EMUSIC-L Digest Volume 40, Issue 11 This issue's topics: Need book suggestions New Book Recommended books (4 messages) Your EMUSIC-L Digest moderator is Joe McMahon . You may subscribe to EMUSIC-L by sending mail to listserv@american.edu with the line "SUB EMUSIC-L your name" as the text. The EMUSIC-L archive is a service of SunSite (sunsite.unc.edu) at the University of North Carolina. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 May 1992 23:55:00 EST From: SENLEY Subject: Need book suggestions I was wondering if anyone knows of a good general book I could purchase regarding computer and music intergration. I currently am carrying both as majors, and hopefully soon I'll have time to start playing around instead of doing all this classwork and practicing !! We have 4 NeXT machines here at school that I would like to start playing with , as I have heard they are the new kings in the music world. I own a 386/25 w/4 meg RAM, and I have a copy of MusicPrinter+ 4.0 (nifty since I can't write manuscript to save my life), but nothing extravagant... The book does not need to be NeXT-specific, just an introduction of some kind... Your help is greatly appreciated... ******************************************************************************** * Jeff Senley * * * * VAX ID: RDRKPXA@oak.grove.iup.edu Phone: 357-3529 * * NeXT ID: jsenley@huey.co.iup.edu Address: 130 Mack Hall * * DEC ID: senley@avocet.ma.iup.edu Indiana, PA 15705 * ******************************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 May 1992 16:56:59 -0400 From: Jodi White Subject: New Book This is _NOT_ a commercial advertisement. I apologize to those who may rec3ive multiple postings. ***************************************************************** I was recently sent a flyer announcing publication of a book I think will be of interest to those who subscribe to this listserver. The book is titled _Rock Formation: Technology, Music and Mass Communication_, and it's written by Steve Jones. The text of the flyer is as follows: "From Elvis, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones, to the heavy metal and punk movements of the last ten years, rock music has often been praised for its joyful spontaneity and dogged rebelliousness. However, argues industry veteran Steve Jones, contrary to popular perception, rock music is in fact biased toward control, particularly by means of the technology employed in the recording process. _Rock Formation_ examines the history and influence of recording technology on popular music and develops a critical analysis of the interplay between technology, sound, and creativity. It explains the connections between popular music, technology and mass communication and questions how values -- social, cultural, and musical -- are transmitted through the process of recording. While there have been many studies of popular music's content and audience in the past 20 years, _Rock Formation_ fills an important gap by exploring the mediation of the most pervasive form of cultural expression -- popular music. For both music scholars and committed rock fans, _Rock Formation_ is an ideal introduction to the subject of popular music production." This book is available from Sage Publications, 2455 Teller Road, Newbury Park, CA 91320-2218, for $29.95 hardcover/$14.95 paperback. According to the flyer it's 212 pages long. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 May 1992 13:12:27 CDT From: Gregory Taylor Subject: Re: Recommended books Ah...I think that the Richard Moore computer music text that was mentioned here uses *cmusic*, not csound, for its examples. The pisser here is that it costs money to get it from UCSD, and it remains unsupported. While I'm in agreement with the relative clarity of the explanations, one might also wish to look at Charles Dodge's text, which uses Csound [or the NeXT front-ended version Snd]. With regards, Gregory Taylor _ East 116th/and a long red car/stalled with the hood up/roaring salsa/like a prize shark/mouth yanked open/and down in the stomach/the radio/of the last fisherman/still tuned/to his lucky station/(-Martin Espada, "Tiburon") Gregory Taylor / Heurikon Corporation / Madison, Wisconsin / 608-828-3385 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 May 1992 12:13:53 EDT From: "Joseph D. McMahon" Subject: Recommended books F. Richard Moore - "Elements of Computer Music" This is an excellent introduction to the concepts involved in pure digital synthesis. It includes clear, concise explanations of topics such as Fourier transforms, windowing, design of digital filters, reverberation, and computer-aided composition techniques. As befits a book about computers and music, there are a wealth of complete programs which do things ranging from the Fast Fourier Transform to reverberation simulation to the generation of 1/f^2 noise. The mathematics behind the programs is not neglected; by the time the programs are presented, their mathematical basis has been well explicated. The math is carefully gauged to be mostly basic algebra and trigonometry; very helpful for those of us who took just enough math to meet the requirements. Thre are also a lot of useful little hints lying around in the corners, such as psychological reasons why a sound will sound lower than it actually is; why a straight crossfade pan leads to a "hole in the middle" phenomonon, and much, much more. Moore is also the author of the csound package. He presents a good introduction to this package, using it for examples throughout the book. This book is recommended to anyone who is interested in pure digital synthesis, or even to those who want to know how their machines work and why they have the limitations that they do. It makes me want to run out and pick up an IRIS Indigo *right now*! ISBN 0-13-252552-6 Prentice Hall Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 --- Joe Em ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 May 1992 15:03:06 EDT From: "Joseph D. McMahon" Subject: Re: Recommended books Gregory Taylor writes: > > Ah...I think that the Richard Moore computer music text that was > mentioned here uses *cmusic*, not csound, for its examples. The > pisser here is that it costs money to get it from UCSD, and it > remains unsupported. While I'm in agreement with the relative > clarity of the explanations, one might also wish to look at Charles > Dodge's text, which uses Csound [or the NeXT front-ended version Snd]. (sound of fist meeting cranium) Of course, you're right. That's what I get for trying to read in bed and review the next day... What is Dodge's book? I'll keep an eye out for it. --- Joe M. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 May 1992 11:09:25 CDT From: Gregory Taylor Subject: Re: Recommended books > What is Dodge's book? I'll keep an eye out for it. Dodge, Charles and Jerse, Thomas, "Computer Music: Synthesis, Composition, and Performance" ------------------------------ End of the EMUSIC-L Digest ******************************