The Csound Book: Perspectives in Software Synthesis, Sound Design, Signal Processing,and Programming - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0262522616 ISBN 13: 9780262522618

Publisher: The MIT Press, 2000

Synopsis

Created in 1985 by Barry Vercoe, Csound is one of the most widely used software sound synthesis systems. Because it is so powerful, mastering Csound can take a good deal of time and effort. But this long-awaited guide will dramatically straighten the learning curve and enable musicians to take advantage of this rich computer technology available for creating music.

Written by the world's leading educators, programmers, sound designers, and composers, this comprehensive guide covers both the basics of Csound and the theoretical and musical concepts necessary to use the program effectively. The thirty-two tutorial chapters cover: additive, subtractive, FM, AM, FOF, granular, wavetable, waveguide, vector, LA, and other hybrid methods; analysis and resynthesis using ADSYN, LP, and the Phase Vocoder; sample processing; mathematical and physical modeling; and digital signal processing, including room simulation and 3D modeling.

CDs for this book are no longer produced. To request files, please email digitalproducts-cs@mit.edu.

About this title

About the Author

Richard Boulanger is Professor of Electronic Production and Design at the Berklee College of Music and editor of The Csound Book: Perspectives in Software Synthesis, Sound Design, Signal Processing, and Programming (MIT Press, 2000).

Review

-- Max Mathews, Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, Stanford University

" This is the most important book written in the last decade in the field of electronic music. Together with the new Csound technology, it will revolutionize electronic music." -- Max Mathews, Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, Stanford University

& quot; This is the most important book written in the last decade in the field of electronic music. Together with the new Csound technology, it will revolutionize electronic music.& quot; -- Max Mathews, Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, Stanford University

"This is the most important book written in the last decade in the field of electronic music. Together with the new Csound technology, it will revolutionize electronic music."--Max Mathews, Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, Stanford University

Edition details

• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0262522616
• ISBN 13: 9780262522618
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 782
• Editor: Boulanger Richard