Includes bibliographical references (pages [1099]-1232) and index.
Contents:
Part I. Digital Audio. History of Digital Audio ; Basics of Sound Signals ; Theory of Sampling / Curtis Roads with John M. Strawn ; Sample Quantization, Conversion, and Audio Formats -- Part II. Introduction to Sound Synthesis -- History of Digital Sound Synthesis ; Wavetable-lookup Synthesis ; Time-varying Waveform Synthesis ; Software Synthesis -- Part III. Sound Synthesis. Sampling ; Additive Synthesis ; Multiple Wavetable Synthesis ; Wave Terrain Synthesis ; Granular Synthesis ; Subtractive Synthesis ; Modulation I : RM, SSM, and AM ; Modulation II : FM, PM, PD, and GM ; Waveshaping Synthesis ; Physical Modeling Synthesis ; Virtual Analog ; Formant Synthesis ; Pulsar Synthesis ; Waveform Segment Synthesis ; Concatenative Synthesis / Bob L. T. Sturm with Curtis Roads ; Graphic Sound Synthesis ; Noise, Chaotic, and Stochastic Synthesis -- Part IV. Mixing and Signal Processing. Sound Mixing ; Dynamic Range Processing ; Digital Filtering / Bob L. T. Sturm with Curtis Roads ; Convolution / Curtis Roads with Bob L. T. Sturm ; Time Delay Effects ; Pitch-time Changing ; Sound Spatialization ; Reverberation -- Part V. Sound Analysis. Pitch Estimation ; Rhythm Recognition and Automatic Transcription ; Introduction to Spectrum Analysis ; Spectrum Analysis by Fourier Methods ; Spectrum Analysis by Alternative Methods ; Spectrum Analysis by Atomic Decomposition / Bob L. T. Sturm -- Part VI. The Musician's Interface. Musical Input Devices ; Interactive Performance Software ; Sequence Editors ; Sound Editors, DAWs, and Audio Middleware ; Spectrum Editors ; Common Music Notation Editors ; Unconventional Score Editors ; Instrument and Patch Editors ; Languages for Sound Synthesis ; Languages for Composition ; Algorithmic Composition -- Part VII. Interconnections. MIDI ; Open Sound Control (OSC) / Curtis Roads with Matthew Wright -- Appendix A. Machine Learning / Bob L. T. Sturm with Curtis Roads.
Summary:
"A comprehensive overall survey of the tools and techniques used in the field of computer music, aimed at beginners as well as intermediate and advanced users"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.