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------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Version: $Id: bibliography,v 1.39 1996/02/05 14:36:15 piet Exp $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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). There is a more scientifically-oriented bibliography available in the Computer Music Journal archives, on the ftp sites mitpress.mit.edu /pub/Computer-Music-Journal/EdNotes or ccrma-ftp.stanford.edu /pub/Publications/cmj/EdNotes. Some references in this file that belong in that category will be removed in the future. A bibliography on alternate tunings can be found on ella.mills.edu in /ccm/tuning/papers/bib.html. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ MIDI ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The most-up-to-date printed specs for General MIDI, MIDI, and the MIDI file format can also be obtained for a few bucks from: International MIDI Association 23634 Emelita Street Woodland Hills, California 91367 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Mind over MIDI / edited by Dominic Milano ; by the editors of Keyboard magazine. Publisher: Milwaukee, WI : H. Leonard Books, c1987. Series: The Keyboard magazine basic library Or: Keyboard synthesizer library. Subjects: MIDI (Standard) Computer sound processing. ISBN: 0-88188-551-7 (pbk.) : $12.95 The book consists mostly of reprints of KEYBOARD magazine articles from the early-mid '80s plus several appendixes containing the MIDI 1.0 specification, a list of references, a glossary, etc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Macworld Music and Sound Bible / Christopher Yavelow Publisher: IDG books, 1993 (probably out of print) Subjects: Computer sound processing. MIDI Macintosh computers--Programming. ISBN: 1-878058-18-5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Atari ST Introduction to MIDI Programming / Len Dorfman and Dennis Young ISBN: 0-916439-77-1 Publisher: Bantam Books,Inc.: 666 5th Avenue New York,New York 10103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: The MIDI manual / David Miles Huber. Publisher: Carmel, Ind., USA : Howard W. Sams, c1991. ISBN: 0-672-22757-6, 250pp. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Making music with your computer / from the editors of Electronic musician magazine ; edited by David (Rudy) Trubitt. Publisher: Emeryville, CA : EMBooks ; [Milwaukee, WI] : H. Leonard, 1993. Subjects: Computer music --Instruction and study. MIDI (Standard) ISBN: 079351990X (pbk.) NOTE: "A practical guide to: MIDI, digital recording, music software, sequencing, notation" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: The Desktop musician, Creating music with your computer / David M. Rubin Publisher: Osborne/Mac-Graw Hill Berkeley 1995 NOTE: includes a CD with demos for PC/MAC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 *** This book is now out of print *** 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ISBN ISBN 0-88188-558-4, 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. ISBN ISBN 0-88188-586-x (1987) The MIDI Resource Book. Same guys. ISBN 0-88188-587-8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: MIDI : a comprehensive introduction / Joseph Rothstein. Publisher: Madison, Wis. : A-R Editions, c1992. Subjects: MIDI (Standard) Series: The Computer music and digital audio series ; v. 7 ISBN: 0-89579-258-3 : $39.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Making the Most of Midi / by Paul Overaa Publisher: Bookmark Publishing (+44 (0)1525 713671) Subjects: General MIDI; programming MIDI messages. ISBN: 1-85550-006-X : UKP 14.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. Publisher: 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Musical applications of microprocessors, 2nd ed. / Hal Chamberlin. Publisher: Hasbrouck Heights, N.J. : Hayden Book Co., c1985. Subjects: Computer music--Instruction and study. Subjects: Computer composition. Subjects: Microprocessors. ISBN: 0-8104-5768-7 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. 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Elements of computer music / F. Richard Moore. Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c1990. Subjects: Computer sound processing. Subjects: Computer music--Instruction and study. ISBN: 0-13-252552-6 Lots of stuff on software synthesis, and more, all centered around cmusic ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This book is very good: "A synthesist's Guide to Acoustic Instruments" Amsco Publications,New York, 1987 author: H.Massey I found the Howard Massey "Synthesists 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. Maybe Mix bookshelf - see above] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Marc LeBrun "Digital Waveshaping Synthesis" Journal of the AES, 27(4), 1979: 250-266 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chareyron, J. "Digital Synthesis of Self-modifying Waveforms by Means of Linear Automata", Computer Music Journal, Vol 14 No. 4, 1990. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: The Art of Noises / Luigi Russolo. Publisher: Pendragon Press, Stuyvesant, New York, 1986. ISBN: 0-918728-57-6. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Formalized Music, Revised edition / Iannis Xenakis Publisher: Pendragon Press, Stuyvesant, New York, 1992. ISBN: 0-945192-24-6. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Electronic projects for musicians / by Craig Anderton Publisher: Saratoga, CA : Guitar Player Productions, c1975. Subjects: Musical instruments, Electronic. ISBN: 0-89122-011-9 : $6.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Author : Douglas, Alan Title : Electronic Musical Instrument Manual Published: Pitman, London, 1968 Originally published in 1947 !! So this is a historical book ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- COMPOSITION --------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Automated music composition / Phil Winsor. Publisher: North Texas Press, c1989. 312 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Subjects: Computer composition. Computer music--Instruction and study. BASIC (Computer program language) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Computer composer's toolbox / Phil Winsor. Publisher: Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Windcrest, c1990. Subjects: Computer composition. BASIC (Computer program language) ISBN: 0830633847 : $19.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------- COMPUTER MUSIC ------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER MUSIC CONFERENCE, an annual volume published by the International Computer Music Association. San Francisco: ICMA, 2040 Polk St., Suite 330, San Francisco, CA 94109; USA. email: icma@cube.cemi.unt.edu tel: 817-566-2235 fax: 817-565-4919. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 TITLE: Computer applications in music : a bibliography, supplement 1 / Deta S. Davis. SERIES: The Computer music and digital audio series ; v. 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TITLE: Foundations of computer music / ed. by Curtis Roads [and] John Strawn EDITION: 3rd print. IMPRINT: Cambridge, Massachusetts, [etc.] : MIT Press, 1987 NAMES: Roads, Curtis * Strawn, John ISBN: 0-262-68051-3 (paper) 0-262-18114-2 (hard) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: New music composition / David Cope. Publisher: New York : Schirmer Books, c1977. Subjects: Composition (Music) ISBN: 0-02-870630-7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 publications, or can be purchased directly from MIT Press by calling their toll-free order number, 1-800-356-0343, and giving the operator this catalog number: 1CSAT 503, and this book code: TODMH. By phone and mail-order, the 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). *************************************************************************** Music and Connectionism, edited by Peter M. Todd and D. Gareth Loy As one of our highest expressions of thought and creativity, music has always been a difficult realm to capture, model, and understand. The connectionist paradigm, now beginning to provide insights into many realms of human behavior, offers a new and unified viewpoint from which to investigate the subtleties of musical experience. Music and Connectionism provides a fresh approach to both fields, using techniques of connectionism and parallel distributed processing to look at a wide range of topics in music research, from pitch perception to chord fingering to composition. The contributors, leading researchers in both music psychology and neural networks, address the challenges and opportunities of musical applications of network models. The result is a current and thorough survey that advances our understanding of musical perception, cognition, composition, and performance and of the design and analysis of networks. Music and Connectionism is based on a core of articles originally appearing as two special issues of the Computer Music Journal. These have been augmented with addenda covering more recent research by the authors. The book opens with tutorial chapters introducing neural networks in a musical context and relevant aspects of previous computer music research, making this a self-contained text. There are many new chapters, along with new section introductions, summaries of related work, and a final debate on the artistic implications of connectionist methods. Peter M. Todd is a doctoral candidate in the PDP Research Group of the Psychology Department at Stanford University. Gareth Loy DMA is an award-winning composer, member of the Board of Directors of the Computer Music Association, lecturer in the Music Department of UC San Diego, and member of the technical staff of Frox Inc. Contents: Preface and Introduction, Peter M. Todd and D. Gareth Loy Part 1: Background Machine Tongues XII: Neural Networks, Mark Dolson Connectionism and Musiconomy, D. Gareth Loy Part 2: Perception and Cognition A Neural Net Model for Pitch Perception, Hajime Sano and B. Keith Jenkins Connectionist Models for Tonal Analysis, Don L. Scarborough, Ben O. Miller, and Jacqueline A. Jones The Representation of Pitch in a Neural Net Model of Chord Classification, Bernice Laden and Douglas H. Keefe Pitch, Harmony, and Neural Nets: A Psychological Perspective, Jamshed J. Bharucha The Ontogenesis of Tonal Semantics: Results of a Computer Study, Marc Leman Modeling the Perception of Tonal Structure with Neural Nets, Jamshed J. Bharucha and Peter M. Todd Using Connectionist Models to Explore Complex Musical Patterns, Robert O. Gjerdingen The Quantization of Musical Time: A Connectionist Approach, Peter Desain and Henkjan Honing Part 3: Applications A Connectionist Approach to Algorithmic Composition, Peter M. Todd Connectionist Music Composition Based on Melodic, Stylistic, and Psychophysical Constraints, Michael C. Mozer Creation By Refinement and the Problem of Algorithmic Music Composition, J.P. Lewis A Nonheuristic Automatic Composing Method, Teuvo Kohonen, Pauli Laine, Kalev Tiits, and Kari Torkkola Fingering for String Instruments with the Optimum Path Paradigm, Samir I. Sayegh Part 4: Conclusions Letter from Otto Laske Responses to Laske by Todd and Loy Further Research and Directions, Peter M. Todd List of Author Addresses ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: Representations of Musical Signals, edited by Giovanni De Poli, Aldo Piccialli, and Curtis Roads Published by MIT Press, 1991 ISBN 0-262-04113-8, 478 pages, hardcover, US$ 50.00 Representations of Musical Signals describes a new generation of digital audio and computer music systems made possible by recent advances in digital signal processing theory, hardware design, and programming techniques. It explores new representations of musical signals that can have profund effects on the way musicians conceive of and realize musical ideas. In particular, the book focuses on models that combine time-domain and frequency-domain representations (grains, wavelets, and physical models), visual programming and advanced user interfaces, and that incorporate musical knowledge using artificial intelligence techniques and adaptive neural net- works. The 14 contributions take up issues of how musical signals should be displayed to musicians, engineers, and scientists who want to work with them, how professionals can work with the representations to accomplish musical tasks, how systems can be designed to permit working with multiple views of the same signal, and how representa- tions of musical signals should be organized to promote efficient communication between devices using these signals. Representations of Musical Signals is aimed at the expanding group of musicians, engineers, and scientists who are interested in innovative approache to digital audio and computer music. We expect that this book will be useful in undergraduate and graduate courses in computer music, musical acoustics, and digital audio signal processing. Giovanni De Poli is a member of the faculty of the Department of Electronics and Informatics at the University of Padua. Aldo Piccialli is a member of the faculty of the Department of Physics at the University of Naples. Curtis Roads is a composer and consulting editor of Computer Music Journal. INDEX Contributors xi Preface xiii I TIME-FREQUENCY REPRESENTATIONS OF MUSICAL SIGNALS 1 Overview 3 A. Piccialli 1 Timbre Analysis by Synthesis: Representations, limitations, and Variants for Musical Composition 7 J.C. Risset 2 Application of Time-Frequency and Time-Scale Methods (Wavelet Transforms) to the Analysis, Synthesis, and Transformation of Natural Sounds 45 R. Kronland-Martinet and A. Grossman 3 Analysis, Transformation, and Resynthesis of Musical Sounds with the Help of a Time-Frequency Representation 87 D. Arfib 4 Wavelet Transforms that We Can Play 119 G. Evangelista II GRANULAR REPRESENTATIONS OF MUSICAL SIGNALS 137 Overview 139 G. De Poli 5 Asynchronous Granular Synthesis 143 C. Roads 6 Pitch-Synchronous Granular Synthesis 187 G. De Poli and A. Piccialli III PHYSICAL MODEL REPRESENTATIONS OF MUSICAL SIGNALS 221 Overview 223 G. De Poli 7 The Physical Model: Modeling and Simulating the Instrumental Universe 227 J. Florens and C. Cadoz 8 The Missing Link: Modal Synthesis 269 J.-M. Adrien 9 Synthesizing Singing 299 J. Sundberg IV ARCHITECTURES AND OBJECT REPRESENTATIONS OF MUSICAL SIGNALS 321 Overview 323 C. Roads 10 Music, Signals, and Representations: A Survey 325 uy Garnett 11 An Object-based Representation for Digital Audio Signals 371 12 New Generation Architectures for Music and Sound Processing 391 S. Cavaliere V PARALLEL DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING REPRESENTATIONS OF MUSICAL SIGNALS 413 Overview 415 A. Piccialli 13 Understanding Music Cognition: A Connectionist View 417 C. Lischka 14 Qualitative Aspects of Signal Processing Through Dynamic Neural Networks 447 R. D'Autilia and F. Guerra Name Index 463 Subject Index 467 User Contributions:Section Contents
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