The Theory and Technique of Electronic MusicThis is the first book to develop both the theory and the practice of synthesizing musical sounds using computers. Each chapter starts with a theoretical description of one technique or problem area and ends with a series of working examples (over 100 in all), covering a wide range of applications. A unifying approach is taken throughout; chapter two, for example, treats both sampling and wavetable synthesis as special cases of one underlying technique. Although the theory is presented quantitatively, the mathematics used goes no further than trigonometry and complex numbers. The examples and supported software ? along with a machine-readable version of the text ? are available on the web and maintained by a large online community.The Theory and Techniques of Electronic Music is valuable both as a textbook and as professional reading for electronic musicians and computer music researchers. |
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Contents
Wavetables and Samplers | 27 |
Audio and Control Computations | 59 |
Automation and Voice Management | 89 |
Modulation | 119 |
Designer Spectra | 149 |
Time Shifts and Delays | 175 |
Filters | 225 |
Fourier Analysis and Resynthesis | 267 |
Classical Waveforms | 301 |
Bibliography | 323 |
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Common terms and phrases
amplitude analysis apply argument audio signal called carrier center frequency Chapter combined complex component computation control stream corresponding cycle delay line depends described desired different discontinuities effect envelope equal example factor figure filter first four Fourier transform frequency frequency response function gain given gives Hann window harmonics Hertz inlet input integer interpolation lookup low-pass magnitude modulation multiplying object operation original oscillator output partials patch peak period phase phasor pitch playing pole possible ramp range recirculating repeats result sample sample rate sawtooth wave segment separately sequence shift shown in Figure shows simply sinusoid situation sound specified spectral spectrum Suppose synthesis technique transfer function transposition trigger unit vary voice waveform waveshaping wavetable window zero
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Theory and Technique of Electronic Music |
| Author | Miller Puckette |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | World Scientific, 2007 |
| ISBN | 9812700773, 9789812700773 |
| Length | 331 pages |
| Subjects | › › Music / Genres & Styles / Electronic |
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