The Computer Music Tutorial

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 1234 pages
• Published by: The MIT Press February 27, 1996
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0262680823
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0262680820
• Book Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.8 x 2.1 inches
• Weighs: 5.2 pounds

Product Description
The Computer Music Tutorial is a comprehensive text and reference that covers all aspects of computer music, including digital audio, synthesis techniques, signal processing, musical input devices, performance software, editing systems, algorithmic composition, MIDI, synthesizer architecture, system interconnection, and psychoacoustics. A special effort has been made to impart an appreciation for the rich history behind current activities in the field.

Profusely illustrated and exhaustively referenced and cross-referenced, The Computer Music Tutorial provides a step-by-step introduction to the entire field of computer music techniques. Written for nontechnical as well as technical readers, it uses hundreds of charts, diagrams, screen images, and photographs as well as clear explanations to present basic concepts and terms. Mathematical notation and program code examples are used only when absolutely necessary. Explanations are not tied to any specific software or hardware.

Curtis Roads has served as editor-in-chief of Computer Music Journal for more than a decade and is a recognized authority in the field. The material in this book was compiled and refined over a period of several years of teaching in classes at Harvard University, Oberlin Conservatory, the University of Naples, IRCAM, Les Ateliers UPIC, and in seminars and workshops in North America, Europe, and Asia.

About The Author
Curtis Roads is Associate Professor of Media Arts and Technology, with a joint appointment in the Department of Music, at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Reader Reviews
Just a brief note -- this isn't a "tutorial" in the sense that the word has taken on in computer circles in the past few years -- i.e., "here's how to do some simple things without really understanding how you're doing them, because you're too much of a doof to read the real documentation". I say this because I don't want anyone expecting such a thing for computer music to be disappointed by this excellent book -- so don't expect example C code on how to parse MIDI in here! However, this is a tutorial in the older sense of being a work that aims to instruct you in a particular subject. And that it does very well! Comment | | (Report this)