Computer Sound Synthesis for Musicians

Introduce computer sound synthesis techniques and synthesis programming to students, researchers, musicians and enthusiasts in the field of music technology. Miranda examines a variety of synthesis techniques and illustrates how to turn a personal computer into a powerful and flexible sound synthesiser. The book also discusses a number of ongoing developments that may play an important role in the future of electronic music making, including the use of Artificial Intelligence techniques in synthesis software and parallel computers. Computer sound synthesis is becoming increasingly attractive to a wide range of musicians. The sound processing power of the computer is increasing and any personal computer will soon be able to run software in real-time, capable of synthesising sounds using every possible technique. The art of sound synthesis is as important for the electronic musician as the art of orchestration is important for symphonic music composers. Those who wish to create their own virtual orchestra of electronic instruments and produce original sounds will find this book invaluable. The accompanying CD-ROM contains examples, complementary tutorials and a number of synthesis systems for PC and Macintosh platforms, ranging from low level synthesis programming languages to graphic front-ends for instrument and sound design. These include fully working packages, demonstration versions of commercial software and experimental programs from top research centres in Europe, North and South America. Understand the latest synthesis techniques and software.Includes a free CD-ROM with tutorials and examples of cutting-edge synthesis systems for Mac and PC platforms.

ISBN 024051517X   Pages 224 ISBN13 9780240515175 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Elsevier Science & Technology   Weight (grammes) 470 Imprint Focal Press   Published in Oxford Format Paperback   Series title Music Technology (Butterworth) Publication date 06 Aug 1998   Height (mm) 246 Library of Congress MT723.M55   Width (mm) 189 DEWEY 786.76   Spine width (mm) 13 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

		Preface
1		Computer sound synthesis fundamentals		1
1.1		Digital representation of sound		1
1.2		Basics of computer programming for sound synthesis		7
2		Introduction to the software on the accompanying CD-ROM		17
2.1		Synthesis programming languages		18
2.2		Synthesis programming systems		28
2.3		Software synthesiser		38
2.4		Non-generic synthesis software		40
3		Loose modelling techniques		57
3.1		Amplitude modulation		58
3.2		Frequency modulation		61
3.3		Waveshaping synthesis		76
3.4		Walsh synthesis		81
3.5		Binary instruction		82
3.6		Wavetable synthesis		84
4		Physical modelling techniques		90
4.1		Approaches to physical modelling		92
4.2		Implementation techniques		95
5		Time-modelling techniques		106
5.1		Granular synthesis		107
5.2		Resynthesis by fragmentation and growth		114
5.3		Waveset distortion		117
5.4		Statistical wavecycle synthesis		118
5.5		Sequential waveform composition		120
6		Spectral modelling techniques		124
6.1		Additive synthesis		125
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'Extremely readable and comprehensive coverage of the audio synthesis domain ... will empower the reader to get a deeper (and better) understanding of their synthesis instrument. The addition of several software synthesis applications makes this worth the price alone ... this was exactly what I needed to begin designing new synthesis instruments ... great book.'Reader review from Amazon.com '...an excellent source of ideas for creating innovative sounds for my mixes and multimedia works.'Reader review from Amazon.com

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