The Technology of Computer Music

From the Introduction. "This book is intended for people who plan to use computers for sound processing. Present users range from engineers and physicists concerned with speech and acoustics to musicians and phoneticians concerned with sound synthesis and speech production and perception." Some knowledge of a programming language is assumed and some explanations require mathematics. But the mathematics "has been quarantined according to thee author, and the book is intended for those without an electrical engineering background. Chapter I covers the fundamentals for a sound synthesis program, Music V. The second chapter provides tutorial examples, and the third is the Music V manual. Appendix A covers psycho-acoustics and music. Appendix B provides more detailed mathematics.