveston Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
Subjects: MIDI, C, sequencing
This book shows how to use the basic features of an MPU-401 interface.
Includes a disk with MS-DOS code.
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Title: MIDI sequencing in C / Jim Conger.
Publisher: Redwood City, Calif. : M&T Books, 1989.
501 Galveston Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
Subjects: MIDI (Standard)
C (Computer program language)
Sequential processing (Computer science)
ISBN: 1-55851-045-1 (book) : $24.95
ISBN: 1-55851-047-8 (disk) : $20.00
ISBN: 1-55851-046-X (set) : $39.95
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Title: MIDI systems and control / Francis Rumsey.
Publisher: London ; Boston : Focal Press, 1990.
Subjects: MIDI (Standard)
Computer sound processing.
ISBN: 0-240-51300-2 : $14.95 (U.S.)
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Title: MIDI, the ins, outs & thrus / by Jeff Rona ; edited by
Ronny S. Schiff.
Publisher: Milwaukee, Wis. : H. Leonard Books, c1987.
Notes: "A complete guide to the understanding, use, and buying of
MIDI instruments"--Cover.
Subjects: MIDI (Standard)
Computer sound processing.
ISBN: 0-88188-560-6 (pbk.) : $12.95
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Title: MIDI : a comprehensive introduction / Joseph Rothstein.
Publisher: Madison, Wis. : A-R Editions, c1992.
Subjects: MIDI (Standard)
Series: The Computer music and digital audio series ; v. 7
ISBN: 0-89579-258-3 : $39.95
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Microsoft Press put out a book on midi programming. I
think that this is rather a weak book, but it might serve
as an introduction for non-computer folk.
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Several other books are out that were written by musicians.
They are interesting as a intro to using midi, but contain
a dearth of info from my perspective. As a programmer, I
have the wrong perspective to sort these out.
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I have seen two editions: mine from the early 80's, and a hardback
that my friend has from the late 80's. His has 68000 assember
for an FFT routine.
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Title: Computer music : synthesis, composition, and performance /
Charles Dodge, Thomas A. Jerse.
Publisher: New York : Schirmer Books, c1985.
Subjects: Computer music--Instruction and study.
Computer composition.
ISBN: 0-02-873100-X
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Title: Elements of computer music / F. Richard Moore.
Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c1990.
Subjects: Computer sound processing.
Subjects: Computer music--Instruction and study.
ISBN: 0-13-252552-6
Lots of stuff on software synthesis, and more, all centered around cmusic
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This book is very good: "A synthesist's Guide to Acoustic Instruments"
Amsco Publications,New York, 1987
author: H.Massey
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These analyses included spectral plots (time versus amplitude for the first
21 partials), spectrographic plots (frequency versus amplitude), and amplitude
and frequency versus time plots for the first sixteen partials. Additional
information is given about formants of the instruments and the analysis
and resynthesis methods which the authors used (The analysis was done with
a Heterodyne Filter algorithm). While the authors claim that the tones
were resynthesized and were nearly indistinguishable from the originals, they
ARE only single, specific notes played on a specific example of the original
instrument, so, while they would be a good starting point for re-synthesis of
an instrument, they are by no means sufficient.
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The PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER MUSIC CONFERENCE, an annual
volume published by the International Computer Music Association. San
Francisco: ICMA, 2040 Polk St., Suite 330, San Francisco, CA 94109; USA.
email: icma@cube.cemi.unt.edu tel: 817-566-2235 fax: 817-565-4919.
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The book includes (LISP) source code to significant parts of his EMI
system (Experiments in Musical Intelligence). For the non-technical reader
there is a brief introduction to LISP programming. There are numerous
examples of programs applied to examples from musical literature, (Bach,
Mozart, Schubert, Stravinsky and many others). The program produces an
analysis of the regularities in two or more pieces of the same style and
uses these as "signiatures" to generate a new piece in that style. Cope's
methodology is derived from a mixture of classical AI (or rule based)
models and linguistic grammars (Augmented Transition Network).
The results are interesting and can be remarkable. But I have to add that
there are significant problems with the methods. The system seems good at
capturing very local phenomena, (such as cadence formulae), but is
ill-conditioned for capturing more global aspects of musical structure
(such as melodic coherence, harmonic interest, &c). These problems have
been acknowledged by the author but I think they are unsolvable in the
current working paradigm.
MUSIC AND CONNECTIONISM is now available from MIT Press. This 280-pp. book
contains a wide variety of recent research in the applications of neural
networks and other connectionist methods to the problems of musical listening
and understanding, performance, composition, and aesthetics. It consists of a
core of articles that originally appeared in the Computer Music Journal, along
with several new articles by Kohonen, Mozer, Bharucha, and others, and new
addenda to the original articles describing the authors' most recent work.
Topics covered range from models of psychological processing of pitches,
chords, and melodies, to algorithmic composition and performance factors. A
wide variety of connectionist models are employed as well, including
back-propagation in time, Kohonen feature maps, ART networks, and Jordan- and
Elman-style networks. We've also included a discussion generated by the
Computer Music Journal articles on the use and place of connectionist systems
in artistic endeavors. A more detailed description of the book is provided
below (from the jacket text), along with the complete table of contents.
MUSIC AND CONNECTIONISM can be found in bookstores that carry MIT Press
publications, or can be purchased directly from MIT Press by calling their
toll-free order number, 1-800-356-0343, and giving the operator this catalog
number: 1CSAT 503, and this book code: TODMH. By phone and mail-order, the
price is $39.95; in stores, it will probably be $45 (there is some confusion
with the publisher on this point, so I wanted to give out the detailed
information for phone orders to save people some money).
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Music and Connectionism,
edited by Peter M. Todd and D. Gareth Loy
As one of our highest expressions of thought and creativity, music has always
been a difficult realm to capture, model, and understand. The connectionist
paradigm, now beginning to provide insights into many realms of human
behavior, offers a new and unified viewpoint from which to investigate the
subtleties of musical experience. Music and Connectionism provides a
fresh approach to both fields, using techniques of connectionism and parallel
distributed processing to look at a wide range of topics in music research,
from pitch perception to chord fingering to composition.
Contents:
Preface and Introduction, Peter M. Todd and D. Gareth Loy
Part 1: Background
Machine Tongues XII: Neural Networks, Mark Dolson
Connectionism and Musiconomy, D. Gareth Loy
Part 3: Applications
A Connectionist Approach to Algorithmic Composition,
Peter M. Todd
Connectionist Music Composition Based on Melodic, Stylistic, and
Psychophysical Constraints, Michael C. Mozer
Creation By Refinement and the Problem of Algorithmic Music
Composition, J.P. Lewis
A Nonheuristic Automatic Composing Method, Teuvo Kohonen, Pauli
Laine, Kalev Tiits, and Kari Torkkola
Fingering for String Instruments with the Optimum Path Paradigm,
Samir I. Sayegh
Part 4: Conclusions
Letter from Otto Laske
Responses to Laske by Todd and Loy
Further Research and Directions, Peter M. Todd
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BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT:
INDEX
Contributors xi
Preface xiii
I TIME-FREQUENCY REPRESENTATIONS OF
MUSICAL SIGNALS 1
Overview 3
A. Piccialli
Overview 223
G. De Poli
Overview 323
C. Roads
Overview 415
A. Piccialli
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Date: Tue, 4 Aug 92 11:16 MET
From: HENKJAN@NL.UVA.LET.ALF
Subject: New book on Computer Music, Music Cognition and AI
Peter Desain and Henkjan Honing have collaborated for the last seven years
at the City University, London and the Centre for Knowledge Technology,
Utrecht. They combine their different backgrounds in computer science,
psychology, and music, and share a fascination with the computational
modelling approach to music perception and performance. Peter Desain
currently works on rhythm perception at the University of Nijmegen,
Henkjan Honing does research on the formalisation of musical knowledge at
the University of Amsterdam.
CONTENTS
I Overview
Introduction
Tempo curves considered harmful
II Perception
The quantization problem: traditional and connectionist approaches
Quantization of musical time: a connectionist approach
A connectionist and a traditional AI quantizer, symbolic versus
sub-symbolic models of rhythm perception
A (de)composable theory of rhythm perception
Autocorrelation and the study of musical expression
III Representation
Issues in the representation of time and structure in music
Time functions function best as functions of multiple times
Towards a calculus for expressive timing in music
IV Methodology
Lisp as a second language: functional aspects
Parsing the Parser, a case study in programming style
LOCO: a composition microworld in logo
POCO: an environment for analysing, modifying, and
generating expression in music
ORDERING INFORMATION
"Music, Mind and Machine" by Peter Desain and Henkjan Honing.
ISBN 90 5170 149 7, 330 pp., paperback, price US$ 25/Dfl. 45/Bfr. 900. All
major credits cards accepted. Postage and handling will be charged
additionally. It is available from:
Both the book ($35) and the CD-ROM ($19.95) can be ordered from The MIT
Press/55 Hayward Street/Cambridge, MA 02142/ USA
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Date: Sat, 25 Jul 92 10:42:21 -0400
From: laske@edu.bu.cs (Otto Laske)
Subject: Understanding Music with AI
Dear Colleagues,
Otto Laske
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Machine Models of Music, From Minsky to Mozart,
edited by Stephan Schwanauer and David Levitt
Cambridge: MIT Press, 1993
ISBN 0-262-19319-1 $45
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The book includes introductory chapters into DSP, programming tips for
style and efficiency, chapters on filtering, FFT, image processing.
All code in the text is included on the diskette (MS-DOS).
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Introductory Digital Signal Processing
with Computer Applications
by Paul A. Lynn & Wolfgang Fuerst
ISBN: 0-201-09518-1
Addison-Wesley 1988
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"PC-DSP" by Oktay Alkin (Prentice-Hall
1990, ISBN 0-13-655200-5).
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Title: Digital processing of signals / Bernard Gold and Charles M.
Rader, with chapters by Alan V. Oppenheim and Thomas G.
Stockham, Jr.
Publ: Malabar, Fla. : Krieger, 1983, c1969.
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: New York : McGraw-Hill,
1969. (Lincoln Laboratory publications)
Subjects: Signal processing--Digital techniques.
ISBN: 0-89874-548-9
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Title: An introduction to digital signal processing / John H. Karl.
Publ: San Diego : Academic Press, c1989.
Subjects: Signal processing--Digital techniques.
ISBN: 0-12-398420-3
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Title: Multirate digital signal processing / Ronald E. Crochiere,
Lawrence R. Rabiner.
Publ: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1983.
Series: Prentice-Hall signal processing series
ISBN: 0-13-605162-6
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AUTH: MacNally, G. W.
Title: Digital audio : recursive digital filtering for high quality audio
signals / [by] G. W. McNally
IMPR.: [S.l.] : Research Department, Engineering Division, The Brithish
Broadcasting Corporation, 1981 * IV, 29 p. ; 30 cm
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Title: Numerical recipes in C : the art of scientific computing / [by]
William H. Press, Brian P. Flannery, Saul A. Teukolsky [and] William
T. Vetterling
IMPR.: Cambridge [etc.] : Cambridge U.P., 1988 * 2 dl. ; 25 cm
ISBN: 0-521-35465-X m * 0-521-35746-2 m
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Blesser, Barry and J. Kates. "Digital Processing in Audio Signals." In A. V.
Oppenheim, ed. Applications of Digital Signal Processing. Englewood Cliffs,
NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1978.
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Digital Signal Processing Committee of IEEE Acoustics, Speech, and Signal
Processing Society, ed. Programs for Digital Signal Processing. New York:
IEEE Press, 1979.
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Title: Digital audio engineering : an anthology / John Strawn,
editor ; with contributions by James F. McGill ... [et al.].
Publisher: Los Altos, Calif. : W. Kaufmann, c1985.
Series: The Computer music and digital audio series, vol 3.
Subjects: Sound--Recording and reproducing--Digital techniques.
Subjects: Synthesizer (Musical instrument)
Contents: An introduction to digital recording and reproduction / J. F.
McGill -- Limitations on the dynamic range of digitalized
audio / R. Talambiras -- Architectural issues in the design
of the systems concepts digital synthesizer / P. Samson --
The FRMbox, a modular digital music synthesizer / F. R.
Moore -- The Lucasfilm digital audio facility / J. A.
Moorer.
ISBN: 0-86576-087-X
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Title: Digital audio signal processing : an anthology / John
Strawn, editor ; with contributions by F. Richard Moore
... [et al.].
Publisher: Los Altos, Calif. : W. Kaufmann, c1985.
Series: The Computer music and digital audio series, vol 1.
Subjects: Electronic music--Instruction and study.
Subjects: Signal processing--Digital techniques.
ISBN: 0-86576-082-9
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Title: Synthesizer performance and real-time techniques / Jeff
Pressing.
Publisher: Madison, Wis. : A-R Editions, c1992.
Subjects: Synthesizer (Musical instrument)
Series: The Computer music and digital audio series ; v. 8
ISBN: 0-89579-257-5 : $49.95
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"Interpolation and Decimation of Digital Signals - A Tutorial Review"
by Ronald E. Crochiere and Lawrence R. Rabiner.
This paper is in Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 69, No. 3, 1981, pp.
300-331.
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Contents:
1. Music, Mathematics and Microtuning
2. Acoustics and Psychoacoustics
3. The History of Tuning and Temperament
4. Using Tunings
5. Alternate Tunings and Scales
6. Tuning Electronic Instruments
Keywords/Topics
Outline
Introduction
Part 1--OO Machine Tongues
Part 2--Languages and Systems
Part 3--OO DSP Tools and Systems
Author Contact Addresses
Table of Contents
Introduction--Stephen Travis Pope
An Overview of the Sound and Music Kits for the NeXT Computer--
David Jaffe and Lee Boynton
Addendum: Sound and Music Kits Version 1.0
Addresses of Authors
Details
Available from:
MIT Press, 55 Hayward St., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142 USA
Call (617) 625-8569 to order
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TITLE: The language of electroacoustic music / ed. by Simon Emmerson
IMPRINT: Basingstoke [etc.] : MacMillan Press, 1986 * VIII, 231 p. ; 24 cm
NAMES: Emmerson, Simon
ISBN: 0-333-39759-2 m * 0-333-39760-6 v p
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Title: Composers and the computer / Curtis Roads, editor.
Publisher: Los Altos, Calif. : W. Kaufmann, c1985.
Series: The Computer music and digital audio series
Subjects: Computer music--History and criticism.
Subjects: Computer composition.
ISBN: 0-86576-085-3
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Title: Principles of digital audio / Ken C. Pohlmann.
Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind., USA : H.W. Sams, 1989.
Series: Howard W. Sams & Company audio library
Subjects: sampling, quantizing, CD-I, DAT.
ISBN: 0-672-22634-0 : $29.95, 474pp.
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Title: Advanced digital audio / Ken Pohlmann, editor-in-chief.
Publisher: Carmel, Ind., USA : Howard W. SAMS, c1991.
Subjects: Sound--Recording and reproducing--Digital techniques, DSP, HDTV.
ISBN: 0-672-22768-1, 500pp.
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Title: Handbook for Sound Engineers, The New Audio Encyclopedia /
Glen M. Ballou, editor-in-chief
Publisher: Carmel, Ind., USA : Howard W. SAMS, c1991.
Subjects: MIDI, sound, compact disks, sound system design
ISBN: 0-672-22752-2, 1500pp.
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Title: Modern Recording Techniques, 3rd ed. / D. M. Huber & R. A. Runstein
Publisher: Carmel, Ind., USA : Howard W. SAMS,
Subjects: digital audio, recording
ISBN: 0-672-22682-0, 400pp.
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Title: Sound recording Handbook / John W. Woram
Publisher: Carmel, Ind., USA : Howard W. SAMS,
Subjects: sound effects, noise reduction, SMPTE
ISBN: 0-672-22583-2, 600pp.
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Title: The compact disc : a handbook of theory and use / Ken C.
Pohlmann.
Series: The Computer music and digital audio series ; v. 5
Subjects: Compact discs.
ISBN: 0-89579-228-1 $29.95 (paper)
ISBN: 0-89579-234-6 $45.95 (cloth)
288 pages
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Curtis Roads, _A Computer Music History: Musical Automation from Antiquity
to the Computer Age_
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Title: Introduction to computer music / Wayne Bateman.
Publisher: New York : J. Wiley, c1980.
Subjects: Computer music--Instruction and study.
Subjects: Computer composition.
ISBN: 0-471-05266-3 : $20.00 (est.)
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MUSIC, SOUND and TECHNOLOGY,
by John M. Eargle. (A mini-review)
is published by Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, copyright 1990. Its Library
of Congress number is ML3805.E2 1990.
This little book turned up on the New Titles shelf in the Physics
and Planetary Science Library at Pitt recently, and I've just finished going
through it. It was a worthwhile enough bit of reading matter that I thought
I'd bring it to the List's attention. This ain't no formal book review, but
then again you all probably knew that already, knowing me, right?
Chapter 15 is what you've all been waiting for, the "Overview of Music
Synthesis." It covers the acoustics of transients, steady-state conditions,
and tonal decay, ensemble considerations, working in the frequency vs. the
time domain, and mentions modern developments such as sampling and MIDI. The
entire section is only eight pages long, half of which are figures, but for
the acoustic musician who's unfamiliar with and a bit scared of synthesizers
it's a very easily digestible introduction. The acoustic musician sighs with
relief and says, "So THAT'S all there is to it!" (Of course, it isn't, but it
serves to keep the musician's mind open and unafraid of future learning.) The
author seems to regard these instruments with some degree of wide-eyed wonder,
and perhaps some nervous condescention as well, but he never fails to
recognize them as instruments in their own right, deserving of attention
beside the violins and piccolos. His only classicist comment, which is
probably forgivable under the circumstances, is that "Electronically generated
sounds do not necessarily have to imitate those of traditional instruments,
but the sounds do have to fit into musical contexts." (We'll shelve arguments
on that point for other posts, ok?) The last chapter is a brief touch upon
active noise reduction principles and techniques, and probably should have
been placed between chapters 13 and 14, but at least it's there, if only for
six pages.
The book weighs in at 290 pages with a reasonably thorough index, and
is published by Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, copyright 1990. Its Library
of Congress number is ML3805.E2 1990. I consider it a refreshing change from
the constant jabber about whether the Amiga can beat the Mac in the MIDI world
or what goes into Differential Loop Modulation in the D-70. It's clear,
readable, and has a lot of worthwhile data that can be put to good use by a
clever musician, electronic or otherwise. Metlay says, check it out.
metlay
metlay@pittvms.BITNET
metlay@vms.cis.pitt.EDU
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The July 1991 issue of _Computer_, (Vol 24, #7, ISSN 0018-9162),
published by
the IEEE Computer Society, has the title "Computer Generated Music", and a
whole bunch of neat articles.
The six overviews look more interesting than the description. Of course,
all of the above articles have references, so you can go look up more
information.
_Standards_
Standard Music Description Language
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Title: The Byte book of computer music / edited by Christopher P.
Morgan.
Publisher: Peterborough, N.H. : Byte Books, c1979.
Subjects: Computer music--Instruction and study.
Computer composition.
ISBN: 0-931718-11-2
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Title: Electronic music / Andy Mackay.
Publisher: Minneapolis, Minn. : Control Data Publishing, 1981.
Series Name: The Covent Garden music guides ; No. 2
Subjects: Musical instruments, Electronic.
Electronic music--History and criticism.
ISBN: 0-89893-504-0 : $19.95
ISBN: 0-89893-302-1 (pbk.) : $10.95
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Title: Electronic music : systems, techniques, and controls /
Allen Strange ; forward by Gordon Mumma.
Publisher: Dubuque, Iowa : W.C. Brown Co., c1983.
Subjects: Electronic music--Instruction and study.
Electronic composition.
ISBN: 0-697-03602-2 (pbk.)
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Title: Electronic music dictionary : a glossary of the specialized
terms relating to the music and sound technology of today
/ by Bo Tomlyn & Steve Leonard.
Publisher: Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A. : H. Leonard Books, c1988.
Subjects: Electronic music--Dictionaries.
ISBN: 0-88188-904-0 : $5.95
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Title: The electronic music dictionary / by W.D. Coakley.
Publisher: Lantana, Fla. (315 North Lake Drive, Suite 16, Lantana,
Florida 33462) : W.D. Coakley, c1988.
Subjects: Electronic music--Dictionaries.
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Title: A Dictionary of electronic and computer music technology :
instruments, terms, techniques / Richard Dobson.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1992
Subjects: Electronic music --Dictionaries.
Computer music --Dictionaries.
ISBN: 0193113449
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Title: Dictionary of musical technology / Tristram Cary.
Publisher: Greenwood Press, New York 1992.
Subjects: Electronic music --Dictionaries.
Computer music --Dictionaries.
ISBN: 0313286949 (alk. paper)
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Title: Electronic music production / by Alan Douglas.
Publisher: Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. : Tab Books, c1982.
Subjects: Musical instruments, Electronic.
Electronic music--History and criticism.
ISBN: 0-8306-1418-4 (pbk.) : $7.95
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Title: The electronic musician's dictionary / Craig Anderton.
Publisher: New York : Amsco Publications : Exclusive distributors
Music Sales Corp., c1988.
Subjects: Electronic music--Dictionaries.
ISBN: 0-8256-1125-3
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Title: Multi-track recording / edited by Dominic Milano from the
pages of Keyboard magazine.
Publisher: Milwaukee, WI : H. Leonard Books, c1988.
Series: The Keyboard magazine basic library
(Keyboard synthesizer library)
Subjects: Sound--Recording and reproducing.
ISBN: 0-88188-552-5 (pbk.) : $12.95
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Title: Electronic music reports / Institute of Sonology at Utrecht
University
IMPR.: Utrecht University
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Title: Electronic music synthesis; concepts, facilities,
techniques [by] Hubert S. Howe, Jr.
Publisher: New York, W. W. Norton [1975]
Subjects: Electronic music--Instruction and study.
Subjects: Music--Acoustics and physics.
Subjects: Musical instruments, Electronic.
Subjects: Computer composition.
ISBN: 0-393-09257-3
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Title: Electronic music : a listener's guide / Elliott Schwartz
Publisher: New York : Da Capo Press, 1989, c1975.
Series: Da Capo Press music reprint series
Subjects: Electronic music--History and criticism.
ISBN: 0-306-76260-9 : $29.50