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From markb@tplrd.tpl.oz.au Fri Mar 18 10:32:03 1994
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 94 13:41:41 EST
From: Mark Frazer Bower <markb@tplrd.tpl.oz.au>
To: analogue@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
Subject: Synth/MIDI/Analog/Acoustic Bibligraphy (95K - LONG!)
Here's the list of books I received from various sources from around the
world. Some of these may be out of print, and some may not be published
in all countrys. I don't know about the contents of the books, I've
only compiled this list.
A big thanks to all the submitters, both direct and indirect. Cheers.
Enjoy,
Mark
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Title: MIDI Projects
Author: R.A. Penfold
Language: (e.g. if not english) English
Audience: (e.g. technical ? non-tech ? simple ?) Simple .... ish
Publisher: Bernard Babani
ISBN Number: 0-85934-156-9
Summary/Abstract (breif): Build your own MIDI/CV-gate adaptor. MIDI
interfaces for popular home computers. MIDI general theory. Simple mono
sequencers.
Keywords: Still in Print ?: (if you know) Yes
Price: (if you can remember) 2.95 Irish pounds (US$4 approx.)
Where and when bought (if you can remember): Peats of Parnell Street (Dublin)
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Title:Electronic Music Circuits
Author:Barry Klein
Language: (e.g. if not english)
Audience: Technical, for those who like to build.
Publisher:H.W. Sams
ISBN Number:0-672-21833-Xu{
Summary/Abstract (breif):A nice overview of synthesizer circuits. A
good reference for DIY enthusiasts. Some of the circuits are no longer
possible because they require SSM chips, but many are. Beware: Some of
the circuit diagrams have errors in them.
Keywords: Synth construction, circuitry, musical electronics theory
Still in Print ?: I doubt it.
Price: (if you can remember)
Where and when bought (if you can remember):Found it at a library
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a new book recently has appeared on my desk, which i find quite exciting,
and would like to tell you about.
the book is volume 8 in the computer music and digital audio series
edited by our old buddy john strawn and published by a-r editions,
and is by far the best of the series as far as scope and depth are
concerned.
it is called Synthesizer Performance And Realtime Techniques, and is
authored by jeff pressing, about whom i know nothing.
allow me to provide a chapter listing, with sub-chapter brief:
1: the synthesizer as instrument
fixed and realtime synthesis
the improvisation-composition continuum
aesthetics, style, and function
2: synthesis, sampling, and software
tuning and temperament
synthesis and sampling
musical qualities and synthesis
3: midi
midi messages
standard midi files
midi diagnosis
limitations of midi
4: synthesizer technique
contemporary synthesizer keyboard technique
voice assignment: monophonic and polyphonic modes
velocity and pressure maps
performance with standard continuous controllers
5: playing a single line
realtime control of pitch
timing
timbre
articulation and phrasing
notation for synthesizer
the synthetic implementation of expressivity
6: polyphonic performance and extended techniques
part disposition
dovetail voicings
polyphonic pitch bend
keyboard retuning
velocity effects
using unpredictability
7: performance configurations and practicalities
layering
practical issues in live performance
live performance with prerecorded music
8: sound and instrument imitation
sustaining breath instruments: brass and winds
the voice
decaying instruments: plucked strings
instrumental third-streaming
9: nonkeyboard controllers
pitch-to-midi converters
bowed string controllers
percussion controllers
10: synthesizer ensembles and repertoire
discographical sources
performance problems in electroacoustic ensembles
11: intelligent and interactive performance systems
an analytical and historical framework
cybernetics of the control interface
cybernetics if intelligent midi systems
the book is comprehensively indexed, and runs to 462 pages. now, even in that
many pages some of the above areas get a little shortchanged. i'm sure that
most of you could, after all, see an entire book in each chapter heading.
things like midi diagnosis and controller descriptions actually only get
a single page, rather than any kind of serious treatment. what the book excels
in, however, is a musically relevant presentation. it is full of score
material, data, and exercises. as you can tell from the chapter list,
it builds from a set of synthesis and related fundamentals to a core which
emphasizes how to actually make music with these instruments, and then
resolves to more abstract issues of sound design and control. the book is
written for the musician who may know absolutely nothing about synthesizers
to begin with, and attempts to tell them everything they need to know in
order to make both rational and creative decisions. on the one hand, this
means that a good deal of the writing simply makes explicit what alot of
us who have been using these machines for years already understand, although
may not have bothered to articulate. descriptions of portamento control, for
instance, tend toward this. they are very detailed, but tell me nothing
new. but again, and this is the other hand, they are *very* detailed, and
this level of detail sometimes triggers new ideas even for the familiar reader.
the treatments of the requirements, capabilities, and implications of
performance controls and techniques is the most thorough i have ever seen,
and i think anyone here would find significant value in it.
a-r editions' phone number is 1-800-736-0070. for library or bookstore,
the isbn is 0-89579-257-5.
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Barry Klein, Electronic Music Circuits, Howard D. Sams & Co., Inc.,
Indianapolis, USA 1982, ISBN 0-672-21833-X, 302 pages.
- analog circuitry for music synthesizers
- synthesizer design
- construction methods
- gives secrets of many special-effect devices used by
musicians
- contains a minimum of mathematics
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Thomas H. Wells, The Technique of Electronic Music,
Schirmer Books, New York, 1981, ISBN 0-02-872830-0, 303 pages
- gives some circuitry diagrams for constructing
different devices for sound processing
- also teaches how use these devices as a musician
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Also of good value could be the book
Delton T. Horn, Trobleshooting & Repairing Electronic Music
Synthesizers, TAB Books (McGraw-Hill), Blue Ridge Summit, PA, USA,
1992, ISBN 0-8306-3921-7, 206 pages.
- contents as the book name implies
- analog synthesizers
- digital synthesizers
- effects devices
- MIDI
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If you are interested also in using tape recorders in sound
manipulation, just have a look at the book
David Keane, Tape Music Composition, Oxford University Press,
London, 1980, ISBN 0-19-311919-6, 148 pages.
- how to use reel-to-reel tape recorder in sound processing
and "tape music" composition
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>A while back, someone mentioned the name of a book that explained all
>electronic aspects of signal matching of audio devices.
>
>Can someone repost the Title, Author and ISBN of this book please ?
Yup, the Yamaha Sound Reinforcement Handbook. Something like
$US39.95 at BookStar in paperback. Possibly at a larger W. H. Smug,
definitely at Foyle's (sp?).
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Craig Anderton
Electronic Projects For Musicians
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One book on fundamentals which has helped me out greatly is "Sound Advice:
a Musician's Guide to the Recording Studio." Wayne Wadhams, New York:
Schirmer Books, London: Collier MacMillan, 1990.
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Here is another title to add to the bibliography:
Electronics and Construction Technique:
"Electronic Music Circuits" by Barry Klein. This was written
in 1982. Many of the designs use the CEM or SSM chips but not
all do. There are many circuits in this book. The book also
has detailed descriptions of the chips (including reprints of
the data sheets in an appendix). There is also alot of construction
techniques and helpful hints. As I have stated earlier, I haven't
designed any modules myself but I have built various convenience
modules (power supplies, converter modules, etc.) at times. This book
has come in handy at those times.
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Q1.1.5: Digital Audio Effects Processing.
Books (in no particular order, sorry):
Hal Chamberlin, Musical Applications of Microprocessors, 2nd Ed.,
Hayden Book Company, 1985.
Barry Blesser and J. Kates. "Digital Processing in Audio Signals." In A. V.
Oppenheim, ed. Applications of Digital Signal Processing. Englewood Cliffs,
NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1978.
Digital Signal Processing Committee of IEEE Acoustics, Speech, and Signal
Processing Society, ed. Programs for Digital Signal Processing. New York:
IEEE Press, 1979.
John Strawn, ed., "Digital Audio Signal Processing: An Anthology.", Los Altos,
CA: W. Kaufmann, 1985. [Contains Moorer J.A. "About This Reverb..."
and contains an article which gives a code for Phase Vocoder -- great
tool for EQ, for Pitchshifter and more --Juhana Kouhia]
Charles Dodge and Thomas A. Jerse. Computer Music: Synthesis, Composition,
and Performance. New York: Schirmer Books, 1985.
F. Richard Moore, "Elements of Computer Music", Englewood Cliffs, NJ:
Prentice-Hall, 1990. ISBN: 0-13252-552-6 [Recommended. --Juhana Kouhia]
Curtis Roads and John Strawn, ed., "The Foundations of Computer Music",
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1985. [Contains article on analysis/synthesis
by Strawn, recommended; also an another article maybe by J.A. Moorer
-- Juhana Kouhia]
John Strawn, ed., "Digital Audio Signal Processing", 283 pages,
$34.95, ISBN 0-86576-082-9, pub: A-R Editions. Contents:
1. Introduction to the mathematics of DSP (F. Richard Moore)
[Not a bad little text]
2. Introduction to digital filter theory (Julius O. Smith)
[Not a bad little text, either]
3. Spiral Synthesis (Tracy Lind Petersen)
[first published account of a new synthesis technique]
4. Signal processing aspects of computer music (J. A. Moorer)
[James Moorer's classic article--discusses many synthesis
techniques. Reverb algorithms. More than 6 pages of refs]
5. An introduction to the phase vocoder (J. W. Gordon, J. Strawn)
[Includes source code for a phase vocoder--a powerful method
for synthesis, pitch shifting, time scale modification, etc.]
[Comments by Quinn Jensen].
Curtis Road, ed., "Composers and the Computer", 201 pages,
$27.95, ISBN 0-86576-085-3, pub: A-R Editions.
John Strawn, ed., "Digital Audio Engineering", 144 pages,
$29.95, ISBN 0-86576-087-X pub: A-R Editions.
Deta S. Davis, "Computer Applications in Music: A Bibliography", 537 pages,
$49.95, ISBN 0-89579-225-7, pub: A-R Editions.
Ken C. Pohlmann, "The Compact Disc: A Handbook of Theory and Use",
288 pages, $45.95 (cloth) ISBN 0-89579-234-6, $29.95 (paper)
ISBN 0-89579-228-1, pub: A-R Editions.
Forthcoming books:
Curtis Roads, "A Computer Music History: Musical Automation
from Antiquity to the Computer Age"
Joseph Rothstein, "MIDI: A Comprehensive Introduction"
David Cope, "Computer Analysis of Musical Style"
Dexter Morrill and Rick Taube, "A Little Book of Computer Music
Instruments"
Articles:
James A. Moorer, "About This Reverberation Business", Computer Music Journal
3, 20 (1979): 13-28. (Also in Foundations of CM below).
[Ok article, but you have to know basic DSP operations. --Juhana Kouhia]
Check more articles from Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
(JAES), for example more articles by Strawn.
Note: books published by A-R editions can be ordered from:
A-R Editions
801 Deming Way
Madison, Wisconsin 53717
608-836-9000 (They accept VISA orders)
[The above is largely from Quinn Jensen, jensenq@qcj.icon.com;
Juhana Kouhia, jk87377@cc.tut.fi; William Alves, alves@calvin.usc.edu;
and Paul A Simoneau, pas1@kepler.unh.edu]
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"Elements of Computer Music" is a nice book that explains a lot of synthesis
techniques. I have it myself. Recommended!
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For those who are interested, here's a partial list of books available from
Babani Press. Some of these are by R.A. Penfold, some are not. Here goes :
BP81 - Electronic Synthesizer Projects
BP90 - Audio Projects
BP122 - Audio Amplifier Design
BP173 - Computer Music Projects
BP174 - More Advanced Electronic Music Projects
BP182 - MIDI Projects
BP185 - Electronic Synthesizer Construction
BP238 - Linear IC Selector Guide
BP245 - Digital Audio Projects
BP246 - Musical Applications of the Atari ST
BP247 - More Advanced MIDI Projects
This is *not* the full list. If anyone is looking for any of these, I may be
able to buy or order them and send them on.
Related :
> how do we (in the usa) get hold of the distributer or the publisher?
> do they deal with overseas sales? if not so but if i may ask you to help
> me getting a copy of bp185, i'd be very grateful.
>
> it's been unavailable here since 1991. but we can get other titles from:
>
> electronic technology today, inc
> p.o. box 240
> massapequa park, ny 11762-0240
>
> i have midi projects and advanced midi project, wasn't particularly
> impressed by those titles, though. synthesizer construction might be
> a good thing to have handy, nevertheless.
>
I have BP185. In fact, it's here in front of me !! It's not too bad.
It contains various circuits VCO, VCF, EG, LFO, noise, sequencer,etc.
John Tuffen has already claimed this book, but I'll see if I can find another
one!!
The address for Babani Press is :
Bernard Babani (publishing) LTD,
The Grampians,
Shepherd's Bush Road,
London W6 7NF
Great Britain
It says in the back of the book that they will accept mail order. Here's
some more titles that may be of interest :
BP74 - Electronic Music Projects
BP90 - Audio Projects
BP106 - Modern Op-Amp Projects
BP122 - Audio Amplifier Construction
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This is a bibliography on synthesizers, midi, computer and electronic music
that I have collected from various sources. I have tried to bring some
structure into it, but not all books will fit into a single subject.
NOTE: I haven't read these books, and the comments are from other people.
On some of them I lost the original commentor's name. Sorry about that. If
you have additions or correction to this information, please mail me. The
latest version of this file can be obtained by ftp from ftp.cs.ruu.nl
[131.211.80.17] in MIDI/DOC/bibliography or by mail from
mail-server@cs.ruu.nl (send a message with HELP in the body).
------------------------------ MIDI ------------------------------
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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Atari ST Introduction to MIDI Programming
Len Dorfman and Dennis Young
ISBN 0-916439-77-1
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: 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.
It discusses writing software to handle MIDI information at the application
level. In other words, they assume you have already written or otherwise
obtained access to the necessary code to talk to your hardware to send and
receive the MIDI data. This approach frees the entire discussion from
being tied to any particular hardware or programming approach. Instead, it
spends its time on that which is valuable to the experienced programmer.
Issues such as MIDI file format, timing (SMPTE, MTC, etc), parsing MIDI
data and processing it, MIDI sample dump standard, etc. are all handled in
fine detail.
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THE MIDI IMPLEMENTATION BOOK, Defuria & Scacciaferro
Contains complete documentation of MIDI commands implemented by more than
200 instruments. This data has come directly from hardware manufacturers
and allows you to find MIDI functions of specific instruments, compare
features of similar instruments and choose equipment to meet specific
applications. A standard, one-page implementation chart is used for each
product. 1986, 216 pp. $19.95
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. Sorry no ISBN
The MIDI Resource Book. Same guys. ISBN 0-88188-587-8
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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
This book continues where the provious one lefts off.
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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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Joseph Rothstein, _MIDI: A Comprehensive Introduction_
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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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Real Time MIDI performance interfaces
Dannenberg, "...computer accompaniment..." ICMC87, ICMC85(??)
(maybe "Bloch and Dannenberg", don't have it handy)
X. Chabot ??
------------------------------ SYNTHESIS ------------------------------
Title: Build a better music synthesizer / Thomas Henry.
Publication Info: Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Tab Books, c1987.
Subjects: Synthesizer (Musical instrument)--Construction.6
ISBN: 0-8306-0255-0 : $17.95
ISBN: 0-8306-2755-3 (pbk.) : $11.45
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Musical Applications of Microprocessors
Hal Chamberlin
ISBN 0-8104-5773-3
1980, still in print.
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.
Hayden Book Company, Inc.
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Rochelle Park, NJ
This covers analog and digital sound synthesis from an experimenter's
perspective, not much math, lots of algorithms and circuits. If you want
to solder and program in your garage and make lots of weird sounds, this is
the bible. Lots of BASIC programs, but they're very short, just to
demonstrate algorithms. It's a few years old now and the electronic
devices used in the book are dated, but the explanations and principles are
still valid. It discusses things such as real time synthesis, play back of
stored soundwaves, sampling, running multiple D-As in parallel, software
for computing soundwaves (it even covers Fast Fourier Transforms) and more.
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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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Moore, F. Richard. Elements of Computer Music. Englewood Cliffs, NJ:
Prentice-Hall, 1990.
$38.00 + $4.00 shipping UPS surface
ISBN: 0-13252-552-6
Lots of stuff on software synthesis, and more, all centered around cmusic
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This book is very well "A syntesist's Guide to Acoustic Instruments"
Amsco Publications,New York, 1987
author: H.Massey
I found the Howard Massey "Sysnthesists Guide to Acoustic Instruments"
to be a pretty good book for general synthesizer knowledge, mostly
because it doesn't try to explain the specifics of a synth.
.David Elliott
.dce@smsc.sony.com | ...!{uunet,mips}!sonyusa!dce
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Schottstaedt, Bill. "The Simulation of Natural Instrument Tones Using
Frequency Modulation with a Complex Modulating Wave." Computer Music
Journal 1, 4 (1977): 46-50.
also in:
Roads, Curtis and John Strawn, ed.The Foundations of Computer Music.
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1985.
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J. Chowning
"The Synthesis of Complex Audio Spectra by Means of Frequency
Modulation"
J. Audio Eng. Soc. 21, no. 7 (1973):526-534
[This is the standard reference.]
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J. Chowning and D. Bristow
"FM Theory and Applications by Musicians for Musicians"
Yamaha Music Foundation, Tokyo, 1986
ISBN 4-636-17482-8
[Could be difficult to find.]
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Marc LeBrun
"A derivation of the Spectrum of FM with a Complex Modulating Wave."
Computer Music Journal Volume 1, Number 4. 1977, pages 51-52.
Also in Roads and Strawn, Foundations of Computer Music.
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Marc LeBrun
"Digital Waveshaping Synthesis"
Journal of the AES, 27(4), 1979: 250-266
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J.A. Moorer
"The synthesis of Complex Audio Spectra by Means of Discrete
Summation Formulae"
Music Department, Stanford U., 1975 (Report no. STAN-M-5.)
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Moore, F. Richard. "Table Lookup Noise for Sinusoidal Digital Oscillators."
Computer Music Journal 1, 2 (1977): 26-29. Reprinted in Curtis Roads,
ed. _Foundations of Computer Music_ (MIT Press, 1985).
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Chareyron, J. "Digital Synthesis of Self-modifying
Waveforms by Means of Linear Automata", Computer
Music Journal, Vol 14 No. 4, 1990.
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Title: The synthesizer / John Bates.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Music Dept., 1988.
Series Name: Oxford topics in music
Subjects: Synthesizer (Musical instrument)--Juvenile literature.
Musical instruments, Electronic--Juvenile literature.
Computer music--History and criticism--Juvenile literature.
Synthesizer (Musical instrument)
Musical instruments, Electronic.
Computer music--History and criticism.
ISBN: 0-19-321337-0
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Title: The synthesizer and electronic keyboard handbook / David
Crombie ; [foreword by Thomas Dolby].
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1984.
Subjects: Synthesizer (Musical instrument)--Instruction and study.
Electronic keyboard (Synthesizer)
ISBN: 0-394-72711-8 (pbk.) : $13.95
ISBN: 0-394-54084-0 : $25.00
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Title: Synthesizer basics / by Dean Friedman.
Publisher: New York : Amsco Publications : Exclusive distributor,
Music Sales Corp., c1986.
Subjects: Synthesizer (Musical instrument)
ISBN: 0-8256-2409-6 (pbk.)
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Title: Synthesizer basics / by the editors of Keyboard magazine.
Publisher: Milwaukee, WI : H. Leonard Pub. Corp., c1984.
Series Name: The Keyboard synthesizer library ; v. 1
Subjects: Synthesizer (Musical instrument)--Instruction and study.
Electronic music--Instruction and study.
ISBN: 0-88188-289-5 (pbk.) : $8.95
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Title: Synthesizer basics / edited by Brent Hurtig from the pages
of Keyboard magazine. (rev. ed)
Publisher: Milwaukee, WI : H. Leonard Books, c1988.
Series Name: The Keyboard magazine basic library
Notes: Cover subtitle: The musician's reference for creating,
performing, and recording electronic music.
Subjects: Synthesizer (Musical instrument)--Instruction and study.
Electronic music--Instruction and study.
ISBN: 0-88188-714-5 (pbk.) : $12.95
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Title: Synthesizer orchestration : a creative approach for the
arranger and synthesist includes cassette recording of
musical examples / by Steve Quinzi.
Publisher: Miami Fla. : Studio 224, c1987.
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Title: Synthesizer programming / edited by Dominic Milano ; by the
editors of Keyboard magazine.
Publisher: Milwaukee, WI : Hal Leonard Books, c1987.
Series Name: Keyboard synthesizer library
Subjects: Synthesizer (Musical instrument)
ISBN: 0-88188-550-9 (pbk.)
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Title: Synthesizer technique / by the editors of Keyboard
magazine.
Publisher: Milwaukee, WI : H. Leonard Books, c1987.
Series Name: The Keyboard synthesizer library
Subjects: Synthesizer (Musical instrument)
ISBN: 0-88188-715-3 (pbk.) : $12.95
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Title: Casio FZ-1 & FZ-10M digital sampling synthesizer : the
essential guide to practical applications / Joe
Scacciaferro, Steve DeFuria.
Publisher: Milwaukee, WI, USA : Hal Leonard Books, c1988.
Subjects: Synthesizer (Musical instrument)
ISBN: 0-88188-967-9 : $14.95
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Title: Synthesizermusik und Live-Elektronik : geschichtliche,
technologische, kompositorische und padagogische Aspekte
der elektronischen Musik / Gunther Batel, Dieter Salbert.
Publisher: Wolfenbuttel : Moseler, c1985.
Subjects: Electronic music--Instruction and study.
Computer music--Instruction and study.
Synthesizer (Musical instrument)
ISBN: 3-7877-3534-8
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Title: Synthesizers and computers / by the editors of Keyboard
magazine.
Publisher: Milwaukee, WI : H. Leonard Pub. Corp., c1985.
Series Name: The Keyboard synthesizer library ; v. 3
Notes: Contributions by Bob Moog and others.
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Title: Synthesizers and computers / edited by Brent Hurtig.
Publisher: Milwaukee, Wis. : H. Leonard Pub. Corp., c1987.
Series Name: Keyboard magazine basic library
Subjects: Computer music--Instruction and study.
Synthesizer (Musical instrument)
MIDI (Standard)
ISBN: 0-88188-716-1 (pbk.) : $12.95
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Title: Electronic music: a handbook of sound synthesis & control
[by] M. L. Eaton.
Publisher: [Kansas City, Mo., ORCUS, 1969]
Series Name: ORCUS technical publication, TP-3003
Subjects: Electro-acoustics.
Electronic music--Instruction and study.
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Title: Electronic music circuits / by Barry Klein.
Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : H.W. Sams, c1982.
Series Name: Blacksburg continuing education series
Subjects: Synthesizer (Musical instrument)--Construction.
Electronic circuits.
ISBN: 0-672-21833-X (pbk.) : $16.95
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Title: Electronic music synthesizers / by Delton T. Horn.
Publisher: Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. : Tab Books, c1980.
Subjects: Synthesizer (Musical instrument)
ISBN: 0-8306-9722-5 : $9.95
ISBN: 0-8306-1167-3 (pbk.) : $5.95
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Title: Electronic music technology / NRI.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : McGraw-Hill Continuing Education Center,
c1988.
Subjects: Oscillators, Electric--Programmed instruction.
Musical instruments, Electronic--Programmed instruction.
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Author: Kettelkamp, Larry.
Title: Electronic musical instruments : what they do, how they
work / Larry Kettelkamp ; foreword by Herbert Deutsch.
Publisher: New York : W. Morrow, 1984.
Notes: Explains the principles of electronic music, discusses the
uses of such electronic instruments as oscillators,
synthesizers, electronic organs, and sound processors, and
gives advice on performing and recording electronic music.
Subjects: Musical instruments, Electronic.
Musical instruments, Electronic.
Electronic music.
ISBN: 0-688-02781-4
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Title: The Art of electronic music / compiled by Tom Darter ;
edited by Greg Armbruster.
Publisher: New York : Quill, c1984.
Notes: "...Edited from material originally published in Keyboard
magazine from 1975 to 1983"--T.p. verso.
Subjects: Electronic music--History and criticism.
Musical instruments, Electronic.
Synthesizer (Musical instrument)
Musicians--Interviews.
ISBN: 0-688-03106-4 (pbk.) : $15.95
ISBN: 0-688-03105-6
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Title: The liberation of sound : an introduction to electronic
music / by Herbert Russcol ; new introduction by Otto
Luening ; preface by Jacques Barzun.
Publisher: New York : Da Capo Press, 1994.
Series : Da Capo Press music reprint series
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. :
Subjects: Electronic music--History and criticism.
ISBN: 0-306-76263-3 : $35.00
-------------------------- MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS -------------------------
Moorer, James A. and Grey, John: "Lexicon of Analyzed Tones";
Computer Music Journal, volume 1 Number 2, volume 1 number 3,
volume 2 number 2, volume 2 number 3, and continuing
The first installment of the lexicon was an analysis of a violin tone.
The second analyzed Clarinet and Oboe tones, and the third presented an
analysis of a trumpet tone.
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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Title: The acoustical foundations of music / John Backus.
Edition: 2d ed.
Publisher: New York : Norton, c1977.
Subjects: Music--Acoustics and physics.
ISBN: 0-393-09096-5 : $10.95
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Author : Douglas, Alan
Title : Electronic Musical Instrument Manual
Published: 1961 (sorry no more info available)
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Title: Electronic music composition for beginners / Robert Train
Adams.
Publisher: Dubuque, Iowa : Wm. C. Brown, c1986.
Subjects: Electronic composition.
ISBN: 0-697-00457-0 (pbk.)
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Languages for Computer Music/Real Time Control
Mathews (The Music "N" languages) (No reference handy)
Dannenberg et al, "Arctic...", CMJ 10(4)
Dannenberg "Canon", CMJ???, "Fugue" ICMC89
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TITLE: The music machine : selected readings from "Computer music journal" /
ed. by Curtis Roads
IMPRINT: Cambridge, Masschusetts, [etc.] : MIT Press, 1989 * XIV, 725 p. :
ill. ; 26 cm
NAMES: Roads, Curtis
ISBN: 0-262-18131-2 m
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TITLE: Informatique et musique : session musicologique de l'International
computer music conference organisee par l'equipe ERATTO [a] Paris,
IRCAM, 24 octobre 1984 / [textes reunis et presentes par Helene
Charnasse]
IMPRINT: Ivry-sur-Seine : Elmeratto, 1988 * 145 p. ; 30 cm
SERIES: Publications Elmeratto
NAMES: Charnasse, Helene * (1984 ; Parijs)
ISBN: 2-902671-07-5 m
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AUTHOR: Manning, Peter
TITLE: Electronic and computer music / [by] Peter Manning
EDITION: Repr.
IMPRINT: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1988 * VI, 292 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
ISBN: 0-19-311923-4 m p * 0-19-311918-8 v
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AUTHOR: Davis, Deta S.
TITLE: Computer applications in music : a bibliography / [by] Deta S. Davis
IMPRINT: Madison, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, 1988 * XVIII, 537 p. ; 24 cm
SERIES: The computer music and digital audio series ; vol. 4
ISBN: 0-89579-225-7 $49.95
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AUTHOR: Bartle, Barton K.
TITLE: Computer software in music and music education : a guide / by Barton
K. Bartle
IMPRINT: Metuchen, N.J., [etc.] : Scarecrow Press, 1987 * XIV, 252 p. ; 22 cm
ISBN: 0-8108-2056-0 m
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TITLE: Foundations of computer music / ed. by Curtis Roads [and] John Strawn
EDITION: 3rd print.
IMPRINT: Cambridge, Massachusetts, [etc.] : MIT Press, 1987 * XX, 712 p. ; 23
cm
NAMES: Roads, Curtis * Strawn, John
ISBN: 0-262-68051-3 m * 0-262-18114-2 v
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TITLE: Computer music / [ed.-in-chief: Anthony I. Wasserman]
IMPRINT: New York : ACM, 1985 * 120 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
SERIES: Computing surveys ; vol. 17, nr. 2. 0360-0300
NAMES: Wasserman, Anthony I.
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Title: Computer Music Association source book : activities and
resources in computer music / compiled and edited by Craig
R. Harris and Stephen T. Pope.
Publisher: [San Francisco, CA, USA] (P.O. Box 1634, San Francisco
94101-1634) : The Association, c1987.
Subjects: Computer Music Association--Directories.
Computer music--Directories.
Computer music--History and criticism--Bibliography.
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Title: Computers and musical style / David Cope.
Publisher: Madison, Wis. : A-R Editions, c1991.
Series: The Computer music and digital audio series ; v. 6
Subjects: Computer composition.
ISBN: 0-89579-256-7 (hardcover)
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.
Michael Casey <mkc@media.mit.edu>
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Title: New music composition / David Cope.
Publisher: New York : Schirmer Books, c1977.
Subjects: Composition (Music)
ISBN: 0-02-870630-7
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Ames, C. 1982, Protocol: Motivation, Design and Production of a
Composition for Solo Piano, "Interface", 2:11.
Cope, D., 1987, An Expert System for Computer-Assisted Composition,
"Computer Music Journal", 11:4.
Loy, G., 1985, Programming with Computers- a Survey of Some
Compositional Formalisms and Music Programming Languages, in "Current
Directions in Computer Music Research", ed. Max Matthews and John
Pierce, Cambridge: MIT press.
Loy, G. 1991, Connectionism and Musiconomy, "International Computer
Music Conference Proceedings", CMA, 1991.
Schottstaedt, W., 1989, Automatic Counterpoint, in "Current Directions
in Computer Music Research", ed. Max Matthews and John Pierce,
Cambridge: MIT press.
Todd, P., 1989, A Connectionist Approach to Algorithmic Composition,
"Computer Music Journal", 13:4.
Winograd, T., 1968, Linguistics and the Computer Analysis of Tonal
Harmony, "Journal of Music Theory", 12:1
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BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT:
MUSIC AND CONNECTIONISM
edited by
Peter M. Todd and D. Gareth Loy
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
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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).